Sunday, October 12, 2014
Week 3 TV Ratings and Analysis; How the Sitcoms Did
Total Viewers: #1. CBS 12.74 million (-6% from first four nights week 2); #2. ABC 8.38 million (-5%); #3. NBC 8.12 million (-12%); #4. Fox 4.01 million (-9%); #5. The CW 2.19 million (+123%).
Adults 18-49: #1. CBS 3.1/10 rating/share (-6% in rating from first four nights week 2); #2. NBC 2.1/7 (-16%); #3. ABC 2.1/7 (-5%); #4. Fox 1.4/4 (-7%) #5. The CW 0.9/3 (+125%)
We have the final ratings for Week 2 (9/29/14-10/5/14). Among Adults 18-49, NBC won the week again with a 2.7 rating thanks to the NFL, followed by CBS's 2.5, ABC's 2.0 and Fox's 1.2. For Total Viewers, CBS was on top with 11.36 million, followed by NBC's 8.99. ABC was next with 7.46 million and Fox trailed with just 3.41 million.
For season to-date (9/22/14-10/5/14) , among Adults 18-49, NBC is #1 with a 2.8 rating, CBS is next with a 2.4, followed by ABC with a 2.1 and Fox with a 1.6. Among total viewers, CBC is #1 with 11.11 million, then NBC with 9.55 million. ABC is next with 7.86 million and Fox trails with just 4.33 million.
Back to week 3, 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 3 (Oct. 6-12) Analysis | |||||||||
Last Sunday (Oct. 5) | (Week 2) | This Wk | Prev Week | Wk-to-Wk +/- | This Wk | Prev Week | Wk-to-Wk +/- | ||
Title | Network | Time | Total Viewers | 18-49 Rtg | Notes | ||||
60 Minutes | CBS | 7:30PM | 14,232,000 | 9,678,000 | 4,554,000 | 2.48 | 1.10 | 1.38 | |
Once Upon a Time | ABC | 7:00PM | 3,584,000 | 5,493,000 | (1,909,000) | 0.87 | 1.62 | (0.75) | REPEAT vs. Special |
The Simpsons | Fox | 7:00PM | 1,712,000 | 1,712,000 | 0.63 | 0.63 | REPEAT | ||
Football Night in America | NBC | 7:30PM | 7,688,000 | 3,828,000 | 3,860,000 | 2.74 | 1.17 | 1.57 | |
Bob's Burgers | Fox | 7:55PM | 3,137,000 | 16,439,000 | (13,302,000) | 1.42 | 6.28 | (4.86) | premiere vs. The OT |
Madam Secretary | CBS | 8:30PM | 12,201,000 | 12,723,000 | (522,000) | 1.60 | 1.42 | 0.18 | |
Once Upon a Time | ABC | 8:00PM | 9,238,000 | 10,201,000 | (963,000) | 3.29 | 3.75 | (0.46) | |
Football Night in America | NBC | 8:00PM | 10,760,000 | 13,005,000 | (2,245,000) | 3.90 | 4.57 | (0.67) | |
The Simpsons | Fox | 8:00PM | 4,272,000 | 8,526,000 | (4,254,000) | 1.97 | 3.90 | (1.93) | |
Sunday Night Football | NBC | 8:30PM | 19,386,000 | 22,675,000 | (3,289,000) | 7.36 | 8.67 | (1.31) | |
Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Fox | 8:30PM | 3,314,000 | 5,461,000 | (2,147,000) | 1.64 | 2.63 | (0.99) | |
The Good Wife | CBS | 9:30PM | 10,832,000 | 11,089,000 | (257,000) | 1.40 | 1.33 | 0.07 | |
Resurrection | ABC | 9:00PM | 6,735,000 | 8,378,000 | (1,643,000) | 1.99 | 2.54 | (0.55) | |
Family Guy | Fox | 9:00PM | 3,626,000 | 8,452,000 | (4,826,000) | 1.87 | 4.54 | (2.67) | vs. 1-hr ep |
Mulaney | Fox | 9:30PM | 2,297,000 | 2,297,000 | 0.98 | 0.98 | premiere | ||
CSI | CBS | 10:30PM | 8,039,000 | 9,362,000 | (1,323,000) | 1.27 | 1.35 | (0.08) | |
Revenge | ABC | 10:00PM | 5,270,000 | 5,713,000 | (443,000) | 1.35 | 1.53 | (0.18) | |
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 | 15,746,000 | 16,383,000 | (637,000) | 4.53 | 4.78 | (0.25) | |
Dancing with the Stars | ABC | 8:00PM | 12,742,000 | 12,502,000 | 240,000 | 1.95 | 1.84 | 0.11 | |
The Voice | NBC | 8:00PM | 12,408,000 | 12,941,000 | (533,000) | 3.71 | 3.98 | (0.27) | |
Gotham | Fox | 8:00PM | 6,361,000 | 7,454,000 | (1,093,000) | 2.49 | 2.80 | (0.31) | |
The Originals | CW | 8:00PM | 1,359,000 | 1,359,000 | 0.71 | 0.71 | PREMIERE | ||
iHeart Radio Special | CW | 8:00PM | 819,000 | (819,000) | 0.31 | (0.31) | |||
The Big Bang Theory | CBS | 8:30PM | 11,724,000 | 12,259,000 | (535,000) | 2.92 | 3.11 | (0.19) | REPEAT |
Scorpion | CBS | 9:00PM | 11,934,000 | 13,359,000 | (1,425,000) | 2.54 | 3.05 | (0.51) | |
Sleepy Hollow | Fox | 9:00PM | 4,464,000 | 5,041,000 | (577,000) | 1.70 | 1.73 | (0.03) | |
Supernatural Retrospective | CW | 9:00PM | 1,065,000 | 1,065,000 | 0.50 | 0.50 | special | ||
NCIS: LA | CBS | 10:00PM | 8,683,000 | 9,485,000 | (802,000) | 1.64 | 1.89 | (0.25) | |
Castle | ABC | 10:00PM | 9,901,000 | 10,749,000 | (848,000) | 1.99 | 2.20 | (0.21) | |
The Blacklist | NBC | 10:00PM | 9,980,000 | 10,512,000 | (532,000) | 2.61 | 2.78 | (0.17) | |
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 | 17,275,000 | 18,838,000 | (1,563,000) | 2.62 | 2.64 | (0.02) | |
Selfie | ABC | 8:00PM | 3,992,000 | 5,311,000 | (1,319,000) | 1.15 | 1.57 | (0.42) | |
The Voice | NBC | 8:00PM | 9,067,000 | 13,734,000 | (4,667,000) | 2.47 | 4.11 | (1.64) | 8-10P Clip Show |
Family Guy | Fox | 8:00PM | 1,962,000 | 1,991,000 | (29,000) | 0.93 | 0.82 | 0.11 | REPEAT vs. Utopia |
Flash | CW | 8:00PM | 4,792,000 | 4,792,000 | 1.87 | 1.87 | PREMIERE | ||
iHeart Radio Special | CW | 8:00PM | 989,000 | (989,000) | 0.39 | (0.39) | |||
Manhattan Love Story | ABC | 8:30PM | 3,273,000 | 4,700,000 | (1,427,000) | 0.92 | 1.45 | (0.53) | |
NCIS: New Orleans | CBS | 9:00PM | 15,390,000 | 16,574,000 | (1,184,000) | 2.31 | 2.27 | 0.04 | |
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | ABC | 9:00PM | 4,726,000 | 5,052,000 | (326,000) | 1.69 | 1.82 | (0.13) | |
New Girl | Fox | 9:00PM | 2,615,000 | 2,373,000 | 242,000 | 1.39 | 1.27 | 0.12 | |
Supernatural | CW | 9:00PM | 2,481,000 | 2,481,000 | 1.07 | 1.07 | PREMIERE | ||
Mindy Project | Fox | 9:30PM | 2,187,000 | 2,354,000 | (167,000) | 1.03 | 1.13 | (0.10) | |
Person of Interest | CBS | 10:00PM | 9,632,000 | 10,715,000 | (1,083,000) | 1.60 | 1.80 | (0.20) | |
Forever | ABC | 10:00PM | 5,346,000 | 5,961,000 | (615,000) | 1.27 | 1.45 | (0.18) | |
Chicago Fire | NBC | 10:00PM | 8,367,000 | 8,714,000 | (347,000) | 2.14 | 2.27 | (0.13) | |
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 | 9,592,000 | 9,486,000 | 106,000 | 2.47 | 2.45 | 0.02 | |
The Middle | ABC | 8:00PM | 7,697,000 | 7,423,000 | 274,000 | 2.06 | 1.98 | 0.08 | |
Mysteries of Laura | NBC | 8:00PM | 8,698,000 | 8,975,000 | (277,000) | 1.31 | 1.49 | (0.18) | |
Hell's Kitchen | Fox | 8:00PM | 3,808,000 | 3,887,000 | (79,000) | 1.35 | 1.39 | (0.04) | |
Arrow | CW | 8:00PM | 2,809,000 | 694,000 | 2,115,000 | 0.99 | 0.21 | 0.78 | premiere vs. REPEAT |
The Goldbergs | ABC | 8:30PM | 7,320,000 | 7,086,000 | 234,000 | 2.31 | 2.34 | (0.03) | |
Criminal Minds | CBS | 9:00PM | 10,452,000 | 11,651,000 | (1,199,000) | 2.29 | 2.70 | (0.41) | |
Modern Family | ABC | 9:00PM | 10,625,000 | 10,557,000 | 68,000 | 3.62 | 3.75 | (0.13) | |
Law & Order: SVU | NBC | 9:00PM | 7,552,000 | 7,732,000 | (180,000) | 1.65 | 1.79 | (0.14) | |
Red Band Society | Fox | 9:00PM | 2,907,000 | 3,329,000 | (422,000) | 0.91 | 1.10 | (0.19) | |
black-ish | ABC | 9:30PM | 8,283,000 | 8,291,000 | (8,000) | 2.86 | 2.64 | 0.22 | |
Flash | CW | 9:00PM | 2,092,000 | 672,000 | 1,420,000 | 0.64 | 0.19 | 0.45 | REPEAT vs. Arrow (R) |
Stalker | CBS | 10:00PM | 8,174,000 | 9,048,000 | (874,000) | 1.72 | 1.97 | (0.25) | |
Nashville | ABC | 10:00PM | 5,612,000 | 5,340,000 | 272,000 | 1.49 | 1.56 | (0.07) | |
Chicago P.D. | NBC | 10:00PM | 6,625,000 | 6,626,000 | (1,000) | 1.48 | 1.54 | (0.06) | |
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 | 9,325,000 | 10,987,000 | (1,662,000) | 2.73 | 3.33 | (0.60) | |
Grey's Anatomy | ABC | 8:00PM | 8,482,000 | 9,439,000 | (957,000) | 2.41 | 2.70 | (0.29) | |
The Biggest Loser | NBC | 8:00PM | 4,571,000 | 4,643,000 | (72,000) | 1.22 | 1.32 | (0.10) | |
Bones | Fox | 8:00PM | 6,387,000 | 6,406,000 | (19,000) | 1.55 | 1.53 | 0.02 | |
Vampire Diaries | CW | 8:00PM | 1,667,000 | 1,807,000 | (140,000) | 0.75 | 0.91 | (0.16) | |
Thursday Night Football | CBS | 8:30PM | 15,852,000 | 16,544,000 | (692,000) | 5.43 | 5.89 | (0.46) | |
Scandal | ABC | 9:00PM | 9,516,000 | 10,701,000 | (1,185,000) | 3.04 | 3.38 | (0.34) | |
Bad Judge | NBC | 9:00PM | 5,239,000 | 5,841,000 | (602,000) | 1.26 | 1.32 | (0.06) | |
Gracepoint | Fox | 9:00PM | 3,804,000 | 4,756,000 | (952,000) | 0.87 | 1.16 | (0.29) | |
Reign | CW | 9:00PM | 1,093,000 | 1,009,000 | 84,000 | 0.38 | 0.38 | - | |
A to Z | NBC | 9:30PM | 3,628,000 | 4,791,000 | (1,163,000) | 1.05 | 1.21 | (0.16) | |
How To Get Away w/Murder | ABC | 10:00PM | 10,809,000 | 12,150,000 | (1,341,000) | 3.10 | 3.32 | (0.22) | |
Parenthood | NBC | 10:00PM | 4,250,000 | 4,336,000 | (86,000) | 1.26 | 1.32 | (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 | 5,967,000 | 6,080,000 | (113,000) | 1.10 | 1.22 | (0.12) | |
Last Man Standing | ABC | 8:00PM | 6,557,000 | 6,908,000 | (351,000) | 1.20 | 1.31 | (0.11) | vs. 1-hour |
Bad Judge | NBC | 8:00PM | 3,579,000 | 4,041,000 | (462,000) | 0.70 | 0.82 | (0.12) | REPEAT |
Utopia | Fox | 8:00PM | 1,866,000 | 1,752,000 | 114,000 | 0.70 | 0.65 | 0.05 | |
Cristela | ABC | 8:30PM | 6,568,000 | 6,568,000 | 1.30 | 1.30 | PREMIERE | ||
A to Z | NBC | 8:30PM | 2,235,000 | 3,012,000 | (777,000) | 0.50 | 0.76 | (0.26) | REPEAT |
Whose Line Is It Anyway? | CW | 8:00PM | 1,539,000 | 1,293,000 | 246,000 | 0.60 | 0.45 | 0.15 | |
Whose Line Is It Anyway? | CW | 8:30PM | 1,496,000 | 1,052,000 | 444,000 | 0.50 | 0.32 | 0.18 | REPEAT |
Hawaii Five-0 | CBS | 9:00PM | 9,170,000 | 9,767,000 | (597,000) | 1.30 | 1.29 | 0.01 | |
Shark Tank | ABC | 9:00PM | 7,226,000 | 7,291,000 | (65,000) | 1.90 | 1.87 | 0.03 | |
Dateline | NBC | 9:00PM | 5,098,000 | 5,451,000 | (353,000) | 1.00 | 1.14 | (0.14) | 9-11P |
America's Next Top Model | CW | 9:00PM | 1,037,000 | 1,124,000 | (87,000) | 0.40 | 0.43 | (0.03) | |
Gotham | Fox | 9:00PM | 1,564,000 | 1,779,000 | (215,000) | 0.40 | 0.54 | (0.14) | REPEAT |
Blue Bloods | CBS | 10:00PM | 10,828,000 | 10,846,000 | (18,000) | 1.20 | 1.23 | (0.03) | |
20/20 | ABC | 10:00PM | 5,096,000 | 4,892,000 | 204,000 | 1.20 | 1.29 | (0.09) | |
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 | ||||
MLB NLCS Game 1 | Fox | 7:35PM | 3,913,000 | 2,294,000 | 1,619,000 | 1.00 | 0.70 | 0.30 | vs. College Football |
Crimetime | CBS | 8:00PM | 3,666,000 | 3,554,000 | 112,000 | 0.70 | 0.55 | 0.15 | REPEAT |
NASCAR | ABC | 8:00PM | 4,874,000 | 4,563,000 | 311,000 | 1.20 | 1.40 | (0.20) | vs. Sat Nite Football |
Mysteries of Laura | NBC | 8:00PM | 2,406,000 | 2,852,000 | (446,000) | 0.50 | 0.67 | (0.17) | REPEAT vs. Voice (R) |
Crimetime | CBS | 9:00PM | 3,126,000 | 3,484,000 | (358,000) | 0.70 | 0.55 | 0.15 | REPEAT |
Mysteries of Laura | NBC | 9:00PM | 3,038,000 | 3,038,000 | 0.60 | 0.60 | REPEAT | ||
48 Hours Mystery | CBS | 10:00PM | 4,492,000 | 5,289,000 | (797,000) | 0.80 | 0.78 | 0.02 | |
SNL(R) | NBC | 10:00PM | 2,780,000 | 3,036,000 | (256,000) | 0.70 | 0.79 | (0.09) | 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 3 (Oct. 6-12) 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 | 15,746,000 | 4.53 | |
Modern Family | ABC | 9:00PM | Wed | 10,625,000 | 3.62 | |
The Big Bang Theory | CBS | 8:30PM | Mon | 11,724,000 | 2.92 | REPEAT |
black-ish | ABC | 9:30PM | Wed | 8,283,000 | 2.86 | |
The Goldbergs | ABC | 8:30PM | Wed | 7,320,000 | 2.31 | |
The Middle | ABC | 8:00PM | Wed | 7,697,000 | 2.06 | |
The Simpsons | Fox | 8:00PM | Sun | 4,272,000 | 1.97 | |
Family Guy | Fox | 9:00PM | Sun | 3,626,000 | 1.87 | |
Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Fox | 8:30PM | Sun | 3,314,000 | 1.64 | |
Bob's Burgers | Fox | 7:30PM | Sun | 3,137,000 | 1.42 | premiere |
New Girl | Fox | 9:00PM | Tue | 2,615,000 | 1.39 | |
Cristela | ABC | 8:30PM | Fri | 6,568,000 | 1.3 | premiere |
Bad Judge | NBC | 9:00PM | Thu | 5,239,000 | 1.26 | |
Last Man Standing | ABC | 8:00PM | Fri | 6,557,000 | 1.2 | |
Selfie | ABC | 8:00PM | Tue | 3,992,000 | 1.15 | |
A to Z | NBC | 9:30PM | Thu | 3,628,000 | 1.05 | |
The Mindy Project | Fox | 9:30PM | Tue | 2,187,000 | 1.03 | |
Mulaney | Fox | 9:30PM | Sun | 2,297,000 | 0.98 | premiere |
Family Guy | Fox | 8:00PM | Tues | 1,962,000 | 0.93 | REPEAT |
Manhattan Love Story | ABC | 8:30PM | Tue | 3,273,000 | 0.92 | |
Bad Judge | NBC | 8:00PM | Fri | 3,579,000 | 0.7 | REPEAT |
Animation Domination | Fox | 7:00PM | Sun | 1,712,000 | 0.63 | REPEAT |
A to Z | NBC | 8:30PM | Fri | 2,235,000 | 0.5 | REPEAT |
American Dad! | Fox | 9:30PM | Sun | completed | ||
Comedytime (R) | CBS | 8:00PM | Sat | preempted | ||
Comedytime (R) | CBS | 8:30PM | Sat | preempted | ||
Mom | CBS | 8:30PM | Thu | premieres 10/30 | ||
Marry Me | NBC | 9:00PM | Tue | premieres 10/14 | ||
About a Boy | NBC | 9:30PM | Tue | premieres 10/14 | ||
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
Tuesday, January 14
St. Denis Medical - "50 cc's of Kindness" (NBC, 8:00PM ET/PT)
Ron mocks Alex and Matt's attempts to resolve a conflict between two prison inmates who stabbed each other in a gang fight; Serena helps Bruce address his fear of needles; Joyce finds herself smitten by the burly prison guard.
Night Court - "Mayim Worst Enemy" (NBC, 8:30PM ET/PT)
Abby is thrilled when Mayim Bialik appears in the courtroom, but she begins to wonder if the situation is more sinister than it seems; Dan hunts for a mystery man guilty of forgoing basic etiquette.
Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of January 13)
Tuesday, January 14
- Bill Burr (F Is for Family/Townies) - Catch Bill on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
- Gabriel Basso (The Big C) - Gabriel is a guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
- Josh Gad (Wolf Like Me/Avenue 5/The Comedians/1600 Penn/Back to You) - Josh appears on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert at 11:35pm on CBS. NBC's Today catches up with in the 9am hour. He also talks about In Gad We Trust: A Tell-Some with the ladies of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
- Betty Gilpin (GLOW/Nurse Jackie) - Betty is a guest on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert at 11:35pm on CBS.
- Aidy Bryant (Shrill) - Aidy stops by Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
- Marcia Gay Harden (Trophy Wife) - Marcia talks about her children's podcast, Snoriezzz, on Live with Kelly and Mark, so check your local listings.
- Eva Longoria (Only Murders in the Building/Telenovela) - Eva co-hosts NBC's Today in the 10am hour.
- The Cast of Harlem - Meagan Good, Grace Byer, Jerrie Johnson, Shoniqua Shandai and Tyler Lepley talk about the new season of Harlem on Amazon Prime on Sherri, so check your local listings.
- Amanda Warren (Dickinson) - Amanda is a guest on PIX11 Morning News on WPIX in New York at 9:30am.
- Vella Lovell (Animal Control/Mr. Mayor) - Vella appears on New York Living on WPIX in New York at 10:10am.
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