Quick drops for last week’s arrivals.
DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ shares) and total viewership (thousands of people over the age of 2).
Ratings analysis and comparisons follow the chart.
ABC: After AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS held at 0.8, AMERICAN IDOL fell 0.2 to 1.0. THE ROOKIE lost 0.1 to 0.5.
CBS: 60 MINUTES slipped 0.1 to 0.7, then THE EQUALIZER dropped 0.2 to 0.7. NCIS: LA was down 0.1 to 0.6, and NCIS: NEW ORLEANS remained at 0.5.
NBC: The night started with reruns at 0.3/0.3, then DATELINE was at 0.3.
FOX: The network aired its first regular original Sunday line-up of 2021, with the premiere of CHERRIES WILD at 0.2 (pending adjustments for the afternoon’s NASCAR coverage), BLESS THE HARTS at 0.2, THE SIMPSONS at 0.5, the official series premiere (after several “previews”) of THE GREAT NORTH at 0.4, BOB’S BURGERS at 0.5, and FAMILY GUY at 0.5.
CW: BATWOMAN (0.1) and CHARMED (0.1) were steady.
Tonight, HBO returns to the foreign-language well with Sweden’s BEARTOWN.
COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 live+same day ratings versus the same night last year and same night last week.
Note: The fast affiliate-based ratings below measure what aired on network affiliates in 210 U.S. markets from 8-11 pm Eastern & Pacific or 7-10 pm Central & Mountain. The numbers are some combination of the network schedule and any pre-emptions (such as local news or weather coverage). Also live events such as sporting events and major specials are usually undercounted because the fast nationals measure what was on in primetime in the Pacific Time Zone (mostly what aired after the live event ended on the West Coast). Accurate program ratings will be available with the broadcast finals.
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The Equalizer is beginning its descent to the inevitable .05 range. Give it another 2 episodes. Another waste of the post Superbowl timeslot.
And never understood why FOX renewed Bless the Harts. Horrible numbers if that was an original episode. Bad even if it was a repeat.
I think you mean the 0.5 range. A .05 rating is something you might see for Newsmax or The Weather Channel.
You are correct, I meant .5 rating for The Equalizer. Although Charmed will likely be very close to .05.
For past 2 weeks, Equalizer has beaten AI in total viewers. However, the show is skewing higher with older adults vs key demos that AI gets.
Each episode’s getting better IMO, but the writing’s pretty basic paint by numbers still.
Despite that fact, I actually like the show w/ last night’s episode the best yet & Queen Latifah is helping it out a lot. Chris Noth’s doesn’t appear to have a huge presence nor her Aunt Vi thus far. I wish she had Benjamin Bratt in Noth’s role. I really liked them together in “Star.”
The Batwoman ratings would be a lot higher if it wasn’t badly written obnoxiously political trash. I feel bad for the cast who have to read those scripts.
Ruby Rose wasn’t perfect but had she had better writing to work with shed at least have kept the first seasons ratings from nosediving.
Also thats tragic for the premiere of Cherries wild on Fox. Figured itd get at least a 0.5 or 0.6.
Another good episode of The Rookie. I hope the numbers adjust up.
The Rookie is one of a handful of shows that gets a huge jump (>100%) in delayed viewing (L+7). The Good Doctor, Seal Team, SWAT, The Conners, and SVU all generally fall into that category.