Sunday, October 26, 2014
Week 5 TV Ratings and Analysis; How the Sitcoms Did
Total Viewers: #1. CBS 13.38 million (+5% from first four nights week 4); #2. Fox 9.74 million (+142%); #3. ABC 8.06 million (+2%); #4. NBC 7.69 million (-6%); #5. The CW 1.92 million (-6%).
Adults 18-49: #1. CBS 3.3/10 rating/share (+10% in rating from first four nights week 4); #2. Fox 2.7/8 (+108%); #3. ABC 2.0/6 (even); #4. NBC 2.0/6 (-9%) #5. The CW 0.8/2 (even)
We have the final ratings for Week 4 (10/13/14-10/19/14). Among Adults 18-49, NBC won the week again with a 2.6 rating thanks to the NFL, followed by ABC's 2.1, CBS's 2.1 and Fox's 1.6. For Total Viewers, CBS was on top with 10.5 million, followed by NBC's 8.9. ABC was next with 7.93 million and Fox trailed with 4.65 million.
For season to-date (9/22/14-10/19/14), among Adults 18-49 we have NBC on top with a 3.0 rating, followed by CBS with a 2.6, ABC with a 2.4 and Fox with a 2.0. In Total Viewers, it is CBS on top with 11.94 million, then NBC with 9.91 million, ABC is next with 8.67 million and Fox with 5.42 million.
Back to week 5 (Oct. 20-26), 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 5 (Oct. 20-26) Analysis | |||||||||
Last Sunday (Oct. 19) | (Week 4) | 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 | 7:00PM | 11,393,000 | 10,186,000 | 1,207,000 | 1.18 | 1.30 | (0.12) | |
America's Funniest Home Videos | ABC | 7:00PM | 5,261,000 | 5,463,000 | (202,000) | 1.08 | 1.16 | (0.08) | |
The Simpsons | Fox | 7:00PM | - | - | preempted | ||||
Football Night in America | NBC | 7:30PM | 6,048,000 | 4,322,000 | 1,726,000 | 2.01 | 1.41 | 0.60 | |
The OT | Fox | 7:30PM | 13,782,000 | 14,564,000 | (782,000) | 5.09 | 5.51 | (0.42) | |
Madam Secretary | CBS | 8:00PM | 12,278,000 | 11,446,000 | 832,000 | 1.46 | 1.44 | 0.02 | |
Once Upon a Time | ABC | 8:00PM | 8,070,000 | 7,923,000 | 147,000 | 2.72 | 2.68 | 0.04 | |
Football Night in America | NBC | 8:00PM | 12,605,000 | 11,422,000 | 1,183,000 | 4.05 | 4.00 | 0.05 | |
The Simpsons | Fox | 8:00PM | 7,760,000 | 7,333,000 | 427,000 | 3.58 | 3.25 | 0.33 | |
Sunday Night Football | NBC | 8:30PM | 23,792,000 | 18,088,000 | 5,704,000 | 8.22 | 6.58 | 1.64 | |
Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Fox | 8:30PM | 5,217,000 | 4,513,000 | 704,000 | 2.51 | 2.16 | 0.35 | |
The Good Wife | CBS | 9:00PM | 10,882,000 | 10,392,000 | 490,000 | 1.42 | 1.28 | 0.14 | |
Resurrection | ABC | 9:00PM | 5,071,000 | 5,552,000 | (481,000) | 1.40 | 1.48 | (0.08) | |
Family Guy | Fox | 9:00PM | 4,739,000 | 3,416,000 | 1,323,000 | 2.49 | 1.70 | 0.79 | vs. REPEAT |
Mulaney | Fox | 9:30PM | 2,245,000 | 2,191,000 | 54,000 | 1.02 | 1.06 | (0.04) | |
CSI | CBS | 10:00PM | 8,855,000 | 8,771,000 | 84,000 | 1.37 | 1.36 | 0.01 | |
Revenge | ABC | 10:00PM | 4,997,000 | 4,659,000 | 338,000 | 1.28 | 1.20 | 0.08 | |
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 | 16,017,000 | 15,321,000 | 696,000 | 4.58 | 4.49 | 0.09 | |
Dancing with the Stars | ABC | 8:00PM | 12,584,000 | 12,739,000 | (155,000) | 1.99 | 1.98 | 0.01 | |
The Voice | NBC | 8:00PM | 11,899,000 | 13,275,000 | (1,376,000) | 3.43 | 4.02 | (0.59) | |
Gotham | Fox | 8:00PM | 6,091,000 | 6,393,000 | (302,000) | 2.29 | 2.41 | (0.12) | |
The Originals | CW | 8:00PM | 1,272,000 | 1,290,000 | (18,000) | 0.65 | 0.66 | (0.01) | |
The Millers | CBS | 8:30PM | 8,926,000 | 11,377,000 | (2,451,000) | 2.11 | 2.77 | (0.66) | premiere vs. Big Bang (R) |
Scorpion | CBS | 9:00PM | 10,747,000 | 11,510,000 | (763,000) | 2.43 | 2.39 | 0.04 | |
Sleepy Hollow | Fox | 9:00PM | 5,022,000 | 4,763,000 | 259,000 | 1.79 | 1.68 | 0.11 | |
Jane the Virgin | CW | 9:00PM | 1,362,000 | 1,605,000 | (243,000) | 0.49 | 0.58 | (0.09) | |
NCIS: LA | CBS | 10:00PM | 8,783,000 | 9,242,000 | (459,000) | 1.71 | 1.61 | 0.10 | |
Castle | ABC | 10:00PM | 8,819,000 | 9,173,000 | (354,000) | 1.54 | 1.95 | (0.41) | |
The Blacklist | NBC | 10:00PM | 9,338,000 | 9,758,000 | (420,000) | 2.45 | 2.77 | (0.32) | |
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 | 17,125,000 | 17,259,000 | (134,000) | 2.40 | 2.51 | (0.11) | |
Selfie | ABC | 8:00PM | 3,815,000 | 3,436,000 | 379,000 | 1.09 | 0.96 | 0.13 | |
The Voice | NBC | 8:00PM | 11,947,000 | 12,339,000 | (392,000) | 3.26 | 3.42 | (0.16) | |
Fox World Series | Fox | 8:00PM | 12,191,000 | 12,191,000 | 3.38 | 3.38 | 8-11P | ||
The Simpsons | Fox | 8:00PM | 1,867,000 | (1,867,000) | 0.79 | (0.79) | |||
Flash | CW | 8:00PM | 3,592,000 | 4,268,000 | (676,000) | 1.50 | 1.67 | (0.17) | |
Manhattan Love Story | ABC | 8:30PM | 2,617,000 | 2,868,000 | (251,000) | 0.74 | 0.90 | (0.16) | |
Bob's Burgers | Fox | 8:30PM | 1,419,000 | (1,419,000) | 0.64 | (0.64) | |||
NCIS: New Orleans | CBS | 9:00PM | 16,130,000 | 16,141,000 | (11,000) | 2.39 | 2.22 | 0.17 | |
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | ABC | 9:00PM | 4,359,000 | 4,704,000 | (345,000) | 1.56 | 1.66 | (0.10) | |
Marry Me | NBC | 9:00PM | 5,608,000 | 7,539,000 | (1,931,000) | 1.79 | 2.31 | (0.52) | |
New Girl | Fox | 9:00PM | 2,265,000 | (2,265,000) | 1.21 | (1.21) | |||
Supernatural | CW | 9:00PM | 2,078,000 | 2,129,000 | (51,000) | 0.89 | 0.96 | (0.07) | |
About A Boy | NBC | 9:30PM | 4,631,000 | 5,826,000 | (1,195,000) | 1.38 | 1.69 | (0.31) | |
Mindy Project | Fox | 9:30PM | 2,207,000 | (2,207,000) | 1.06 | (1.06) | |||
Person of Interest | CBS | 10:00PM | 9,397,000 | 9,717,000 | (320,000) | 1.54 | 1.53 | 0.01 | |
Forever | ABC | 10:00PM | 4,948,000 | 4,806,000 | 142,000 | 1.17 | 1.12 | 0.05 | |
Chicago Fire | NBC | 10:00PM | 7,453,000 | 7,109,000 | 344,000 | 1.88 | 1.93 | (0.05) | |
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 | 9,224,000 | 9,329,000 | (105,000) | 2.25 | 2.33 | (0.08) | |
The Middle | ABC | 8:00PM | 7,292,000 | 6,183,000 | 1,109,000 | 2.05 | 1.85 | 0.20 | vs. Toy Story of Terror |
Mysteries of Laura | NBC | 8:00PM | 8,248,000 | 8,675,000 | (427,000) | 1.34 | 1.38 | (0.04) | |
Fox World Series | Fox | 8:00PM | 12,917,000 | 12,917,000 | 3.40 | 3.40 | 8-11P | ||
Hell's Kitchen | Fox | 8:00PM | 3,674,000 | (3,674,000) | 1.23 | (1.23) | |||
Arrow | CW | 8:00PM | 2,550,000 | 2,321,000 | 229,000 | 0.93 | 0.85 | 0.08 | |
The Goldbergs | ABC | 8:30PM | 7,053,000 | 6,237,000 | 816,000 | 2.27 | 2.16 | 0.11 | vs. Charlie Brown |
Criminal Minds | CBS | 9:00PM | 9,924,000 | 10,895,000 | (971,000) | 2.47 | 2.41 | 0.06 | |
Modern Family | ABC | 9:00PM | 10,159,000 | 9,705,000 | 454,000 | 3.39 | 3.45 | (0.06) | |
Law & Order: SVU | NBC | 9:00PM | 7,188,000 | 7,157,000 | 31,000 | 1.58 | 1.70 | (0.12) | |
Red Band Society | Fox | 9:00PM | 3,165,000 | (3,165,000) | 0.96 | (0.96) | |||
black-ish | ABC | 9:30PM | 7,950,000 | 6,935,000 | 1,015,000 | 2.42 | 2.52 | (0.10) | |
The 100 | CW | 9:00PM | 1,539,000 | 1,670,000 | (131,000) | 0.50 | 0.51 | (0.01) | premiere vs. Flash (R) |
Stalker | CBS | 10:00PM | 7,367,000 | 7,868,000 | (501,000) | 1.71 | 1.66 | 0.05 | |
Nashville | ABC | 10:00PM | 5,372,000 | 5,018,000 | 354,000 | 1.36 | 1.29 | 0.07 | |
Chicago P.D. | NBC | 10:00PM | 6,846,000 | 6,784,000 | 62,000 | 1.51 | 1.58 | (0.07) | |
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 | 12,191,000 | 9,232,000 | 2,959,000 | 3.43 | 2.72 | 0.71 | |
Grey's Anatomy | ABC | 8:00PM | 8,616,000 | 8,431,000 | 185,000 | 2.50 | 2.39 | 0.11 | |
The Biggest Loser | NBC | 8:00PM | 4,577,000 | 4,665,000 | (88,000) | 1.15 | 1.28 | (0.13) | |
Bones | Fox | 8:00PM | 4,346,000 | 6,562,000 | (2,216,000) | 0.92 | 1.67 | (0.75) | REPEAT |
Vampire Diaries | CW | 8:00PM | 1,663,000 | 1,825,000 | (162,000) | 0.78 | 0.92 | (0.14) | |
Thursday Night Football | CBS | 8:30PM | 20,216,000 | 16,094,000 | 4,122,000 | 6.68 | 5.36 | 1.32 | |
Scandal | ABC | 9:00PM | 9,975,000 | 9,905,000 | 70,000 | 3.04 | 2.92 | 0.12 | |
Bad Judge | NBC | 9:00PM | 4,390,000 | 4,678,000 | (288,000) | 1.01 | 1.21 | (0.20) | |
Gracepoint | Fox | 9:00PM | 3,519,000 | 3,700,000 | (181,000) | 0.82 | 0.82 | - | |
Reign | CW | 9:00PM | 1,263,000 | 1,268,000 | (5,000) | 0.45 | 0.44 | 0.01 | |
A to Z | NBC | 9:30PM | 3,133,000 | 3,372,000 | (239,000) | 0.88 | 1.00 | (0.12) | |
How To Get Away w/Murder | ABC | 10:00PM | 9,967,000 | 9,790,000 | 177,000 | 3.01 | 2.76 | 0.25 | |
Parenthood | NBC | 10:00PM | 3,950,000 | 4,202,000 | (252,000) | 1.17 | 1.30 | (0.13) | |
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 | 5,549,000 | 6,567,000 | (1,018,000) | 1.00 | 1.41 | (0.41) | |
Last Man Standing | ABC | 8:00PM | 6,258,000 | 6,790,000 | (532,000) | 1.10 | 1.27 | (0.17) | |
Dateline | NBC | 8:00PM | 6,213,000 | 6,213,000 | 1.10 | 1.10 | TP premiere | ||
Marry Me | NBC | 8:00PM | 2,747,000 | (2,747,000) | 0.63 | (0.63) | |||
Fox World Series | Fox | 8:00PM | 9,915,000 | 9,915,000 | 2.50 | 2.50 | 8-11P | ||
Utopia | Fox | 8:00PM | 1,771,000 | (1,771,000) | 0.30 | 0.67 | (0.37) | ||
Jane the Virgin | CW | 8:00PM | 891,000 | 1,249,000 | (358,000) | 0.30 | 0.28 | 0.02 | REPEAT |
Cristela | ABC | 8:30PM | 5,181,000 | 5,989,000 | (808,000) | 1.00 | 1.16 | (0.16) | |
About A Boy | NBC | 8:30PM | 2,366,000 | (2,366,000) | 0.60 | (0.60) | |||
Hawaii Five-0 | CBS | 9:00PM | 8,782,000 | 9,179,000 | (397,000) | 1.10 | 1.25 | (0.15) | |
Shark Tank | ABC | 9:00PM | 6,895,000 | 7,322,000 | (427,000) | 1.80 | 1.91 | (0.11) | |
Grimm | NBC | 9:00PM | 5,269,000 | 1.50 | 1.50 | PREMIERE | |||
Dateline | NBC | 9:00PM | 5,783,000 | (5,783,000) | 1.23 | (1.23) | |||
America's Next Top Model | CW | 9:00PM | 1,078,000 | 1,063,000 | 15,000 | 0.30 | 0.32 | (0.02) | |
Gotham | Fox | 9:00PM | 1,459,000 | (1,459,000) | 0.45 | (0.45) | |||
Blue Bloods | CBS | 10:00PM | 11,196,000 | 10,699,000 | 497,000 | 1.30 | 1.19 | 0.11 | |
20/20 | ABC | 10:00PM | 5,839,000 | 4,586,000 | 1,253,000 | 1.50 | 1.05 | 0.45 | |
Constatine | NBC | 10:00PM | 4,339,000 | 4,339,000 | 1.40 | 1.40 | PREMIERE | ||
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 | ||||
Fox World Series | Fox | 7:35PM | 9,772,000 | 9,772,000 | 2.30 | 2.30 | |||
Crimetime | CBS | 8:00PM | 2,750,000 | 2,978,000 | (228,000) | 0.50 | 0.39 | 0.11 | REPEAT |
Saturday Night Football | ABC | 8:00PM | 4,126,000 | 13,251,000 | (9,125,000) | 1.10 | 4.15 | (3.05) | |
Mysteries of Laura | NBC | 8:00PM | 2,137,000 | 2,405,000 | (268,000) | 0.30 | 0.47 | (0.17) | REPEAT |
Gracepoint | Fox | 8:00PM | 1,254,000 | (1,254,000) | 0.23 | (0.23) | |||
48 Hours Mystery | CBS | 9:00PM | 3,908,000 | 3,705,000 | 203,000 | 0.60 | 0.55 | 0.05 | vs. Crimetime |
Constatine | NBC | 9:00PM | 1,583,000 | 2,290,000 | (707,000) | 0.40 | 0.46 | (0.06) | REPEAT vs. SVU(R) |
Gracepoint | Fox | 9:00PM | 1,283,000 | (1,283,000) | 0.21 | (0.21) | |||
48 Hours Mystery | CBS | 10:00PM | 5,000,000 | 4,683,000 | 317,000 | 0.70 | 0.82 | (0.12) | |
SNL(R) | NBC | 10:00PM | 1,835,000 | 2,545,000 | (710,000) | 0.40 | 0.70 | (0.30) | 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 5 (Oct. 20-26) 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 | 16,017,000 | 4.58 | |
The Simpsons | Fox | 8:00PM | Sun | 7,760,000 | 3.58 | |
Modern Family | ABC | 9:00PM | Wed | 10,159,000 | 3.39 | |
Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Fox | 8:30PM | Sun | 5,217,000 | 2.51 | |
Family Guy | Fox | 9:00PM | Sun | 4,739,000 | 2.49 | |
black-ish | ABC | 9:30PM | Wed | 7,950,000 | 2.42 | |
The Goldbergs | ABC | 8:30PM | Wed | 7,053,000 | 2.27 | |
The Millers | CBS | 8:30PM | Mon | 8,926,000 | 2.11 | PREMIERE |
The Middle | ABC | 8:00PM | Wed | 7,292,000 | 2.05 | |
Marry Me | NBC | 9:00PM | Tue | 5,608,000 | 1.79 | |
About a Boy | NBC | 9:30PM | Tue | 4,631,000 | 1.38 | |
Last Man Standing | ABC | 8:00PM | Fri | 6,258,000 | 1.1 | |
Selfie | ABC | 8:00PM | Tue | 3,815,000 | 1.09 | |
Mulaney | Fox | 9:30PM | Sun | 2,245,000 | 1.02 | |
Bad Judge | NBC | 9:00PM | Thu | 4,390,000 | 1.01 | |
Cristela | ABC | 8:30PM | Fri | 5,181,000 | 1.0 | |
A to Z | NBC | 9:30PM | Thu | 3,133,000 | 0.88 | |
Manhattan Love Story | ABC | 8:30PM | Tue | 2,617,000 | 0.74 | canceled |
Selfie | ABC | 8:30PM | Tue | preempted | ||
New Girl | Fox | 9:00PM | Tue | preempted | ||
The Mindy Project | Fox | 9:30PM | Tue | preempted | ||
The Simpsons | Fox | 8:00PM | Tues | preempted | ||
Marry Me | NBC | 8:00PM | Fri | preempted | ||
Bob's Burgers | Fox | 8:30PM | Tue | preempted | ||
About a Boy | NBC | 8:30PM | Fri | preempted | ||
Bob's Burgers | Fox | 7:30PM | Sun | preempted | ||
Animation Domination | Fox | 7:00PM | Sun | preempted | ||
Comedytime (R) | CBS | 8:00PM | Sat | preempted | ||
American Dad! | Fox | 9:30PM | Sun | completed | ||
Mom | CBS | 8:30PM | Thu | premieres 10/30 | ||
2 Broke Girls | CBS | 8:00PM | Mon | premieres 10/27 | ||
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, September 7
Johnson - "Bahama Breeze" (Bounce TV, 8:00PM ET/PT)
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Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of September 2)
Friday, September 6
- Kumail Nanjiani (Bless the Harts/Silicon Valley) - Watch Kumail on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
- Michael Keaton (Report to Murphy/Working Stiffs/All's Fair) - Michael appears on a repeat of Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
- Conner O'Malley (Shrill) - Conner is a guest on a repeat of Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
- Edie Falco (Bupkis/Nurse Jackie) - Edie talks about her film I'll Be Right There on NBC's Today in the 10am hour and on Live with Kelly and Mark, so check your local listings.
- Josh Gad (Wolf Like Me/Avenue 5/The Comedians/1600 Penn/Back to You) - Josh is joining Drew and telling her about getting denied from his college's musical theater program and making his return to Broadway after eleven years with bestie Andrew Rannells on a repeat of The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
- Diane Farr (Splitting Together/Like Family/The Job) - Diane discusses the CBS drama series Fire Country on a repeat of The Talk on CBS at 2pm ET/1pm CT-PT.
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