The 2019-20 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 20.

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	9/29/2019	84	92	109	140	13
2	10/6/2019	85	89	109	141	18
3	10/13/2019	85	91	110	134	25
4	10/20/2019	85	90	112	133	27
5	10/27/2019	85	91	111	134	28
6	11/3/2019	86	92	112	131	28
7	11/10/2019	86	91	111	133	28
8	11/17/2019	86	92	110	129	28
9	11/24/2019	86	92	111	128	28
10	12/1/2019	87	93	111	123	28
11	12/8/2019	87	94	110	123	29
12	12/15/2019	86	94	109	123	30
13	12/22/2019	85	95	110	123	29
14	12/29/2019	85	95	110	122	29
15	1/5/2020	85	95	111	120	29
16	1/12/2020	89	94	109	117	29
17	1/19/2020	89	94	109	117	29
18	1/26/2020	91	94	109	114	29
19	2/2/2020	91	93	108	115	28
20	2/8/2020	93	92	107	116	28
21	2/16/2020	94	92	106	115	28
22	2/23/2020	95	92	106	113	28
23	3/1/2020	96	92	106	112	28
24	3/8/2020	97	91	105	111	28
25	3/15/2020	100	91	104	110	27
26	3/22/2020	100	91	104	110	27
27	3/29/2020	100	91	104	109	27
28	4/5/2020	100	91	103	110	26
29	4/12/2020	100	91	103	110	26
30	4/19/2020	100	91	103	110	26
31	4/26/2020	100	91	103	111	26
32	5/3/2020	100	91	102	111	26
33	5/10/2020	100	92	102	111	26
34	5/17/2020	99	93	102	111	26
35	5/20/2020	99	92	102	111	25
LY35	5/22/2019	95	97	109	100	32
LY35	5/22/2019	95	97	109	100	32

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

Day	ABC	CBS	NBC	Fox	CW
Monday	124	85	132	123	26
Tuesday	90	110	133	87	38
Wednesday	90	112	135	175	22
Thursday	109	84	69	74	23
Friday	72	82	67	88	16
Sunday	100	95	51	109	26

Networks season-to-date by genre:

A18-49 Ratings:

Genre	ABC	CBS	NBC	Fox	CW
Originals	0.81	0.76	0.83	0.91	0.21
Repeats	0.48	0.44	0.45	0.38	0.12
Sports	0.99	7.24	4.07	4.13
Specials	1.08	1.07	0.91	0.62	0.16
Movies	0.58	0.58	0.46

Real estate:

Genre	ABC	CBS	NBC	Fox	CW
Originals	64%	64%	58%	56%	67%
Repeats	13%	28%	23%	20%	24%
Sports	10%	1%	9%	21%
Specials	10%	5%	7%	3%	9%
Movies	2%	1%	3%

A18-49+:

Type	ABC	CBS	NBC	Fox
Overall	98	95	125	178
Original Series	99	92	102	111
Non-Series	97	99	158	261
Scripted	90	86	95	97
Comedy	88	98	66	88
Drama	91	83	101	101
Unscripted	111	118	111	130
Reality	126	154	128	130
News	79	94	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.