Ratings Review: BEST TIME EVER W/ NEIL PATRICK HARRIS (Season One)

BEST TIME EVER WITH NEIL PATRICK HARRIS (BTE) probably will not lead the networks into a new era of variety show programming, but it did produce decent ratings, as a short run series. I can see NBC bringing it back for another short run, next fall, or even give it a full summer series order, in 2016.

In the Live+SD ratings, BTE averaged 5.19 million viewers, a 0.9 rating in the A18-34 demo, a 1.5 rating in the A18-49 demo and a 2.0 rating in the A25-54 demo.

In the Live+3 ratings, viewership added about 5500,000 viewers and the A18-49 demo grew two tenths of a point. the Live+7 ratings has grown +20% in 18-49 rating (from a 1.58 to a 1.90) and viewership grew to  6.1 million.

In Upscale ratings, BTE delivered a strong upscale audience, indexing at a 118 among adults 18-49 living in homes with $100K+ incomes.

Live+Same Day Ratings
 (Tuesdays at 10 p.m., on NBC)

Date	Viewers*	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
09/15/15	6.60	1.2	1.8	2.3
09/22/15	5.91	1.5	2.1	2.6
09/29/15	5.99	1.2	1.9	2.4
10/06/15	4.45	0.7	1.3	1.7
10/13/15^	4.48	0.7	1.2	1.7
10/20/15^	4.81	0.7	1.2	1.7
10/27/15^	4.18	0.6	1.1	1.4
11/03/15^	5.06	0.7	1.4	1.8

* - in millions
^ - air at 8 p.m.

"DVR" Ratings (post same day viewership)

Date	L+3 (P2+)	L+3 (18-49)	L+7 (P2+)	L+7 (18-49)
09/15/15	7.68	2.3
09/22/15	6.80	2.5	7.00	2.6
09/29/15	6.70	2.2
10/06/15	5.00	1.5
10/13/15^	4.81	1.3
10/20/15^	5.10	1.3
10/27/15^	4.50	1.2
11/03/15^	5.36	1.5

* - in millions