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[11/19/14 - 08:52 AM]
"Marry Me" Jumps 23% Versus Its Prior Telecast in 18-49 Rating
NBC spins the numbers for Tuesday, November 18.

[via press release from NBC]

Tuesday Results:

· "Marry Me" (1.6/5 in 18-49, 5.3 million viewers overall from 9:01-9:30 p.m. ET) jumped +23% versus its prior telecast in 18-49 rating (1.6 vs. 1.3 on Nov. 4) and was up +17% in total viewers (5.327 million vs. 4.540 million) to hit the show's top results since Oct. 21 (1.8 in 18-49, 5.608 million viewers overall).

· In the time period, "Marry Me" is currently running within a tenth of a rating point of #1 on the Big 4 in adults 18-34 (1.1 rating) and women 18-34 (1.4).

· UPSCALE: "Marry Me'" is a top-10 primetime Big 4 series in its concentration of upscale viewers, indexing at a 140 for adults 18-49 living in homes with $100K+ incomes (100 represents an average concentration of those homes, "most current").

· "About a Boy" (1.3/4 in 18-49, 4.3 million viewers overall from 9:30-10 p.m. ET) grew +44% versus its prior telecast in 18-49 rating (1.3 vs. 0.9 on Nov. 4) and is up +22% in total viewers (4.307 million vs. 3.523 million). "About a Boy" earned its highest results in both categories since Oct. 21 (1.4 in 18-49, 4.631 million viewers overall).

· In 18-49, "About a Boy" retained a season-high 81% of its lead-in from "Marry Me."

· "Chicago Fire" (2.0/6 in 18-49, 7.7 million viewers overall from 10-11 p.m. ET) scored its top 18-49 and total-viewers results for a non-crossover episode since Oct. 7 (2.1 in 18-49, 8.389 million viewers overall, excludes last week's telecast, which crossed over with "Law & Order: SVU" and "Chicago P.D.").

· Last night's "Chicago Fire" grew +18% versus the show's prior non-crossover episode in 18-49 (2.0 vs. 1.7 on Oct. 28) and was up +7% in total viewers (7.718 million vs. 7.231 million).

· Last night's "Chicago Fire" won the 10 p.m. hour in 18-49 among ABC, CBS and NBC. All eight telecasts of "Chicago Fire" so far this season have finished #1 or tied for #1 in 18-49 among the ABC, CBS and NBC dramas in the time period.

· "The Voice" (2.6/8 in 18-49, 10.5 million viewers overall from 8-9:01 p.m. ET) tied for the #1 show of the night on the Big 4 in adults 18-49 and is #1 for the night outright on those nets in adults, men and women 18-34, women 18-49 and women 25-54. "The Voice" retained 90% of last week's 2.9 rating for a two-hour telecast in these preliminary fast-nationals ratings and 87% of last week's official-national 3.0.

· "The Voice" is running within a tenth of a rating point of the comparable telecast in the spring in 18-49(2.6 vs. 2.7 on April 29).

Projected "Live Plus Three Day" and "Live Plus Seven Day" Results:

Adult 18-49 Rating
Show... L+SD... L+3... L+7
The Voice... 2.6... 3.1... 3.2
Marry Me... 1.6... 1.8... 1.9
About a Boy... 1.3... 1.6... 1.7
Chicago Fire... 2.0... 2.9... 3.1

Persons 2+ (Total Viewers)
Show... L+SD... L+3... L+7
The Voice ... 10.5 million... 11.6 million... 12.0 million
Marry Me ... 5.3 million... 5.6 million... 5.8 million
About a Boy ... 4.3 million... 5.2 million... 5.4 million
Chicago Fire ... 7.7 million... 10.5 million... 11.1 million

L+7 Averages:

· Tuesday's "Voice" is growing by an average +26% in 18-49 rating (from a 3.73 to a 4.69) and 2.4 million viewers overall (12.8 million to 15.2 million) going from L+SD to L+7.

· "Chicago Fire" first-runs have increased by an average +52% in 18-49 rating (from a 2.10 to a 3.19) and 3.5 million viewers overall (8.0 million vs. 11.5 million) going from L+SD to L+7.

Last Week's L+3 Results:

· "The Voice" grew by +20% in 18-49 (from a 3.01 to a 3.61) and 1.4 million viewers overall (11.4 million to 12.8 million) going from L+SD to L+3.

· "Chicago Fire" grew by series-record 1.13 rating points in 18-49 (from a 2.23 to a 3.36 at 10 p.m. ET) and a series-record 3.4 million viewers overall (9.1 million vs. 12.5 million) going from "live plus same day" to "live plus three day results." The 12.5 million viewers overall is an L+3 series record for "Chicago Fire."

In Late-Night Metered Markets Tuesday Night:

· In Nielsen's 56 metered markets, household results were: "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," 2.7/7; CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman," 2.5/6; and ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 1.9/5.

· In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, adult 18-49 results were: "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," 1.0/5; "Late Show," 0.4/2; and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 0.5/2.

· From 12:35-1:05 a.m. ET, ABC's "Nightline" averaged a 1.3/4 in metered-market households and a 0.3/2 in 18-49 in the Local People Meters.

· From 12:35-1:35 a.m. ET, "Late Night with Seth Meyers" (1.3/5 in metered-market households) beat CBS's "Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" (1.2/4). In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, "Late Night" (0.6/4 in 18-49) topped "Late Late Show" (0.3/2).

· At 1:35 a.m., "Last Call with Carson Daly" averaged a 0.8/3 in metered-market households and a 0.3/3 in adults 18-49 in the 25 markets with local people meters.

NOTE: All ratings are "live plus same day" from Nielsen Media Research unless otherwise indicated.





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· ABOUT A BOY (NBC)
· CHICAGO FIRE (NBC)
· CHICAGO PD (NBC)
· LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT (NBC)
· MARRY ME (NBC)
· VOICE, THE (NBC)





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