The 2015-16 Climate Center: Networks

The Climate Center helps you keep up with some of this site's bigger-picture numbers on a week-to-week basis. Though most of the A18-49+ posts aren't updated until the summer, this can keep you posted on how things are developing while the season is ongoing.

The Networks post looks at some of the metrics that best get at the networks' actual strength, most importantly breaking the networks' overall averages apart by category and mostly focusing on only the original non-sports series.

These numbers are up to date through Wednesday, May 25.

More Climate Center: League Averages | Networks | More coming soon...

Last season's Networks.

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Network originals season-to-date (A18-49+):

Week	Ending	ABC	CBS	NBC	Fox	CW
1	9/27/2015	95	94	109	108	14
2	10/4/2015	96	90	113	106	16
3	10/11/2015	97	93	110	103	27
4	10/18/2015	98	94	109	101	31
5	10/25/2015	99	94	107	102	32
6	11/1/2015	99	95	106	101	33
7	11/8/2015	99	96	106	99	34
8	11/15/2015	99	97	107	97	35
9	11/22/2015	100	96	107	96	35
10	11/29/2015	100	96	109	95	35
11	12/6/2015	99	96	109	95	36
12	12/13/2015	98	97	111	94	37
13	12/20/2015	98	98	111	93	37
14	12/27/2015	97	98	111	93	37
15	1/3/2016	97	98	111	93	37
16	1/10/2016	96	99	109	96	37
17	1/17/2016	95	100	107	97	37
18	1/24/2016	95	100	106	100	38
19	1/31/2016	94	100	105	101	39
20	2/7/2016	94	102	103	102	39
21	2/14/2016	95	102	102	101	40
22	2/21/2016	95	102	101	101	40
23	2/27/2016	96	103	101	101	41
24	3/6/2016	96	102	102	100	40
25	3/13/2016	96	102	103	99	40
26	3/20/2016	96	102	103	98	40
27	3/27/2016	96	102	103	98	41
28	4/3/2016	96	102	103	98	41
29	4/10/2016	95	102	103	99	40
30	4/17/2016	96	102	103	99	40
31	4/24/2016	96	102	103	99	40
32	5/1/2016	96	102	103	99	40
33	5/8/2016	96	102	103	99	41
34	5/15/2016	96	102	103	99	41
35	5/22/2016	96	102	102	99	41
36	5/25/2016	96	102	103	99	41
LY36	5/20/2015	103	100	100	94	41
LY35	5/20/2015	103	100	100	94	41

Network originals season-to-date by day of the week:

Day	ABC	CBS	NBC	Fox	CW
Monday	115	113	147	93	23
Tuesday	74	118	136	66	64
Wednesday	111	116	94	163	55
Thursday	120	117	75	104	40
Friday	83	79	62	59	24
Sunday	75	90	77	93

Networks season-to-date by genre:

A18-49 Ratings:

Genre	ABC	CBS	NBC	Fox	CW
Originals	1.40	1.49	1.49	1.44	0.60
Repeats	0.73	0.87	0.79	0.51	0.30
Sports	1.39	6.63	4.55	3.18
Specials	2.15	1.82	1.44	1.15	0.34
Movies	0.81	0.60	0.80	0.53	0.40

Real estate:

Genre	ABC	CBS	NBC	Fox	CW
Originals	68%	69%	63%	63%	69%
Repeats	14%	18%	16%	18%	21%
Sports	8%	7%	11%	11%
Specials	7%	5%	6%	6%	9%
Movies	3%	0%	2%	1%	1%

A18-49+:

Type	ABC	CBS	NBC	Fox
Overall	92	120	117	98
Non-Series	83	160	143	97
Scripted	97	102	89	96
Comedy	108	143	65	77
Drama	91	95	93	108
Unscripted	96	99	119	106
Reality	104	107	140	106
News	74	89	68

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Click to expand for more on the 'climate' numbers used herein.

Network originals season-to-date - These numbers index the networks' averages in original non-sports series against the average for the big four networks combined. To help compare the network race to the previous season, also included are these same numbers as of the corresponding week last year, as well as the numbers from the end of last season. Why only original non-sports series? See here.

Network originals season-to-date by day of the week - To go deeper into the network race, this table breaks apart each network's collection of original non-sports series by day of the week. This helps to illustrate which networks are more balanced and which might be riding one or two strong shows/nights.

Networks season-to-date by genre - While we here at Spotted Ratings believe in evaluating networks based on the strength of their original series, not everyone in the media is so evolved. Most media compare networks based on their overall averages, baking in huge events like sports and awards shows. These tables help to break down exactly what goes into those numbers, listing both the ratings average for each network in each category as well as the percentage of the average (or the percentage of primetime real estate) that each category takes up.

• To keep the 'Originals' ratings row consistent with how A18-49+ is calculated, everything is counted as full-length; in other words, an episode of The Mentalist that starts after 10:30 due to overrun still counts as a one-hour episode. However, the other 'by genre' rows, including 'Overall,' are based on half-hour breakdowns that capture only what airs within the networks' normal definition of primetime. This paints a better picture of actual primetime ratings. (For example, an overrunning NFL game on 11/3/13 had a final rating for the whole game of 7.7, but the 7:00 and 7:30 ratings were 8.3 and 9.0. The 8.3 and 9.0 are what go into the 'Sports' and 'Overall' averages.)