CBS's BAD TEACHER Earns Good Ratings!
By: Caryn Robbins Apr. 25, 2014
CBS's new comedy Bad Teacher premiered strong, boosting the week-ago time period by double-digit percentages in viewers and key demographics, according to Nielsen preliminary live plus same day ratings for Thursday, April 24.
At 9:30 PM, Bad Teacher (P) was second in viewers (7.87m, -0.90m behind ABC), adults 25-54 (2.9/07, -0.1 behind ABC) and adults 18-49 (2.1/06, -0.2 behind ABC). Compared to the week-ago time period, Bad Teacher was up +51% in viewers and +62% in adults 18-49. Bad Teacher posted the time period's best non-sports deliveries in viewers since Feb. 6, 2014, its best adults 25-54 rating since Jan. 30, 2014 and its best adults 18-49 rating since Jan. 9, 2014. At 8:00 PM, The Big Bang Theory was first in viewers (15.96m), adults 25-54 (5.7/18) and adults 18-49 (4.3/16). CBS beat NBC, ABC, FOX and CW combined in viewers (vs. 12.10m, +32%), adults 25-54 (vs. 4.7, +21%) and adults 18-49 (vs. 3.8, +13%). The Big Bang Theory is the night's top program in these measures. At 8:30 PM, The Millers was first in viewers (10.15m), adults 25-54 (3.4/10) and adults 18-49 (2.5/08). Compared to the last first-run episode on April 10, The Millers was even in both adults 25-54 and adults 18-49 and added +80,000 viewers (from 10.07m, +1%).Videos