A18-49+ Update: Ratings By Day of the Week and Time of Day in 2014-15

Here's a look at trends among the original series sorted by day of the week and time of day on the big four networks in 2014-15:

Big Four Original Series By Day of the Week

Year	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Sunday
2001-02	106	97	99	152	100
2002-03	113	101	107	151	98
2003-04	124	102	108	150	95
2004-05	107	104	106	124	127
2005-06	104	115	106	113	130
2006-07	108	118	104	122	111
2007-08	103	119	105	114	117
2008-09	111	125	107	116	109
2009-10	112	127	105	107	111
2010-11	107	111	118	120	108
2011-12	120	107	121	111	103
2012-13	122	100	116	114	100
2013-14	126	108	108	102	93
2014-15	124	104	115	102	88

The big winner year-to-year was Wednesday. The flashiest Wednesday story was of course Fox's Empire, the biggest new series in the era with a 303 average. But every network had at least something good to report. ABC had a greatly improved comedy lineup, CBS saw Survivor hold up very well (though lost ground by replacing CSI at 10/9c), and NBC's procedurals Law and Order: SVU and Chicago PD were both up year-to-year in Plus.

All other nights were even or slightly down, which meant Monday remained the week's most crowded night. Entertainment series programming on Sunday continued to flounder, especially after the NFL overrun lead-ins were gone.

Big Four Original Series By Time of Day

Year	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
2001-02	92	95	106	105	103	105
2002-03	92	101	105	104	101	102
2003-04	91	101	106	106	105	105
2004-05	85	97	108	110	107	108
2005-06	85	98	110	111	105	105
2006-07	88	102	114	114	95	94
2007-08	92	105	114	113	88	87
2008-09	99		114		88
2009-10	106		113		82
2010-11	102	108	113	104	85	82
2011-12	105	108	114	105	86	82
2012-13	108	108	113	105	84	79
2013-14	110	106	109	102	88	84
2014-15	112	110	109	102	85	81

After a surprising volume of 10:00 success briefly brought the hour's ratings up in 2013-14, the ratings fell back again in 2014-15. This one was interesting to watch throughout the year, as it was at least even in the early part of the year when The Blacklist and How to Get Away with Murder were lighting up. But those shows departed the hour well before the end of the season, and the replacements were nowhere close ratings-wise.

The lost ratings juice in the 10:00 hour went into the 8:00 hour. It was the highest relative ratings for this hour in the whole era. 8:30 had a particular spike as shows like The Goldbergs, Mom, Mike and Molly and even Brooklyn Nine-Nine had better 8:30 retention than some previous occupants.

Here's the now updated A18-49+ days of the week post.

Here's the now updated A18-49+ time of day post.