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Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Ratings: Broadcast Finals for June 18, 2013

The more games the NBA FINALS play, the higher the ratings get. Tuesday nights game drew an impressive 20.6 million viewers and a solid 8.5 rating in Adults 18-49. Since last year's Finals only went 5 games, there is not a year to year comparison, but it is up about 2 million viewers and a full ratings point above the decisive game five of the 2012 NBA FINALS.

THE VOICE did end the spring season on a strong note. With its best ratings since March, the finale drew 16.6 million viewers and a 4.4 demo rating. That is up nearly 3 million viewers and 19% in the demo, from the Monday night performance finale.

CBS decided that two episodes were enough of BROOKLYN DA and moved to the death night of Saturdays. In its place will be the new fall occupant, PERSON OF INTEREST. The encore airing of POI increased viewership in the time slot by 1.8 million viewers and 50% in the demo ratings.

Tuesday Night Network Ratings:

ABC - 16.6 million viewers, 6.8 rating in Adults 18-49

NBC - 14.3 million viewers, 3.9 rating in Adults 18-49

FOX - 3.9 million viewers, 1.4 rating in Adults 18-49

CBS - 6.5 million viewers, 0.9 rating in Adults 18-49

CW - 0.6 million viewers, 0.3 rating in Adults 18-49

Time	Net	Program	Viewers*	A18-49	+/-
8:00	ABC	Jimmy Kimmel Live	3.62	1.2
8:30	ABC	NBA Countdown	5.36	2.0	+48%
9:00	ABC	NBA Finals Game 3	20.64	8.5	+285%
8:00	CBS	NCIS [R]	8.13	1.1
9:00	CBS	NCIS: LA [R]	6.03	0.8	-26%
10:00	CBS	Person Of Interest [R]	5.28	0.9	-12%
8:00	CW	Hart Of Dixie [R]	0.68	0.3
9:00	CW	America's Next Top Model [R]	0.57	0.3	-16%
8:00	FOX	So You Think You Can Dance	3.86	1.4
8:00	NBC	America's Got Talent	11.75	3.0
9:00	NBC	The Voice	15.59	4.4	+33%

* - in millions

Ratings Review: HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER (Season Eight)

The 2012-13 TV season proved to be a difficult season for all of the CBS Monday comedies by having both THE VOICE and DANCING WITH THE STARS going up against them. For the most part, HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER did a little better than the other comedies, but ratings were still down.

For the 2012-13 season, HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER averaged 7.3 million viewers and a 2.7 demo rating for the 32 airings in its time slot, of which 23 were original episodes.

The series will be back for a 9th and final season. Is it a candidate for being one of the all-time classic sitcoms?

HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER (Mondays at 8 p.m., on CBS)

Date	Viewers*	A18-49	+/-
09/24/12	8.840	3.6
10/01/12	8.170	3.3	-7.58%
10/08/12	7.820	3.1	-4.28%
10/15/12	7.930	3.2	1.41%
10/22/12	Preempted
10/29/12	6.780	2.3		R
11/05/12	7.220	2.8	6.49%
11/12/12	7.950	3.0	10.11%
11/19/12	7.450	2.9	-6.29%
11/26/12	8.730	3.3	17%
12/03/12	8.260	3.1
12/10/12	8.820	3.2	6.78%
12/17/12	8.700	3.4	-1.36%
12/24/12	3.280	0.9	-62%	R
12/31/12	3.470	0.9	6%	R
01/07/13	5.150	1.5	48%	R
01/14/13	10.510	3.9	104.1%
01/21/13	10.07	3.7	-4.2%
01/28/13	5.78	1.6	-42.6%	R
02/04/13	10.30	4.0	78.2%
02/11/13	8.98	3.2	-12.8%
02/18/13	8.86	3.4	-1.3%
02/25/13	8.59	3.3	-3.0%
03/04/13	5.30	1.7	-38.3%	R
03/11/13	5.23	1.5	-1%	R
03/18/13	7.44	3.0	42%
03/25/13	6.99	2.7	-6%
04/01/13	3.88	1.1	-44%	R
04/08/13	Preempted
04/15/13	6.58	2.7
04/22/13	4.16	1.3	-37%	R
04/29/13	7.06	2.7	70%
05/06/13	6.99	2.6	-1%
05/13/13	8.57	3.4	23%

* - in millions

Ratings Review: CASTLE (Season 5)

CASTLE's fifth season was one of maturing into a solid performer for ABC. It regularly won its time slot, held a high percentage of its lead in and one of the few bright spots on the ABC schedule. The only down side to the series is that it performs to the level of its lead in.

Once DANCING WITH THE STARS was on winter hiatus, CASTLE only once reached viewership of over 10 million viewers. With DWTS as the lead in, it never dipped below 10 million viewers.

For the season, CASTLE averaged 9.5 million viewers and a 1.9 demo rating on 29 airings, with five of thos airings being repeat episodes.

CASTLE (Mondays at 10 p.m., on ABC)

Date	Viewers*	A18-49	+/-
09/24/12	10.45	2.1
10/01/12	10.35	1.9	-1%
10/08/12	10.61	2.2	+3%
10/15/12	10.94	2.0	+3%
10/22/12	Preempted
10/29/12	10.84	2.2
11/05/12	10.02	1.9	-8%
11/12/12	10.07	1.9	+1%
11/19/12	10.36	2.0	+3%
11/26/12	Preempted
12/03/12	8.50	1.7
12/10/12	5.09	1.1	-40%	R
12/17/12	5.16	1.1	+1%	R
12/24/12	Preempted
12/31/12	Preempted
01/07/13	8.66	1.9
01/14/13	9.14	1.9	+6%
01/21/13	8.82	2.0	-4%
01/28/13	6.00	1.4	-32%	R
02/04/13	8.89	1.8	+48%
02/11/13	8.97	2.0	+1%
02/18/13	9.85	2.3	+10%
02/25/13	10.77	2.3	+9%
03/04/13	6.76	1.4	-37%	R
03/11/13	Preempted
03/18/13	11.26	2.2
03/25/13	10.57	2.1	-6%
04/01/13	11.79	2.2	12%
04/08/13	7.18	1.2	-39%	R
04/15/13	10.18	2.0	42%
04/22/13	11.76	2.3	16%
04/29/13	10.53	2.0	-10%
05/06/13	10.84	2.0	3%
05/13/13	11.16	2.1	3%

* - in millions

Complete Nielsen Ratings: Week of June 10, 2013

The full Nielsen rankings and ratings from #1 to #93:

ABC and the NBA Finals dominate the weekly ratings chart. The series played games 3 - 5 during this week, taking the top three spots on the chart. The three games averaged 15.5 million viewers and a 6.3 rating in Adults 18-49. Expect bigger ratings in next week's chart as the series is going the full 7 games.

After the NBA games, CBS and NBC dominate the rest of the top 30 chart. NBC with its one-two punch of THE VOICE and AMERICA'S GOT TALENT grabbed spots 4 - 6, with each show getting 10-12 million viewers. Only the Tuesday edition of THE VOICE failed to reach a 3.0 demo rating.

NBC added five more programs to the top 30, including Game #1 of the NHL Stanley Cup (#14) and MISS USA (#30). The Stanley cup game, with a 2.5 rating, was the week's #7 program on the A18-49 chart.

CBS, which lacks any power punch this summer, so far, did place 12 programs in the top 30. But, on the A18-49 chart, CBS could only manage 7 programs in the top 30, but four of those posted a 1.2 rating, or lower.

FOX managed just three programs in the top 30, all from Gordon Ramsey series. MASTERCHEF placed 18th and 25, while HELL'S KITCHEN was the #26 program of the week. Add in SYTYCD and you have the only four shows FOX managed to get into the to 30 demo ratings chart.

ABC only placed four other programs in the top 30, two of which were the NBA COUNTDOWN pre-game show for the NBA FINALS. But, the A18-49 chart was kinder as the network took the most spots, with 12 programs in the top 30.

Combining all five networks, only 18 programs managed to collect six million viewers, or more, while only nine topped eight million viewers.

The Top 30 A18-49 demo stats:

ABC - 12 programs
CBS - 7 programs
FOX - 4 programs
NBC - 7 programs

#1s for the Week:

#1 Reality - THE VOICE (Mon)
#1 Drama - NCIS (R)
#1 Original Drama - MISTRESSES
#1 Comedy - THE BIG BANG THEORY (R)
#1 Original Comedy - HOW TO LIVE WITH YOUR PARENTS

Click for full week's ratings and rankings for (06/10/13).

Network Weekly Averages for Week of June 10, 2013:

Network	Viewers	A18-49*	A25-54*	A18-34*	HH*
ABC	7.54 m	2.7/9	3.0/9	2.5/10	4.7/8
NBC	6.12 m	1.7/5	2.1/6	1.3/5	3.9/7
CBS	5.09 m	0.9/3	1.3/4	0.5/2	3.4/6
FOX	3.12 m	1.2/4	1.4/4	1.0/4	2.0/4
ION	1.11 m	0.3/1	--	--	0.8/1
CW	0.75 m	0.2/1	0.3/1	0.2/1	0.5/1

* - Ratings/Share

Ratings Review: DANCING WITH THE STARS (Spring 2013)

This season may be the beginning of the end for the long running, successful dance competition series. The spring 2013 season was the second straight season of under performing ratings, especially in the A18-49 demographic. Like the fall edition, DANCING WITH THE STARS averaged 13. .2 million viewers (down 200k) and a 2.2 rating in Adults 18-49.

Next season, DANCING WITH THE STARS will be knocked down to just one airing per week. This could be a good thing for the series, with a possibility/hopes of ratings gains with fewer airings.

DANCING WITH THE STARS (Mondays & Tuesdays, on ABC)

Date	Viewers*	A18-49	+/-
03/18/13	17.06	3.2
03/19/13	9.76	2.1	-43%
03/25/13	14.47	2.4	48%
03/26/13	13.43	2.4	-7%
04/01/13	13.91	2.2	4%
04/02/13	13.98	2.3	1%
04/08/13	13.15	2.1	-6%
04/09/13	12.13	2.0	-8%
04/15/13	13.40	2.2	10%
04/16/13	12.73	2.2	-5%
04/22/13	13.77	2.1	8%
04/23/13	12.65	2.0	-8%
04/29/13	13.45	2.1	6%
04/30/13	10.89	1.5	-19%
05/06/13	13.12	2.0	20%
05/07/13	10.79	1.7	-18%
05/13/13	13.33	2.0	24%
05/14/13	11.87	1.8	-11%
05/20/13	14.97	2.6	26%
05/21/13	15.20	2.7	2%

* - in millions

Ratings: Broadcast Finals for June 15, 2013

ABC was the lowest rated network on the night, pulling in just 1.8 million viewers. Its Saturday burn-off of the failed drama ZERO HOUR and an encore of the summer series MISTRESSES did very little to attract interest from viewers. We'll see if ABC continues to "bite the bullet" with burn-off content, or schedule proven encores in its place.

FOX coverage of prime-time MLB Baseball, drew its standard ratings average, 2.5 million viewers and a 0.5 demo rating. It is a little down from the previous week, but not to far off.

Saturday Night Network Averages:

CBS - 3.1 million viewers, 0.4 rating in Adults 18-49.

FOX - 2.5 million viewers, 0.5 rating in Adults 18-49.

NBC - 2.2 million viewers, 0.5 rating in Adults 18-49.

ABC - 1.8 million viewers, 0.4 rating in Adults 18-49.

Time	Net	Program	Viewers*	A18-49	+/-
8:00	ABC	Zero Hour	1.90	0.4
9:00	ABC	Zero Hour	1.70	0.3	-14%
10:00	ABC	Mistresses [R]	1.80	0.4	4%
8:00	CBS	The Mentalist [R]	2.40	0.3
9:00	CBS	Blue Bloods [R]	2.90	0.3	21%
10:00	CBS	48 Hours [R]	3.90	0.6	30%
8:00	FOX	MLB Baseball	2.40	0.5
8:00	NBC	Chicago Fire [R]	1.70	0.4
9:00	NBC	Law & Order: SVU [R]	2.30	0.4	-16%
10:00	NBC	SNL [R]	1.80	0.5	-17%

* - in millions

Social TV Activity Chart for June 18, 2013

Game six of the NBA FINALS dominated the social media scene on Tuesday, drawing close to four million social posts. So far for the series, this is the top game, in regards to a social media presence. With the series going to the seventh and final game on Thursday night, expect a number well above Tuesday's 4,000,000.

On the cable chart, ABC Family's PRETTY LITTLE LIARS collected well over 600k posts in social media. It was also able to top NBC's THE VOICE by more than 150,000. Not a easy task. However, once the final ratings come out this evening, THE VOICE will clearly have the better raw ratings than PLL.

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Daily Top 10 Primetime Cable Programs: June 17, 2013

Monday night was a night of all original programming in the top 10. WWE Raw takes the top three spots, averaging about 4.2 million viewers over the three hours.

Also drawing 4 million viewers was game 3 of the NHL Stanley Cup Finals. The second of two games on NBC Sports Network drew one if the best ratings ever for the network. All remaining Finals games are now on NBC.

LOVE & HIP HOP may have only been the #8 programs in viewership, but it was the #1 rated show in the A18-49 ratings, with a 1.8.

Rank	Show	Net	Time	Viewers*	A18-49
1	WWE Raw	USA	9:00 PM	4.26	1.5
2	WWE Raw	USA	10:00 PM	4.17	1.5
3	WWE Raw	USA	8:00 PM	4.03	1.4
4	NHL Finals Game #3	NBCSN	8:00 PM	4.00	1.6
5	Major Crimes	TNT	9:00 PM	3.90	0.7
6	American Pickers	HIST	9:00 PM	3.46	0.9
7	Longmire	A&E	10:00 PM	3.32	0.7
8	Love & Hip Hop/ATL	VH1	8:00 PM	3.20	1.8
9	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	2.96	0.3
10	King & Maxwell	TNT	10:00 PM	2.80	0.4

* - in millions