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Re: TAR 22 Ratings Thread
« Reply #50 on: March 28, 2013, 12:51:22 AM »
DVR results for week #4
Live Same Day
9.271 million viewers
Live PLus 7
10.514 million viewers  ( a gain of 1.243 million viewers, a percentage gain of 13.4%).  We nearly made top twenty five lists this week (thanks to about a third of shows having reruns).  The 25th show gained 1.255 million viewers.  And on the demo front, we were 29th, though the shows from 17th to 36th all gained .5 (it was results to the second decimal point that separated the group out).

So far this cycle, we are doing solid numbers for CBS in general (live Same Day), very strong for V overall, and nearly the best for all Sunday shows (with typically only the half hour Family guy doing better). 

We are doing better then any other Sunday show on CBS in adults 18-34 (no surprise as the other shows tend to have extremely old audiences), adults 18-49 (again also not a surprise), but also adults 25-55 (many seasons we have not had the best performance for CBS on Sunday here).

Though broadcast network audience do still continue to shrink (and at faster rates then any other decade since at least the 70's), TAR has held far better then most shows. 

With both Good Wife and Mentalists officially renewed today, (Surprised I am by the Mentalist, as CBS doesn't produce that show), I expect at least one of them to be moved to Friday next year.  I also hope that the Goodwife is pushed to 10pm (on whatever day it does air), its average audience age is one of the oldest on network tv (only Blue Bloods and 60 Minutes is older), and having TAR sandwiched between two shows with extremely old audience does hurt TAR.  Of course it also makes TAR look really good, having such a dramatically different audience between those two programs.

Live Same Day
2.4 adults 18-49
Live Plus 7
2.9 adults 18-49, an increase of a half a demo point, a percentage gain of 20.8%.

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Re: TAR 22 Ratings Thread
« Reply #51 on: March 28, 2013, 04:02:16 AM »
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2.9 adults 18-49, an increase of a half a demo point, a percentage gain of 20.8%.

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Do they still look at DVR numbers these days?


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Re: TAR 22 Ratings Thread
« Reply #52 on: March 28, 2013, 11:02:32 PM »
Yes, DVR makes up a huge part of the majority of shows audience, even if it brings in considerable less revenue.  Most shows about 35- 45% of its total audience is from DVR viewers, and that includes TAR.

But since DVR results are included in Live Same Day numbers (the ones report by news sites, newspapers, blogs, here), most people don't realize how large it actually is.

CBS Sunday Live Only numbers in adults 18-49 (From the fall)
60 Minutes - 2.2 adults 18-49 (Heavily impacted by NFL overruns)
Amazing Race - 1.9 adults 18-49
The Good Wife - 1.4 adults 18-49
Mentalist - 1.5 adults 18-49

TOTAL DVR AUDIENCE for those shows
60 Minutes - .3 (only 12% of its overall audience, 66% of that DVR audience is from the original air date)
Amazing Race - 1.2 (40% of its total audience is from DVR of which, 58% of that DVR use is from the original date)
Good Wife - .8 (36% of its total audience is from DVR, 38% of that DVR use if from the original air date)
Mentalist - 1.2 (45% of its total audience is from DVR,  25% of that DVR use is from the original air date)

Some very popular shows have even greater percentage of their audience from DVR

Big Bang Theory 52% of their total audience is from DVR use
Grey's Anatomy 54% of their audience is from DVR
The Following 54% from DVR
Once Upon a Time 50%  from DVR
Modern Family 57% from DVR
Glee 53% from DVR
NCIS and Criminal Minds 48% from DVR
Revolution 46% from DVR
Survivor 46% from DVR
Grimm 56% from DVR

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Re: TAR 22 Ratings Thread
« Reply #53 on: March 28, 2013, 11:18:47 PM »
Yes, DVR makes up a huge part of the majority of shows audience, even if it brings in considerable less revenue.  Most shows about 35- 45% of its total audience is from DVR viewers, and that includes TAR.

But since DVR results are included in Live Same Day numbers (the ones report by news sites, newspapers, blogs, here), most people don't realize how large it actually is.

CBS Sunday Live Only numbers in adults 18-49 (From the fall)
60 Minutes - 2.2 adults 18-49 (Heavily impacted by NFL overruns)
Amazing Race - 1.9 adults 18-49
The Good Wife - 1.4 adults 18-49
Mentalist - 1.5 adults 18-49

TOTAL DVR AUDIENCE for those shows
60 Minutes - .3 (only 12% of its overall audience, 66% of that DVR audience is from the original air date)
Amazing Race - 1.2 (40% of its total audience is from DVR of which, 58% of that DVR use is from the original date)
Good Wife - .8 (36% of its total audience is from DVR, 38% of that DVR use if from the original air date)
Mentalist - 1.2 (45% of its total audience is from DVR,  25% of that DVR use is from the original air date)

Some very popular shows have even greater percentage of their audience from DVR

Big Bang Theory 52% of their total audience is from DVR use
Grey's Anatomy 54% of their audience is from DVR
The Following 54% from DVR
Once Upon a Time 50%  from DVR
Modern Family 57% from DVR
Glee 53% from DVR
NCIS and Criminal Minds 48% from DVR
Revolution 46% from DVR
Survivor 46% from DVR
Grimm 56% from DVR
Wow, lots of good TV last week! :wohoo: Great job for TAR on the bounce back!... No offense to any gLee fans, but people still watch that show? :stare
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Re: TAR 22 Ratings Thread
« Reply #54 on: March 29, 2013, 10:43:20 AM »

Wow, lots of good TV last week! :wohoo: Great job for TAR on the bounce back!... No offense to any gLee fans, but people still watch that show? :stare

Heh, try searching Twitter some time. You wouldn't believe how often people say "The Amazing Race? People still watch that crap?"

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Re: TAR 22 Ratings Thread
« Reply #55 on: March 29, 2013, 06:23:27 PM »
I watch the race live on high def channel, while recording it on regular channel. Do I get counted twice? What happens when it is running late it is titled the good wife instead of the race.

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Re: TAR 22 Ratings Thread
« Reply #56 on: March 29, 2013, 07:25:52 PM »
couchracer, that totally depends on whether you are getting it over the air, by cable provider, or by satellite.

From what I've understood the cable and satellite providers have the ability to track viewing live, on their provided DVR, or repeated time shifted viewing. I don't know if that is used for Nielsen, but since that would be a simple matter of software tracking, it should be possible.

As to delays, Nielsen does have the ability to adjust the show's audience numbers for delays due to live programming overruns, but not for the preliminary overnight figures that come from the 50 largest television markets. They clearly are doing it for live plus three day or live plus seven day, since they have to know when their viewer sample watches shows that were recorded for later viewing.
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Re: TAR 22 Ratings Thread
« Reply #57 on: March 30, 2013, 01:41:57 AM »
Actually Overnight ratings now do include time shifted data ( I still hate them, since they only track large cities, and many shows perform in rural america completely different then cities).

Couchracer, you only get counted if you are one of the Nielsen's sample homes.  If you are a home in that sample, then any multiple viewing are now counted.  That's a fairly new change to their system, as previously you could watch a program 5 times that night, but only get credit for watching it once. 

I always thought that was stupid as the whole point of the tracking system is to track how many people are watching the commercials, and if you do watch those commercials multiple times they should be more effective.  Now the networks are provided a breakdown of their totals, so they know for example how many of their total for the night is from multiple viewings from the same person (some if its multiple times through the week), they know if a household is a casual viewer (doesn't watch it often) or if a household watching it every single week.

Now for the bulk of us, who aren't part of the sample, some services, like Video on Demand, Tivo, a few cable groups, and satellite providers do get household data.  By that I mean they know if someone has that program on.  They don't typically get income or age breakdown or how many people are watching each show in that household.  Those numbers, are not included in addition to the sample done by Nielsen.

The Sample by Nielsen, if done properly, should have a sample that basically takes that into account.  Nielsen's sample is one of the larger done in the US.  For example when they do polling for political or news purposes (from all things like Elections to tracking the opinion over issues for the US) typically Gallop and other groups use a sample of a between a 1 - 5 thousand.  And they have a history of being typically within 3% of the actual legitimate number.  The sample by Nielsen is thirty thousand homes (so probably a lot closer to 70 thousand).

Right now for TV purposes the one arena that Nielsen does't currently track well is online streaming, which is still fairly new, but its growing and growing quickly, especially among the young.  But the actual official sites (like Netflix, or Hulu, or say CBS' site) does track the number of streams active.  They just can't tell if you are actually watching the show, the age and income of the people watching the show, if you are watching commercials, and how many people are currently watching from that one stream.  Until they set that up, those numbers will not be included with nightly numbers (they also must play the same exact commercial breaks to be included, and most online streams don't feature full commercial loads).  But so far, the networks are not willing to cough up the money to track that (yet).  Eventually, enough people will switch over to that style of viewing that will force the networks to put the same number of commercials on, and to set up the at home devices to track the breakdown of the audience (seriously each person, including any guest have to click a device every two minutes to verify you are watching a program, it sounds rather annoying).

Some people want or wish that Nielsen just tracked each device.  That will, and I repeat, will never happen.  Most people will not allow outside agencies to monitor everything they watch.  As it is, Nielsen with just 30,000 homes gets turned down a lot by people who don't want that invasion of privacy.

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Re: TAR 22 Ratings Thread
« Reply #58 on: April 01, 2013, 07:45:51 PM »
Mine is a cable provided DVR. We live in rural America. Sometimes (like last week) the Dvr shows Good Wife as the label, but when I watch it, the label at the bottom says Amazing Race. We are not currently a Nielsen family, they only seem to want my youngest daughter and she is not interested. Thanks for the info.

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Re: TAR 22 Ratings Thread
« Reply #59 on: April 02, 2013, 05:22:11 PM »
Here's CBS' take on the weekly ratings for TAR 22, Episode 7. CBS is treating it as a "special" which IIRC means it won't be used for the averages at the end of the season.

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04.02.2013

CBS WINS IN VIEWERS, ADULTS 18-49 AND ADULTS 25-54 FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE WEEK

"NCIS" and "NCIS: Los Angeles" are the Top Two Programs of the Week in Viewers

CBS Has Three of the Top Five Scripted Broadcasts Among Adults 18-49 with "NCIS," "2 Broke Girls" and "How I Met Your Mother"

CBS Extends its Season-to-Date Advantage in Adults 18-49

           CBS placed first in viewers, adults 18-49 and adults 25-54 for the second consecutive week, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the week ending March 31, Week 27 of the 2012-2013 television season.

           CBS had four of the week's top 10 programs in viewers including the top two—NCIS and NCIS: LOS ANGELES.  Among adults 18-49, CBS had the top broadcast drama of the week (NCIS) and three of the top five scripted broadcasts (NCIS, 2 BROKE GIRLS and HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER).

In Week 27, NCIS and "American Idol Wednesday" both delivered a 3.2/09 rating in adults 18-49.  This is the first time NCIS has tied the FOX broadcast in adults 18-49 during the same week.

            Season-to-date, CBS extended its adult 18-49 lead over second-place FOX to +0.5 of a rating point (from +0.4 last week).  CBS leads second-place ABC in viewers by +4.28m and leads by a full rating point in adults 25-54 over NBC and FOX.

            For the week in viewers:  CBS (9.02m), ABC (7.11m), NBC (5.43m) and FOX (5.22m).

            Season-to-date:  CBS (12.14m), ABC (7.86m), FOX (7.12m) and NBC (7.11m).

For the week in key demographics, CBS was first in adults 25-54 and adults 18-49.  Season-to-date, CBS is first in adults 25-54 (3.9/10) and adults 18-49 (3.0/08).

            For the week in households:  CBS (5.6/09), ABC (4.6/08), NBC (3.4/06) and FOX (3.2/05).  Season-to-date: CBS (7.5/12), ABC (5.0/08), NBC (4.5/07) and FOX (4.3/07).

            Note:  The same week last year did not include Holy Week and had the Final Four on Saturday.   

CBS Weekly Highlights:

2 BROKE GIRLS (5.2/08, 8.76m) was second in adults 25-54 (3.9/09), adults 18-49 (3.0/08) and adults 18-34 (2.0/06).  Compared to last week, 2 BROKE GIRLS was up +3% in adults 25-54 (from 3.8/08), +7% in adults 18-49 (from 2.8/07), +5% in adults 18-34 (from 1.9/06) and added +200,000 viewers (from 8.56m, +2%).

MIKE & MOLLY (5.4/08, 8.99m) was second in adults 25-54 (3.8/08) and adults 18-49 (2.6/07).  Compared to last week, MIKE & MOLLY was up +4% in households (from 5.2/08), +6% in adults 25-54 (from 3.6/08), +8% in adults 18-49 (from 2.4/06) and added +410,000 viewers (from 8.38m, +7%).

HAWAII FIVE-0 was tied for first in adults 25-54 (3.0/07, with NBC), was second in households (5.4/09) and viewers (8.61m), and was tied for second in adults 18-49 (2.1/06, with ABC).

On Tuesday, CBS was first in households (8.6/14), viewers (13.77m), adults 25-54 (3.5/08) and adults 18-49 (2.4/07).

NCIS was first in households (11.5/18) and viewers (18.62m), and was second in both adults 25-54 (4.6/12) and adults 18-49 (3.2/09).  NCIS was the night's #1 program in viewers and the top scripted program in both adults 25-54 and adults 18-49.

NCIS: LOS ANGELES was first in households (9.1/14), viewers (14.53m), adults 25-54 (3.8/09) and adults 18-49 (2.6/07).

SURVIVOR: CARAMOAN was second in households (5.7/09), viewers (9.43m), adults 25-54 (3.4/09) and adults 18-49 (2.5/08).

60 MINUTES SPECIAL (S) (7:41-8:41 PM) was first in households (7.1/12), viewers (11.67m), adults 25-54 (3.3/08) and adults 18-49 (2.5/07) in the 7:30-8:30 PM hour.

THE AMAZING RACE 22 SPECIAL (S) (8:41-9:41 PM) was first in households (5.6/09), viewers (9.42m), adults 25-54 (3.1/07) and adults 18-49 (2.3/06) in the 8:30-9:30 PM hour.

THE GOOD WIFE SPECIAL (S) (9:41-10:41 PM) was first in households (5.6/09), viewers (8.59m) and adults 25-54 (2.1/05), and was tied for first in adults 18-49 (1.5/04, with NBC) in the 9:30-10:30 PM hour.

CBS top programs of the week:  #1 NCIS (an average of 18.62m viewers), #2 NCIS: LOS ANGELES (14.53m), #4 CBS NCAA POST GUN SUNDAY 2 (S) (13.73m), #9 60 MINUTES SPECIAL (S) (11.67m), #11 CBS NCAA BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SATURDAY 2 Wichita State vs. Ohio State (S) (11.29m), #12 CBS NCAA BASKETBALL POST GUN SATURDAY 2 (S) (10.91m), #15 SURVIVOR: CARAMOAN (9.43m), #16 THE AMAZING RACE 22 SPECIAL (S) (9.42m), #19 MIKE & MOLLY (8.99m), #20 2 BROKE GIRLS (8.76m), #21 HAWAII FIVE-0 (8.61m), #22 THE GOOD WIFE SPECIAL (S) (8.59m), #23 GOLDEN BOY (8.07m), #24 CBS NCAA BAKSEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP THURSDAY 2 Syracuse vs. Indiana (S) (7.99m), #26 CBS NCAA BAKSEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP FRIDAY 2 Duke vs. Michigan State (S) (7.11m), #28 HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER (6.99m) and #30 CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION (R) (6.96m).
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Re: TAR 22 Ratings Thread
« Reply #60 on: April 21, 2013, 03:43:44 AM »
Here's the final ratings from Sunday April 14th according to zap2it.com. Since I also found the top 25 rankings for 18-49 viewership and total viewership for the week, I'll post those too. The 18-49 numbers were the same as the March 31st episode but the total number of viewers was up 340,000 people. TAR was 18th for the week in 18-49 viewers and 19th in overall viewers. For what it's worth, TAR beat Survivor in total viewers but Survivor was several places ahead of TAR among 18-49 viewership.

I feel dumb because I called up the weekly numbers for the week including April 7th and TAR wasn't in the Top 25.  I was a bit shocked and it took me a couple of minutes to remember that TAR hadn't aired because of the Country Music Awards show.  :groan:

Sunday Final Ratings: 'The Cleveland Show', 'Once Upon a Time', 'The Amazing Race', 'Family Guy', 'Celebrity Apprentice' & 'American Dad' Adjusted Up; '60 Minutes' Adjusted Down + Final Golf Numbers

Written By Sara Bibel

April 16th, 2013

The Amazing Race was adjusted up three tenths, The Cleveland Show, Once Upon A Time, Family Guy, and Celebrity Apprentice were each adjusted up a tenth, while 60 Minutes was adjusted down a tenth among adults 18-49 versus Sunday's preliminary ratings.


Final broadcast primetime ratings for Sunday, April 14, 2013:
Time    Net    Show                                    18-49 rating/Share    Viewers (Millions)
7:00    CBS    The Masters -(7-7:57PM)                    3.6/14           14.72
           ABC    America's Funniest Home Videos - R    1.0/3             5.85
           NBC    The Voice - R (7-9PM)                           1.0/3             3.79
           FOX    Bob's Burgers - R                                  0.7/2             1.68
            
7:30    FOX    The Cleveland Show                            1.2/4             2.50
            
8:00    CBS     60 Minutes(7:57-8:57)                            2.3/7           12.62
           FOX     The Simpsons                                     1.8/5           4.11
           ABC     Once Upon A Time - Clip Show            1.4/4           5.17
            
8:30    FOX    Bob's Burgers                                            1.6/4           3.45
            
9:00    FOX    Family Guy                                            2.5/6            5.02
           NBC    Celebrity Apprentice (9-11PM)            1.8/5           5.27
           CBS    The Amazing Race (8:57-9:57PM)        2.3/6            9.76
           ABC    Revenge - R (9-10:01PM)                    0.6/2           2.63
            
9:30    FOX    American Dad                                       2.1/5           4.23
            
10:00    CBS    The Good Wife (9:57-10:57PM)           1.7/5           10.14
           ABC    Red Widow - R (10:01-11PM)              0.4/1           2.04
            
10:57    CBS    The Mentalist (10:57-11:57PM)           1.4/5           7.84

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TV Ratings Broadcast Top 25: NCAA Basketball Championship Tops Week 29 Viewing Among Adults 18-49 & With Total Viewers

Written By Sara Bibel

April 16th, 2013

NCAA Basketball was the highest rated program among adults 18-49 and with Total Viewers.

Primetime Broadcast Adults 18-49 Viewers for the week ending April 14, 2013:
Rank    Shows    R=Repeat S=Special P=Premiere    Net    18-49 rating    18-49 Viewers (000)
1         CBS NCAA BSKBL CHAMPSHIPS-04/08    S    CBS     8.4      10574
2         VOICE-04/08                                          NBC      5.0      6379
3         VOICE-TUE-04/09                                   NBC      4.4      5537
4         Modern Family-04/10                              ABC     3.8       4862
5         PRELUDE TO A CHAMPIONSHIP-04/08    S    CBS     3.6      4597
6         American Idol-THURSDAY-04/11              FOX     3.2      4107
7         American Idol-WEDNESDAY-04/10          FOX     3.2      4082
8         Big Bang Theory, THE-04/11    R                 CBS     3.0      3849
9         Criminal Minds-04/10                              CBS     3.0      3769
10       NCIS-04/09                                            CBS      2.7      3432
11       NCIS: LOS ANGELES-04/09                    CBS     2.7      3361
12       SURVIVOR: CARAMOAN-04/10                CBS     2.6      3266
13       Family Guy-04/14                                   FOX     2.5      3156
14       HOW TO LIVE WITH PARENTS-04/10        ABC     2.5      3149
15       CSI-04/10                                               CBS     2.4      3045
16       GLEE-04/11                                             FOX     2.4      3014
17       60 Minutes-04/14                                    CBS     2.3      2952
18       Amazing Race 22-04/14                         CBS     2.3      2952
19       FOLLOWING, THE-04/08                           FOX     2.2      2800
20       REVOLUTION-04/08                                NBC     2.2       2789
21       New Girl-04/09                                       FOX     2.2      2731
22       Dancing with the Stars-04/08                ABC     2.1       2663
23       American Dad-04/14                                 FOX     2.1      2596
24       Two and a Half Men-04/11    R                 CBS     2.0       2542
25       DANCING W/STARS RESULTS-04/09       ABC     2.0      2524

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Primetime Broadcast Total Viewership for the week:
Rank    Shows    R=Repeat S=Special P=Premiere    Net    Viewers (Live +SD) (000)
1    CBS NCAA BSKBL CHAMPSHIPS-04/08    S         CBS     23426
2    NCIS-04/09                                                      CBS     17216
3    NCIS: LOS ANGELES-04/09                             CBS     14103
4    VOICE-04/08                                                  NBC     14032
5    VOICE-TUE-04/09                                                  NBC     13312
6    American Idol-THURSDAY-04/11                     FOX     13187
7    Dancing with the Stars-04/08                        ABC     13152
8    60 Minutes-04/14                                                CBS     12622
9    American Idol-WEDNESDAY-04/10                  FOX     12231
10    DANCING W/STARS RESULTS-04/09               ABC     12131
11    PRELUDE TO A CHAMPIONSHIP-04/08    S         CBS     11776
12    Criminal Minds-04/10                                        CBS     11465
13    Big Bang Theory, THE-04/11    R                         CBS      11435
14    CSI-04/10                                                          CBS     11109
15    Blue Bloods-04/12                                             CBS     10648
16    Modern Family-04/10                                            ABC     10379
17    Good Wife, THE-04/14                                    CBS     10136
18    Person Of Interest-04/11    R                         CBS     10107
19    Amazing Race 22-04/14                                       CBS     9761
20    SURVIVOR: CARAMOAN-04/10                        CBS     9376
21    Body Of Proof-04/09                                          ABC     8983
22    Two and a Half Men-04/11    R                          CBS     8285
23    Golden Boy-04/09                                           CBS     7885
24    Mentalist, THE-04/14                                        CBS     7844
25    MIDDLE, THE-04/10                                        ABC     7548

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Re: TAR 22 Ratings Thread
« Reply #61 on: May 07, 2013, 01:17:17 AM »
Preliminary numbers:
http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/05/06/tv-ratings-sunday-once-upon-a-time-revenge-and-the-mentalist-up-as-the-amazing-race-finale-dips/181107/

CBS    The Amazing Race (8-10PM)    2.3 [18-49 Rating]   6 [18-49 Share] 8.95 [Viewers Live+SD (million)]

Unless it gets adjusted up by 0.3, this might go down as the lowest-rated finale ever.

Does this season have the lowest 18-49 rating in franchise history?  TAR22 seemed to max out with an ~2.5 18-49 Rating.

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Re: TAR 22 Ratings Thread
« Reply #62 on: May 08, 2013, 02:45:06 AM »
Slayton, thanks for reminding me about the ratings. I've been meaning to catch up and hadn't done it. Good thing I checked now, because the April 21st ratings were at the bottom of the archive at zap2it.com and probably would have been dropped later today.

TAR did well this week, finishing 10th in the 18-49 ratings and 14th in overall total viewers.

April 21st, 2013 (Berlin)

Primetime Broadcast Adults 18-49 Viewers for the week ending April 21, 2013:

Rank    Shows     R=Repeat S=Special P=Premiere   Net    18-49 rating    18-49 Viewers (000)
1          VOICE-04/15                                            NBC      5.2              6549
2          VOICE-TUE-04/16                                    NBC      4.6              5852
3          American Idol-WEDNESDAY-04/17                 FOX      3.4              4243
4          Big Bang Theory,THE 9P-SP-04/18    SR         CBS      3.3              4166
5          Big Bang Theory, THE-04/18              R         CBS      3.1              3925
6          American Idol-THURSDAY-04/18            FOX      3.0              3837
7          NBC NEWS SP 10P 4/15-04/15          S         NBC      3.0              3830
8          SURVIVOR: CARAMOAN-04/17                    CBS      2.7              3434
9          How I Met Your Mother-04/15                    CBS      2.7              3402
10          Amazing Race 22-04/21                            CBS      2.4              3083


Primetime Broadcast Total Viewership for the week:
Rank    Shows    R=Repeat S=Special P=Premiere       Net    # Viewers (Live+SD) (000)
1           VOICE-04/15                                                NBC    14448
2           VOICE-TUE-04/16                                        NBC    14155
3           Dancing with the Stars-04/15                        ABC    13402
4           DANCING W/STARS RESULTS-04/16                ABC    12734
5           American Idol-WEDNESDAY-04/17                FOX    12712
6             NCIS 9P-SPECIAL-04/16    SR                             CBS    12611
7           American Idol-THURSDAY-04/18                FOX    12422
8           60 Minutes-04/21                                        CBS    11814
9           Big Bang Theory, THE-04/18    R                     CBS    11431
10           Big Bang Theory,THE 9P-SP-04/18    SR             CBS    10894
11           CASTLE-04/15                                                ABC    10178
12           SURVIVOR: CARAMOAN-04/17                        CBS    9989
13           NCIS: LOS ANGELES 8PM-SP-04/16    SR             CBS    9391
14           Amazing Race 22-04/21                                CBS    9160
15           Mentalist, THE-04/21                                CBS    9102

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Re: TAR 22 Ratings Thread
« Reply #63 on: May 08, 2013, 02:58:21 AM »
For the April 28th show (Edinburgh), TAR slipped a little bit in the ratings and finished 14th among 18-49 viewers and 18th in total viewership. Their actual numbers were down slightly in 18-49 and up in total viewers, but other shows improved more, so TAR shifted down a few notches.

Primetime Broadcast Adults 18-49 Viewers for the week ending April 28, 2013:

Rank    Shows    R=Repeat S=Special P=Premiere    Net    18-49 rating    18-49 Viewers (000)
1            VOICE-04/22                                               NBC      4.9               6213
2            Big Bang Theory, THE-04/25                       CBS      4.5             5700
3            VOICE-TUE-04/23                                       NBC      4.1             5192
4            American Idol-WEDNESDAY-04/24               FOX   3.3             4133
5            SURVIVOR: CARAMOAN-04/24                       CBS   2.9             3664
6            NCIS-04/23                                               CBS     2.8             3588
7            Scandal-04/25                                               ABC     2.8             3554
8           Two and a Half Men-04/25                       CBS     2.8             3540
9           American Idol-THURSDAY-04/25               FOX     2.8             3523
10           Grey'S ANATOMY-04/25                               ABC     2.7             3469
11           NCIS: LOS ANGELES-04/23                       CBS     2.7             3395
12           Family Guy-04/28                                       FOX     2.6             3240
13           FOLLOWING, THE-04/22                               FOX     2.4             3094
14           Amazing Race 22-04/28                               CBS     2.4             3038
15           Person Of Interest-04/25                               CBS     2.4             3015


Primetime Broadcast Total Viewership for the week:

Rank    Shows    R=Repeat S=Special P=Premiere    Net    Viewers (Live +SD) (000)
1            NCIS-04/23                                              CBS    17332
2         Big Bang Theory, THE-04/25                   CBS    15050
3         NCIS: LOS ANGELES-04/23                     CBS    14216
4          VOICE-04/22                                           NBC    14152
5          Dancing with the Stars-04/22                ABC    13765
6         Person Of Interest-04/25                        CBS    13217
7         VOICE-TUE-04/23                                      NBC    12777
8         DANCING W/STARS RESULTS-04/23       ABC    12648
9         American Idol-WEDNESDAY-04/24          FOX    12457
10        CASTLE-04/22                                               ABC    11761
11        60 Minutes-04/28                                      CBS    11738
12       American Idol-THURSDAY-04/25                   FOX    11402
13        Two and a Half Men-04/25                           CBS    11322
14       Blue Bloods-04/26                                  CBS    10457
15       SURVIVOR: CARAMOAN-04/24                CBS    10309
16       ELEMENTARY-04/25                                  CBS    10070
17       Body Of Proof-04/23                                   ABC    9349
18       Amazing Race 22-04/28                              CBS    9324
19       Undercover Boss-04/26                           CBS    9164
20       Good Wife, THE-04/28                              CBS    9134

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Re: TAR 22 Ratings Thread
« Reply #64 on: May 08, 2013, 03:24:10 AM »
As Slayton as already pointed out, the ratings for the finale weren't all that we could have hoped for. TAR finished 18th among 18-49 viewers and 21st among total overall viewership. I'm a little surprised at this given the way the rest of the season went. I saw something on Monday morning that said TAR was hurt by the NASCAR race running long on FOX, but I haven't seen it mentioned since then. Since we are frequently helped in the fall by NFL games running long, I guess it makes sense that an overrun on another network might hurt TAR. While this may have been one of our weakest showings this season, it would have been about average for the fall as I remember it. Overall TAR has had a good season in my opinion. Slayton, you're right, the raw viewership numbers are down this season compared to past seasons, but that has been true across the board for just about all shows. TAR has actually improved in the ratings over past seasons because other shows have declined more than TAR and TAR has moved up. I don't think TAR is in any danger of being cancelled, but if the network wide viewership decrease continues, I imagine CBS will eventually have to cut what it pays World Race Productions to make TAR. Maybe WRP will find other sources of revenue to maintain the budget, maybe they will be forced to cut costs. Time will tell.

Your concerns have been addressed a couple of times in this thread earlier this season by people who know more about it than me. You might want to scroll back to the beginning and read it for reassurance.

Here's the ratings for the finale:

Primetime Broadcast Adults 18-49 Viewers for the week ending May 5, 2013:

Rank    Shows    R=Repeat S=Special P=Premiere    Net    18-49 rating    18-49 Viewers (000)
1         Big Bang Theory, THE-05/02/2013          CBS          4.9      6202
2         VOICE-04/29/2013                                 NBC          4.3      5402
3         VOICE-TUE-04/30/2013                         NBC     3.9      4876
4          Modern Family-05/01/2013                    ABC     3.6      4497
5          Two and a Half Men-05/02/2013              CBS     3.2      4065
6          NCIS-04/30/2013                                      CBS     3.1      3937
7         Grey'S ANATOMY-05/02/2013                 ABC     3.0      3825
8          American Idol-WEDNESDAY-05/01/2013       FOX     2.9      3619
9         FOLLOWING, THE-04/29/2013               FOX     2.7      3371
10        How I Met Your Mother-04/29/2013       CBS     2.7      3464
11        American Idol-THURSDAY-05/02/2013       FOX     2.6      3332
12        FOX SPRINT CUP WNNRS CRCL-05/05/2013    FOX     2.6      3260
13       Scandal-05/02/2013                               ABC     2.6      3318
14       2 Broke Girls-04/29/2013                       CBS     2.6      3245
15       Person Of Interest-05/02/2013              CBS     2.4      3088
16       Criminal Minds-05/01/2013                    CBS     2.4      3015
17       SURVIVOR: CARAMOAN-05/01/2013       CBS     2.4      3041
18       Amazing Race 22-05/05/2013                CBS     2.4      2982

Primetime Broadcast Total Viewership for the week:

Rank    Shows    R=Repeat S=Special P=Premiere    Net    # Viewers (Live+SD) (000)
1         NCIS-04/30/2013                                       CBS      18289
2          Big Bang Theory, THE-05/02/2013          CBS     16288
3         Dancing with the Stars-04/29/2013       ABC     13454
4         NCIS: LOS ANGELES-04/30/2013           CBS     13065
5         Person Of Interest-05/02/2013             CBS     12956
6         VOICE-04/29/2013                                 NBC     12674
7         Two and a Half Men-05/02/2013            CBS     12121
8         VOICE-TUE-04/30/2013                              NBC     11836
9          American Idol-THURSDAY-05/02/2013       FOX     11269
10       American Idol-WEDNESDAY-05/01/2013       FOX     11259
11       DANCING W/STARS RESULTS-04/30/2013    ABC     10886
12       60 Minutes-05/05/2013                         CBS     10710
13       CASTLE-04/29/2013                                  ABC     10527
14       Criminal Minds-05/01/2013                         CBS     10128
15       Blue Bloods-05/03/2013                          CBS     10024
16       ELEMENTARY-05/02/2013                          CBS     9749
17       Modern Family-05/01/2013                          ABC     9643
18       CSI-05/01/2013                                     CBS     9486
19       SURVIVOR: CARAMOAN-05/01/2013       CBS     9254
20       Mentalist, THE-05/05/2013                           CBS     9171
21       Amazing Race 22-05/05/2013                 CBS     9103


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Re: TAR 22 Ratings Thread
« Reply #65 on: May 08, 2013, 08:38:45 AM »
Since peaking around TAR 15, ratings have tended to decline by a predictable amount each year.

TAR 16 averaged 2.8-3.2
TAR 18 averaged 2.5-2.8
TAR 20 averaged 2.5-2.8 (interestingly there was no decline)
TAR 22 averaged 2.3-2.5 (remarkably stable this year)

Given the weaker-rated shows on CBS Sundays, the show is safe until it dips below a 2.0, which won't be for at least three cycles.


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Re: TAR 22 Ratings Thread
« Reply #66 on: June 10, 2013, 01:10:51 PM »
I found a nice little review of the ratings for TAR 22 at http://tvaholics.blogspot.com/2013/06/ratings-review-amazing-race-spring-2013.html.

Monday, June 10, 2013

Ratings Review: THE AMAZING RACE (Spring 2013)

THE AMAZING RACE has become the foundation of the CBS sunday line up. It gets about as many total viewers as the dramas THE GOOD WIFE and THE MENTALIST  but always performs well in the A18-49 ratings, as the networks top performer in the category.

The numbers did drop, slightly, for THE AMAZING RACE. From the fall season, it was down a couple tenths of a ratings point in Adults 18-49. viewership was mostly flat, down less than a a couple hundred thousand viewers.

What the series really needs a strong companion series. A show that compliments its demographics. If CBS could program a two hour block of shows that attract the same type of viewers, TAR could see a resurgence in the ratings, even against football in the fall.

 THE AMAZING RACE (Sundays at 8 p.m., on CBS)

Date          Viewers*    A18-49    +/-    
02/17/13      9.57    2.4       
02/24/13     6.95    1.9        -27.4%    
03/03/13     9.24    2.5          32.9%    
03/10/13     9.27    2.3           0.3%    
03/17/13     8.91    2.3          -3.9%    
03/24/13     9.33    2.4              5%    8:45 PM
03/31/13     9.24    2.3             -1%    8:40 PM
04/07/13       Preempted          
04/14/13     9.76    2.3                       9:00 PM
04/21/13     9.16    2.4              -6%    
04/28/13     9.32    2.4              2%    
05/05/13     9.10    2.4             -2%    2hr Finale

* - in millions