Ratings News - 4th October 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
  NBC: 6.9/11, ABC and CBS: 6.1/10 each, Fox: 2.5/ 4, CW: 0.7/ 1
  
  Percent Change From the Year-Ago Evening:
  Fox: + 4, NBC: – 7, CBS: – 9, CW: -12, ABC: -13
  
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  -Winners:
  “The Big Bang Theory” (CBS), “The Voice” (NBC), “Dancing With the Stars” (ABC)
  
  -Disappointing:
  “Timeless” (NBC)
  
  -Losers:
  “Gotham” (Fox), “Lucifer” (Fox), “Conviction” (ABC)
  
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  Ratings Analysis:
  NBC opened this third week of the new TV season on a winning overnight note, besting No. 2 ABC and CBS by 13 percent in households. With “The Voice” as the anchor, NBC’s advantage in adults 18-49 (and all the key young adult demos) will be more significant.
  
  Two more hours of “The Voice” scored a 7.9 rating/12 share in the household overnights from 8-10 p.m., which was seven percent above older-skewing competitor “Dancing With the Stars” on ABC (7.4/11).
  
  In the battle of the 10 p.m. drama series premieres, “Timeless” on NBC (#2: 5.0/ 9) was a hefty 35 percent above “Conviction” on ABC (#3: 3.7/ 6). But “Timeless” opened 15 percent below “Blindspot” on the year-ago evening (5.9/10 on 10/05/15, which translated into 9.06 million viewers and a 2.4 rating/8 share in adults 18-49, based on the Live + Same Day data). It slipped by 32 percent from the 9:30 p.m. portion of “The Voice” (7.9/12). And it trailed the second half of the two-hour season premiere of CBS’ “Scorpion” (#1: 5.3/ 9) by six percent.
  
  “Conviction,” the real loser here, trailed fading year-ago time period occupant “Castle” (4.7/ 8 on 10/05/15) by 21 percent in the household overnights (which translated into 6.76 million viewers and a 1.2/ 4 in adults 18-49, based on the Live + Same Day data). It dropped from the 9:30 p.m. portion of “Dancing With the Stars” (7.1/11) by 48 percent. And slipped by 17 percent in the second half-hour (4.0/ 7 to 3.3/ 6), which was more severe than the 13 percent for competing “Timeless” on NBC (5.4/ 9 to 4.7/ 8).
  
  Overall, the two-hour “Scorpion” season-opener on CBS (5.4/ 8 from 9-11 p.m.) was 18 percent below the 6.6/11 for the regularly scheduled 9-10 p.m. installment on the year-ago evening.
  
  Earlier in the evening, “The Big Bang Theory” on CBS topped the night with a 9.1/15 in the household overnights at 8 p.m. And it led into a 5.9/ 9 for episode three of Kevin James sitcom “Kevin Can Wait” at 8:30 p.m., which was comparable to the 5.7/ 9 for “Life in Pieces” on the year-ago evening. Three-week overnight track for “Kevin Can Wait”: 7.1/11 – 6.5/ 9 – 5.9/ 9.
  
  The true test for “Kevin Can Wait,” of course, will come on Oct. 24 when it moves to Monday at 8 p.m. into new Matt LeBlanc sitcom “Man With a Plan.”
  
  Elsewhere, Fox could not compete with its pairing of dramas “Gotham” (#4: 2.4/ 4) and “Lucifer” (#4: 2.6/ 4). And The CW aired two more repeat episodes of “Supergirl” (#5: avg. 0.7/ 1 from 8-10 p.m.), which opens season two (and its first on The CW) next Monday.
  
  Here is the half-hour breakdown:
  
  8:00 p.m.
  ABC – “Dancing With the Stars”: 7.3.12 (#3)
  CBS – “The Big Bang Theory”: 9.1/15 (#1)
  NBC – “The Voice”: 7.4/12 (#2)
  Fox – “Gotham”: 2.5/ 4 (#4)
  CW – “Supergirl” (R): 0.7/ 1 (#5)
  
  8:30 p.m.
  ABC – “Dancing With the Stars”: 7.7/12 (#3)
  CBS – “Kevin Can Wait”: 5.9/ 9 (#3)
  NBC – “The Voice”: 7.9/12 (#2)
  Fox – “Gotham”: 2.4/ 4 (#4)
  CW – “Supergirl” (R): 0.7/ 1 (#5)
  
  9:00 p.m.
  ABC – “Dancing With the Stars”: 7.3/11 (#2)
  CBS – “Scorpion” (season premiere)”: 5.5/ 8 (#3)
  NBC – “The Voice”: 8.2/13 (#2)
  Fox – “Lucifer”: 2.6/ 6 (#4)
  CW – “Supergirl” (R): 0.7/ 1 (#5)
  
  9:30 p.m.
  ABC – “Dancing With the Stars”: 7.1/11 (#2)
  CBS – “Scorpion” (season premiere)”: 5.4/ 8 (#3)
  NBC – “The Voice”: 7.9/12 (#1)
  Fox – “Lucifer”: 2.6/ 6 (#4)
  CW – “Supergirl” (R): 0.7/ 1 (#5)
  
  10:00 p.m.
  ABC – “Conviction” (series premiere): 4.0/ 7 (#3)
  CBS – “Scorpion” (season premiere): 5.4/ 9 (#1t)
  NBC – “Timeless” (series premiere): 5.4/ 9 (#1t)
  
  10:30 p.m.
  ABC – “Conviction” (series premiere): 3.3/ 6 (#3)
  CBS – “Scorpion” (season premiere): 5.3/ 9 (#1)
  NBC – “Timeless” (series premiere): 4.7/ 8 (#2)
  
  

  Source:

  Marc Berman@programminginsider
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