The TV Ratings Guide: The Weekly #1: PREMIERE WEEK

The Weekly #1: PREMIERE WEEK

The TV Ratings Guide Weekly! A weekly feature including the ratings of all the programs aired by

broadcast networks NBC, FOX, ABC, CBS, and The CW. In addition, the top ten of cable and weekly rankings of six broadcast networks. All ratings are the Live+SD Adults 18-49 and Total Viewer numbers provided by Nielsen.

For the regular season, the posts will be labeled with the week number with premiere week being week # 1.

With all the shows coming back, I thought it would be a good idea to compare how the shows are doing compared to last season. Many of the circumstances are vastly different which causes the craz y2y trends.

* Non-fall premiere, compared with season 1.

** Compared with timeslot debut.

Broadcast Networks:

Rank	Network	A18-49 Rating	Total Viewers (in millions)	Total Viewers Ranking
1	NBC	2.7	8.9	2
2	CBS	2.5	10.9	1
3	ABC	1.7	6.9	3
4	FOX	1.6	4.2	4
5	The CW	0.3	1.0	5

NBC:

Rank	Program	A18-49 Rating	Overall A18-49 Rank	Total Viewers (in millions)	Overall Viewer Rank
1	Sunday Night Football-09/27	8.1	1	22.07	2
2	The Voice-09/21	3.5	6	12.10	10
3	The Voice-09/22	3.5	7	12.34	9
4	Blindspot-09/21	3.1	10	2.83	61
5	Best Time Ever With Neil Patrick Harris-09/22	2.1	24	5.91	41
6	Heroes Reborn-09/24	2.0	25	6.09	38
7	Law and Order: SVU-09/23	1.8	32	8.27	24
8	The Mysteries of Laura-09/23	1.2	47	7.11	31
9	The Player-09/24	1.2	51	4.68	47
10	Dateline-R-09/25	1.0	55	5.08	45
11	Best Time Ever With Neil Patrick Harris-R-09/25	0.7	65	3.05	59
12	Premier Boxing Champions-09/26	0.6	67	2.18	65
13	The Carmichael Show-R-09/26	0.4	72	1.16	74

FOX:

Rank	Program	A18-49 Rating	Overall A18-49 Rank	Total Viewers (in millions)	Overall Viewer Rank
1	Empire-09/23	6.7	2	16.18	6
2	Rosewood-09/23	2.4	18	7.54	28
3	Scream Queens-09/22	1.7	34	4.04	50
4	Gotham-09/21	1.6	36	4.57	48
5	The Simpsons-09/27	1.5	37	3.28	54
6	Brooklyn Nine-Nine-09/27	1.5	38	3.14	56
7	Family Guy-09/27	1.5	40	2.87	60
8	The Last Man on Earth-09/27	1.4	41	3.14	57
9	Bob’s Burgers-09/27	1.2	46	2.51	62
10	Minority Report-09/21	1.1	53	3.10	58
11	College Football-09/26	1.0	56	3.40	52
12	Family Guy-R-09/27	0.8	60	2.05	67
13	Scream Queens-R-09/24	0.7	61	2.01	68
14	Minority Report-R-09/25	0.7	66	2.27	64
15	Rosewood-R-09/25	0.5	68	2.13	66

ABC:

Rank	Program	A18-49 Rating	Overall A18-49 Rank	Total Viewers (in millions)	Overall Viewer Rank
1	Scandal-09/24	3.3	8	10.25	14
2	Modern Family-09/23	3.2	9	9.46	20
3	The Muppets-09/22	2.9	12	9.01	21
4	Grey’s Anatomy-09/24	2.8	13	9.55	19
5	How to Get Away With Murder-09/24	2.6	15	8.38	22
6	The Goldbergs-09/23	2.4	19	7.62	27
7	black-ish-09/23	2.4	20	7.30	29
8	The Middle-09/23	2.1	23	8.21	25
9	Fresh Off the Boat-09/22	1.9	26	6.05	40
10	Quantico-09/27	1.9	27	7.14	30
11	Once Upon a Time-09/27	1.8	29	3.20	55
12	Dancing With the Stars-09/21	1.8	31	11.46	11
13	Shark Tank-09/25	1.7	35	6.08	39
14	Dancing With the Stars-09/22	1.5	39	9.58	18
15	Blood & Oil-09/27	1.4	42	6.36	35
16	20/20-09/25	1.3	43	5.38	43
17	Nashville-09/23	1.2	48	4.91	46
18	Castle-09/21	1.2	50	6.84	33
19	Last Man Standing-09/25	1.1	52	6.26	36
20	The Muppets-R-09/25	0.8	58	3.59	51
21	Saturday Night Football-09/26	0.7	62	2.39	63
22	Dark Swan Rises: Once Upon a Time Fan Appreciation-09/27	0.7	64	7.10	32

CBS:

Rank	Program	A18-49 Rating	Overall A18-49 Rank	Total Viewers (in millions)	Overall Viewer Rank
1	Thursday Night Football-09/24	6.0	3	16.88	5
2	The Big Bang Theory-09/21	4.7	4	18.20	3
3	NFL Football-09/27	4.4	5	22.13	1
4	60 Minutes-09/27	2.9	11	15.04	7
5	Life in Pieces-09/21	2.6	14	11.28	12
6	Survivor-09/23	2.5	16	9.70	17
7	NCIS-09/22	2.5	17	18.19	4
8	Big Brother-09/23	2.2	21	6.54	34
9	Scorpion-09/21	2.2	22	11.09	13
10	Limitless-09/22	1.9	28	9.86	16
11	CSI-09/27	1.8	30	12.22	10
12	NCIS: New Orleans-09/22	1.7	33	12.62	8
13	Blue Bloods-09/25	1.3	44	10.08	15
14	NCIS: Los Angeles-09/21	1.2	45	7.89	26
15	The Amazing Race-09/25	1.2	49	5.82	42
16	Hawaii Five-0-09/25	1.0	54	8.30	23
17	48 Hours-09/26	0.9	57	5.25	44
18	48 Hours-09/26	0.8	59	4.16	49
19	Limitless-R-09/26	0.7	63	3.40	53

CW:

Rank	Program	A18-49 Rating	Overall A18-49 Rank	Total Viewers (in millions)	Overall Viewer Rank
1	America’s Next Top Model-09/23	0.4	69	1.35	69
2	The Flash-R-09/22	0.4	70	1.19	73
3	The Flash-R-09/24	0.4	71	1.12	76
4	The Flash-R-09/22	0.4	73	1.09	77
5	Masters of Illusion-09/25	0.4	74	1.35	70
6	Penn & Teller: Fool Us-R-09/25	0.3	75	1.27	71
7	Penn & Teller: Fool Us-09/21	0.3	76	1.15	75
8	Whose Line Is It Anyway-R-09/21	0.3	77	0.95	78
9	Whose Line Is It Anyway-R-09/25	0.3	78	1.24	72
10	Arrow-R-09/24	0.3	79	0.78	79
11	A Wicked Offer-09/23	0.2	80	0.50	80
12	Significant Mother-09/21	0.1	81	0.47	81

Top Ten Cable Shows:

Rank	Program	A18-49 Rating	Total Viewers (in millions)	Network
1	Monday Night Football-09/21	4.7	12.48	ESPN
2	Fear the Walking Dead-09/27	3.4	6.66	AMC
3	Thursday Night Football-09/24	1.4	3.23	NFLN
4	Love & Hip Hop Hollywood-09/21	1.4	2.56	VH1
5	Sportscenter-09/21	1.4	3.12	ESPN
6	WWE Entertainment-09/21 (8 PM)	1.2	3.42	USA
7	WWE Entertainment-09/21 (10 PM)	1.2	3.26	USA
8	The Have and the Have Nots-09/22	1.2	1.97	OWN
9	WWE Entertainment-09/21 (8 PM)	1.1	3.37	USA
10	Family Guy-R-09/24	1.1	2.08	Adult Swim