Sunday, November 23, 2014
Week 9 TV Ratings and Analysis; How the Sitcoms Did
Total Viewers: #1. CBS 10.49 million (+3% from first four nights week 8); #2. ABC 8.57 million (+5%); #3. NBC 7.45 million (-16%); #4. Fox 4.16 million (-3%); #5. The CW 1.98 million (+3%).
Adults 18-49: #1. ABC 2.2/6 rating/share (+10% in rating from first four nights week 8); #2. CBS 2.0/6 (+5%); #3. NBC 1.9/6 (-17%); #4. Fox 1.4/4 (even) #5. The CW 0.8/2 (even)
We have the final ratings for Week 8 (11/10/14-11/16/14 LIVE+SD). Among Adults 18-49, NBC won the week with a 2.5, beating out ABC's 2.0 Then we had Fox at 1.6, while CBS trailed with a 1.5. For Total Viewers, NBC was on top for the first time with 9.15 million, followed by usual leader CBS with 8.64, then it was ABC's 7.58 and Fox trailed with only 4.49 million.
For season to-date (9/22/14-11/20/14 LIVE+SD), among Adults 18-49 we have NBC on top with a 2.4 rating, followed by CBS with a 2.1, ABC with a 1.9 and Fox with a 1.8. In Total Viewers, it is CBS on top with 10.43 million, then NBC with 8.49 million, ABC is next with 7.5 million and Fox with 5.81 million.
Back to week 9 (Nov. 17-23), 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 9 (Nov. 17-23) Analysis | |||||||||
Last Sunday (Nov. 16) | (Week 8) | 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 | 12,654,000 | 12,160,000 | 494,000 | 1.66 | 1.47 | 0.19 | |
America's Funniest Videos | ABC | 7:00PM | 6,802,000 | 6,657,000 | 145,000 | 1.57 | 1.48 | 0.09 | |
The Simpsons | Fox | 7:00PM | - | - | |||||
Football Night in America | NBC | 7:30PM | 5,983,000 | 6,510,000 | (527,000) | 1.93 | 2.29 | (0.36) | |
The OT | Fox | 7:35PM | 10,580,000 | 10,445,000 | 135,000 | 3.88 | 3.81 | 0.07 | |
Madam Secretary | CBS | 8:00PM | 12,768,000 | 12,540,000 | 228,000 | 1.54 | 1.44 | 0.10 | |
Once Upon a Time | ABC | 8:00PM | 6,801,000 | 7,418,000 | (617,000) | 2.39 | 2.47 | (0.08) | 8-10P vs. 8-9P |
Football Night in America | NBC | 8:00PM | 11,962,000 | 12,060,000 | (98,000) | 3.70 | 4.08 | (0.38) | |
The Simpsons | Fox | 8:00PM | 6,701,000 | 6,702,000 | (1,000) | 2.99 | 2.99 | - | |
Sunday Night Football | NBC | 8:30PM | 20,820,000 | 18,131,000 | 2,689,000 | 7.13 | 6.50 | 0.63 | |
Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Fox | 8:30PM | 4,525,000 | 3,987,000 | 538,000 | 2.17 | 1.86 | 0.31 | |
The Good Wife | CBS | 9:00PM | 10,547,000 | 10,718,000 | (171,000) | 1.28 | 1.40 | (0.12) | |
Resurrection | ABC | 9:00PM | 4,582,000 | (4,582,000) | 1.18 | (1.18) | preempted | ||
Family Guy | Fox | 9:00PM | 4,457,000 | 3,633,000 | 824,000 | 2.22 | 1.83 | 0.39 | |
Bob's Burgers | Fox | 9:30PM | 3,346,000 | 1,985,000 | 1,361,000 | 1.65 | 0.92 | 0.73 | vs. Mulaney |
CSI | CBS | 10:00PM | 8,447,000 | 8,669,000 | (222,000) | 1.29 | 1.24 | 0.05 | |
Revenge | ABC | 10:00PM | 5,227,000 | 5,260,000 | (33,000) | 1.48 | 1.26 | 0.22 | |
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 | 7,901,000 | 7,549,000 | 352,000 | 2.11 | 1.88 | 0.23 | |
Dancing with the Stars | ABC | 8:00PM | 14,295,000 | 13,305,000 | 990,000 | 2.30 | 1.99 | 0.31 | |
The Voice | NBC | 8:00PM | 11,127,000 | 11,484,000 | (357,000) | 3.07 | 3.25 | (0.18) | |
Gotham | Fox | 8:00PM | 6,493,000 | 6,350,000 | 143,000 | 2.33 | 2.25 | 0.08 | |
The Originals | CW | 8:00PM | 1,443,000 | 1,457,000 | (14,000) | 0.67 | 0.68 | (0.01) | |
The Millers | CBS | 8:30PM | 6,311,000 | 6,475,000 | (164,000) | 1.48 | 1.53 | (0.05) | |
Scorpion | CBS | 9:00PM | 10,172,000 | 10,078,000 | 94,000 | 2.02 | 2.02 | - | |
Sleepy Hollow | Fox | 9:00PM | 4,684,000 | 4,648,000 | 36,000 | 1.57 | 1.50 | 0.07 | |
Jane the Virgin | CW | 9:00PM | 1,091,000 | 1,223,000 | (132,000) | 0.43 | 0.47 | (0.04) | |
NCIS: LA | CBS | 10:00PM | 8,824,000 | 8,218,000 | 606,000 | 1.67 | 1.49 | 0.18 | |
Castle | ABC | 10:00PM | 9,384,000 | 9,522,000 | (138,000) | 1.83 | 1.59 | 0.24 | |
State of Affairs | NBC | 10:00PM | 8,692,000 | 9,753,000 | (1,061,000) | 2.20 | 2.50 | (0.30) | PREMIERE vs. Blacklist |
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 | 18,102,000 | 17,493,000 | 609,000 | 2.64 | 2.33 | 0.31 | |
Shark Tank | ABC | 8:00PM | 4,487,000 | 4,487,000 | 1.09 | 1.09 | REPEAT | ||
Selfie | ABC | 8:00PM | 3,253,000 | (3,253,000) | 0.94 | (0.94) | |||
The Voice | NBC | 8:00PM | 10,816,000 | 11,421,000 | (605,000) | 2.72 | 3.01 | (0.29) | vs. 8-10P |
MasterChef Junior | Fox | 8:00PM | 4,265,000 | 4,893,000 | (628,000) | 1.56 | 1.82 | (0.26) | |
Flash | CW | 8:00PM | 3,727,000 | 3,458,000 | 269,000 | 1.42 | 1.38 | 0.04 | |
Modern Family | ABC | 8:30PM | 2,847,000 | (2,847,000) | 0.86 | (0.86) | |||
NCIS: New Orleans | CBS | 9:00PM | 16,859,000 | 14,994,000 | 1,865,000 | 2.26 | 1.95 | 0.31 | |
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | ABC | 9:00PM | 4,575,000 | 4,271,000 | 304,000 | 1.62 | 1.55 | 0.07 | |
Marry Me | NBC | 9:00PM | 5,015,000 | 5,015,000 | 1.53 | 1.53 | |||
New Girl | Fox | 9:00PM | 2,826,000 | 3,007,000 | (181,000) | 1.38 | 1.32 | 0.06 | |
Supernatural | CW | 9:00PM | 2,544,000 | 2,169,000 | 375,000 | 0.99 | 0.89 | 0.10 | |
About A Boy | NBC | 9:30PM | 4,205,000 | 4,205,000 | 1.26 | 1.26 | |||
Mindy Project | Fox | 9:30PM | 2,368,000 | 2,467,000 | (99,000) | 1.07 | 1.06 | 0.01 | |
Person of Interest | CBS | 10:00PM | 9,866,000 | 9,106,000 | 760,000 | 1.65 | 1.32 | 0.33 | |
Forever | ABC | 10:00PM | 4,429,000 | 4,227,000 | 202,000 | 1.00 | 0.99 | 0.01 | |
Chicago Fire | NBC | 10:00PM | 7,751,000 | 9,058,000 | (1,307,000) | 2.07 | 2.23 | (0.16) | |
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 | 9,852,000 | 9,511,000 | 341,000 | 2.40 | 2.32 | 0.08 | |
The Middle | ABC | 8:00PM | 8,318,000 | 8,103,000 | 215,000 | 2.23 | 1.95 | 0.28 | |
Mysteries of Laura | NBC | 8:00PM | 8,610,000 | 10,642,000 | (2,032,000) | 1.36 | 2.48 | (1.12) | vs. Voice |
Hell's Kitchen | Fox | 8:00PM | 3,984,000 | 3,747,000 | 237,000 | 1.48 | 1.46 | 0.02 | |
Arrow | CW | 8:00PM | 2,643,000 | 2,597,000 | 46,000 | 0.88 | 0.91 | (0.03) | |
The Goldbergs | ABC | 8:30PM | 7,702,000 | 7,541,000 | 161,000 | 2.36 | 2.09 | 0.27 | |
Criminal Minds | CBS | 9:00PM | 10,676,000 | 10,352,000 | 324,000 | 2.27 | 2.31 | (0.04) | |
Modern Family | ABC | 9:00PM | 10,880,000 | 9,832,000 | 1,048,000 | 3.74 | 3.17 | 0.57 | |
Law & Order: SVU | NBC | 9:00PM | 7,928,000 | 10,006,000 | (2,078,000) | 1.82 | 2.37 | (0.55) | |
Red Band Society | Fox | 9:00PM | 2,902,000 | 2,832,000 | 70,000 | 0.88 | 0.89 | (0.01) | |
black-ish | ABC | 9:30PM | 7,821,000 | 7,780,000 | 41,000 | 2.61 | 2.51 | 0.10 | |
The 100 | CW | 9:00PM | 1,640,000 | 1,750,000 | (110,000) | 0.60 | 0.54 | 0.06 | |
Stalker | CBS | 10:00PM | 7,976,000 | 7,011,000 | 965,000 | 1.63 | 1.39 | 0.24 | |
Nashville | ABC | 10:00PM | 5,519,000 | 5,659,000 | (140,000) | 1.51 | 1.43 | 0.08 | |
Chicago P.D. | NBC | 10:00PM | 7,285,000 | 9,540,000 | (2,255,000) | 1.62 | 2.19 | (0.57) | |
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 | 14,614,000 | 16,902,000 | (2,288,000) | 4.05 | 4.52 | (0.47) | |
Grey's Anatomy | ABC | 8:00PM | 8,334,000 | 8,356,000 | (22,000) | 2.39 | 2.39 | - | |
The Biggest Loser | NBC | 8:00PM | 4,458,000 | 4,522,000 | (64,000) | 1.13 | 1.16 | (0.03) | |
Bones | Fox | 8:00PM | 5,263,000 | 5,504,000 | (241,000) | 1.29 | 1.26 | 0.03 | |
Vampire Diaries | CW | 8:00PM | 1,680,000 | 1,545,000 | 135,000 | 0.81 | 0.73 | 0.08 | |
Mom | CBS | 8:30PM | 10,189,000 | 11,068,000 | (879,000) | 2.53 | 2.57 | (0.04) | |
Two and a Half Men | CBS | 9:00PM | 8,615,000 | 8,754,000 | (139,000) | 2.18 | 2.06 | 0.12 | |
Scandal | ABC | 9:00PM | 10,145,000 | 10,053,000 | 92,000 | 3.13 | 3.23 | (0.10) | |
Bad Judge | NBC | 9:00PM | 3,464,000 | 3,719,000 | (255,000) | 0.95 | 0.89 | 0.06 | |
Gracepoint | Fox | 9:00PM | 3,121,000 | 3,485,000 | (364,000) | 0.73 | 0.80 | (0.07) | |
Reign | CW | 9:00PM | 1,103,000 | 1,186,000 | (83,000) | 0.35 | 0.41 | (0.06) | |
The McCarthys | CBS | 9:00PM | 6,256,000 | 6,357,000 | (101,000) | 1.38 | 1.38 | - | |
A to Z | NBC | 9:30PM | 2,439,000 | 2,350,000 | 89,000 | 0.73 | 0.61 | 0.12 | |
Elementary | CBS | 10:00PM | 6,488,000 | 6,527,000 | (39,000) | 1.04 | 1.01 | 0.03 | |
How To Get Away w/Murder | ABC | 10:00PM | 9,821,000 | 9,248,000 | 573,000 | 3.12 | 2.89 | 0.23 | |
Parenthood | NBC | 10:00PM | 3,993,000 | 3,607,000 | 386,000 | 1.28 | 1.04 | 0.24 | |
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 | ||||
Hollywood Film Awards | CBS | 8:00PM | 4,098,000 | (4,098,000) | 0.51 | (0.51) | |||
The Amazing Race | CBS | 8:00PM | 6,062,000 | 6,062,000 | 1.20 | 1.20 | |||
Last Man Standing | ABC | 8:00PM | 7,107,000 | 6,980,000 | 127,000 | 1.30 | 1.46 | (0.16) | |
Dateline | NBC | 8:00PM | 7,664,000 | 8,010,000 | (346,000) | 1.50 | 1.47 | 0.03 | |
MasterChef Junior | Fox | 8:00PM | 2,393,000 | 2,425,000 | (32,000) | 0.80 | 0.70 | 0.10 | REPEAT |
Whose Line Is It Anyway? | CW | 8:00PM | 1,645,000 | 1,651,000 | (6,000) | 0.50 | 0.53 | (0.03) | FINALE |
Cristela | ABC | 8:30PM | 5,286,000 | 5,106,000 | 180,000 | 1.00 | 1.06 | (0.06) | |
Whose Line Is It Anyway? | CW | 8:30PM | 1,528,000 | 1,408,000 | 120,000 | 0.50 | 0.44 | 0.06 | REPEAT |
Hawaii Five-0 | CBS | 9:00PM | 10,002,000 | 10,002,000 | 1.30 | 1.30 | |||
Shark Tank | ABC | 9:00PM | 7,825,000 | 7,634,000 | 191,000 | 2.00 | 1.76 | 0.24 | |
Grimm | NBC | 9:00PM | 5,429,000 | 5,014,000 | 415,000 | 1.30 | 1.16 | 0.14 | |
America's Next Top Model | CW | 9:00PM | 1,164,000 | 1,186,000 | (22,000) | 0.40 | 0.43 | (0.03) | |
Gotham | Fox | 9:00PM | 1,252,000 | 1,765,000 | (513,000) | 0.40 | 0.59 | (0.19) | REPEAT |
Blue Bloods | CBS | 10:00PM | 11,500,000 | 2,452,000 | 9,048,000 | 1.30 | 0.38 | 0.92 | vs. Hwood Film Awards Post Show |
20/20 | ABC | 10:00PM | 6,929,000 | 5,639,000 | 1,290,000 | 1.60 | 1.16 | 0.44 | |
Constantine | NBC | 10:00PM | 3,543,000 | 3,470,000 | 73,000 | 1.10 | 0.84 | 0.26 | |
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 | ||||
Crimetime | CBS | 8:00PM | 4,080,000 | 3,824,000 | 256,000 | 0.50 | 0.75 | (0.25) | vs. 48 Hrs |
Saturday Night Football | ABC | 8:00PM | 3,590,000 | 8,738,000 | (5,148,000) | 1.10 | 2.96 | (1.86) | |
Dateline Mystery | NBC | 8:00PM | 4,400,000 | 4,412,000 | (12,000) | 0.80 | 0.72 | 0.08 | vs. 8-10P |
College Football | Fox | 8:00PM | 2,250,000 | 2,033,000 | 217,000 | 0.70 | 0.59 | 0.11 | |
Crimetime | CBS | 9:00PM | 4,770,000 | 3,473,000 | 1,297,000 | 0.60 | 0.57 | 0.03 | |
State of Affairs | NBC | 9:00PM | 3,100,000 | 3,100,000 | 0.50 | 0.50 | REPEAT | ||
48 Hours Mystery | CBS | 10:00PM | 6,200,000 | 5,600,000 | 600,000 | 1.00 | 0.87 | 0.13 | |
SNL(R) | NBC | 10:00PM | 2,900,000 | 2,978,000 | (78,000) | 0.60 | 0.79 | (0.19) | 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 9 (Nov. 17-23) 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 | 14,614,000 | 4.05 | |
Modern Family | ABC | 9:00PM | Wed | 10,880,000 | 3.74 | |
The Simpsons | Fox | 8:00PM | Sun | 6,701,000 | 2.99 | |
black-ish | ABC | 9:30PM | Wed | 7,821,000 | 2.61 | |
Mom | CBS | 8:30PM | Thu | 10,189,000 | 2.53 | |
The Goldbergs | ABC | 8:30PM | Wed | 7,702,000 | 2.36 | |
The Middle | ABC | 8:00PM | Wed | 8,318,000 | 2.23 | |
Family Guy | Fox | 9:00PM | Sun | 4,457,000 | 2.22 | |
Two and a Half Men | CBS | 9:00PM | Thu | 8,615,000 | 2.18 | |
Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Fox | 8:30PM | Sun | 4,525,000 | 2.17 | |
2 Broke Girls | CBS | 8:00PM | Mon | 7,901,000 | 2.11 | |
Bob's Burgers | Fox | 9:30PM | Sun | 3,346,000 | 1.65 | |
Marry Me | NBC | 9:00PM | Tue | 5,015,000 | 1.53 | |
The Millers | CBS | 8:30PM | Mon | 6,311,000 | 1.48 | canceled |
The McCarthys | CBS | 9:30PM | Thu | 6,256,000 | 1.38 | |
New Girl | Fox | 9:00PM | Tue | 2,826,000 | 1.38 | |
Last Man Standing | ABC | 8:00PM | Fri | 7,107,000 | 1.3 | |
About a Boy | NBC | 9:30PM | Tue | 4,205,000 | 1.26 | |
The Mindy Project | Fox | 9:30PM | Tue | 2,368,000 | 1.07 | |
Cristela | ABC | 8:30PM | Fri | 5,286,000 | 1.0 | |
Bad Judge | NBC | 9:00PM | Thu | 3,464,000 | 0.95 | canceled |
A to Z | NBC | 9:30PM | Thu | 2,439,000 | 0.73 | canceled |
Selfie | ABC | 8:00PM | Tue | canceled | ||
Mulaney | Fox | 7:30PM | Sun | preempted | ||
Modern Family | ABC | 8:30PM | Tue | preempted | ||
Animation Domination | Fox | 7:00PM | Sun | 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
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- Nick Jonas (Jonas) - Watch Nick on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
- Michael Douglas (The Kominsky Method) - Michael appears on a repeat of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert at 11:35pm on CBS.
- Sasheer Zamata (Home Economics/Woke/Robbie), Joe Lo Truglio (Brooklyn Nine-Nine/Burning Love/Reno 911!) and Aparna Nancherla (Corporate) - Sasheer, Joe and Aparna are guests on a repeat of After Midnight at 12:37am on CBS.
- Jennie Garth (Mystery Girls/What I Like About You) - Jennie chats with the ladies of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT. NBC's Today catches up with Jennie in the 10am hour.
- Marcus Scribner (grown-ish/black-ish) - Marcus talks about his coming-of-age film How I Learned to Fly on a repeat of Sherri, so check your local listings.
- Delroy Lindo (UnPrisoned) - Delroy talks about UnPrisoned on ABC's GMA 3: What You Need to Know at 1pm.
- Dylan Sprouse (The Suite Life on Deck/The Suite Life of Zack & Cody/Grace Under Fire) - Dylan talks about Lionsgate's The Duel on Access Daily with Mario & Kit, so check your local listings.
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