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, May 17
none scheduled
Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of May 12)
Friday, May 16
- Lunell (Lopez) - Watch Luenell on a repeat of Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC. She will also be on PIX11 Morning News on WPIX in New York at 9:39am.
- Benito Skinner (Overcompensating) - Benito appears on a repeat of Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
- Mayan Lopez (Lopez vs Lopez) and Jerry O'Connell (We Are Men/Do Not Disturb/Carpoolers/My Secret Identity) - Mayan and Jerry are guests on a repeat of After Midnight at 12:37am on CBS.
- Luke Kirby (Étoile) and Gideon Glick (Étoile/The Other Two) - Luke and Gideon talk about Étoile on NBC's Today in the 9am hour.
- Stanley Tucci (Central Park) - Stanley talks about his new series Tucci in Italy with GMA co-anchor Michael Strahan on ABC's Good Morning America sometime between 7-9am and on ABC's GMA 3: What You Need to Know at 1pm. He will also be on ABC News Live Prime with Linsey Davis at 7pm.
- Howie Mandel (Good Grief) - Howie talks about America's Got Talent on Live with Kelly and Mark (check your local listings) and on Access Daily with Mario & Kit, so check your lcoal listings.
- Marissa Jaret Winokur (What We Do in the Shadows/Retired at 35/Stacked) - Marissa talks about her latest project Mama I'm a Big Girl Now on Sherri, so check your local listings.
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