Ratings News - 17th February 2015

Today's Early Overnight Ratings

This table shows the early overnight ratings. These ratings are normally adjusted later in the day when all the ratings have been consolidated to take into account any local preemptions and/or overruns. You can find all the final adjusted numbers in our Ratings Database. (See the About section below for details about ratings)

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Early Ratings Analysis

The analysis below is based on the early household numbers and are NOT the same as the numbers that will be posted in the above table later. (See the About section below)

For more information on the Nielsen Ratings see this Wikipedia Entry.

NOTE: The opinions expressed here are NOT those of SpoilerTV but of the Author of this Article, Marc Berman.

Metered Market Monday Ratings

Monday 2/16/15
Respectable Results for Stevie Wonder Special on CBS

Note: The Atlanta, Nashville, Greensville-Spartanburg and Knoxville markets are not included in the following averages:

Household
Rating/Share
ABC 5.8/ 9
CBS 5.8/ 9
NBC 4.1/ 6
Fox 3.5/ 5
CW 1.2/ 2

-Percent Change from the Year-Ago Evening – Monday 2/17/14:
Note: NBC aired the XXII Winter Olympics from Sochi on the year-ago evening.
CBS: +71, CW: +33, ABC: + 7, Fox: -10, NBC: -72

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Note: The following labels are based on the household overnights and are subject to change given the availability of other pending data streams. The overnights are your first look at what to potentially expect when the other results come in. And we always take into account other benchmarks including the expected demographic ratings, potential DVR usage, the critical acclaim (or lack of) and the social media presence. Keep in mind, as always, that results for any live sporting event are always approximate.

-Winners:
“The Bachelor” (ABC), “2 Broke Girls” (CBS), “Mike & Molly” (CBS), “Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life – An All-Star Grammy Salute” (CBS)

-Losers (excluding repeats):
“State of Affairs” (NBC)

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Ratings Breakdown:
ABC and CBS tied for first in the Monday overnights, each outdelivering No. 2 NBC by a hefty 41 percent. ABC’s “The Bachelor” opened with a dominant 6.2 rating/9 share in the household overnights from 8-10 p.m., which bested the season-finale of competing “Celebrity Apprentice” on NBC (4.5/ 7) by 38 percent. Comparably, “Celebrity Apprentice,” which Donald Trump announced was renewed for next season, perked up by 18 percent from its season-low 3.8/ 6 one week earlier. Too bad, though, that NBC seemed to rush through the season by airing two episodes each week. Note to Kenya Moore: it is time for your “15 minutes” to end.

SPOILER ALERT: If you do not want to know who won on “Celebrity Apprentice” stop reading now. But congratulations to Leeza Gibbons, who was well above competing Geraldo Rivera. For a link with TVMI’s conversation with Leeza Gibbons back on Feb. 1, 2013, click on the following: http://tinyurl.com/p9agzy7

In the specials department was two-hour “Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life – An All-Star Grammy Salute” on CBS at a very respectable 5.7/ 9 in the overnights from 9-11 p.m. Comparably, the celebrity packed extravaganza only fluctuated by two-tenths of a house rating point in the four half-hours. And it was right on par with the lead-in support from sitcoms “2 Broke Girls” (#2: 5.8/ 9) and “Mike & Molly” (#2: 6.0/ 9) from 8-9 p.m.

In what has to be series-finale news, freshman NBC drama “State of Affairs” concluded with a mere 3.3/ 6 from 10-11 p.m., which trailed competing “Castle” on ABC (5.1/ 8) and the second hour of the Stevie Wonder special on CBS (5.8/10) by 35 percent and 43 percent, respectively. Next week, NBC medical drama “The Night Shift” opens season two in the Monday 10 p.m. hour out of the two-hour return of singing competition “The Voice.”

Elsewhere, Fox’s demo friendly “Gotham” kicked-off with a 4.3/ 6 from 8-9 p.m. (#4), leading into a typically diluted 2.7/ 4 for sophomore “Sleepy Hollow” at 9 p.m., which is on the fence for a third-season renewal. And creatively worthy “Jane the Virgin” on The CW scored a 1.1/ 2 at 9 p.m., which was up by one-tenth of a rating point (or 10 percent) from the 1.0/ 2 from one week earlier. Comparably, ‘Jane the Virgin” built by 57 percent from the 0.7/ 1 for year-ago occupant “Beauty and the Beast.” Earlier in the evening on The CW was sophomore “The Originals” at a typical 1.2/ 2 from 8-9 p.m. (#5).

Source: Nielsen Media Research

Source:

Marc Berman@tvmediainsights

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The first item that gets posted (normally around 2pm GMT) is the early overnight analysis based on the early household numbers (these are not the same as the Total Viewers and 18-49 Demo numbers that are posted later).

Next, if available, we will post the Top 25 Market 18-49 Ratings to give you a rough idea of the ratings to following.

Later on (normally between 4pm-5pm GMT) we post the official early overnight Total Viewers and 18-49 Demo numbers in the table above (We also where possible now post the 18-34 and 25-54 Demo Numbers).

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