The 2016-17 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 24.

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	9/25/2016	85	110	123	84	13
2	10/2/2016	86	106	123	88	15
3	10/9/2016	88	107	119	88	31
4	10/16/2016	89	105	118	90	38
5	10/23/2016	88	106	118	89	38
6	10/30/2016	88	104	118	89	38
7	11/6/2016	89	104	118	88	38
8	11/13/2016	89	105	116	90	38
9	11/20/2016	90	104	116	89	38
10	11/27/2016	90	103	117	88	39
11	12/4/2016	90	103	118	89	41
12	12/11/2016	89	103	119	90	41
13	12/18/2016	89	103	119	90	41
14	12/25/2016	89	102	120	90	40
15	1/1/2017	89	102	120	91	40
16	1/8/2017	90	102	118	91	39
17	1/15/2017	91	101	117	92	38
18	1/22/2017	91	102	116	91	38
19	1/29/2017	92	102	115	91	38
20	2/5/2017	93	101	113	92	38
21	2/12/2017	94	101	112	92	39
22	2/19/2017	95	101	111	91	39
23	2/25/2017	97	101	111	90	39
24	3/5/2017	97	100	112	90	39
25	3/12/2017	97	100	113	89	39
26	3/19/2017	97	100	113	88	39
27	3/26/2017	97	100	113	88	39
28	4/2/2017	97	100	112	88	40
29	4/9/2017	97	100	112	88	40
30	4/16/2017	97	100	112	88	40
31	4/23/2017	97	100	112	88	40
32	4/30/2017	98	100	112	88	40
33	5/7/2017	98	100	112	88	40
34	5/14/2017	98	100	111	88	40
35	5/21/2017	98	100	111	89	40
36	5/24/2017	98	99	111	88	40
LY36	5/25/2016	96	102	103	99	41
LY36	5/25/2016	96	102	103	99	41

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

Day	ABC	CBS	NBC	Fox	CW
Monday	123	109	144	81	44
Tuesday	90	115	156	68	53
Wednesday	124	110	102	145	37
Thursday	112	113	88	71	44
Friday	79	90	69	54	22
Sunday	65	96	86	106

Networks season-to-date by genre:

A18-49 Ratings:

Genre	ABC	CBS	NBC	Fox	CW
Originals	1.20	1.22	1.36	1.08	0.49
Repeats	0.72	0.76	0.73	0.50	0.24
Sports	1.32	4.44	4.31	4.59
Specials	1.79	1.79	1.73	1.01	0.27
Movies	0.81	1.20	0.66	0.40

Real estate:

Genre	ABC	CBS	NBC	Fox	CW
Originals	67%	70%	59%	62%	70%
Repeats	11%	18%	17%	19%	22%
Sports	8%	6%	14%	13%
Specials	8%	5%	5%	4%	8%
Movies	5%	1%	4%	0%

A18-49+:

Type	ABC	CBS	NBC	Fox
Overall	98	113	138	117
Original Series	98	99	111	88
Non-Series	97	143	176	164
Scripted	96	98	99	89
Comedy	114	128	84	90
Drama	85	89	101	89
Unscripted	102	105	127	74
Reality	116	121	150	74
News	71	90	75

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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.)