ANW6 Ratings

[arsenette]

This is a placeholder thread for all ratings discussion. This is NOT a competition discussion thread. This is only a thread for ratings for NBC versions of the show week to week. No discussion of content of the show format will be tolerated. We have weekly threads for those discussions and please keep all of that there. Should bear repeating.. this is also NOT a spoiler thread. Any ratings related information however, is appreciated. If anyone finds articles regarding ratings numbers/placement/demos please post them here.
*Same as last year I will be updating the numbers with the final placements after the adjustments which historically come out a couple days later.

WEEK 1 (Venice Beach)
Monday, May 26 - NBC: Million viewers: 4.121 / Rating: 1.3 / Share: 4 (3 hour overall ratings)
8 PM - (1 hour preview special: - "Countdown to American Ninja Warrior 2014") 4th place (network) - Million viewers: 2.91 / Rating: 0.8 / Share: 3 (adj)
9 PM - (2 hour season premiere) 3rd place (network) - Million viewers: 4.65 / Rating: 1.6 / Share: 5
Tuesday, May 27 - Esquire: (Repeat of NBC) 43rd place - Million viewers: 0.242 (total) 0.114 (adults) / Rating: 0.09 (2 hour overall ratings)

WEEK 2 (Dallas)
Monday, June 2 - NBC: Million viewers: 5.3 / Rating: 1.9 / Share: 6 (2 hour overall ratings)
9 PM - 2nd place (network) night ranking / 1st place (network) 10 pm hour - Million viewers: 5.262 / Rating: 1.9 / Share: 6

WEEK 3 (St. Louis)
Monday, June 9 - NBC: Million viewers: 4.93 / Rating: 1.7 / Share: 5 (2 hour overall ratings)
9 PM - 2nd place (network) night ranking / 1st place (network) 10 pm hour - Million viewers: 4.922 / Rating: 1.7 / Share: 5

WEEK 4 (Miami)
Monday, June 16 - NBC: Million viewers: 4.66 / Rating: 1.6 / Share: 5 (2 hour overall ratings)
9 PM - 3rd place (network) night ranking - 1st place (network) 10 pm hour - Million viewers: 4.541 / Rating: 1.6 / Share: 5

WEEK 5 (Denver)
Monday, June 23 - NBC: Million viewers: 5.15 / Rating: 1.7 / Share: 5 (2 hour overall ratings) (Adjusted down from initial)
9 PM - 2nd place (network) night ranking - 1st place (network) 10 pm hour - Million viewers: 5.453 / Rating: 1.8 / Share: 5

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WEEK  (Repeat) (USA vs.. Japan)
Monday, June 30 - NBC: Million viewers: 4.49 / Rating: 1.4 / Share: 4 (2 hour overall ratings)
9 PM - 4th place (network) night ranking - 1st place (network) 10 pm hour - Million viewers: 4.467 / Rating: 1.4 / Share: 4

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WEEK  6 (Venice Beach Finals)
Monday, July 7 - NBC: Million viewers: 5.29 / Rating: 1.7 / Share: 5 (2 hour overall ratings) (adjusted down)
9 PM - 3rd place (network) night ranking - 2nd place (network) 10 pm hour - Million viewers: 5.357 / Rating: 1.8 / Share: 5

WEEK  7 (Dallas Finals)
Monday, July 14 - NBC: Million viewers: 5.412 / Rating: 1.7 / Share: 5 (2 hour overall ratings)
9 PM - 3rd place (network) night ranking - 2nd place (network) 10 pm hour - Million viewers: 5.412 / Rating: 1.7 / Share: 5

WEEK  8 (St. Louis Finals)
Monday, July 21 - NBC: Million viewers: 5.82 / Rating: 1.9 / Share: 6 (2 hour overall ratings)
9 PM - 3rd place (network) night ranking - 1st place (network) 10 pm hour - Million viewers: 5.783 / Rating: 1.9 / Share: 6

WEEK  9 (Miami Finals)
Monday, July 28 - NBC: Million viewers: 5.73 / Rating: 2.0 / Share: 6 (2 hour overall ratings) (adjusted down - in some places by .2)
9 PM - 2nd place (network) night ranking - 2nd place (network) 10 pm hour - Million viewers: 5.760 / Rating: 2.1 / Share: 6

WEEK  10 (Denver Finals)
Monday, August 4 - NBC: Million viewers: 5.59 / Rating: 2.0 / Share: 6 (2 hour overall ratings) (adjusted up)
9 PM - 1st place tie (with FOX) (network) night ranking - 1st place (network) 9 pm hour - Million viewers: 5.555 / Rating: 1.9 / Share: 6

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WEEK  11 (Best of Runs)
Monday, August 11 - NBC: Million viewers: 4.32 / Rating: 1.4 / Share: 4 (2 hour overall ratings)
9 PM - 3rd place (network) night ranking - 2nd place (network) 10 pm hour - Million viewers: 4.322 / Rating: 1.4 / Share: 4

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WEEK  12 (Las Vegas Finals)
Monday, August 18 - NBC: Million viewers: 5.74 / Rating: 1.8 / Share: 6 (2 hour overall ratings) (adjusted down - in some places by .2)
9 PM - 2nd place (network) night ranking - 1st place (network) 9 pm hour - Million viewers: 6.106 / Rating: 1.9 / Share: 6

WEEK  13 (Las Vegas Finals)
Monday, September 1 - NBC: Million viewers: 5.83 / Rating: 1.9 / Share: 6 (2 hour overall ratings)
9 PM - 1st place tie (network) night ranking - 1st place (network) 9 pm hour - Million viewers: 5.760 / Rating: 1.9 / Share: 6

WEEK  14 (Las Vegas Finals)
Monday, September 8 - NBC: Million viewers: 5.29 / Rating: 1.8 / Share: 5 (2 hour overall ratings)
9 PM - 3rd place (network) night ranking - 2nd place (network) 9 pm hour - Million viewers: 5.235 / Rating: 1.7 / Share: 5

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WEEK  15 (USA vs. World Special)
Monday, September 15 - NBC: Million viewers: 5.21 / Rating: 1.9 / Share: 6 (3 hour overall ratings)
9 PM - 3rd place (network) night ranking - Million viewers: 5.160 / Rating: 1.8 / Share: 6

[arsenette]

I'll post the fast affiliate number when they arrive later this afternoon.  Just note that the final adjusted numbers won't be until tomorrow.

Okay some numbers are coming in. Just like last year I'll keep the first page updated and adjusted as the numbers come in. As a reminder we get "fast numbers" for network first.. then weekend cable numbers (usually just Futon Critic) and then adjusted network a day later (usually by Zap it).

So far the articles I found for NBC's coverage Monday night:
Detailed by Night Ranking
Detailed Hourly

More articles:
Head to head
Ratings Chart (for some reason no chat for this week - just a synopsis - possibly because of the holiday)

FINAL NUMBERS (Adjustments made - This week 1 hour special was adjusted down in viewers and rating.  2 hour premiere was adjusted up in ratings and share but adjusted down in viewers.

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Cable number comparisons - Ratings winner of the night:
NBA Playoffs: Pacers at Heat - ESPN
7.038 million viewers, #1; 3.560 million adults 18-49 (2.80 rating), #1

Synopsis: Drop from last year but the numbers were tight.. and ugly.  Cable kicked it's a** this year again showing network television is not getting the previous viewers it used to. Even on a holiday.  Women (who inexplicably are not the key demo) dominate network television watching and the rest of the shows are split with Men going to cable.

8 p.m. - "The Bachelorette" won the 8 p.m. hour overall for ABC with 5.66 million viewers and tied for first with a 1.4 rating among adults 18-49. CBS was second overall and third in the key demo with a "2 Broke Girls" repeat 4.58 million and a 1.0 key demo) and a new "Friends With Better Lives" (5.28 million and a 1.4 key demo rating. The premiere of "MasterChef" averaged 4.14 million viewers and a 1.4 key demo rating, topping the 2.98 million viewers and 0.9 key demo rating for an "American Ninja Warrior" pre-show on NBC. The CW's airing of the movie "Memorial Day" averaged 1.42 million viewers and a 0.3 key demo rating.

9 p.m. - "The Bachelorette" rose to 5.82 million viewers to win the 9 p.m. hour for ABC and tied for first with a 1.5 rating among adults 18-49, compared to the 5.73 million viewers and 1.5 key demo rating for FOX's "24: Live Another Day." Repeats of "Mike & Molly" and "Mom" averaged 4.91 million viewers and a 1.0 key demo rating on The CW. NBC's "American Ninja Warrior" was fourth with 4.79 million viewers and tied for first with a 1.5 key demo rating. [Among adults 18-34, "The Bachelorette" led the hour, followed by "American Ninja Warrior" and then "24," though "24" had the advantage among men 18-34. "24" won among adults 25-54.] "Memorial Day" averaged 1.23 million viewers and a 0.2 key demo rating in its second hour.

[grandpaninja]

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[arsenette]

Thanks! However, I don't post network spin press releases. They differ greatly from the full numbers. Press releases from all stations will only focus on 1 aspect (usually isolated numbers even per half hour) to make it look to their favor. All stations do this. So as a result I only concentrate on the full picture as that is the correct information.

Edit:  Tuesday's Esquire numbers are in. I wanted to compare from last year's G4 numbers especially since Esquire is the newer network.

Tuesday cable

Interesting numbers.
American Ninja Warrior (8:00, 120 Minutes)* - Esquire
0.242 million viewers, #44; 0.114 million adults 18-49 (0.09 rating), #43
[EDITOR'S NOTE: * denotes individual program numbers were not available so the network's primetime average is listed]

So they had less people watching but had a higher rating.  So Esquire got a 0.09 on a repeat of ANW that aired the night before trippling G4's previous record. They still ended up in 43rd place overall.  Will be interesting to monitor this week to week. I'll place that under the NBC numbers weekly if they break the top 100 list.

Edit again:  Seems these new charts promises to be updated throughout the summer season to see how well the NBC shows are doing and how everything overall is (for Monday, May 26, 2014).  This is a new page so I'll incorporate that in my weekly update to see how they are updated (and when they update).

[arsenette]

I'll post the fast affiliate number when they arrive later this afternoon. Just note that the final adjusted numbers won't be until tomorrow.

Okay some numbers are coming in. Just like last year I'll keep the first page updated and adjusted as the numbers come in. As a reminder we get "fast numbers" for network first.. then weekend cable numbers (usually just Futon Critic) and then adjusted network a day later (usually by Zap it).

So far the articles I found for NBC's coverage Monday night:
Detailed by Night Ranking
Detailed Hourly

More articles:
Head to head
Ratings Chart

Final numbers won't be in until sometime tomorrow. There was a note though regarding cable and ANW. (NBC was preempted in Cleveland for MLB coverage. Expect adjustments for American Ninja Warrior. )

Synopsis: Interesting week.  Bachelorette and 24 both beat ANW during the 9pm hour.  ANW stood alone at the top at 10PM.  Moving the time to 9-11 this year is serving them better. 8pm they couldn't win last year.  For a glorious half hour NBC held both the key demo (just men) and ranking once Bachelorette and 24 went off the air. MUCH better than last week. Still not matching the previous year's numbers but still a solid improvement on their 2nd week.

[tgf2k]

Unless my memory has completely failed me, there were 0 episodes of ANW5 that broke 5 million viewers (the penultimate episode was the closest with 4.9x million viewers, then Monday Night Football started and the finale was down considerably). I might be wrong, of course, but I'm curious to know where your "still not matching previous year's numbers" line comes from.

[arsenette]

Jun 3, 2014 14:02:33 GMT -5 tgf2k said:

Unless my memory has completely failed me, there were 0 episodes of ANW5 that broke 5 million viewers (the penultimate episode was the closest with 4.9x million viewers, then Monday Night Football started and the finale was down considerably). I might be wrong, of course, but I'm curious to know where your "still not matching previous year's numbers" line comes from.

I always refer to ratings (that 1.9 is the key here).  Ratings that are sent to the advertisers look at that number (and the key demo - where the male demographic which is deemed the most difficult to attract, especially in the face of professional sports also airing at that time).

These are 2013's ANW's numbers and 2012's. ANW3 used to break 6 million viewers and consistently broke 2.0 in the ratings.  This is what I'm referring to and what the charts Year to date comparisons are talking about.

Make no mistake they are still hanging in considering how badly Network TV is losing to Cable in the overall ratings picture.

[tgf2k]

Never mind, it was 6 million viewers they never broke last year. I suck.

[arsenette]

Jun 3, 2014 14:21:35 GMT -5 tgf2k said:

Never mind, it was 6 million viewers they never broke last year. I suck.

LOL you don't suck!  Ratings are really convoluted and networks are notorious to pick out specific things that make them look good. Everyone does that. That's how they get funding/advertiser sponsorships.

[rsyoukilis20]

Jun 3, 2014 12:28:37 GMT -5 arsenette said:

Synopsis: Interesting week.  Bachelorette and 24 both beat ANW during the 9pm hour.  ANW stood alone at the top at 10PM.  Moving the time to 9-11 this year is serving them better. 8pm they couldn't win last year.  For a glorious half hour NBC held both the key demo (just men) and ranking once Bachelorette and 24 went off the air. MUCH better than last week. Still not matching the previous year's numbers but still a solid improvement on their 2nd week.

You're right that the 1.9 is the important number.  However, the key demo is not "just men."  The key demo is men and women ages 18-49.  It would be foolish of the advertisers to set their rates disregarding women.

[arsenette]

Jun 3, 2014 18:38:22 GMT -5 rsyoukilis20 said:

Jun 3, 2014 12:28:37 GMT -5 arsenette said:

Synopsis: Interesting week.  Bachelorette and 24 both beat ANW during the 9pm hour.  ANW stood alone at the top at 10PM.  Moving the time to 9-11 this year is serving them better. 8pm they couldn't win last year.  For a glorious half hour NBC held both the key demo (just men) and ranking once Bachelorette and 24 went off the air. MUCH better than last week. Still not matching the previous year's numbers but still a solid improvement on their 2nd week.

You're right that the 1.9 is the important number.  However, the key demo is not "just men."  The key demo is men and women ages 18-49.  It would be foolish of the advertisers to set their rates disregarding women.

Oh agreed! However Bachelorette destroys those numbers (even though I reaaaaally hate reality shows LOL).  This week 24 and Bachelorette split the demo and ANW got the 10PM when the other 2 shows went off air.  Still is good considering what was on cable. I'll get the Monday cable numbers to compare tomorrow. And Esquire's numbers on Wednesday.  NBC has to be happy though, Esquire pulled triple the ratings from the old G4 days.

[rsyoukilis20]

Jun 3, 2014 18:52:14 GMT -5 arsenette said:

Jun 3, 2014 18:38:22 GMT -5 rsyoukilis20 said:

You're right that the 1.9 is the important number.  However, the key demo is not "just men."  The key demo is men and women ages 18-49.  It would be foolish of the advertisers to set their rates disregarding women.

Oh agreed! However Bachelorette destroys those numbers (even though I reaaaaally hate reality shows LOL).  This week 24 and Bachelorette split the demo and ANW got the 10PM when the other 2 shows went off air.  Still is good considering what was on cable. I'll get the Monday cable numbers to compare tomorrow. And Esquire's numbers on Wednesday.  NBC has to be happy though, Esquire pulled triple the ratings from the old G4 days.

I'm with you.  I have no idea how shows like the Bachelorette are so popular, yet Arrested Development gets low ratings and eventually canceled. 

I know ANW is viewed as a summer show, but I've been wondering, with the ratings it gets, if NBC would ever be willing to try two cycles.  NBC was airing Hollywood Game Night on Thursdays during the spring as a show whose low cost outweighed its terrible ratings.  I would bet that ANW would do better than Hollywood Game Night, and even though ANWs ratings would probably be low, it is also much cheaper to produce in comparison to the sitcoms or dramas it would take the place of.  I could see ANW being a good utility player, where NBC films a season and then plugs it into the lineup in the Spring in place of a show that has tanked, kind of a stop-gap measure.

[higeboshi]

Jun 3, 2014 20:19:36 GMT -5 rsyoukilis20 said:

I know ANW is viewed as a summer show, but I've been wondering, with the ratings it gets, if NBC would ever be willing to try two cycles.

Disclaimer: this is third-reference sources, as I heard it from a guy in Dallas that claimed to hear it from a guy that works on the show, but given sufficient ratings, they'd consider a twice-a-year schedule. Don't remember who it was that said it, who it was in production he talked to, or what would constitute "sufficient ratings" (or if it's even legit, but both casting and production did come by the walk-on line and talk to us both as a group and a few individually both of the days before filming, so there's a better than zero chance). I'm staying cautiously optimistic.

[arsenette]

Jun 4, 2014 9:47:19 GMT -5 higeboshi said:

Jun 3, 2014 20:19:36 GMT -5 rsyoukilis20 said:

I know ANW is viewed as a summer show, but I've been wondering, with the ratings it gets, if NBC would ever be willing to try two cycles.

Disclaimer: this is third-reference sources, as I heard it from a guy in Dallas that claimed to hear it from a guy that works on the show, but given sufficient ratings, they'd consider a twice-a-year schedule. Don't remember who it was that said it, who it was in production he talked to, or what would constitute "sufficient ratings" (or if it's even legit, but both casting and production did come by the walk-on line and talk to us both as a group and a few individually both of the days before filming, so there's a better than zero chance). I'm staying cautiously optimistic.

IMO the only way that could work (given already the ratings over the past 12 months), they'd have to do the original show (ANW) and expand the Special (where Japan vs. USA rated higher than all of ANW5).  If they just break apart the qualies one part of the year and then finals another part of the year.. that.. would not be good for ratings.  Unless they said TWO events like ANW7 and then ANW8 (spring/fall). THAT could work and tightening up the schedule having a bi-annual event with the overseas specials thrown between them to bookend the ANW competitions.

[arsenette]

K Final adjustments for Monday were done but ANW was not changed. Everything else went up.  My GOD that was a tight race at the top. Seems cable preempted something so everyone either turned off TV (Because sports won) or broke off and watched network depending on their demographic because literally every show could mark a win (rating/share/viewers).  Reading the spin press releases they all claimed victory.

[rsyoukilis20]

www.hitfix.com/the-fien-print/tv-ratings-24-live-another-day-tops-abcs-hillary-clinton-special-on-monday

ANW won the night again in the key demo (18-49).  1.8 in the 9pm hour and 1.7 in the 10pm hour which is great for a summer show.

NBC is now #1 on Mondays with ANW and #1 on Tuesdays with America's Got Talent, and their new comedy Undateable did way better than expected.  And having finished the Fall-Spring TV Season #1 in the key demo, things are looking up for NBC.

 

[arsenette]

I'll post the fast affiliate number when they arrive later this afternoon. Just note that the final adjusted numbers won't be until tomorrow.

Okay some numbers are coming in. Just like last year I'll keep the first page updated and adjusted as the numbers come in. As a reminder we get "fast numbers" for network first.. then weekend cable numbers (usually just Futon Critic) and then adjusted network a day later (usually by Zap it).

So far the articles I found for NBC's coverage Monday night:
Detailed by Night Ranking
Detailed Hourly

More articles:
Head to head
Ratings Chart

Final numbers are in. (American Ninja Warrior was adjusted down)

Combined cable numbers (They do by viewers on this chart):

Synopsis: ANW was actually 5th during the night (combined cable) and lower than last week on ratings.  Another weak week for Network (which is a common thread) but all in all they are hanging in.    Another week where ANW scored very low in viewers but it didn't hurt them as everyone who did watch the other shows were not males or in the key demo that network is enamored with (and they wonder why they are failing miserably and going broke.. LOL).  Either way solid week even if the numbers overall are going down.  Esquire for the 2nd straight week didn't break top 100.  Officially they are now worse than G4 (and I didn't think that was possible). As a comparison, G4 was always listed as last or near last in the top 100 and the premiere on Esquire was in the top 100.. but they haven't the past 2 weeks.

[rsyoukilis20]

ANW won the night in total viewers and the key demo in the 10pm hour, and tied for second in the key demo in the 9pm hour.  NBC will still be very happy with these numbers, but you have to wonder if the late decision to air a new episode impacted things negatively at all.

www.hitfix.com/the-fien-print/tv-ratings-masterchef-rises-24-dips-and-fox-leads-monday-night

[arsenette]

If you don't mind I'll do the ratings in the format that includes all the results not just the isolated wins.

[rsyoukilis20]

Jun 17, 2014 20:44:05 GMT -5 arsenette said:

If you don't mind I'll do the ratings in the format that includes all the results not just the isolated wins.

I chimed in, as with last week, because the ratings had been out for awhile and hadn't been posted yet.

If you want to be the one who posts ratings, though, that's fine with me.