Ratings News - 31st March 2016

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  Last Week's Final Adjusted Ratings
  
  
  
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  Early HH Ratings from Marc Berman (programminginsider)
  
  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)
  
  

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

  
  Household Rating/Share
  Fox: 6.1 rating/10 share, CBS: 5.2/ 9, NBC: 4.1/ 7, ABC: 3.0/ 5, CW: 1.3/ 2
  
  Percent Change from the Year-Ago Evening:
  CBS: +18, Fox: + 2, NBC: – 9, CW: -19, ABC: -35
  
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  Ratings Breakdown:
  Absence did not have a negative impact on Fox’s “Empire,” which returned from its three-month hiatus with a stellar 8.3 rating/13 share in the household overnights from 9-10 p.m. Comparably, that was five percent above the 7.9/12 for its winter season finale (on Dec. 2, 2015), and that translated into 11.81 million viewers and a 4.5 rating in adults 18-49, based on the Live + Same Day data.
  
  “Empire” lead-in “Rosewood” benefited by the pre tune-in factor, with a second-place 4.1/ 7 from 8-9 p.m. Comparably, that was 52 percent above the 2.7/ 5 one week earlier, and overnight growth in the second half-hour was eight percent (3.9/ 6 to 4.2/ 7).
  
  In the recently introduced series department, NBC medical drama “Heartbeat” slipped by just one-tenth of a rating point from its time period premiere last week at a 3.3/ 5 in the household overnights from 8-9 p.m. But a 3.4 in the overnights last week translated into only 5.16 million viewers and a 0.9 rating/3 share in adults 18-49, based on the Live + Same Day data. Former time period occupant “The Mysteries of Laura” is a stronger option.
  
  “Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders” on CBS, meanwhile, dropped to a 4.5/ 8 at 10 p.m., which was a 12 percent decrease from the 5.1/ 9 last week. And that 5.1 overnight household rating translated into 7.75 million viewers and a 1.5/ 5 in adults 18-49, based on the Live + Same Day data.
  
  Comparably, retention for “Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders” out of parent “Criminal Minds” (#2: 5.6/ 9 from 9-10 p.m.) was respectable at 80 percent and it trailed competing “Chicago PD” on NBC (#1: 4.7/ 8) by only four percent. ABC’s “Nashville” finished a distant third at 10 p.m. with a 2.8/ 5.
  
  Earlier in the evening on CBS was the always reliable “Survivor” at a dominant 5.7/ 9 from 8-9 p.m., which was equal to one week earlier. And veteran “Law & Order: SVU” on NBC scored a 4.3/ 7 at 9 p.m., which built from aforementioned lead-in “Heartbeat” by 30 percent.
  
  Elsewhere, ABC aired repeats of sitcoms “The Middle” (#3: 3.7/ 6), “The Goldbergs” (#4: 3.1/ 5), “Modern Family” (#4: 3.3/ 5) and “black-ish” (#4: 2.5/ 4) from 8-10 p.m. And The CW featured a typical 1.6/ 3 from “Arrow” at 8 p.m. (#5) into a 1.0/2 for “Supernautral” (#5) at 9 p.m., which will be heading into season 12 in 2016-17.
  
  Source: Nielsen Media Research
  
  

  Source:

  Marc Berman@programminginsider
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