Sunday, November 09, 2014
Week 7 TV Ratings and Analysis; How the Sitcoms Did
Total Viewers: #1. ABC 9.96 million (+29% from first four nights week 6); #2. CBS 9.07 million (-15%); #3. NBC 6.98 million (-2%); #4. Fox 4.32 million (-66%); #5. The CW 1.53 million (-16%).
Adults 18-49: #1. ABC 2.5/8 rating/share (+25% in rating from first four nights week 6); #2. CBS 1.8/5 (-14%); #3. NBC 1.8/5 (even); #4. Fox 1.4/4 (-60%) #5. The CW 0.6/2 (-14%)
We have the final ratings for Week 6 (10/26/14-11/2/14 LIVE+SD). Among Adults 18-49, Fox won the week for the second straight time with a 2.3 rating thanks to the World Series, followed closely by CBS at 2.2 and NBC with a 2.2, while ABC trailed with a 1.7. For Total Viewers, CBS was on top still with 10.82 million, followed by Fox's 8.13. NBC was next with 7.58 million and ABC trailed with 6.7 million.
For season to-date (9/22/14-11/6/14 LIVE+SD), among Adults 18-49 we have NBC on top with a 2.4 rating, followed by CBS with a 2.3, ABC with a 1.9 and Fox with a 1.9. In Total Viewers, it is CBS on top with 10.76 million, then NBC with 8.45 million, ABC is next with 7.46 million and Fox with 6.23 million.
Back to week 7 (Nov. 3-9), 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 7 (Nov. 3-9) Analysis | |||||||||
Last Sunday (Nov. 2) | (Week 6) | 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 Game | CBS | 7:59PM | 23,721,000 | 18,944,000 | 4,777,000 | 6.68 | 5.58 | 1.10 | |
60 Minutes | CBS | 8:03PM | 17,800,000 | 13,234,000 | 4,566,000 | 3.38 | 2.33 | 1.05 | |
America's Funniest Videos | ABC | 7:00PM | 6,116,000 | 2,396,000 | 3,720,000 | 1.19 | 0.62 | 0.57 | vs. Star Wars Rebel |
The Simpsons | Fox | 7:00PM | 2,374,000 | 1,418,000 | 956,000 | 1.03 | 0.32 | 0.71 | REPEAT vs. World Series Pre |
Football Night in America | NBC | 7:30PM | 3,408,000 | 2,884,000 | 524,000 | 1.06 | 0.78 | 0.28 | |
Bob's Burgers | Fox | 7:30PM | 2,981,000 | 8,251,000 | (5,270,000) | 1.50 | 2.52 | (1.02) | vs. World Series Pre |
Madam Secretary | CBS | 9:03PM | 13,209,000 | 11,713,000 | 1,496,000 | 1.85 | 1.48 | 0.37 | |
Once Upon a Time | ABC | 8:00PM | 7,536,000 | 6,871,000 | 665,000 | 2.56 | 2.36 | 0.20 | |
Football Night in America | NBC | 8:00PM | 10,124,000 | 9,816,000 | 308,000 | 3.57 | 3.44 | 0.13 | |
Fox World Series | Fox | 8:04PM | 12,635,000 | (12,635,000) | 3.33 | (3.33) | |||
The Simpsons | Fox | 8:00PM | 4,223,000 | 4,223,000 | 2.04 | 2.04 | |||
Sunday Night Football | NBC | 8:30PM | 18,595,000 | 18,799,000 | (204,000) | 6.68 | 7.06 | (0.38) | |
Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Fox | 8:30PM | 3,414,000 | 3,414,000 | 1.66 | 1.66 | |||
The Good Wife | CBS | 10:03PM | 10,450,000 | 10,213,000 | 237,000 | 1.42 | 1.48 | (0.06) | |
Resurrection | ABC | 9:00PM | 4,992,000 | 4,361,000 | 631,000 | 1.40 | 1.20 | 0.20 | |
Family Guy | Fox | 9:00PM | 2,509,000 | 2,509,000 | 1.18 | 1.18 | REPEAT | ||
Mulaney | Fox | 9:30PM | 1,631,000 | 1,631,000 | 0.69 | 0.69 | |||
CSI | CBS | 10:00PM | - | - | preempted | ||||
Revenge | ABC | 10:00PM | 4,665,000 | 4,316,000 | 349,000 | 1.21 | 1.09 | 0.12 | |
Monday | This Wk | Prev Week | Wk-to-Wk +/- | This Wk | Prev Week | Wk-to-Wk +/- | |||
Title | Network | Time | Total Viewers | 18-49 Rtg | Notes | ||||
2 Broke Girls | CBS | 8:00PM | 7,970,000 | 8,434,000 | (464,000) | 2.21 | 2.36 | (0.15) | |
Dancing with the Stars | ABC | 8:00PM | 13,088,000 | 12,620,000 | 468,000 | 2.00 | 1.89 | 0.11 | |
The Voice | NBC | 8:00PM | 12,056,000 | 12,478,000 | (422,000) | 3.46 | 3.71 | (0.25) | |
Gotham | Fox | 8:00PM | 6,633,000 | 5,886,000 | 747,000 | 2.40 | 2.20 | 0.20 | |
The Originals | CW | 8:00PM | 1,091,000 | 1,306,000 | (215,000) | 0.50 | 0.64 | (0.14) | |
The Millers | CBS | 8:30PM | 6,784,000 | 6,945,000 | (161,000) | 1.64 | 1.69 | (0.05) | |
Scorpion | CBS | 9:00PM | 10,342,000 | 10,390,000 | (48,000) | 2.22 | 2.27 | (0.05) | |
Sleepy Hollow | Fox | 9:00PM | 4,521,000 | 4,621,000 | (100,000) | 1.54 | 1.63 | (0.09) | |
Jane the Virgin | CW | 9:00PM | 1,012,000 | 1,087,000 | (75,000) | 0.39 | 0.42 | (0.03) | |
NCIS: LA | CBS | 10:00PM | 9,197,000 | 8,675,000 | 522,000 | 1.53 | 1.57 | (0.04) | |
Countdown to CMA | ABC | 10:00PM | 7,373,000 | 8,750,000 | (1,377,000) | 1.24 | 1.59 | (0.35) | vs. Castle |
The Blacklist | NBC | 10:00PM | 9,300,000 | 9,567,000 | (267,000) | 2.37 | 2.51 | (0.14) | |
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: New Orleans | CBS | 8:00PM | 9,907,000 | 17,526,000 | (7,619,000) | 1.37 | 2.56 | (1.19) | REPEAT vs. NCIS |
Selfie | ABC | 8:00PM | 3,674,000 | 3,674,000 | 0.93 | 0.93 | |||
Great Halloween Fright Fight | ABC | 8:00PM | 3,747,000 | (3,747,000) | 1.12 | (1.12) | |||
The Voice | NBC | 8:00PM | 9,582,000 | 11,350,000 | (1,768,000) | 2.25 | 2.94 | (0.69) | REPEAT |
MasterChef Junior | Fox | 8:00PM | 5,091,000 | 5,091,000 | 1.83 | 1.83 | premiere | ||
Fox World Series | Fox | 8:00PM | 13,372,000 | (13,372,000) | 3.49 | (3.49) | |||
Flash | CW | 8:00PM | 1,752,000 | 3,532,000 | (1,780,000) | 0.55 | 1.41 | (0.86) | REPEAT |
Selfie | ABC | 8:30PM | 3,230,000 | 3,230,000 | 0.87 | 0.87 | |||
NCIS | CBS | 9:00PM | 11,473,000 | 16,086,000 | (4,613,000) | 1.48 | 2.33 | (0.85) | REPEAT vs. NCIS New Orleans |
Marvel 75 from Pulp to Pop | ABC | 9:00PM | 3,410,000 | 4,438,000 | (1,028,000) | 1.16 | 1.74 | (0.58) | vs. SHIELD |
Marry Me | NBC | 9:00PM | 4,540,000 | 5,060,000 | (520,000) | 1.25 | 1.51 | (0.26) | |
New Girl | Fox | 9:00PM | 3,385,000 | 3,385,000 | 1.63 | 1.63 | |||
Supernatural Special | CW | 9:00PM | 1,073,000 | 1,926,000 | (853,000) | 0.40 | 0.79 | (0.39) | REPEAT vs. Supernatual |
About A Boy | NBC | 9:30PM | 3,523,000 | 4,108,000 | (585,000) | 0.94 | 1.18 | (0.24) | |
Mindy Project | Fox | 9:30PM | 2,836,000 | 2,836,000 | 1.31 | 1.31 | |||
Campaign 2014 | CBS | 10:00PM | 5,408,000 | 9,720,000 | (4,312,000) | 0.85 | 1.66 | (0.81) | vs. Per of Int |
Your Voice Your Vote'14 | ABC | 10:00PM | 3,147,000 | 4,951,000 | (1,804,000) | 0.72 | 1.14 | (0.42) | vs. Forever |
Decision'14 | NBC | 10:00PM | 4,225,000 | 7,231,000 | (3,006,000) | 0.95 | 1.71 | (0.76) | vs. Chi Fire |
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 | 9,309,000 | 9,068,000 | 241,000 | 2.31 | 2.25 | 0.06 | |
CMA Awards | ABC | 8:00PM | 16,249,000 | 16,249,000 | 4.55 | 4.55 | 8-11P | ||
The Middle | ABC | 8:00PM | 6,994,000 | (6,994,000) | 1.84 | (1.84) | preempted | ||
Mysteries of Laura | NBC | 8:00PM | 7,870,000 | 7,489,000 | 381,000 | 1.27 | 1.17 | 0.10 | |
Hell's Kitchen | Fox | 8:00PM | 3,623,000 | 3,623,000 | 1.34 | 1.34 | |||
Fox World Series | Fox | 8:00PM | 23,517,000 | (23,517,000) | 6.64 | (6.64) | |||
Arrow | CW | 8:00PM | 2,725,000 | 2,494,000 | 231,000 | 1.06 | 0.95 | 0.11 | |
The Goldbergs | ABC | 8:30PM | 6,912,000 | (6,912,000) | 2.19 | (2.19) | preempted | ||
Criminal Minds | CBS | 9:00PM | 9,785,000 | 10,480,000 | (695,000) | 2.12 | 2.34 | (0.22) | |
Modern Family | ABC | 9:00PM | 9,920,000 | (9,920,000) | 3.47 | (3.47) | preempted | ||
Law & Order: SVU | NBC | 9:00PM | 6,998,000 | 4,312,000 | 2,686,000 | 1.61 | 0.81 | 0.80 | vs. REPEAT |
Red Band Society | Fox | 9:00PM | 2,882,000 | 2,882,000 | 0.88 | 0.88 | |||
black-ish | ABC | 9:30PM | 7,674,000 | (7,674,000) | 2.67 | (2.67) | preempted | ||
The 100 | CW | 9:00PM | 1,678,000 | 1,480,000 | 198,000 | 0.54 | 0.47 | 0.07 | |
Stalker | CBS | 10:00PM | 7,343,000 | 7,364,000 | (21,000) | 1.49 | 1.56 | (0.07) | |
Nashville | ABC | 10:00PM | 5,591,000 | (5,591,000) | 1.44 | (1.44) | preempted | ||
Chicago P.D. | NBC | 10:00PM | 6,149,000 | 4,022,000 | 2,127,000 | 1.36 | 0.80 | 0.56 | vs. REPEAT |
Thursday | 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 | 16,557,000 | 16,247,000 | 310,000 | 4.25 | 4.10 | 0.15 | |
Grey's Anatomy | ABC | 8:00PM | 8,080,000 | 6,252,000 | 1,828,000 | 2.36 | 1.73 | 0.63 | vs. Charlie Brown |
The Biggest Loser | NBC | 8:00PM | 4,349,000 | 4,419,000 | (70,000) | 1.17 | 1.08 | 0.09 | |
Bones | Fox | 8:00PM | 5,640,000 | 5,601,000 | 39,000 | 1.27 | 1.28 | (0.01) | |
Vampire Diaries | CW | 8:00PM | 1,585,000 | 1,581,000 | 4,000 | 0.75 | 0.75 | - | |
Mom | CBS | 8:30PM | 10,803,000 | 11,134,000 | (331,000) | 2.35 | 2.46 | (0.11) | |
Two and a Half Men | CBS | 9:00PM | 9,117,000 | 10,294,000 | (1,177,000) | 2.14 | 2.44 | (0.30) | |
Scandal | ABC | 9:00PM | 9,821,000 | 9,321,000 | 500,000 | 2.93 | 3.05 | (0.12) | |
Bad Judge | NBC | 9:00PM | 3,683,000 | 3,896,000 | (213,000) | 0.87 | 0.91 | (0.04) | |
Gracepoint | Fox | 9:00PM | 3,031,000 | 3,312,000 | (281,000) | 0.67 | 0.77 | (0.10) | |
Reign | CW | 9:00PM | 1,326,000 | 1,234,000 | 92,000 | 0.45 | 0.48 | (0.03) | |
The McCarthys | CBS | 9:00PM | 6,672,000 | 8,084,000 | (1,412,000) | 1.48 | 1.66 | (0.18) | |
A to Z | NBC | 9:30PM | 2,744,000 | 2,494,000 | 250,000 | 0.77 | 0.74 | 0.03 | |
Elementary | CBS | 10:00PM | 7,066,000 | 7,572,000 | (506,000) | 1.18 | 1.19 | (0.01) | |
How To Get Away w/Murder | ABC | 10:00PM | 9,181,000 | 8,680,000 | 501,000 | 2.76 | 2.69 | 0.07 | |
Parenthood | NBC | 10:00PM | 3,962,000 | 3,889,000 | 73,000 | 1.26 | 1.15 | 0.11 | |
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 | 6,104,000 | 5,888,000 | 216,000 | 1.20 | 1.06 | 0.14 | |
Last Man Standing | ABC | 8:00PM | 6,630,000 | 6,706,000 | (76,000) | 1.30 | 1.24 | 0.06 | |
Dateline | NBC | 8:00PM | 7,847,000 | 7,352,000 | 495,000 | 1.40 | 1.32 | 0.08 | |
MasterChef Junior | Fox | 8:00PM | 2,035,000 | 1,543,000 | 492,000 | 0.60 | 0.50 | 0.10 | REPEAT vs. Utopia |
Whose Line Is It Anyway? | CW | 8:00PM | 1,400,000 | 1,080,000 | 320,000 | 0.50 | 0.37 | 0.13 | vs. REPEAT |
Cristela | ABC | 8:30PM | 4,976,000 | 5,403,000 | (427,000) | 1.00 | 1.00 | - | |
Whose Line Is It Anyway? | CW | 8:30PM | 1,214,000 | 1,114,000 | 100,000 | 0.40 | 0.34 | 0.06 | REPEAT |
Hawaii Five-0 | CBS | 9:00PM | 8,915,000 | 9,475,000 | (560,000) | 1.20 | 1.10 | 0.10 | |
Shark Tank | ABC | 9:00PM | 7,763,000 | 7,802,000 | (39,000) | 1.90 | 1.98 | (0.08) | |
Grimm | NBC | 9:00PM | 4,936,000 | 4,537,000 | 399,000 | 1.30 | 1.13 | 0.17 | |
America's Next Top Model | CW | 9:00PM | 1,068,000 | 799,000 | 269,000 | 0.40 | 0.26 | 0.14 | |
Gotham | Fox | 9:00PM | 1,289,000 | 1,202,000 | 87,000 | 0.40 | 0.33 | 0.07 | REPEAT |
Blue Bloods | CBS | 10:00PM | 11,411,000 | 11,392,000 | 19,000 | 1.40 | 1.12 | 0.28 | |
20/20 | ABC | 10:00PM | 6,954,000 | 6,188,000 | 766,000 | 1.70 | 1.41 | 0.29 | |
Constatine | NBC | 10:00PM | 3,131,000 | 3,057,000 | 74,000 | 1.00 | 0.92 | 0.08 | |
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 | CBS | 8:00PM | 8,410,000 | 3,892,000 | 4,518,000 | 2.50 | 1.07 | 1.43 | |
Crimetime | CBS | 8:00PM | - | - | preempted | ||||
Saturday Night Football | ABC | 8:00PM | 6,960,000 | 3,618,000 | 3,342,000 | 2.00 | 0.92 | 1.08 | |
Mysteries of Laura | NBC | 8:00PM | 2,500,000 | 2,616,000 | (116,000) | 0.40 | 0.36 | 0.04 | REPEAT vs. Breeders |
College Football | Fox | 8:00PM | 2,180,000 | 1,564,000 | 616,000 | 0.60 | 0.50 | 0.10 | |
48 Hours Mystery | CBS | 9:00PM | - | - | preempted | ||||
Law & Order: SVU | NBC | 9:00PM | 2,700,000 | 1,971,000 | 729,000 | 0.60 | 0.35 | 0.25 | REPEAT vs. Constatine(R) |
48 Hours Mystery | CBS | 10:00PM | - | - | preempted | ||||
SNL(R) | NBC | 10:00PM | 3,000,000 | 3,061,000 | (61,000) | 0.70 | 0.81 | (0.11) | 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 7 (Nov. 3-9) 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 | Thu | 16,557,000 | 4.25 | |
Mom | CBS | 8:30PM | Thu | 10,803,000 | 2.35 | |
2 Broke Girls | CBS | 8:00PM | Mon | 7,970,000 | 2.21 | |
Two and a Half Men | CBS | 9:00PM | Thu | 9,117,000 | 2.14 | |
The Simpsons | Fox | 8:00PM | Sun | 4,223,000 | 2.04 | |
Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Fox | 8:30PM | Sun | 3,414,000 | 1.66 | |
The Millers | CBS | 8:30PM | Mon | 6,784,000 | 1.64 | |
New Girl | Fox | 9:00PM | Tue | 3,385,000 | 1.63 | |
Bob's Burgers | Fox | 7:30PM | Sun | 2,981,000 | 1.50 | |
The McCarthys | CBS | 9:30PM | Thu | 6,672,000 | 1.48 | |
The Mindy Project | Fox | 9:30PM | Tue | 2,836,000 | 1.31 | |
Last Man Standing | ABC | 8:00PM | Fri | 6,630,000 | 1.3 | |
Marry Me | NBC | 9:00PM | Tue | 4,540,000 | 1.25 | |
Family Guy | Fox | 9:00PM | Sun | 2,509,000 | 1.18 | REPEAT |
Animation Domination | Fox | 7:00PM | Sun | 2,374,000 | 1.03 | REPEAT |
Cristela | ABC | 8:30PM | Fri | 4,976,000 | 1.0 | |
About a Boy | NBC | 9:30PM | Tue | 3,523,000 | 0.94 | |
Selfie | ABC | 8:00PM | Tue | 3,674,000 | 0.93 | canceled |
Bad Judge | NBC | 9:00PM | Thu | 3,683,000 | 0.87 | canceled |
Selfie | ABC | 8:30PM | Tue | 3,230,000 | 0.87 | canceled |
A to Z | NBC | 9:30PM | Thu | 2,744,000 | 0.77 | canceled |
Mulaney | Fox | 9:30PM | Sun | 1,631,000 | 0.69 | |
Modern Family | ABC | 9:00PM | Wed | preempted | ||
black-ish | ABC | 9:30PM | Wed | preempted | ||
The Goldbergs | ABC | 8:30PM | Wed | preempted | ||
The Middle | ABC | 8:00PM | Wed | 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 | ||
Comedytime (R) | CBS | 8:00PM | Sat | preempted | ||
Manhattan Love Story | ABC | 8:30PM | Tue | canceled | ||
American Dad! | Fox | 9:30PM | Sun | completed |
SOURCE: Nielsen Media Research
Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows
Friday, April 26
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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