Ratings News - 4th 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: 6.0 rating/9 share, CBS: 4.8/ 8, ABC: 4.5/ 7, NBC: 2.2/ 3, CW: 1.2/ 2
  
  Percent Change From the Year-Ago Oscar Night (3/01/15):
  CW: +140, Fox: +28, CBS: -29, ABC: -32, ABC: -53
  
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  -Winners:
  “The Big Bang Theory” R (CBS), “Life in Pieces” (CBS), “American Idol” (Fox), “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC), “Mom” (CBS), “Shades of Blue” (NBC)
  
  -Disappointing Start:
  “The Family (ABC)
  
  -Losers:
  “You, Me and the Apocalypse” (NBC), “The 100” (CW)
  
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  Ratings Breakdown:
  Two-hours of “American Idol” lifted Fox into Thursday overnight dominance, with a 6.0 rating/9 share in the household overnights from 8-10 p.m. The peak half-hour was a 6.3/10 at 8:30 p.m.
  
  In series-premiere news, ABC drama “The Family” was moderately sampled at a second-place 4.3/ 7 at 9 p.m. Comparably, this was six percent below regularly scheduled “Scandal” one week earlier (4.6/ 7 on Feb. 25), which translated into 5.85 million viewers and a 1.7 rating/6 share in adults 18-49 based on the Live + Same Day data. And the overnight household retention out of lead-in “Grey’s Anatomy” (#3: 5.7/ 9) was acceptable at 75 percent. But “Scandal” on the year-ago evening scored a 7.3/11 in the household overnights. Competing NBC pre-empted “The Blacklist” for an encore telecast of “Blindside” (1.6/ 2). And given that most new series drop by 10 to 20 percent in week two, expect notable erosion for “The Family” in its regularly scheduled Sunday 9 p.m. hour (effective this weekend).
  
  Overall, this was a disappointing start for “The Family.”
  
  Airing out of “The Family” debut was deteriorating “How To Get Away With Murder” at a 3.5/ 6 at 10 p.m., which was 43 percent below the 6.1/11 for the series-premiere of “American Crime” on the year-ago evening.
  
  Only three-tenths of a household rating point separated the 10 p.m. hour as follows:
  
  “Elementary” (CBS): 3.8/ 6
  -“How To Get Away with Murder” (ABC): 3.5/ 6
  -“Shades of Blue” (NBC): 3.4/ 6
  
  Particularly positive for already renewed “Shades of Blue” was overnight growth out of a repeat of aforementioned “Blindside” (1.6/ 2) of 112 percent.
  
  Earlier in the evening on NBC, however, was a mere 1.6/ 3 for temporary time period occupant “You, Me and the Apocalypse.”
  
  Top-rated for the evening despite airing an encore was “The Big Bang Theory” on CBS at a 6.4/10 at 8 p.m. And improved retention of 83 percent for an original installment of “Life in Pieces” at 8:30 p.m. (#3: 5.3/ 8) all but guarantees a second season renewal.
  
  Next on the Eye net was “Mom” at a consistent 5.0/ 8 (#2) at 9 p.m., followed by grating “2 Broke Girls” at a 4.2/ 7 (#2t) at 9:30 p.m. With over 100-episodes already produced, I personally vote to end “2 Broke Girls” this season.
  
  Over at The CW, “D.C. Legends of Tomorrow,” which is not the same success as “The Flash” or “Arrow,” sunk to a series-low 1.5/ 2 in the household overnights from 8-9 p.m. And that led into a 0.9/ 1 for “The 100” at 9 p.m., which is inching closer to cancellation.
  
  

  Source:

  Marc Berman@programminginsider
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