"The Good Wife" Delivers its Largest Audience Since April 2012

CBS Has Five of the Top 10 Programs Including #1 NCIS

         CBS won the week by +2.80 million viewers, the largest margin of victory by any network this season and was also first in adults 25-54, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the week ending Nov. 3.

          CBS had five of the week's top 10 programs, led by #1 NCIS, #4 60 MINUTES, #5 NCIS: LOS ANGELES, #9 PERSON OF INTEREST and #10 THE BIG BANG THEORY (R).

           CBS also had the top five scripted broadcasts in viewers – NCIS, NCIS: LOS ANGELES, PERSON OF INTEREST, THE BIG BANG THEORY (R) and BLUE BLOODS. 

The Network had the top three new comedies – THE MILLERS, THE CRAZY ONES and MOM as well as the top three overall comedies in viewers – two rebroadcasts of THE BIG BANG THEORY and THE MILLERS. 

 

CBS Weekly Highlights:

 

THE GOOD WIFE

•  THE GOOD WIFE (10.22m) posted its largest audience since April 22, 2012, and matched season highs in both adults 25-54 (2.4/06) and adults 18-49 (1.6/04). 

 

NCIS

•  NCISwas first in viewers (19.30m), adults 25-54 (4.5/12) and adults 18-49 (3.0/09).  Compared to last week, NCIS was up +5% in adults 25-54 (from 4.3/11), even in adults 18-49 and added +310,000 viewers (from 18.99m, +2%). 

 

NCIS: LOS ANGELES

•  NCIS: LOS ANGELES was first in viewers (14.90m) and second in adults 25-54 (3.6/08) and adults 18-49 (2.6/07).  Compared to last week, NCIS: LOS ANGELES was up +6% in adults 25-54 (from 3.4/08) and +4% in adults 18-49 (from 2.5/07). 

 

THE MILLERS

•  THE MILLERSwas first in viewers (9.67m), adults 25-54 (3.1/09) and a tied for first in adults 18-49 (2.1/07, with ABC). 

 

60 MINUTES

•  60 MINUTES (7:59-8:59 PM) was first in viewers (15.81m) and second in both adults 25-54 (4.3/09) and adults 18-49 (3.2/08), its best deliveries in these measures since October 6, 2013. 

 

THE AMAZING RACE

•  THE AMAZING RACE posted its second-best deliveries of the season in viewers (9.38m), adults 25-54 (2.9/06) and adults 18-49 (2.1/05) behind the Oct. 6, 2013 broadcast.

 

NFL RUN-OVER

• CBS's NFL run-over from 7:00 PM-7:59 PM delivered a 16.5/27 with 27.87m viewers, 10.2/26 in adults 25-54 and 8.6/25 in adults 18-49. 

 

Prime averages are based on the following hours of rated broadcasts in Week #6

 

CBS – 22 hours

NBC – 21-1/2 hours

ABC – 22 hours

FOX – 18 hours, 5 minutes

 

NATIONAL NIELSEN SUMMARY - PRIMETIME        

Week #6 of 2013-2014 Season (ending: 11/3/13)             

 2013-2014    

       

VIEWERS        

          (000)   

CBS  10,497   

NBC  7,426   

ABC  7,426   

FOX  7,698           

 

A25-54         

         Rtg   Sh  

CBS  3.0   8  

NBC  2.9   7  

ABC  2.4   6  

FOX  2.7   7  

          

A18-49         

         Rtg   Sh  

CBS  2.2   6  

NBC  2.4   7  

ABC  1.9   6  

FOX  2.3    7  

          

NATIONAL NIELSEN SUMMARY - PRIMETIME           

SEASON-TO-DATE RATINGS REPORT (9/23/13-11/3/13)        

 2013-2014  

       

VIEWERS        

         (000)   

CBS  11,683   

NBC  9,557   

ABC  8,491   

FOX  8,085     

       

A25-54         

         Rtg   Sh  

CBS  3.6   9  

NBC  3.7   10  

ABC  3.0   8  

FOX  3.0    8        

       

A18-49         

         Rtg   Sh  

CBS  2.6   8  

NBC  3.1   9  

ABC  2.4   7  

FOX  2.7   8  

      

Editor's Note: Television viewing on platforms such as DVR, video-on-demand and online streaming continues to grow at a fast pace.  Last season during premiere week, Live+7 CBS audiences grew 20% over Live+SD in total viewers, up from 17%  in 2012.  In A18-49, Live+7 levels grew 29% from Live+SD, up from 23% one year ago.  Additionally, many CBS shows experienced as much as a 50% increase in total viewers once full 30-day multi-platform audiences were accounted for.  In an effort to quantify how much non-linear viewing adds to Live+SD audiences, CBS Research will provide estimates for series which will include DVR playback as well as multi-platform viewership.

 

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