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[09/17/13 - 08:47 AM]
"The Million Second Quiz" Tops Prior Two Telecasts, Equals Thursday's Demos
NBC spins the numbers for Monday, September 16.

[via press release from NBC]

Monday Results (NBC carried NFL football in Cincinnati and ABC carried the game in Pittsburgh):

· At 8 p.m. ET, "The Million Second Quiz" (1.1 rating, 3 share in adults 18-49, 3.7 million viewers overall) is currently matching the 1.1 rating the show earned last Thursday and is topping both its Friday (0.8) and Saturday (0.6) telecasts, pending updates, and that's despite last night facing competition from the season premieres of ABC's "Dancing With the Stars" and Fox's "Bones," as well as ESPN's Steelers-Bengals NFL telecast.

· Versus its prior telecast on Saturday, "Million Second Quiz" is up 83% in 18-49 rating (to a 1.1 from a 0.6) and up 31% in total viewers (3.747 million vs. 2.868 million).

· "The Million Second Quiz" continues to grow half-hour to half, up last night by 10% in 18-49 rating (to a 1.1 from a 1.0). This is the sixth consecutive edition of "MSQ" to grow from half-hour to half-hour in adults 18-49.

· From 9-10:01 p.m. ET, "American Ninja Warrior" (1.6/4 in adults 18-49, 4.2 million viewers overall) is currently matching last week's preliminary fast-affiliate 1.6 rating in 18-49 and is down just a tenth of a rating point versus last week's 1.7 in official nationals, despite last night facing Fox's series premiere of "Sleepy Hollow" and ABC's season premiere of "Dancing With the Stars," as well as ESPN's Steelers-Bengals NFL telecast, pending updates.

· Last nights' "American Ninja Warrior" is up half-hour to half-hour by 21% (to a 1.7 from a 1.4) and grew half-hour to half-hour in every key ratings category.

· From 10:01-11 p.m. ET, the season finale of "Siberia" (0.8/2 in adults 18-49, 2.2 million viewers overall) is currently up 0.2 of a point or 33% week to week in 18-49 (to a 0.8 from a 0.6), for its highest rating since July 15, pending updates. In total viewers, "Siberia" is currently up 23% week to week (2.226 million vs. 1.813 million), which is also its top result since July 15, pending updates.

In Late-Night Metered Markets Monday night:

· In Nielsen's 56 metered markets, household results were: "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," 2.2/6; CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman," 2.0/5 with an encore; and ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 2.1/6.

· In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, adult 18-49 results were: "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," 0.6/3; "Late Show," 0.6/3 with an encore; and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 0.7/4.

· From 12:35-1:05 a.m. ET, ABC's "Nightline" averaged a 1.3/5 in metered-market households and a 0.4/3 in 18-49 in the Local People Meters.

· From 12:35-1:35 a.m. ET, "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" (1.2/4 in metered-market households) beat CBS's "Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" (1.1/4). In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, "Late Night" (0.4/3 in 18-49) topped "Late Late Show" (0.3/2).

· At 1:35 a.m., "Last Call with Carson Daly" averaged a 0.7/3 in metered-market households with an encore and a 0.3/2 in adults 18-49 in the 25 markets with local people meters.

NOTE: All ratings are "live plus same day" from Nielsen Media Research unless otherwise indicated. Season figures are averages of "live plus seven day" data except for the two most recent weeks, which are "live plus same day."





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· AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR (NBC)
· BONES (FOX)
· DANCING WITH THE STARS (ABC)
· DANCING WITH THE STARS (ABC)
· MILLION SECOND QUIZ, THE (NBC)
· SIBERIA (NBC)
· SLEEPY HOLLOW (FOX)





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