Ratings News - 4th May 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
  CBS: 7.2 rating/12 share, NBC: 5.5/ 9, ABC: 2.0/ 3, CW: 1.7/ 3, Fox: 1.4/ 2
  
  Percent Change from the Year-Ago Evening:
  NBC: +25, CBS: – 6, CW: -11, Fox: -26, ABC: -56
  
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  Ratings Breakdown:
  CBS led the Tuesday overnights with ease, besting No. 2 NBC by 31 percent. But it was not a clean sweep. “NCIS” on CBS topped the evening with a 9.3 rating/15 share in households from 8-9 p.m., leading into spin-off “NCIS: New Orleans” at an also dominant 7.6/12 at 9 p.m. But the season-premiere of “Person of Interest” scored a second-place 4.8/ 8 at 10 p.m., which trailed competing “Chicago Fire” on NBC (#1: 5.4/ 9) by 11 percent. Regardless, the return of this final season of “Person of Interest” was 30 percent the season (or series) finale of former time period occupant “Limitless” last week (3.7/ 6 on April 26).
  
  Earlier in the evening on NBC was a one-hour edition of “The Voice” at a 5.9/10 (#2) at 8 p.m., which should have no trouble leading the night in adults 18-49, followed by freshman “Chicago Med” at a 5.3/ 8 at 9 p.m. (#2).
  
  Elsewhere, the household overnight results were sorely lacking. ABC opened the night with sophomore sitcom “Fresh Off the Boat” at a 2.9/ 3 at 8 p.m. (#3), which outdelivered competing “New Girl” on Fox (#5: 1.7/ 3) by 71 percent. Next on the alphabet net was recently introduced “The Real O’Neals” (#3: 2.2/ 4 at 8:30 p.m.), which slipped from “Fresh Off the Boat” by 24 percent. Comparably, however, that still beat competing “Grandfathered” on Fox (#5: 1.4/ 2) by 57 percent. At 9 p.m., “Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD” on ABC scored a typically lackluster 2.0/ 3 at 9 p.m. (#3) and it led into a mere 1.4/ 2 (#3) for sinking “Beyond the Tank” at 10 p.m.
  
  Fox featured a second episode of “New Girl” at 9 p.m. (#4: 1.4/ 2) into a 1.1/ 2 (#4) for “The Grinder” at 9:30 p.m. Of the three on-the-fence Tuesday night sitcoms – “The Real O’Neals,” “Grandfathered” and “The Grinder” – “The Real O’Neals” has the best chance of a second season renewal.
  
  On The CW, episode three of drama “Containment” (#5: 1.0/ 2 at 9 p.m.) only managed to hold 43 percent of the 2.3/ 4 in the household overnights for lead-in “The Flash” (#4: 2.3/ 4 at 8 p.m.).
  
  Source: Nielsen Media Research
  
  

  Source:

  Marc Berman@programminginsider
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  Each day (except Sunday) during the main TV Season we post the TV Ratings for the previous nights primetime shows for the major broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, CW, FOX, NBC). Cable Network ratings will be added to the Ratings Database.
  
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