The 2018-19 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 22.

More Climate Center: League Averages | Networks | Renewology Targets

Last season's Networks.

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

Week	Ending	ABC	CBS	NBC	Fox	CW
1	9/30/2018	85	96	124	97	14
2	10/7/2018	82	95	130	102	16
3	10/14/2018	82	96	126	100	27
4	10/21/2018	82	97	125	101	30
5	10/28/2018	83	96	123	103	31
6	11/4/2018	84	96	122	102	32
7	11/11/2018	85	97	121	102	31
8	11/18/2018	85	97	120	102	32
9	11/25/2018	85	97	120	104	32
10	12/2/2018	85	98	119	104	32
11	12/9/2018	84	98	118	106	33
12	12/16/2018	84	99	117	106	34
13	12/23/2018	83	100	117	106	34
14	12/30/2018	83	100	116	107	34
15	1/6/2019	83	100	116	106	34
16	1/13/2019	84	99	115	107	34
17	1/20/2019	85	99	114	107	34
18	1/27/2019	86	98	114	106	33
19	2/3/2019	87	99	113	105	33
20	2/10/2019	87	99	113	105	33
21	2/17/2019	88	98	113	105	33
22	2/24/2019	89	98	113	104	33
23	3/3/2019	89	97	113	104	33
24	3/10/2019	91	96	113	103	33
25	3/17/2019	93	95	112	102	32
26	3/24/2019	93	96	112	101	32
27	3/31/2019	93	96	111	101	32
28	4/7/2019	93	96	111	101	32
29	4/14/2019	94	96	111	101	32
30	4/21/2019	94	97	110	101	32
31	4/28/2019	95	97	109	101	32
32	5/5/2019	95	96	109	101	32
33	5/12/2019	95	96	109	101	32
34	5/19/2019	95	97	109	100	32
35	5/22/2019	95	97	109	100	32
LY35	5/23/2018	98	99	110	91	38
LY35	5/23/2018	98	99	110	91	38

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

Day	ABC	CBS	NBC	Fox	CW
Monday	121	90	151	109	32
Tuesday	89	103	144	68	45
Wednesday	97	109	121	144	29
Thursday	107	130	85	73	34
Friday	61	80	56	80	15
Sunday	100	96	72	109	32

Networks season-to-date by genre:

A18-49 Ratings:

Genre	ABC	CBS	NBC	Fox	CW
Originals	0.91	0.92	1.03	0.95	0.30
Repeats	0.50	0.55	0.53	0.42	0.16
Sports	1.24	5.69	3.25	2.91
Specials	1.36	1.17	1.31	0.93	0.20
Movies	0.60		0.61	0.40

Real estate:

Genre	ABC	CBS	NBC	Fox	CW
Originals	66%	70%	62%	55%	68%
Repeats	14%	19%	19%	25%	24%
Sports	9%	6%	12%	17%
Specials	8%	5%	5%	3%	9%
Movies	2%		2%	0%

A18-49+:

Type	ABC	CBS	NBC	Fox
Overall	96	120	126	121
Original Series	95	97	109	100
Non-Series	96	175	154	147
Scripted	94	92	97	97
Comedy	93	137	73	105
Drama	95	82	102	94
Unscripted	97	108	128	105
Reality	108	123	149	105
News	73	92	61

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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.)