CBS Wins Week in Viewers With Three Nights of Rebroadcasts
By: Caryn Robbins
CBS won the week in viewers with three nights of rebroadcasts including its two highest rated nights (Tuesday and Thursday) and had seven of the week's top 10 programs, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the week ending Jan. 27, Week 18 of the 2012-2013 season.
Season-to-date, CBS is #1 in viewers, leading its closest competitor by more than 3.35 million viewers and #1 in adults 25-54 (by +0.3 rating points) . With Super Bowl Sunday only five days away, CBS has also closed to within a mere 59,000 viewers of first place in adults 18-49 (3.554m vs. 3.613m).For the week, CBS has seven of the top 10 and 14 of the top 20 programs. NCIS (R), NCIS: Los Angeles (R), CRIMINAL MINDS, 2 BROKE GIRLS, THE BIG BANG THEORY, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and MIKE & MOLLY were the week's top scripted programs. CBS also had four of the week's top five comedies in adults 18-49.On Monday, CBS was first in households (6.5/10), viewers (10.45m), adults 25-54 (4.2/09), adults 18-49 (3.1/08) and tied for first in adults 18-34 (2.2/06, with ABC). CBS won every half-hour in households, viewers, adults 25-54 and adults 18-49 for the second consecutive Monday. HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER was first in households (6.1/09), viewers (10.07m), adults 25-54 (4.6/10), adults 18-49 (3.7/10) and adults 18-34 (3.2/09). How I Met Your Mother was the night's #1 program in adults 18-34, and tied 2 Broke Girls as the #1 program in adults 18-49.
CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION was first in households (7.4/12), viewers (11.46m), adults 25-54 (3.6/09) and adults 18-49 (2.6/07). CSI: Crime Scene Investigation matched its season-best adults 18-49 ratings and posted its second-best viewer total for this season. The Big Bang Theory (R) was second behind "American Idol" in households (7.3/11), viewers (11.49m), adults 25-54 (4.3/11), adults 18-49 (3.2/09) and adults 18-34 (2.0/07). PERSON OF INTEREST (R) (9:01-10:01 PM) was first in households (6.3/10) and viewers (10.01m) against all first-run competition. ELEMENTARY (R) (10:01-11:00 PM) was first in households (5.1/09), viewers (7.89m) and adults 25-54 (2.3/06), and was second in adults 18-49 (1.5/04). BLUE BLOODS (R) was first in households (5.1/09) and viewers (7.83m), and tied for second in adults 25-54 (1.7/04, with NBC). Blue Bloods posted the night's best deliveries in viewers. CBS top programs of the week: #3 NCIS (R) (an average of 12.86m viewers), #5 NCIS: Los Angeles (R) (11.93m), #6 Criminal Minds (11.84m), #7 60 Minutes (11.65m), #8 2 Broke Girls (11.56m), #9 The Big Bang Theory (R) (11.49m), #10 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (11.46m), #11 MIKE & MOLLY (10.89m), #13 The Big Bang Theory SPECIAL (R) (S) (10.503m), #14 The Mentalist (10.496m), #16 How I Met Your Mother (10.07m), #17 Person of Interest (R) (10.01m), #18 Hawaii Five-0 (9.85m), #19 The Good Wife (9.35m), #25 Two and a Half Men (R) (8.52m), #26 Elementary (R) (7.89m), #27 Blue Bloods (R) (7.83m), #29 NCIS SUNDAY SPECIAL (R) (S) (7.48m) and #30 CSI: NY (R) (7.45m). Prime averages are based on The Following hours of rated broadcasts in Week #18
CBS - 22 hoursNBC - 22 hoursABC - 22 hoursFOX - 15 hours and 20 minutesNATIONAL NIELSEN SUMMARY - PRIMETIME
Week #18 of 2012-2013 Season (ending: 1/27/13)
2012-2013 VIEWERS
(000) CBS 8,926 NBC 5,400 ABC 5,696 FOX 7,118 A25-54
Rtg Sh
CBS 2.5 6 NBC 2.0 5 ABC 2.1 5 FOX 3.0 7 A18-49
Rtg Sh CBS 1.8 5 NBC 1.7 5 ABC 1.7 5 FOX 2.7 7 NATIONAL NIELSEN SUMMARY - PRIMETIME SEASON-TO-DATE RATINGS REPORT (09/24/12-1/27/13)
2012-2013
VIEWERS
(000) CBS 11,650 NBC 8,269 ABC 7,845 FOX 6,830 CW 1,804 A25-54
Rtg Sh
CBS 3.7 9 NBC 3.4 8 ABC 2.8 7 FOX 2.8 7
A18-49
Rtg Sh CBS 2.8 8 NBC 2.9 8 ABC 2.3 6 FOX 2.5 7
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