Sunday, September 28, 2014
Week 1 TV Ratings and Analysis; How the Sitcoms Did
Total Viewers: #1. CBS 12.3 million (+8% from first four nights week 1 in 2013); #2. ABC 9.84 million (+4%); #3. NBC 9.63 million (-5%); #4. Fox 4.21 million (-32%); #5. The CW 0.86 million (+10%).
Adults 18-49: #1. CBS 3.6/11 rating/share (+20% in rating from first four nights week 1 in 2013); #2. NBC 2.6/8 (-19%); #3. ABC 2.5/8 (-7%); #4. Fox 1.5/5 (-32%) #5. The CW 0.3/1 (even)
We're back with a new season! We'll have this week's final ratings, Week 1 (9/22/14-9/28/14) next Sunday.
We will also have Season to-date (9/22/14-9/28/14) ratings in 18-49 and total viewers.
Back to week 1, read our full night-by-night analysis followed by how the sitcoms did! GREAT showings are in BOLD. If they are in bold in both total viewers and 18-49, then it is very impressive:
Week 1 (Sept. 22-28) Analysis | |||||||||
Last Sunday (Sept. 21) | (Summer Wk 17) | This Wk | Prev Week | Wk-to-Wk +/- | This Wk | Prev Week | Wk-to-Wk +/- | ||
Title | Network | Time | Total Viewers | 18-49 Rtg | Notes | ||||
CBS NFL Post | CBS | 7:55PM | 26,651,000 | 20,714,000 | 5,937,000 | 10.01 | 6.92 | 3.09 | |
60 Minutes | CBS | 8:04PM | 17,875,000 | 17,875,000 | 3.45 | 3.45 | premiere | ||
America's Funniest Videos | ABC | 7:00PM | 4,945,000 | 4,945,000 | 0.90 | 0.90 | REPEAT | ||
Bob's Burgers | Fox | 7:00PM | 1,881,000 | 1,881,000 | 0.76 | 0.76 | REPEAT | ||
Football Night in America | NBC | 7:30PM | 2,429,000 | 5,392,000 | (2,963,000) | 0.81 | 1.78 | (0.97) | |
The Simpsons | Fox | 7:30PM | 2,155,000 | 2,155,000 | 0.89 | 0.89 | REPEAT | ||
Madam Secretary | CBS | 9:04PM | 14,751,000 | 14,751,000 | 1.99 | 1.99 | premiere | ||
Once Upon a Time | ABC | 8:00PM | 3,197,000 | 3,197,000 | 0.77 | 0.77 | REPEAT | ||
Football Night in America | NBC | 8:00PM | 9,950,000 | 12,360,000 | (2,410,000) | 3.68 | 4.68 | (1.00) | |
The Simpsons | Fox | 8:00PM | 3,030,000 | 3,030,000 | 1.32 | 1.32 | REPEAT | ||
Sunday Night Football | NBC | 8:30PM | 19,665,000 | 22,155,000 | (2,490,000) | 7.80 | 8.54 | (0.74) | |
Family Guy | Fox | 8:30PM | 2,830,000 | 2,830,000 | 1.25 | 1.25 | REPEAT | ||
The Good Wife | CBS | 10:04PM | 11,059,000 | 11,059,000 | 1.45 | 1.45 | premiere | ||
Resurrection | ABC | 9:00PM | 3,130,000 | 3,130,000 | 0.73 | 0.73 | REPEAT | ||
Family Guy | Fox | 9:00PM | 3,054,000 | 3,054,000 | 1.42 | 1.42 | REPEAT | ||
American Dad! | Fox | 9:00PM | 3,030,000 | 2,660,000 | 370,000 | 1.46 | 1.32 | 0.14 | FINALE |
CSI | CBS | 10:00PM | - | - | premieres 9/28 | ||||
Revenge | ABC | 10:00PM | 2,585,000 | 2,585,000 | 0.61 | 0.61 | REPEAT | ||
Monday | This Wk | Prev Week | Wk-to-Wk +/- | This Wk | Prev Week | Wk-to-Wk +/- | |||
Title | Network | Time | Total Viewers | 18-49 Rtg | Notes | ||||
The Big Bang Theory | CBS | 8:00PM | 18,031,000 | 18,031,000 | 5.45 | 5.45 | premiere | ||
Dancing with the Stars | ABC | 8:00PM | 12,759,000 | 13,643,000 | (884,000) | 2.24 | 2.44 | (0.20) | vs. premiere |
The Voice | NBC | 8:00PM | 12,948,000 | 12,948,000 | 3.93 | 3.93 | premiere | ||
Gotham | Fox | 8:00PM | 8,210,000 | 8,210,000 | 3.24 | 3.24 | premiere | ||
Whose Line Is it Anyway? | CW | 8:00PM | 723,000 | 1,097,000 | (374,000) | 0.19 | 0.38 | (0.19) | REPEAT |
The Big Bang Theory | CBS | 8:30PM | 18,237,000 | 18,237,000 | 5.41 | 5.41 | special time | ||
Whose Line Is it Anyway? | CW | 8:30PM | 739,000 | 954,000 | (215,000) | 0.21 | 0.35 | (0.14) | REPEAT |
Scorpion | CBS | 9:00PM | 13,833,000 | 13,833,000 | 3.21 | 3.21 | premiere | ||
Sleepy Hollow | Fox | 9:00PM | 5,506,000 | 5,506,000 | 1.96 | 1.96 | premiere | ||
America's Next Top Model | CW | 9:00PM | 781,000 | 1,001,000 | (220,000) | 0.27 | 0.44 | (0.17) | |
Under the Dome | CBS | 10:00PM | 7,519,000 | 7,040,000 | 479,000 | 1.75 | 1.62 | 0.13 | FINALE |
Forever | ABC | 10:00PM | 8,594,000 | 8,594,000 | 1.69 | 1.69 | premiere, special night | ||
The Blacklist | NBC | 10:00PM | 12,341,000 | 12,341,000 | 3.38 | 3.38 | premiere | ||
Tuesday | This Wk | Prev Week | Wk-to-Wk +/- | This Wk | Prev Week | Wk-to-Wk +/- | |||
Title | Network | Time | Total Viewers | 18-49 Rtg | Notes | ||||
NCIS | CBS | 8:00PM | 18,228,000 | 18,228,000 | 2.91 | 2.91 | premiere | ||
Dancing w/Stars Results | ABC | 8:00PM | 9,962,000 | 12,681,000 | (2,719,000) | 1.71 | 2.20 | (0.49) | vs. premiere |
The Voice | NBC | 8:00PM | 13,184,000 | 13,184,000 | 4.11 | 4.11 | premiere | ||
Utopia | Fox | 8:00PM | 1,911,000 | 2,420,000 | (509,000) | 0.82 | 1.00 | (0.18) | |
Arrow | CW | 8:00PM | 670,000 | 914,000 | (244,000) | 0.26 | 0.30 | (0.04) | REPEAT |
NCIS: New Orleans | CBS | 9:00PM | 17,225,000 | 17,225,000 | 2.49 | 2.49 | premiere | ||
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | ABC | 9:00PM | 5,984,000 | 5,984,000 | 2.10 | 2.10 | |||
New Girl | Fox | 9:00PM | 2,350,000 | 3,039,000 | (689,000) | 1.29 | 1.70 | (0.41) | vs. premiere |
Supernatural | CW | 9:00PM | 680,000 | 830,000 | (150,000) | 0.27 | 0.30 | (0.03) | REPEAT |
Mindy Project | Fox | 9:30PM | 2,101,000 | 2,682,000 | (581,000) | 1.03 | 1.30 | (0.27) | vs. premiere |
Person of Interest | CBS | 10:00PM | 10,580,000 | 10,580,000 | 1.74 | 1.74 | premiere | ||
Forever | ABC | 10:00PM | 6,854,000 | 6,854,000 | 1.83 | 1.83 | premiere | ||
Chicago Fire | NBC | 10:00PM | 9,144,000 | 9,144,000 | 2.61 | 2.61 | premiere | ||
Wednesday | This Wk | Prev Week | Wk-to-Wk +/- | This Wk | Prev Week | Wk-to-Wk +/- | |||
Title | Network | Time | Total Viewers | 18-49 Rtg | Notes | ||||
Survivor | CBS | 8:00PM | 9,754,000 | 9,754,000 | 2.74 | 2.74 | 90-min premiere | ||
The Middle | ABC | 8:00PM | 7,587,000 | 7,587,000 | 2.19 | 2.19 | premiere | ||
Mysteries of Laura | NBC | 8:00PM | 10,007,000 | 10,191,000 | (184,000) | 1.53 | 2.00 | (0.47) | timeslot premiere vs. 10P |
Hell's Kitchen | Fox | 8:00PM | 3,685,000 | 3,961,000 | (276,000) | 1.30 | 1.42 | (0.12) | vs. premiere |
Penn & Teller: Fool Us | CW | 8:00PM | 1,506,000 | 1,583,000 | (77,000) | 0.48 | 0.55 | (0.07) | FINALE |
The Goldbergs | ABC | 8:30PM | 7,314,000 | 7,314,000 | 2.44 | 2.44 | premiere | ||
Criminal Minds | CBS | 9:00PM | - | - | premieres 10/1 | ||||
Modern Family | ABC | 9:00PM | 11,378,000 | 11,378,000 | 3.91 | 3.91 | premiere | ||
Law & Order: SVU | NBC | 9:00PM | 10,067,000 | 10,067,000 | 2.15 | 2.15 | premiere | ||
Red Band Society | Fox | 9:00PM | 3,428,000 | 4,095,000 | (667,000) | 1.05 | 1.34 | (0.29) | vs. premiere |
Big Brother | CBS | 9:30PM | 6,921,000 | 6,596,000 | 325,000 | 2.59 | 2.23 | 0.36 | 90-min FINALE vs. 8P |
black-ish | ABC | 9:30PM | 11,039,000 | 11,039,000 | 3.32 | 3.32 | premiere | ||
Penn & Teller: Fool Us | CW | 9:00PM | 1,396,000 | 1,396,000 | 0.43 | 0.43 | REPEAT | ||
Stalker | CBS | 10:00PM | - | - | premieres 10/1 | ||||
Nashville | ABC | 10:00PM | 5,797,000 | 5,797,000 | 1.49 | 1.49 | premiere | ||
Chicago P.D. | NBC | 10:00PM | 8,505,000 | 8,505,000 | 1.92 | 1.92 | premiere | ||
Thursday | This Wk | Prev Week | Wk-to-Wk +/- | This Wk | Prev Week | Wk-to-Wk +/- | |||
Title | Network | Time | Total Viewers | 18-49 Rtg | Notes | ||||
NFL Thurs Kick-off | CBS | 8:00PM | 9,234,000 | 9,114,000 | 120,000 | 2.95 | 2.90 | 0.05 | |
Grey's Anatomy | ABC | 8:00PM | 10,143,000 | 10,143,000 | 3.14 | 3.14 | premiere | ||
The Biggest Loser | NBC | 8:00PM | 4,470,000 | 4,618,000 | (148,000) | 1.33 | 1.34 | (0.01) | vs. premiere |
Bones | Fox | 8:00PM | 6,345,000 | 6,345,000 | 1.58 | 1.58 | premiere | ||
Vampire Diaries | CW | 8:00PM | 606,000 | 544,000 | 62,000 | 0.21 | 0.21 | - | REPEAT |
Thursday Night Football | CBS | 8:30PM | 16,289,000 | 11,882,000 | 4,407,000 | 6.02 | 4.53 | 1.49 | |
Scandal | ABC | 9:00PM | 12,155,000 | 12,155,000 | 3.90 | 3.90 | premiere | ||
Sleepy Hollow | Fox | 9:00PM | 2,275,000 | 2,275,000 | 0.63 | 0.63 | REPEAT | ||
The Originals | CW | 9:00PM | 505,000 | 595,000 | (90,000) | 0.18 | 0.21 | (0.03) | REPEAT |
How To Get Away w/Murder | ABC | 10:00PM | 14,340,000 | 14,340,000 | 3.85 | 3.85 | premiere | ||
Parenthood | NBC | 10:00PM | 4,263,000 | 4,263,000 | 1.38 | 1.38 | premiere | ||
Friday | (PRELIMINARY #s) | This Wk | Prev Week | Wk-to-Wk +/- | This Wk | Prev Week | Wk-to-Wk +/- | ||
Title | Network | Time | Total Viewers | 18-49 Rtg | Notes | ||||
The Amazing Race | CBS | 8:00PM | 5,519,000 | 5,519,000 | 1.10 | 1.10 | premiere | ||
Shark Tank | ABC | 8:00PM | 6,884,000 | 6,884,000 | 1.60 | 1.60 | premiere | ||
Mysteries of Laura | NBC | 8:00PM | 4,768,000 | 4,768,000 | 0.70 | 0.70 | REPEAT | ||
Utopia | Fox | 8:00PM | 1,859,000 | 1,521,000 | 338,000 | 0.70 | 0.48 | 0.22 | vs. 9P |
Masters of Illusion | CW | 8:00PM | 1,102,000 | 1,478,000 | (376,000) | 0.30 | 0.41 | (0.11) | |
Whose Line Is It Anyway? | CW | 8:30PM | 902,000 | 1,235,000 | (333,000) | 0.30 | 0.40 | (0.10) | REPEAT |
Hawaii Five-0 | CBS | 9:00PM | 8,930,000 | 8,930,000 | 1.30 | 1.30 | premiere | ||
Shark Tank | ABC | 9:00PM | 7,387,000 | 7,387,000 | 2.00 | 2.00 | premiere | ||
Dateline | NBC | 9:00PM | 6,865,000 | 5,306,000 | 1,559,000 | 1.40 | 1.20 | 0.20 | 9-11P |
America's Next Top Model | CW | 9:00PM | 594,000 | 631,000 | (37,000) | 0.20 | 0.21 | (0.01) | REPEAT |
Gotham | Fox | 9:00PM | 2,497,000 | 2,497,000 | 0.70 | 0.70 | REPEAT | ||
Blue Bloods | CBS | 10:00PM | 10,639,000 | 10,639,000 | 1.20 | 1.20 | premiere | ||
20/20 | ABC | 10:00PM | 6,439,000 | 6,439,000 | 1.60 | 1.60 | premiere | ||
Constatine | NBC | 10:00PM | - | - | prem 10/24 | ||||
Saturday | (PRELIMINARY #s) | This Wk | Prev Week | Wk-to-Wk +/- | This Wk | Prev Week | Wk-to-Wk +/- | ||
Title | Network | Time | Total Viewers | 18-49 Rtg | Notes | ||||
College Football | Fox | 7:35PM | 1,590,000 | 3,220,000 | (1,630,000) | 0.50 | 1.00 | (0.50) | |
Crimetime | CBS | 8:00PM | 3,920,000 | 3,920,000 | 0.60 | 0.60 | REPEAT | ||
Saturday Night Football | ABC | 8:00PM | 3,860,000 | 7,336,000 | (3,476,000) | 1.10 | 2.62 | (1.52) | |
The Voice | NBC | 8:00PM | 2,760,000 | 2,760,000 | 0.60 | 0.60 | REPEAT | ||
Crimetime | CBS | 9:00PM | 4,610,000 | 4,610,000 | 0.80 | 0.80 | REPEAT | ||
Music for Change | NBC | 9:00PM | 1,830,000 | 1,830,000 | 0.40 | 0.40 | special | ||
48 Hours Mystery | CBS | 10:00PM | 5,490,000 | 5,490,000 | 1.00 | 1.00 | premiere | ||
SNL(R) | NBC | 10:00PM | 3,210,000 | 3,210,000 | 0.90 | 0.90 | REPEAT |
Sitcoms in green did excellent for the week, while yellow indicates OK showings and red is not good! This is sorted by adults 18-49:
Week 1 (Sept. 22-28) How the Sitcoms Did | ||||||
(Sun comedies are previous week and Fri/Sat are prelim ratings) | ||||||
Sorted by 18-49 Rtg | ||||||
Title | Network | Time | Day | Total Viewers | 18-49 Rtg | Notes |
The Big Bang Theory | CBS | 8:00PM | Mon | 18,031,000 | 5.45 | premiere |
The Big Bang Theory | CBS | 8:30PM | Mon | 18,237,000 | 5.41 | special time |
Modern Family | ABC | 9:00PM | Wed | 11,378,000 | 3.91 | premiere |
black-ish | ABC | 9:30PM | Wed | 11,039,000 | 3.32 | premiere |
The Goldbergs | ABC | 8:30PM | Wed | 7,314,000 | 2.44 | premiere |
The Middle | ABC | 8:00PM | Wed | 7,587,000 | 2.19 | premiere |
American Dad! | Fox | 9:30PM | Sun | 3,030,000 | 1.46 | FINALE |
Family Guy | Fox | 9:00PM | Sun | 3,054,000 | 1.42 | REPEAT |
The Simpsons | Fox | 8:00PM | Sun | 3,030,000 | 1.32 | REPEAT |
New Girl | Fox | 9:00PM | Tue | 2,359,000 | 1.29 | |
Family Guy | Fox | 8:30PM | Sun | 2,830,000 | 1.25 | REPEAT |
The Mindy Project | Fox | 9:30PM | Tue | 2,101,000 | 1.03 | |
The Simpsons | Fox | 7:30PM | Sun | 2,155,000 | 0.89 | REPEAT |
Bob's Burgers | Fox | 7:00PM | Sun | 1,881,000 | 0.76 | REPEAT |
Comedytime (R) | CBS | 8:00PM | Sat | |||
Comedytime (R) | CBS | 8:30PM | Sat | |||
Animation Domination | Fox | 7:00PM | Sun | |||
Animnation Domination | Fox | 7:30PM | Sun | |||
Mom | CBS | 8:30PM | Mon | premieres 9/29 | ||
Last Man Standing | ABC | 8:00PM | Fri | premieres 10/3 | ||
Cristela | ABC | 8:30PM | Fri | premieres 10/10 | ||
Marry Me | NBC | 9:00PM | Tue | premieres 10/7 | ||
About a Boy | NBC | 9:30PM | Tue | premieres 10/7 | ||
Selfie | ABC | 8:00PM | Tue | premieres 9/30 | ||
Manhattan Love Story | ABC | 8:30PM | Tue | premieres 9/30 | ||
Bad Judge | NBC | 9:00PM | Thu | premieres 10/2 | ||
A to Z | NBC | 9:30PM | Thu | premieres 10/2 | ||
Mulaney | Fox | 9:30PM | Sun | premieres 10/5 | ||
Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Fox | 8:30PM | Sun | premieres 9/28 | ||
2 Broke Girls | CBS | 8:00PM | Mon | premieres 10/27 | ||
The Millers | CBS | 8:30PM | Thu | premieres 10/30 | ||
Two and a Half Men | CBS | 9:00PM | Thu | premieres 10/30 | ||
The McCarthys | CBS | 9:30PM | Thu | premieres 10/30 |
SOURCE: Nielsen Media Research
Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows
Friday, December 13
Happy's Place - "Dear Jack" (NBC, 9:15PM ET/PT)
When Bobbie catches Isabella doing a slow-fade breakup with her long-distance boyfriend, she convinces her to send a Dear John letter; Steve brings in a review praising Chef Emmett's cooking and acknowledging the tavern's bartender, "Abby."
Lopez vs Lopez - "Lopez vs Dateline" (NBC, 9:45PM ET/PT)
When George's controversial new appliance turns up dead, he mounts a true-crime investigation; Chance tests the bounds of honesty with his family.
Bob Hearts Abishola - "Splitting the Hairs" (The CW, 8:00PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
Bob, Douglas and Christina try to get Dottie to make a will; Abishola and Kemi's friendship is tested after Abishola catches Kemi in a lie.
Bob Hearts Abishola - "There's My Nigerians" (The CW, 8:30PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
While Bob and Abishola struggle to pull Dottie out of her depression, Auntie Olu and Uncle Tunde come over to lift her spirits.
Children Ruin Everything - "Bedtime" (The CW, 9:00PM ET/PT)
When James finds an old game console, he and Astrid attempt to find free time to play; but a bedtime routine threatens to eat up all the time between when the kids are supposed to be in bed and when Astrid and James have to go to bed themselves.
Children Ruin Everything - "Drama" (The CW, 9:30PM ET/PT)
Astrid and James struggle to hold onto their identities while raising their two young children in the city.
Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of December 9)
Friday, December 13
- Kerry Washington (UnPrisoned) - Watch Kerry on a repeat of Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
- Jimmy O. Yang (Interior Chinatown/Space Force/Silicon Valley) - Jimmy appears on repeats of Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC and on Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
- Kristin Chenoweth (Trial & Error/Kristin) - Kristin is a guest on a repeat of Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
- Milana Vayntrub (Other Space), Jessica Lowe (Wrecked) and Jason Ritter (Another Period/The Class) - Milana, Jessica and Jason are guests on a repeat of After Midnight at 12:37am on CBS.
- Richard Kind (Curb Your Enthusiasm/Spin City/Mad About You) and Fred Armisen (Los Espookys/Forever/Final Space) - NBC's Today catches up with Richard and Fred in the 9am hour.
- Zosia Mamet (Laid/Girls) - Zosia talks about Laid on NBC's Today in the 10am hour.
- Christian Slater (Breaking In) and Sarah Michelle Gellar (The Crazy Ones) - Christian and Sarah are sitting down with Drew to talk all about working together on Dexter: Original Sin on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
- Lisa Kudrow (No Good Deed/HouseBroken/Web Therapy/The Comeback/Friends/Mad About You) - Lisa talks about chats with the ladies of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
- Tom Selleck (The Closer) and Donnie Wahlberg (Return of the Mac) - Tom and Donnie discuss the series finale of Blue Bloods on The Talk on CBS at 2pm ET/1pm CT-PT.
- Nancy McKeon (The Facts of Life/Can't Hurry Love) - Nancy will be on New York Living on WPIX in New York at 10:05am.
New on DVD and Blu-ray
09/10 - Rick and Morty - The Complete Seasons 1-7
09/10 - The Ropers - The Complete Series (VEI)
09/10 - Ted - Season One (Blu-ray) (DVD)
09/17 - The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet - Video Scrapbook
09/17 - Top Cat - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
09/24 - Friends - The Complete Series (4K UHD)
09/24 - Young Sheldon - The Complete Seventh Season (DVD) / The Complete Series (DVD) (Blu-ray)
10/08 - Curb Your Enthusiasm - The Complete Twelfth Season / The Complete Series
10/22 - Veep - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
11/05 - I Love Lucy - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
11/12 - The King of Queens - The Complete Series (Blu-ray) (2024 Release)
11/19 - SpongeBob SquarePants - The Complete Fourteenth Season
11/26 - Looney Tunes Collector's Choice - Volume 4 (Blu-ray)
12/03 - Angel (1960-1961) - The Complete Series, Volume 1
12/17 - Seinfeld - The Complete Series (Blu-ray) (4K UHD)
02/04 - Bewitched - The Complete Series - 60th Anniversary Special Edition (Blu-ray)
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