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CBS released the Live + 7 for the premiere.  It was up by 2.0 in demo and 5.7 million in viewers.  This gives it a 5.8 demo with 21.52 million viewers for Live + 7.   In viewers, this will move it to number 2 for the week, about a million behind Sunday Night Football and it will be the number one Entertainment program.   

As for demo, the show had a 3.8 for Live + same day, and went up 1.6 in the Live + 3, to 5.4.   Empire had a 4.2 for Live + Same Day, and went up 1.3 for Live + 3, giving it a 5.5.  TBBT picked up another four tenths between four  day and seven day DVR viewers.     I expect, at worst, TBBT will be tied with Empire in Live + 7, and it's possible that Empire will only pick up two tenths in Live + 7, giving it a Live + 7 of 5.7, leaving TBBT either tied or with, the highest rated entertainment show for the week. 

Wow...what a debacle for Empire, just checked and in last Season premiere it had a 9.4  demo for Live + 7! It really helps to get things into prospective for TBBT!

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CBS released the Live + 7 for the premiere.  It was up by 2.0 in demo and 5.7 million in viewers.  This gives it a 5.8 demo with 21.52 million viewers for Live + 7.   In viewers, this will move it to number 2 for the week, about a million behind Sunday Night Football and it will be the number one Entertainment program.   
As for demo, the show had a 3.8 for Live + same day, and went up 1.6 in the Live + 3, to 5.4.   Empire had a 4.2 for Live + Same Day, and went up 1.3 for Live + 3, giving it a 5.5.  TBBT picked up another four tenths between four  day and seven day DVR viewers.     I expect, at worst, TBBT will be tied with Empire in Live + 7, and it's possible that Empire will only pick up two tenths in Live + 7, giving it a Live + 7 of 5.7, leaving TBBT either tied or with, the highest rated entertainment show for the week. 
 
For most things Vittoria, I can san, no, it isn't always first.  Even by most measures it isn't first, most of the time.  If you mean demo, for Live + Same Day, Live + 3 Day, or Live + 7.  It's Sunday Night Football and even Thursday Night Football that has been higher than non-sports programming for about three years now.  Since last year, Empire has been higher in demo for all three measures, for non-sports programs.  
If you mean viewers, it depends on the week for either of the measures.  Sunday Night Football, and even NCIS beats TBBT most weeks in Live + Same day.  For Live + 3, Football is the highest, and it depends on the week as NCIS and TBBT have beaten football.  For Live + 7 it's either Sunday Night Football, or TBBT, again, it depends on the week (for example last week, Sunday Night Football will beat TBBT by over a million viewers).  

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Week 02, Syndicated ratings, Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Based on preseason week  numbers,  12-18 September, 2016. 

Top Ten in Households:    

           Show                                           Household Rating

  1. Judge Judy                                               7.0     
  2. Family Feud                                            6.3 
  3. Wheel of Fortune                                   5.7
  4. Jeopardy                                                  5.4    
  5. TBBT                                                         5.0    
  6. Dr Phil                                                      3.8
  7. Law and Order:SVU                               3.4
  8. Entertainment Tonight                          2.9
  9. TBBT                            Weekend            2.9
  10. Family Feud                Weekend            2.9

 

Top ten in 25-54 Women:

          Show                                             25-54 Women Rating

  1. TBBT                                                          3.1     
  2. Judge Judy                                                 2.9
  3. Family Feud                                              2.8
  4. Law and Order:SVU                                 2.2
  5. Modern Family                                         2.1
  6. TBBT                            Weekend              1.9
  7. Wheel of Fortune                                     1.8
  8. Family Feud                                              1.7
  9. Jeopardy                                                    1.6
  10. Access Hollywood    Weekend               1.4                  

 

I've gotten the question as to why the 25-54 rating.   For daytime shows, the women 25-54 is the more important ratings.  As you can see, TBBT still does rather well with this demo.   There is a show called Weekend Adventure.  It is a group of nature programs broadcast during the day on weekends for kids.  I've pulled it as it is not late Afternoon/early evening programming.  

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The final ratings for Empire were a 3.7 (it was 3.6 for the overnights, tied with TBBT's finals).  This has been the closest TBBT has been to Empire, since near the end of 2014.  When we get the Live + 3 each of them and based on those numbers for this week, I have a feeling TBBT will pass Empire.   

As for renewal prospects, I now don't think the drop, of the premiere will affect renewal.  Most series dropped by around 11-12% off their premiere week numbers, TBBT only dropped 6%, putting it further ahead of most other series, and almost catching Empire (3.6 to 3.7).    In addition, with it's Live + 7 increase (2.0 and almost six million viewers) I don't see it collapsing, and I believe it will remain one of the top two or three shows for the year, in both demo and viewers.

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Another indication of TBBT strength this season.  Last night, CBS ran repeats of the show at 8 PM and 9 PM (the NFL network had last nights game).    The 8 PM show got a 4.7 in households, for second place in its time slot and the 9 PM show got a 3.7 household rating and finished second in its time slot.  Over all, TBBT finished second for the night, with that 4.6 and fifth with the 3.7.  Here is the top seven:

Grey's Anatomy                             6.0

TBBT    8 PM                                   4.6

Chicago Med                                  4.5

The Blacklist                                   4.1

TBBT    9 PM                                   3.7

Notorious                                        3.4

How to Get Away with Murder    3.4

 

All, except for the two TBBT were new broadcasts, all in either their first or second week.  I'll take a look at the demos when they come in.

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heheheheheh, it got better for TBB T.   Both shows pulled in a 1.4 demo, with 6.80 million viewers for the 8 PM show and 5.83 million for the 9 PM show.  Here's the top five, from last night, for demo and viewers:

Show                                                 Demo                             Show                                            Viewers

Grey's Anatomy                                   2.4                              Grey's Anatomy                             8.34

TBBT   (8PM)   (R)                                 1.4                              TBBT  (8 PM)  (R)                            6.80

TBBT   (9 PM)  (R)                                 1.4                              Chicago Med                                  6.75

How to Get Away with Murder          1.3                             The Blacklist                                    6.05

Chicago Med                                         1.3                             TBBT (9 PM) (R)                               5.83

 

On anther note, Designated Survivor, during it's premiere, brought in 7.7 million viewers in Live + 7 DVR viewing.  Breaking the record held by TBBT with 7.2 million.  

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I'll have a full post up this weekend or Monday, but for now, TBBT's  ad revenue, for a 30 second spot, dropped from $348,300 last year, to $289,100 this year.  This is a drop of ~$59,000 per thirty second spot and is about $650,000 less per show, and would be about $15 million less for a season of 24 new episodes.  This is still the second highest per ad cost, for an entertainment program. As I said, full post later this weekend.

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2016-17 Ad Rates, and Previous Season Comparison 03 October, 2016

This thread looks at the various ratings of TBBT.  What we need to remember is broadcast television is a business.  The ratings we see in this thread, translate into how much an ad costs, and how much money the network gets.    This post will look at what those ratings are mean in terms of ad rates. We will be looking at the ad rates for a 30 second ad on various shows, for the 2016-17 season.  I’ll list how this year's top ten did for the last three years.      I'll also look at how the ratings compare to the ad rates to see which shows bring more value to their broadcast company.   Unless otherwise stated, “spot” refers to the average cost of a 30 second ad.
 
First of all, most of the ad rates are set at the “Upfronts” in May, when the networks trot out their new fall schedules.   Most of the ads are bought “upfront” (hence the name) while a few are sold closer to when the show airs.  Ad Age questions some of the companies buying the ads, and get an estimate on what it will cost to run a spot on each show in the fall. 
 
One thing to remember, these are ESTIMATES, of the AVERAGE cost of a spot. For instance, in 2013-14 season, the average price of a spot for American Idol was $356,000.   However, near the end of the year, especially during the champion results show, the price can go much higher (in it’s heyday, it could pull in an spot rate of $1 million or higher).  Of course this means that some of it’s other nights are much less.  I used American Idol, but any competition show works out in a rather similar manner.
 
For scripted series, the difference is much less.  However, reruns command less money, and that is figured into the average.  With that in mind, here are the top ten shows, as far as ad rates for the 2016-2017 season and the two previous seasons

For 2015-16 Top Ten Ad Costs
Show                                                                2016-17                     2015-16               2014-15            +/- previous

  1. Sunday Night Football                         673,700                      603,000                627,000              +70,000
  2. Thursday Night Football  (CBS)          523,000                       464,000                493,000             +59,000
  3. Thursday Night Football  (NBC)*       485,700                           N/A                        N/A                      N/A
  4. Empire                                                   437,100                        497,000                    N/A                 -60,000
  5. The Big Bang Theory                           289,100                        348,000                345,000              -59,000
  6. This is Us**                                           272,000                           N/A                        N/A                      N/A
  7. Modern Family                                     224,000                        240,000                282,000              -16,000
  8. The Voice(Mon)                                    240,000                        274,000                286,000              -34,000
  9. The Voice(Tue)                                      202,600                        233,000                254,000              -31,000
  10. Grey's Anatomy                                    193,200                        157,609                149,000             +36,600

 

* This is the first year for Thursday Night Football on NBC.

**  This is the first year for This is Us


Here is what the Top 10 looked like the three previous years:
 
2015-16                                                                      2014-15                                                                 2013-2014                                               
 
Sunday Night Football                   603,000            Sunday Night Football         627,000                 Sunday Night Football         594,000    
Empire                                              497,000           Thursday Night Football      492,000                 American Idol  (Wed)            502,000
Thursday Night Football                462,000           The Big Bang Theory            344,000                 The Big Bang Theory            317,000
The Big Bang Theory                      348,000           The Blacklist                           283,000                 The Voice                               294,000
How to Get Away with Murder     253,000           The Voice (Mon)                     274,000                 American Idol (Thur)            289,000
The Voice (Mon)                              240,500           The Voice (Tue)                       253,000                 Modern Family                     282,000 
Modern Family                                240,000           American Idol (Wed)              243,000                 The Voice(Tue)                      279,000
The Voice (Tue)                                233,000           Modern Family                       240,000                 New Girl                                 237,000
Scandal                                             224,500           New Girl                                   236,000                 The Simpsons                       232,000
Blindspot                                          209,700           American Idol (Thur)              225,000                 Scandal                                  207,000
 

 
Since advertisers mainly look at the 18-49 demo, lets do the same thing we did for the ad rates, for the 18-49 rankings and see how well they correlate (Note: I've only included previous years to see the trend.  The 2014-15, and 2015-16 demo numbers are for Live + 7.   Previous years were only for Live + 3.  
 
     Show                                              2015-16               2014-15             2013-14          2012-13

  1. Sunday Night Football                7.5                        7.3                      7.9                    8.2  
  2. Empire**                                       6.4                        7.1                     N/A                   N/A
  3. Thursday Night Football**         6.0                        5.9                     N/A                   N/A
  4. The Big Bang Theory                   5.8                        6.5                      6.2                    6.2
  5. The X Files***                               4.8                        N/A                    N/A                   N/A
  6. Modern Family                              4.4                       5.4                      4.4                    4.9
  7. Grey’s Anatomy                            3.7                        3.9                      4.4                    4.1
  8. How to get Away with Murder* 3.5                        5.0                      4.6                   N/A
  9. Scandal                                           3.4                       4.5                      4.2                    2.8
  10. The Voice (Mon)                            3.4                       4.2                      5.1                    6.1

 

*How to Get Away With Murder  premiered in 2012-13. 

**Thursday Night Football and Empire both premiered in 2014-15 

***The X Files were  a limited series in 2015-16


 
You may notice that some of the most expensive advertising, is on shows that are not in the top ten, in ratings, or conversely,  there are some . I’m going to show what I’ll call the cost per ratings point(CPRP).   This will show how much each ratings point cost, based on a 30 second spot. You do have to remember these rates are for a 30 second spot. 


For 2016-17  Top Ten Ad Costs
Show                                                               Spot Cost            Demo Rating                CPRP              Previous Year

  1. Sunday Night Football                         674,000                      7.5                         89,900               85,890
  2. Thursday Night Football (CBS)           523,000                      6.0                         87,100               81,864
  3. Thursday Night Football (NBC)           485,000                     N/A
  4. Empire                                                    437,000                      6.4                         68,200              70,000          
  5. The Big Bang Theory                            289,000                      5.8                         49,800              53,076
  6. This is Us                                                272,000                      N/A
  7. Modern Family                                      224,000                       4.4                        50,900              44,444
  8. The Voice(Mon)                                     240,000                       4.2                        57,100              65,238
  9. The Voice(Tue)                                       202,600                       4.0                        50,600              63,500
  10. Grey's Anatomy                                    193,200                        3.7                        52,216               40,512


 
Ad rates are pretty much set at before the beginning of the season (at he Upfronts) , and are mostly based on the previous year’s performance.  Ad rates tend to fall slower than the ratings, so there is usually some residual, show reputation thing going on.   A good example of this could be found in the 2012-13 season.
 
TBBT was virtually tied with Modern Family in Demo, it was pulling in almost three million more people.  Yet, Modern Family was getting $55,000 more per 30 second spot.  It was getting $331,000, while TBBT was getting $276,000, based on the previous years ratings (and also the Emmy buzz for Modern Family) ,  Based on the previous years ratings, it would cost $60,181 for a ratings point on Modern Family and $50,181 for TBBT
 
However, by the end of the year, Modern Family dropped to a 4.9 demo rating and TBBT rose to a 6.2.  The result of setting ad prices at the beginning of the season is that that $55,000 more per spot cost, ended with 1.3 rating points less than TBBT. Modern Family pulled in 12.31 million viewers,  over six million less than TBBT 18.68 million viewers.  This means that the actual cost 67,555 per ratings point for Modern Family and  $44,516 for a ratings point on TBBT.
 


 
 

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Week 03 Early Household Ratings and Top 25 Markets; 04 October, 2016

 

TBBT ran the episode last night, 10.03 The Dependence Transcendence  at 8:00 PM and it had a 9.1 Household Rating, with a  15  share (9.1/1).  Compare to last week's show of 9.2/14, this was down a tenth in Households and up a share point. 

In households, number one for the night was TBBT with that 9.1/15.   In second was a two hour The Voice with a 7.9 Household and a 12 share  (up two tenths in HH, even in share). In third was Dancing with the Stars with a 7.5 Household and a 12 share (even in HH and in share).

From 8-8:30, while TBBT was on, The Voice had a 7.4 with an 11 Share, and Dancing with the Stars had a 7.3 with an 12 Share.   Those jumped to 7.9 for The Voice and 7.7 for Dancing with the Stars at 8:30, after TBBT was off.  

In the top 25 markets, TBBT was number one with a 3.6 demo, second was The Voice with a 3.0 and in third was Kevin Can Wait with a 1.9

I'll get to the overnight demo and viewers when they come in.

Tensor 

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Week 03 Overnights and Demo Breakouts for 04 October, 2016

 

CBS ran TBBT episode 10.03 The Dependence Transcendence.  It pulled in a 3.4 demo, with a 13 share and 14.40 million viewers.  This was down, from last weeks premiere overnight numbers, by a tenth of a point in Demo (3.6), one point in share, and up 390,000 in viewers.  I expect it to increase at least a tenth in the finals.   

ETA:  While TBBT generally adjusts up, it may not this week( and possibly down).  While it wasn't on CBS nationally, the football game was on the Minneapolis CBS station, and those viewers will be removed from TBBT numbers. Normally it offsets, but we'll have to wait for the finals. 

TBBT was number one in demo with that 3.4.   In second was The Voice with a 2.9/10, was down three tenths in demo and two tenths in share from last week.  In third was Kevin Can Wait with a  2.4/8, down three tenths in demo and two tenths in share from last week.     For viewers, TBBT was first with the 14.40 million viewers.  In  second was The Voice with 11.58  million viewers, up 560,000.  And in third was Dancing with the Stars, with 10.57  million viewers, down 370,000 from last weeks third place show, Kevin Can Wait

 In the 18-34 demo, TBBT was in first  with a 1.9, down five tenths from last week.  In second was The Voice at 1.8, also down five tenths from last week's show.  In third was Kevin Can Wait, with a 1.3, again down five tenths from last weeks show.    In the 25-54 demo, TBBT was first with a 4.9, up a tenth. In second,  was The Voice with a 3.8, down four  tenths, and in third was Kevin Can Wait,  with a 3.5, down three tenths.   

The finals will be up later, when I get them. Tensor

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Week Three Live + 7, Week of 03 October, 2016

Based on week One numbers (September 19-25, 2016).

CBS broadcast  TBBT new episode, 10.01 "The Conjugal Conjecture" on Monday at 8 PM.

All Shows in the top ten for this week were premieres.   

                                                                                                  Demo

         Show                                             Live + 7 lift                    Show                                     Live + 7 Total     

  1. Designated Survivor                          2.2                           Empire                                            5.9                          
  2. TBBT                                                     2.0                           TBBT                                                5.8
  3. This is Us                                             1.8                            This is Us                                        4.6
  4. Modern Family                                   1.7                            Designated Survivor                     4.4  
  5. Empire                                                  1.7                            Modern Family                             4.3
  6. How to Get Away with Murder         1.5                            The Voice (Mon)                            4.2
  7. Grey's Anatomy                                   1.5                            Grey's Anatomy                            4.0
  8. The Blacklist                                         1.4                            Kevin Can Wait                              3.5
  9. Law and Order:SVU                             1.3                            The Good Place                            3.5
  10. The Good Place                                    1.2                            Lethal Weapon                             3.2

 

                                                                                              Viewers

     Show                                          Live + 7 lift (000)                        Show                        Live + 7 Total  (000)     

  1. Designated Survivor                         7670*                             TBBT                                         21,521
  2. The Big Bang Theory                        5699                                Bull                                           20,508
  3. The Blacklist                                       5261                                NCIS                                         20,236 
  4. Bull                                                      4939                                 Designated Survivor             17,712
  5. This is Us                                            4547                                 NCIS:NO                                  15,128
  6. Blue Bloods                                        4315                                 Empire                                    14,947
  7. NCIS                                                     4237                                 Blue Bloods                           14,872
  8. Modern Family                                   4115                                 This is Us                                14,612
  9. Empire                                                 4079                                  MacGyver                              14,107
  10. NCIS:New Orleans                             4003                                  Hawaii Five-0                         13,452

 

*This number set a new record for Live + 7 viewer lift, breaking the viewer lift record of 7,200,000, set by TBBT last year.   

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Week 03 Final Ratings For Tuesday, October 04, 2016.  For broadcasts, 03 October, 2016

At 8:00 PM, the new episode of TBBT, 9.03, The Dependence Transcendence, brought in a 3.5, with 14.32  million people, up a tenth  in demo, but down 80,000 viewers from the overnights. This was down a tenth and up 80,000 viewers from last week (interesting that it was down 80k from the overnights, but up 80k from last week.   

In first place, for demo, was TBBT with that 3.5.  In second was The Voice at 3.0 , up a tenth from the overnights, but down two tenths in demo from last week.  In third was  the new show Kevin Can Wait, with a 2.2, down a tenth from the overnights, and down five tenths from last week.  

For viewers, TBBT was number one with those 14.32 million viewers. The Voice was second with 11.78 million, up 200,000 from the overnights and up 60,000 from last week.  Dancing with the Stars was in third at 10.73 up 160,000 in viewers and up 110,000 from last week's third place show.  

In the overnights, I mentioned the Football telecast in Minneapolis might cause there to be no increase, but it appears it allowed at least a tenth increase, even if the total viewers dropped off.  

 

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Week 03 Weekly Rankings; 05 October, 2016

Ratings based on Week two numbers, week ending 02 October.  

At 8:00 PM Monday,  the episode, 10.02 The Military Miniaturization ,  was broadcast.  
The top ten in demo follows. (Repeats are designated by a R, Specials or Special Times are designated by a S, P indicates series Premiere )

     Show                                                                         18-49 Demo                     18-49 Demo Viewers

  1. Sunday Night Football                                             6.7                                       8,583,000
  2. Empire                                                                        3.7                                       4,730,000
  3. The Big Bang Theory                                                3.6                                       4,567,000
  4. The Voice (Tue)                                                          3.3                                       4,252,000
  5. The Voice (Mon)                                                        3.2                                        4,110,000
  6. Kevin Can Wait                                                          2.7                                        3,454,000
  7. The Simpsons                                                            2.6                                        3,399,000
  8. This is Us                                                                    2.6                                        3,325,000
  9. Grey's Anatomy                                                         2.4                                        3,087,000
  10. Modern Family                                                          2.3                                         2,928,000

The Simpons probably made this list as a result of following the football recap show on Sunday.  This show led into The Simpsons with a 4.3 demo and over 5.5 million demo viewers.   Note that 60 minutes dropped off this list.  CBS has the late game next week, so we should see 60 Minutes return, and The Simpsons drop off.  

The top 10 in viewers:

     Show                                                                     Total Viewers

  1. Sunday Night Football                                       18,057,000
  2. NCIS                                                                      15,519,000
  3. The Big Bang Theory                                          14,244,000
  4. Bull                                                                        13,616,000
  5. The Voice (Tue)                                                    12,091,000
  6. The Voice (Mon)                                                   11,496,000
  7. NCIS:LA                                                                  11,386,000
  8. Dancing with the Stars                                        10,883,000
  9. NCIS:NO                                                                 10,764,000
  10. 60 Minuites                                                            10,699,000

 

Just a note, there was no Thursday Night Football telecast this week.  

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Week 03, Syndicated ratings, Wednesday, October 05, 2016

Based on week one numbers,  19-25 September, 2016. 

Top Ten in Households:    

           Show                                           Household Rating

  1. Judge Judy                                               7.1     
  2. Family Feud                                            6.3 
  3. Wheel of Fortune                                   6.0
  4. Jeopardy                                                  5.7    
  5. TBBT                                                         5.1    
  6. Law and Order:SVU                               3.7
  7. Entertainment Tonight                          3.4
  8. Dr Phil                                                      3.3
  9. TBBT                            Weekend            3.0
  10. Inside Edition                                          2.9

 

Top ten in 25-54 Women:

          Show                                             25-54 Women Rating

  1. TBBT                                                           3.1     
  2. Judge Judy                                                 3.0
  3. Family Feud                                              3.0
  4. Law and Order:SVU                                 2.3
  5. Modern Family                                         2.1
  6. Wheel of Fortune                                     2.0
  7. TBBT                            Weekend              1.9
  8. Jeopardy                                                    1.8
  9. Modern Family          Weekend              1.8
  10. Access Hollywood    Weekend               1.5  

 

I've gotten the question as to why the 25-54 rating.   For daytime shows, the women 25-54 is the more important ratings.  As you can see, TBBT still does rather well with this demo.   There is a show called Weekend Adventure.  It is a group of nature programs broadcast during the day on weekends for kids.  I've pulled it as it is not late Afternoon/early evening programming.  

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The final Wednesday night ratings came in, and Empire finished with a 3.4 demo rating.  This is a tenth of a point below what TBBT had on Monday (3.5).   This is the first time TBBT has beaten Empire, in demo, when they both aired in the same week, since 2014.  As a note, Modern Family had a 2.2 demo, this tied with Kevin Can Wait as the second highest demo for a comedy. 

As far as viewers, TBBT had 14.32 million, with NCIS pulling in 14.44 million.    Based on the DVR viewing numbers so far this year, TBBT should move past NCIS and end up as the highest rated, and have the most viewers for all non-sports shows this week.   

While there was some consternation at the drop in TBBT ratings, for the premiere, compared to the previous year, other shows have dropped more in ratings or viewers.    At this time, based on early season results (demo drop by Empire and viewer drop by NCIS), and DVR viewing so far, TBBT has a chance to be the highest rated, and most viewed non-sports show this year.  

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News, Notes and Analysis, Friday 07 October, 2016

Since it's Friday, I thought I'd add this bit of research I did for someone.  This past week, TBBT had a 3.5 demo for the show, while Modern Family had a 2.2 demo this week.  There was a question as to whether TBBT or Modern Family has fallen further from it's ratings high.   There is a difference between comparing the actual demo numbers for the show, and comparing the actual demo numbers vs the average for all shows, for that particular year.  These numbers can be found, on the excellent website "Spotted Ratings"  It just takes some digging into the charts they have, along with some calculations.      

For example, in season three, TBBT had it's highest actual demo numbers, a 5.26 demo average for the year.  However, there were more viewers watching broadcast television that year, so it was easier for the show to get to that number.   Since then, the number of viewers watching broadcast television has decrease, to the point where if you use the  5.26 demo in 2009-10 season (based on more viewers) the show's demo would only have been a 2.72 demo  based on the number of viewers last year .  So, I'm going to give you the drop based on raw numbers, and then the drop based on the numbers adjusted for available viewers.  All the following are based on Live + Same Day.   

Here are the actual numbers for Modern Family and TBBT, with TBBT's season 1 starting in 2007, and the percentage increase or decrease:

         Season                  TBBT                 %                        MF                 % 

  • 2007-08                3.26              
  • 2008-09                3.79                 +16 
  • 2009-10                5.26                 +39                     3.76 
  • 2010-11                4.00                  -24                     4.42               +18
  • 2011-12                4.97                 +24                     5.05               +14
  • 2012-13                5.25                 + 6                      4.23                -16
  • 2013-14                5.07                 -  4                      3.54                -16
  • 2014-15                4.32                 -15                      3.19                -10
  • 2015-16                3.73                 -14                      2.55                -20           

 

A couple of notes.  That 24% decrease in 2010-11 for TBBT was when the show moved to Thursday, from Monday.   TBBT increased by 55% it's first two years, while MF increased by 32% it's first two years.   MF has double digits percentage drops since their high, four years ago.  TBBT drop by 24% after the move, increased the next two years, and has dropped the last three years, only the last two have been double digit. 

We can use either 2009-10 or 2012-13 as TBBT high demo year (it's only a one hundredth difference) and find it has fallen about 1.5 demo points from either high point that would be about a 29% drop, since 2012-13.  In the case of Modern Family,  it dropped dropped 2.5 points from it's high,  a loss of almost 50% of it's audience.   Either way, Modern Family has dropped more, by almost a point in actual demo drop, and by 21% more in percentage than TBBT dropped.

Let's compare those numbers, based on the decrease of viewers in the time since the shows high point.   The average demo, for all shows, dropped from 2.21 in 2012-13 (TBBT high) to 1.46 for 2015-16 (last year), that's a 34% drop for the average demo, compared to only 29% for TBBT

The average demo dropped from 2.36 in 2011-12 (MF's high point) to, again, 1.46 in 2015-16 (last year).  That is a drop, for an average show, of 39%, while Modern Family dropped by almost 11% more than the average show.   

 

How does this look, if you use the available viewers from last year, for all the yeas the show has been on.  If you do, you get the following demo table:

       Season                  TBBT                 %                        MF                 % 

  • 2007-08                1.44              
  • 2008-09                1.84                 +27 
  • 2009-10                2.72                 +47                     1.95 
  • 2010-11                2.29                 - 16                      2.54               +30
  • 2011-12                3.07                 +34                      3.11               +22
  • 2012-13                3.63                 +18                      2.92                -  6
  • 2013-14                3.92                 +  8                      2.74                -  6
  • 2014-15                3.74                 -   5                      2.76                  0
  • 2015-16                3.73                    0                        2.55                - 7           

 

You'll notice that TBBT's high season now moves to 2013-14.  This is because while it did drop in 2013-14, it dropped much less than the drop in broadcast viewers.  You can also see Modern Family's only dropped three of the last four years (it even went up, although not by much).   So, how does the drop from each shows highs look now?

Well, TBBT dropped from it's high in 2013-14, of 3.92, to last years 3.73, a drop of only 0.19, and a percentage drop of only 5%.   Meanwhile, Modern Family dropped from their high of 3.11 in 2011-12, to last years 2.55.  A drop of over a half a demo point, and a percentage drop of 18%

Again, both measures show Modern Family has fallen further and faster than TBBT.  In fact, if you include this year (a small sample so far, I know) TBBT is at 3.63, a drop of only a tenth from last year's final rating (that's about 3%), and Modern Family is at 2.37, almost two tenths (that's about 7%) lower than last year's final.  So Modern Family continues to drop faster than TBBT.    I fully expect to see MF in the mid to upper ones, this year(probably in the spring), as I expect to see upper twos for TBBT in the spring.

One other bit.   TBBT has averaged more than twice the demo of the average show over it's entire run.   Over the last four years, it has had a demo that is two and a half times better than the average show.   Those four years are the highest comedy years, compared to the average show, since Friends went off the air.  Using the comparison to the average show for the year, season seven of TBBT, was actually higher than most of Friends final year.   What pulled Friends ahead, was it's absolutely monstrous finale that had a 24.9 demo rating (remember, TBBT was the high entertainment show last week with a 3.5 demo). 

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Week Four Live + 3, Week of 10 October, 2016

Based on week Two numbers (September 26-October 02, 2016).

CBS broadcast  TBBT new episode, 10.02 "The Dependence Trancendence" on Monday at 8 PM.

Premieres are designated with a "P".   

                                                                                                           Demo

         Show                                                  Live + 3 lift                                            Show                                        Live + 3 Total     

  1. TBBT                                                          1.5                                                    Sunday Night Football                       6.7                          
  2. Designated Survivor                               1.5                                                    TBBT                                                      5.1 
  3. This is Us                                                  1.5                                                     Empire                                                  5.1
  4. Empire                                                      1.4                                                     This is Us                                              4.1  
  5. Modern Family                                        1.2                                                      The Voice (Mon)                                 4.0
  6. Grey's Anatomy                                       1.2                                                     The Voice (Tue)                                   3.9
  7. The Voice                 (Mon)                       0.8                                                     Grey's Anatomy                                  3.6
  8. Criminal Minds             P                          0.8                                                    Modern Family                                    3.5
  9. Law and Order:SVU                                 0.8                                                     Kevin Can Wait                                    3.4
  10. Bull                                                             0.8                                                     Designated Survivor                           3.3 

 

 

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     Show                                          Live + 3 lift (000)                                                Show                                         Live + 3 Total  (000)     

  1. Designated Survivor                         5571                                                       NCIS                                                      18,636
  2. The Big Bang Theory                        4288                                                       TBBT                                                      18,532
  3. This is Us                                            3990                                                       Sunday Night Football                        18,116 
  4. Bull                                                      3797                                                       Bull                                                         17,413
  5. The Blacklist                                       3544                                                       The Voice (Mon)                                   13,974
  6. Blue Bloods                                        3416                                                        Blue Bloods                                          13,972
  7. Empire                                                 3189                                                       The Voice (Tue)                                     13,959
  8. NCIS                                                     3118                                                       Designated Survivor                            13,538
  9. Modern Family                                   2978                                                       NCIS:NO                                                 13,499
  10. Criminal Minds               P                 2893                                                        NCIS:LA                                                  13,257

 

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Week 04 Early Household Ratings and Top 25 Markets; 11 October, 2016

 

TBBT ran the episode last night, 10.04 The Cohabitation Experimentation  at 8:00 PM and it had a 9.1 Household Rating, with a  14  share (9.1/14).  Compare to last week's show of 9.1/15, this was even in Households and down a share point. 

In households, number one for the night was TBBT with that 9.1/14.   In second was a two hour The Voice with a 7.4 Household and a 11 share  (down four tenths in HH, down one in share). In third was Dancing with the Stars with a 7.1 Household and a 11 share (down three tenths in HH and down one in share).

From 8-8:30, while TBBT was on, The Voice had a 6.9 with an 11 Share, and Dancing with the Stars had a 6.9 with an 12 Share.   Those jumped to 7.7 for The Voice and 7.1 for Dancing with the Stars at 8:30, after TBBT was off.  

ETA: Top 25 markets are not available to me today. 

I'll get to the overnight demo and viewers when they come in.

Tensor 

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Week 04 Overnights and Demo Breakouts for 11 October, 2016

 

CBS ran TBBT episode 10.04 The Cohabitation Experimentation.  It pulled in a 3.3 demo, with a 12 share and 14.06 million viewers, both lows for the year.  This was down, from last weeks overnight numbers, by a tenth of a point in Demo (3.4), one point in share, and down 340,000 in viewers.  I expect it to increase at least a tenth in the finals.   

ETA:  There shouldn't be any adjustment due to the NFL Monday night game.  One team had the game on its ABC affiliate, the other team had it on an independent station.  

TBBT was number one in demo with that 3.3.   In second was The Voice with a 2.9/9, was even in demo and down a tenth in share from last week.  In third was Kevin Can Wait  with a  2.1/7, down three tenths in demo and a tents in share from last week.     For viewers, TBBT was first with the 14.06 million viewers.  In  second was The Voice with 11.17  million viewers, down 410,000.  And in third was Dancing with the Stars, with 10.45  million viewers, down 120,000 from last week. 

 In the 18-34 demo, The Voice  was in first  with a 1.9, even with last week's number one show.  In second was TBBT at 1.8, also down a tenth from last week's show.  In third was Dancing With the Stars, with a 1.2, down a tenth from last weeks third place show.    In the 25-54 demo, TBBT was first with a 4.8, down a tenth. In second,  was The Voice with a 3.7, down a tenth, and in third was Kevin Can Wait,  with a 3.1, down four tenths.   

The finals will be up later, when I get them. Tensor

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Week 04 Final Ratings For Tuesday, October 11, 2016.  For broadcasts, 10 October, 2016

At 8:00 PM, the new episode of TBBT, 9.04, The Cohabitation Experimentation, brought in a 3.4, with 14.41  million people, up a tenth  in demo and up 350,000 viewers from the overnights. This was down a tenth and up 90,000 viewers from last week (again, a just about the same from last week when it was down a tenth and up 80,000 from the previous week).   

In first place, for demo, was TBBT with that 3.4.  In second was The Voice at 2.9 , even with the overnights, but down a tenth in demo from last week.  In third was  the new show Kevin Can Wait, with a 2.1, even with the overnights, and down a tenth from last week.  

For viewers, TBBT was number one with those 14.41 million viewers. The Voice was second with 11.37 million, up 200,000 from the overnights and down 410,000 from last week.  Dancing with the Stars was in third at 10.43 down 20,000 in viewers and down 300,000 from last week's third place show.  

 

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Week 04 Weekly Rankings; 11 October, 2016

Ratings based on Week three numbers, week ending 09 October.  

At 8:00 PM Monday,  the episode, 10.03 The Dependence Transcendence,  was broadcast.  This is the first time a scripted show has beaten Empire, in Demo, since January of 2015.  The top ten in demo follows. (Repeats are designated by a R, Specials or Special Times are designated by a S, P indicates series Premiere )

     Show                                                                         18-49 Demo                     18-49 Demo Viewers

  1. Sunday Night Football                                             5.9                                       7,533,000
  2. Thursday Night Football                                          4.1                                       5,226,000
  3. The Big Bang Theory                                                3.5                                       4,492,000
  4. Empire                                                                        3.4                                       4,326,000
  5. The Voice (Mon)                                                        3.0                                        3,828,000
  6. 60 Minutes                                                                 2.6                                        3,381,000
  7. Grey's Anatomy                                                         2.2                                        2,884,000
  8. Kevin Can Wait                                                          2.2                                         3,856,000
  9. Modern Family                                                          2.2                                         2,834,000
  10. The Voice (Tue)                                                          2.0                                         2,582,000

I made this comment last week: CBS has the late game next week, so we should see 60 Minutes return, and The Simpsons drop off.  And, lo and behold, The Simpsons didn't make the list, and 60 Minutes returns.  It should reverse again next week. 

The top 10 in viewers:

     Show                                                                     Total Viewers

  1. Sunday Night Football                                       16,622,000
  2. NCIS                                                                      14,441,000
  3. The Big Bang Theory                                          14,320,000
  4. 60 Minuites                                                          12,397,000
  5. Thursday Night Football                                     12,074,000
  6. The Voice (Mon)                                                   11,783,000
  7. Dancing with the Stars                                        10,729,000
  8. Blue Bloods                                                             9,827,000
  9. Hawaii Five-0                                                           9,626,000
  10. Kevin Can Wait                                                        9,616,000

 

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