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[11/14/15 - 08:46 AM]
Friday's Broadcast Ratings: "Shark Tank" Continues Its Demo Reign for ABC
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

Primetime Preliminary Fast National Nielsen Data
(includes all DVR playback through 3:00 am)

Here are the highlights of the 15 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast networks last night (11/13/15):

ABC (5.898 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 1.3, #1) was the demo champ on Friday with originals from "Last Man Standing" (7.471 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 1.3, #2), "Dr. Ken" (5.308 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 1.2, #T3), "Shark Tank" (6.192 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 1.6, #1) and "20/20" (5.113 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 1.2, #T3).

The silver then went to CBS (8.160 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.1, #2) with its trio of "The Amazing Race" (5.819 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 1.1, #T7), "Hawaii Five-0" (8.363 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 1.1, #T7) and "Blue Bloods" (10.298 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.2, #T3).

Next up was FOX (2.991 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 1.0, #3) and its duo of "MasterChef Junior" (3.749 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 1.2, #T3) and "World's Funniest" (2.234 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T10).

Meanwhile, NBC (3.152 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 0.8, #4) offered up a last-minute "Undateable" (2.503 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T12) repeat followed by new episodes of "Truth Be Told" (2.060 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T12), "Grimm" (3.621 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.9, #9) and "Dateline NBC" (3.552 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T10).

And finally, new episodes of "Reign" (1.083 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.4, #14) and "America's Next Top Model" (1.032 million viewers, #15; adults 18-49: 0.3, #15) on The CW (1.057 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.4, #5) closed out the night.

Week-to-week changes (adults 18-49):
+33.33% - Reign
+8.33% - Last Man Standing
0.00% - Shark Tank
0.00% - Blue Bloods
0.00% - Dr. Ken
0.00% - Hawaii Five-0
0.00% - The Amazing Race
0.00% - World's Funniest
0.00% - Truth Be Told
0.00% - America's Next Top Model
-7.69% - 20/20
-7.69% - MasterChef Junior
-10.00% - Grimm
-20.00% - Dateline NBC

Year-to-year changes (adults 18-49):
+200.00% - Blue Bloods (vs. Hollywood Film Awards Post-Show)
+120.00% - Hawaii Five-0 (vs. Hollywood Film Awards)
+120.00% - The Amazing Race (vs. Hollywood Film Awards)
+71.43% - MasterChef Junior (vs. MasterChef Junior (Repeat))
+33.33% - World's Funniest (vs. Gotham (Repeat))
+9.09% - Dr. Ken (vs. Cristela)
0.00% - 20/20
0.00% - Dateline NBC (vs. Constantine)
-5.88% - Shark Tank
-11.11% - Reign (vs. Whose Line Is It Anyway?)
-13.33% - Last Man Standing
-25.00% - Grimm
-25.00% - America's Next Top Model
-60.00% - Truth Be Told (vs. Dateline NBC)

In late-night metered market ratings (via NBC's press release):

· In Nielsen's 56 metered markets, household results were: "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," 2.6/6; "Late Show with Stephen Colbert," 2.3/6; and ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 2.1/5 with an encore.

· In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, adult 18-49 results were: "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," 1.0/5; "Late Show," 0.5/2; and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 0.7/3 with an encore.

· From 12:35-1:05 a.m. ET, ABC's "Nightline" averaged a 1.5/5 in metered-market households and a 0.5/3 in 18-49 in the Local People Meters.

· From 12:35-1:35 a.m. ET, "Late Night with Seth Meyers" (1.3/4 in metered-market households with an encore) beat CBS's "Late Late Show" (1.1/3 with an encore). In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, "Late Night" (0.5/3 in 18-49 with an encore) topped "Late Late Show" (0.3/2 with an encore).

· At 1:35 a.m., "Last Call with Carson Daly" averaged a 0.8/3 in metered-market households with an encore and a 0.3/2 in adults 18-49 in the 25 markets with local people meters.


Here are the highlights of the 14 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast networks one year ago (11/14/14):

ABC (6.491 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.4, #1) was still the network to beat on Friday with its mix of "Last Man Standing" (7.075 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 1.5, #T2), "Cristela" (5.252 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 1.1, #6), "Shark Tank" (7.575 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 1.7, #1) and "20/20" (5.736 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 1.2, #T4).

The silver then went to NBC (5.465 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 1.2, #2) with originals from "Dateline NBC" (7.974 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.5, #T2), "Grimm" (4.983 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 1.2, #T4) and "Constantine" (3.438 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.8, #7).

Next up was FOX (2.068 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.6, #3) with encores of "MasterChef Junior" (2.366 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.7, #8) and "Gotham" (1.771 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.6, #9).

Meanwhile, CBS (3.657 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T4) served up its specials "Hollywood Film Awards" (4.141 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T10) and "Hollywood Film Awards Post-Show" (2.691 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T12) to limited results.

And finally, The CW (1.359 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T4) closed out the evening with a new "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" (1.658 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T10), a repeat "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" (1.393 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T12) and a new "America's Next Top Model" (1.192 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T12). In the netlet's target demo (women 18-34), said trio posted a 0.4, 0.3 and 0.5 rating, respectively.

Week-to-week changes (adults 18-49):
+15.38% - Last Man Standing
+10.00% - Cristela
+7.14% - Dateline NBC
0.00% - Whose Line Is It Anyway?
0.00% - America's Next Top Model
-7.69% - Grimm
-10.53% - Shark Tank
-20.00% - Constantine
-29.41% - 20/20

Year-to-year changes (adults 18-49):
+36.36% - Dateline NBC
+25.00% - Whose Line Is It Anyway? (vs. The Carrie Diaries)
+22.22% - Cristela (vs. The Neighbors)
+15.38% - Last Man Standing
0.00% - Shark Tank
-7.69% - 20/20
-11.11% - Constantine (vs. Dracula)
-20.00% - America's Next Top Model
-20.00% - Grimm
-67.74% - Hollywood Film Awards (vs. Undercover Boss/Hawaii Five-0)
-71.43% - Hollywood Film Awards Post-Show (vs. Blue Bloods)

In late-night metered market ratings (via NBC's press release):

·In Nielsen's 56 metered markets, household results were: "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," 2.7/7; CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman," 2.0/5; and ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 2.1/5 with an encore.

·In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, adult 18-49 results were: "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," 1.1/5; "Late Show," 0.3/2; and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 0.6/3 with an encore.

·From 12:35-1:05 a.m. ET, ABC's "Nightline" averaged a 1.4/4 in metered-market households and a 0.4/2 in 18-49 in the Local People Meters.

·From 12:35-1:35 a.m. ET, "Late Night with Seth Meyers" (1.3/4 in metered-market households with an encore) beat CBS's "Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" (1.0/3). In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, "Late Night" (0.6/4 in 18-49 with an encore) topped "Late Late Show" (0.2/1).

·At 1:35 a.m., "Last Call with Carson Daly" averaged a 0.8/3 in metered-market households with an encore and a 0.4/3 in adults 18-49 in the 25 markets with local people meters.

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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