Sunday, October 05, 2014
Week 2 TV Ratings and Analysis; How the Sitcoms Did
Total Viewers: #1. CBS 13.5 million (+2% from first four nights week 1); #2. NBC 9.18 million (-5%); #3. ABC 8.85 million (-10%); #4. Fox 4.4 million (+5%); #5. The CW 0.98 million (+14%).
Adults 18-49: #1. CBS 3.3/10 rating/share (-8% in rating from first four nights week 1); #2. NBC 2.5/8 (-4%); #3. ABC 2.2/7 (-12%); #4. Fox 1.5/5 (even) #5. The CW 0.4/1 (+33%)
We're back with a new season! We have the final ratings for Week 1 (9/22/14-9/28/14). Among Adults 18-49, NBC won the week with a 3.0 rating thanks to the NFL, followed by CBS's 2.4, ABC's 2.2 and Fox's 2.0. For Total Viewers, CBS was on top with 10.86 million, followed by NBC's 10.03. ABC was next with 8.26 million and Fox trailed with just 5.24 million.
We will also have Season to-date (9/22/14-9/28/14) ratings in 18-49 and total viewers next week, since we're only one week in right now.
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 2 (Sept. 29-Oct. 5) Analysis | |||||||||
Last Sunday (Sept. 28) | (Week 1) | 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 | (26,651,000) | 10.01 | (10.01) | |||
60 Minutes | CBS | 7:00PM | 9,678,000 | 17,875,000 | (8,197,000) | 1.10 | 3.45 | (2.35) | |
Once Upon a Time Special | ABC | 7:00PM | 5,493,000 | 4,945,000 | 548,000 | 1.62 | 0.90 | 0.72 | vs. AFV (R) |
Bob's Burgers | Fox | 7:00PM | 1,881,000 | (1,881,000) | 0.76 | (0.76) | |||
Football Night in America | NBC | 7:30PM | 3,828,000 | 2,429,000 | 1,399,000 | 1.17 | 0.81 | 0.36 | |
The OT | Fox | 7:55PM | 16,439,000 | 2,155,000 | 14,284,000 | 6.28 | 0.89 | 5.39 | vs. Bob's Burgers (R) |
Madam Secretary | CBS | 8:00PM | 12,723,000 | 14,751,000 | (2,028,000) | 1.42 | 1.99 | (0.57) | premiere |
Once Upon a Time | ABC | 8:00PM | 10,201,000 | 3,197,000 | 7,004,000 | 3.75 | 0.77 | 2.98 | premiere vs. REPEAT |
Football Night in America | NBC | 8:00PM | 13,005,000 | 9,950,000 | 3,055,000 | 4.57 | 3.68 | 0.89 | |
The Simpsons | Fox | 8:00PM | 8,526,000 | 3,030,000 | 5,496,000 | 3.90 | 1.32 | 2.58 | premiere vs. REPEAT |
Sunday Night Football | NBC | 8:30PM | 22,675,000 | 19,665,000 | 3,010,000 | 8.67 | 7.80 | 0.87 | |
Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Fox | 8:30PM | 5,461,000 | 2,830,000 | 2,631,000 | 2.63 | 1.25 | 1.38 | premiere vs. Family Guy (R) |
The Good Wife | CBS | 9:00PM | 11,089,000 | 11,059,000 | 30,000 | 1.33 | 1.45 | (0.12) | |
Resurrection | ABC | 9:00PM | 8,378,000 | 3,130,000 | 5,248,000 | 2.54 | 0.73 | 1.81 | premiere vs. REPEAT |
Family Guy | Fox | 9:00PM | 8,452,000 | 3,054,000 | 5,398,000 | 4.54 | 1.42 | 3.12 | 1-hr prem vs. REPEAT |
American Dad! | Fox | 9:30PM | 3,030,000 | (3,030,000) | 1.46 | (1.46) | |||
CSI | CBS | 10:00PM | 9,362,000 | 9,362,000 | 1.35 | 1.35 | premiere | ||
Revenge | ABC | 10:00PM | 5,713,000 | 2,585,000 | 3,128,000 | 1.53 | 0.61 | 0.92 | premiere vs. 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 | 16,383,000 | 18,031,000 | (1,648,000) | 4.78 | 5.45 | (0.67) | |
Dancing with the Stars | ABC | 8:00PM | 12,502,000 | 12,759,000 | (257,000) | 1.84 | 2.24 | (0.40) | |
The Voice | NBC | 8:00PM | 12,941,000 | 12,948,000 | (7,000) | 3.98 | 3.93 | 0.05 | |
Gotham | Fox | 8:00PM | 7,454,000 | 8,210,000 | (756,000) | 2.80 | 3.24 | (0.44) | |
iHeart Radio Special | CW | 8:00PM | 819,000 | 819,000 | 0.31 | 0.31 | 8-10P | ||
Whose Line Is it Anyway? | CW | 8:00PM | 723,000 | (723,000) | 0.19 | (0.19) | |||
The Big Bang Theory | CBS | 8:30PM | 12,259,000 | 18,237,000 | (5,978,000) | 3.11 | 5.41 | (2.30) | REPEAT |
Whose Line Is it Anyway? | CW | 8:30PM | 739,000 | (739,000) | 0.21 | (0.21) | |||
Scorpion | CBS | 9:00PM | 13,359,000 | 13,833,000 | (474,000) | 3.05 | 3.21 | (0.16) | |
Sleepy Hollow | Fox | 9:00PM | 5,041,000 | 5,506,000 | (465,000) | 1.73 | 1.96 | (0.23) | |
America's Next Top Model | CW | 9:00PM | 781,000 | (781,000) | 0.27 | (0.27) | |||
NCIS: LA | CBS | 10:00PM | 9,485,000 | 7,519,000 | 1,966,000 | 1.89 | 1.75 | 0.14 | premiere vs. Under Dome |
Castle | ABC | 10:00PM | 10,749,000 | 8,594,000 | 2,155,000 | 2.20 | 1.69 | 0.51 | premiere vs. Forever |
The Blacklist | NBC | 10:00PM | 10,512,000 | 12,341,000 | (1,829,000) | 2.78 | 3.38 | (0.60) | |
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 | 18,838,000 | 18,228,000 | 610,000 | 2.64 | 2.91 | (0.27) | |
Selfie | ABC | 8:00PM | 5,311,000 | 5,311,000 | 1.57 | 1.57 | premiere | ||
Dancing w/Stars Results | ABC | 8:00PM | 9,962,000 | (9,962,000) | 1.71 | (1.71) | |||
The Voice | NBC | 8:00PM | 13,734,000 | 13,184,000 | 550,000 | 4.11 | 4.11 | - | 8-10P |
Utopia | Fox | 8:00PM | 1,991,000 | 1,911,000 | 80,000 | 0.82 | 0.82 | - | |
iHeart Radio Special | CW | 8:00PM | 989,000 | 989,000 | 0.39 | 0.39 | 8-10P | ||
Arrow | CW | 8:00PM | 670,000 | (670,000) | 0.26 | (0.26) | |||
Manhattan Love Story | ABC | 8:30PM | 4,700,000 | 4,700,000 | 1.45 | 1.45 | premiere | ||
NCIS: New Orleans | CBS | 9:00PM | 16,574,000 | 17,225,000 | (651,000) | 2.27 | 2.49 | (0.22) | |
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | ABC | 9:00PM | 5,052,000 | 5,984,000 | (932,000) | 1.82 | 2.10 | (0.28) | |
New Girl | Fox | 9:00PM | 2,373,000 | 2,350,000 | 23,000 | 1.27 | 1.29 | (0.02) | |
Supernatural | CW | 9:00PM | 680,000 | (680,000) | 0.27 | (0.27) | |||
Mindy Project | Fox | 9:30PM | 2,354,000 | 2,101,000 | 253,000 | 1.13 | 1.03 | 0.10 | |
Person of Interest | CBS | 10:00PM | 10,715,000 | 10,580,000 | 135,000 | 1.80 | 1.74 | 0.06 | |
Forever | ABC | 10:00PM | 5,961,000 | 6,854,000 | (893,000) | 1.45 | 1.83 | (0.38) | |
Chicago Fire | NBC | 10:00PM | 8,714,000 | 9,144,000 | (430,000) | 2.27 | 2.61 | (0.34) | |
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 | 9,486,000 | 9,754,000 | (268,000) | 2.45 | 2.74 | (0.29) | vs. 90-min prem |
The Middle | ABC | 8:00PM | 7,423,000 | 7,587,000 | (164,000) | 1.98 | 2.19 | (0.21) | |
Mysteries of Laura | NBC | 8:00PM | 8,975,000 | 10,007,000 | (1,032,000) | 1.49 | 1.53 | (0.04) | |
Hell's Kitchen | Fox | 8:00PM | 3,887,000 | 3,685,000 | 202,000 | 1.39 | 1.30 | 0.09 | |
Arrow | CW | 8:00PM | 694,000 | 1,506,000 | (812,000) | 0.21 | 0.48 | (0.27) | REPEAT vs. Penn & Teller |
The Goldbergs | ABC | 8:30PM | 7,086,000 | 7,314,000 | (228,000) | 2.34 | 2.44 | (0.10) | |
Criminal Minds | CBS | 9:00PM | 11,651,000 | 11,651,000 | 2.70 | 2.70 | premiere | ||
Modern Family | ABC | 9:00PM | 10,557,000 | 11,378,000 | (821,000) | 3.75 | 3.91 | (0.16) | |
Law & Order: SVU | NBC | 9:00PM | 7,732,000 | 10,067,000 | (2,335,000) | 1.79 | 2.15 | (0.36) | |
Red Band Society | Fox | 9:00PM | 3,329,000 | 3,428,000 | (99,000) | 1.10 | 1.05 | 0.05 | |
Big Brother | CBS | 9:30PM | 6,921,000 | (6,921,000) | 2.59 | (2.59) | |||
black-ish | ABC | 9:30PM | 8,291,000 | 11,039,000 | (2,748,000) | 2.64 | 3.32 | (0.68) | |
Arrow | CW | 9:00PM | 672,000 | 1,396,000 | (724,000) | 0.19 | 0.43 | (0.24) | REPEAT vs. Penn & Teller (R) |
Stalker | CBS | 10:00PM | 9,048,000 | 9,048,000 | 1.97 | 1.97 | premiere | ||
Nashville | ABC | 10:00PM | 5,340,000 | 5,797,000 | (457,000) | 1.56 | 1.49 | 0.07 | |
Chicago P.D. | NBC | 10:00PM | 6,626,000 | 8,505,000 | (1,879,000) | 1.54 | 1.92 | (0.38) | |
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 | 10,987,000 | 9,234,000 | 1,753,000 | 3.33 | 2.95 | 0.38 | |
Grey's Anatomy | ABC | 8:00PM | 9,439,000 | 10,143,000 | (704,000) | 2.70 | 3.14 | (0.44) | |
The Biggest Loser | NBC | 8:00PM | 4,643,000 | 4,470,000 | 173,000 | 1.32 | 1.33 | (0.01) | vs. 2-hour |
Bones | Fox | 8:00PM | 6,406,000 | 6,345,000 | 61,000 | 1.53 | 1.58 | (0.05) | |
Vampire Diaries | CW | 8:00PM | 1,807,000 | 606,000 | 1,201,000 | 0.91 | 0.21 | 0.70 | premiere vs. REPEAT |
Thursday Night Football | CBS | 8:30PM | 16,544,000 | 16,289,000 | 255,000 | 5.89 | 6.02 | (0.13) | |
Scandal | ABC | 9:00PM | 10,701,000 | 12,155,000 | (1,454,000) | 3.38 | 3.90 | (0.52) | |
Bad Judge | NBC | 9:00PM | 5,841,000 | 5,841,000 | 1.32 | 1.32 | premiere | ||
Gracepoint | Fox | 9:00PM | 4,756,000 | 2,275,000 | 2,481,000 | 1.16 | 0.63 | 0.53 | premiere vs. Sleepy (R) |
Reign | CW | 9:00PM | 1,009,000 | 505,000 | 504,000 | 0.38 | 0.18 | 0.20 | premiere vs. Originals (R) |
A to Z | NBC | 9:30PM | 4,791,000 | 4,791,000 | 1.21 | 1.21 | premiere | ||
How To Get Away w/Murder | ABC | 10:00PM | 12,150,000 | 14,340,000 | (2,190,000) | 3.32 | 3.85 | (0.53) | |
Parenthood | NBC | 10:00PM | 4,336,000 | 4,263,000 | 73,000 | 1.32 | 1.38 | (0.06) | |
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 | 6,157,000 | 5,484,000 | 673,000 | 1.20 | 1.14 | 0.06 | |
Last Man Standing | ABC | 8:00PM | 6,642,000 | 6,642,000 | 1.20 | 1.20 | 1-hour premiere | ||
Shark Tank | ABC | 8:00PM | 7,448,000 | (7,448,000) | 1.94 | (1.94) | 8-10P | ||
Bad Judge | NBC | 8:00PM | 4,030,000 | 4,030,000 | 0.80 | 0.80 | REPEAT | ||
Mysteries of Laura | NBC | 8:00PM | 4,820,000 | (4,820,000) | 0.74 | (0.74) | |||
Utopia | Fox | 8:00PM | 1,752,000 | 1,873,000 | (121,000) | 0.60 | 0.70 | (0.10) | |
A to Z | NBC | 8:00PM | 3,033,000 | 3,033,000 | 0.80 | 0.80 | REPEAT | ||
Whose Line Is It Anyway? | CW | 8:00PM | 1,276,000 | 1,006,000 | 270,000 | 0.40 | 0.27 | 0.13 | premiere vs. Illusion |
Whose Line Is It Anyway? | CW | 8:30PM | 1,086,000 | 872,000 | 214,000 | 0.30 | 0.30 | - | vs. REPEAT |
Hawaii Five-0 | CBS | 9:00PM | 9,711,000 | 8,975,000 | 736,000 | 1.30 | 1.25 | 0.05 | |
Shark Tank | ABC | 9:00PM | 7,071,000 | 7,071,000 | 1.80 | 1.80 | TP premiere | ||
Dateline | NBC | 9:00PM | 5,418,000 | 6,893,000 | (1,475,000) | 1.10 | 1.39 | (0.29) | 9-11P |
America's Next Top Model | CW | 9:00PM | 1,137,000 | 527,000 | 610,000 | 0.30 | 0.19 | 0.11 | vs. REPEAT |
Gotham | Fox | 9:00PM | 1,775,000 | 2,497,000 | (722,000) | 0.60 | 0.73 | (0.13) | REPEAT |
Blue Bloods | CBS | 10:00PM | 10,682,000 | 10,878,000 | (196,000) | 1.20 | 1.20 | - | |
20/20 | ABC | 10:00PM | 4,749,000 | 6,573,000 | (1,824,000) | 1.20 | 1.65 | (0.45) | |
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 | 1,810,000 | 1,301,000 | 509,000 | 0.60 | 0.43 | 0.17 | |
Crimetime | CBS | 8:00PM | 3,680,000 | 3,845,000 | (165,000) | 0.60 | 0.55 | 0.05 | REPEAT |
Saturday Night Football | ABC | 8:00PM | 4,470,000 | 4,053,000 | 417,000 | 1.30 | 1.17 | 0.13 | |
The Voice | NBC | 8:00PM | 2,800,000 | 2,652,000 | 148,000 | 0.70 | 0.58 | 0.12 | 8-10P REPEAT |
Crimetime | CBS | 9:00PM | 3,550,000 | 4,549,000 | (999,000) | 0.50 | 0.73 | (0.23) | REPEAT |
Music for Change | NBC | 9:00PM | 1,830,000 | (1,830,000) | 0.40 | (0.40) | |||
48 Hours Mystery | CBS | 10:00PM | 5,220,000 | 5,541,000 | (321,000) | 0.80 | 1.00 | (0.20) | |
SNL(R) | NBC | 10:00PM | 3,000,000 | 3,184,000 | (184,000) | 0.80 | 0.87 | (0.07) | 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 2 (Sept. 29-Oct. 5) 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 | 16,383,000 | 4.78 | |
Family Guy | Fox | 9:00PM | Sun | 8,452,000 | 4.54 | 1-hr prem |
The Simpsons | Fox | 8:00PM | Sun | 8,526,000 | 3.90 | premiere |
Modern Family | ABC | 9:00PM | Wed | 10,557,000 | 3.75 | |
The Big Bang Theory | CBS | 8:30PM | Mon | 12,259,000 | 3.11 | REPEAT |
black-ish | ABC | 9:30PM | Wed | 8,291,000 | 2.64 | |
Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Fox | 8:30PM | Sun | 5,461,000 | 2.63 | premiere |
The Goldbergs | ABC | 8:30PM | Wed | 7,086,000 | 2.34 | |
The Middle | ABC | 8:00PM | Wed | 7,423,000 | 1.98 | |
Selfie | ABC | 8:00PM | Tue | 5,311,000 | 1.57 | premiere |
Manhattan Love Story | ABC | 8:30PM | Tue | 4,700,000 | 1.45 | premiere |
Bad Judge | NBC | 9:00PM | Thu | 5,841,000 | 1.32 | premiere |
New Girl | Fox | 9:00PM | Tue | 2,373,000 | 1.27 | |
A to Z | NBC | 9:30PM | Thu | 4,791,000 | 1.21 | premiere |
Last Man Standing | ABC | 8:00PM | Fri | 6,642,000 | 1.2 | 1-hr prem |
The Mindy Project | Fox | 9:30PM | Tue | 2,354,000 | 1.13 | |
Bad Judge | NBC | 8:00PM | Fri | 4,030,000 | 0.8 | REPEAT |
A to Z | NBC | 8:30PM | Fri | 3,033,000 | 0.8 | REPEAT |
American Dad! | Fox | 9:30PM | Sun | completed | ||
Bob's Burgers | Fox | 7:00PM | Sun | preempted | ||
Comedytime (R) | CBS | 8:00PM | Sat | preempted | ||
Comedytime (R) | CBS | 8:30PM | Sat | preempted | ||
Animation Domination | Fox | 7:00PM | Sun | preempted | ||
Animnation Domination | Fox | 7:30PM | Sun | preempted | ||
Mom | CBS | 8:30PM | Thu | premieres 10/30 | ||
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 | ||
Mulaney | Fox | 9:30PM | Sun | premieres 10/5 | ||
2 Broke Girls | CBS | 8:00PM | Mon | premieres 10/27 | ||
The Millers | CBS | 8:30PM | Mon | premieres 10/20 | ||
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
Saturday, April 27
none scheduled
Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of April 22)
Friday, April 26
- Ernie Hudson (Grace and Frankie/The Last Precinct/Highcliffe Manor) - Ernie and Bill Murray are guests on a repeat of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
- Steve Buscemi (Miracle Workers) - Steve appears on a repeat of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert at 11:35pm on CBS.
- Jerrod Carmichael (The Carmichael Show) - Jerrod is a guest on a repeat of Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
- Fred Armisen (Los Espookys/Forever/Final Space) - Fred sits in with The 8G Band on a repeat of Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
- Retta (Parks and Recreation) - Retta talks about HGTV's Ugliest House in America on Access Daily with Mario & Kit, so check your local listings.
- Janet Jackson (Diff'rent Strokes/Good Times) - Drew and Ross are surprised by Janet whose telling them all about her new tour, some of her most iconic moments and fashion looks and more on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
- Jessica Capshaw (Odd Man Out) and Camilla Luddington (Californication) - Jessica and Camilla are guests on The Talk on CBS at 2pm ET/1pm CT-PT.
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