Final Broadcast Ratings: September 21, 2015
It was the first night of the new 2015-16 TV season, but it was a bit of an let down as all season premieres are down, year-to-year. The Night's #1 show, THE BIG BANG THEORY, was down 13% in the A18-49 ratings. The #2 program, THE VOICE, dropped near 600,000 viewers and 10% in the demo. GOTHAM, on FOX, came close to only drawing half its audience from last year's series premiere and was 50% off in the A18-49 demographic. CASTLE, on ABC, fell a half a point in the A18-49 demo.
The positives from last night? NBC's new crime drama, BLINDSPOT, retained 86% of its lead in, in total viewers and in the A18-49 demo rating. That is about it for the good side of the numbers.
Other season premiere numbers, SCORPION was off by 2.7 million viewers and a full ratings point in the A18-49 demo. NCIS: LA dropped 0.7 points in the demo and 1.4 million viewers, from last year's premiere. MINORITY REPORT only drew 3.1 million viewers, keeping just 68% of its lead in audience.
In a couple of weeks, when the Live+7 ratings are released for this premiere week, we'll see if viewers are staying with shows but increasing their time-shifted viewing, or have viewers abandoned the broadcast networks?
The positives from last night? NBC's new crime drama, BLINDSPOT, retained 86% of its lead in, in total viewers and in the A18-49 demo rating. That is about it for the good side of the numbers.
Other season premiere numbers, SCORPION was off by 2.7 million viewers and a full ratings point in the A18-49 demo. NCIS: LA dropped 0.7 points in the demo and 1.4 million viewers, from last year's premiere. MINORITY REPORT only drew 3.1 million viewers, keeping just 68% of its lead in audience.
In a couple of weeks, when the Live+7 ratings are released for this premiere week, we'll see if viewers are staying with shows but increasing their time-shifted viewing, or have viewers abandoned the broadcast networks?
Final L+SD Network Averages:
Total viewers | A18-34 | A18-49 | A25-54 | |
ABC | 10.60 million | 1.0 | 1.6 | 2.3 |
CBS | 11.20 million | 1.3 | 2.3 | 3.4 |
CW | 1.20 million | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
FOX | 3.80 million | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.6 |
NBC | 11.80 million | 2.2 | 3.4 | 4.3 |
Time | Net | Program | Viewers* | A18-49 | +/- |
8:00 | ABC | Dancing With The Stars | 11.46 | 1.8 | |
10:00 | ABC | Castle (SP) | 8.84 | 1.2 | -23% |
8:00 | CBS | The Big Bang Theory (SP) | 18.20 | 4.7 | |
8:30 | CBS | Life In Pieces (SP) | 11.28 | 2.6 | -38% |
9:00 | CBS | Scorpion (SP) | 11.09 | 2.2 | -2% |
10:00 | CBS | NCIS: LA (SP) | 7.89 | 1.2 | -29% |
8:00 | CW | Penn & Teller: Fool Us | 1.15 | 0.3 | |
9:00 | CW | Whose Line is it Anyway? | 0.95 | 0.3 | -17% |
9:30 | CW | Significant Mother | 0.47 | 0.1 | -51% |
8:00 | FOX | Gotham (SP) | 4.57 | 1.6 | |
9:00 | FOX | Minority Report (SP) | 3.10 | 1.1 | -32% |
8:00 | NBC | The Voice (SP) | 12.37 | 3.5 | |
10:00 | NBC | Blindspot (SP) | 10.61 | 3.1 | -14% |
* - in millions
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