The War of 18-49, News Series thru 2023-24

Here are War of 18-49 records for currently airing news series.



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News Series 

This is usually a "news and sports" post but I had some technical difficulties with the sports so I'm leaving them off. I did add What Would You Do? to the "news" category though!

Please note that I have left the traditional A18-49+ labels on these tables, but in the case of this low-priority programming they are often not appropriate. For example, even using the 'for Friday' labels, 48 Hours grades as a 'flop' every year, while America's Funniest Home Videos is graded with weeknight labels even though the Sunday 7:00 is realistically more like a Friday timeslot. Also, I know, AFHV is not actually 'news,' I just categorize it that way since it is scheduled similarly. There are some other caveats with individual shows listed below.

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20/20 (1999-24)

Seas	Year	Slot	Avg	y2y	Lo	Hi	Results	Grade
23	1999-00	Mo 8:00, We 10:00, Fr 10:00, Th 10:00	4.39		2.5	8.1
24	2000-01	Monday 8:00	3.59	-18%	2.4	4.5
25	2001-02	Wed 10:00, Fri 10:00	3.36	-6%	1.7	4.8
26	2002-03	Friday 10:00	2.78	-17%	1.9	3.9
27	2003-04		Friday 10:00	2.96	+7%	1.5			4.2
28	2004-05		Friday 10:00	2.77	-6%	2.0			3.9
29	2005-06		Friday 10:00	2.60	-6%	1.8			3.4
30	2006-07		Friday 10:00	2.38	-9%	1.2			3.1
31	2007-08		Friday 10:00	1.83	-23%	1.2			2.9
32	2008-09		Friday 10:00	1.93	+5%	1.2			3.5
33	2009-10		Friday 10:00	1.63	-16%	0.9			2.8
34	2010-11		Friday 10:00	1.48	-9%	1.0			2.0
35	2011-12		Friday 10:00	1.43	-4%	0.9	2.1		detail
36	2012-13		Friday 10:00	1.45	+2%	0.9	1.8		detail
37	2013-14		Friday 10:00	1.46	+1%	0.9	1.9		detail
38	2014-15		Friday 10:00	1.27	-14%	0.8	1.7		detail
39	2015-16		Friday 10:00	1.11	-12%	0.7	1.7	detail	B
40	2016-17		Friday 10:00	0.86	-23%	0.6	1.3	detail	C
41	2017-18		Friday 10:00	0.56	-35%	0.4	0.8	detail	C-
42	2018-19	Fri 10:00, Fri 9:00	0.64	+15%	0.4	0.8	detail	A-
43	2019-20	Friday 9:00	0.57	-10%	0.4	0.8	detail	B
44	2020-21		Friday 9:00	0.50	-13%	0.4	0.7	detail	B+
45	2021-22		Friday 9:00	0.42	-15%	0.3	1.0	detail	B+
46	2022-23		Friday 9:00	0.34	-19%	0.2	0.5		detail	B-
47	2023-24		Friday 9:00	0.28	-18%	0.2	0.4	detail	C+

Seas	Year	A18-49+	Label	Now24	y2y	Lo	Hi	Premiere	Finale
23	1999-00	91	marginal	0.35		52	168	91	168
24	2000-01	75	hit(Fri)	0.28	-18%	50	94	62	73
25	2001-02	78	marginal	0.30	+5%	40	112	105	72
26	2002-03	64	solid(Fri)	0.24	-19%	43	89	57	59
27	2003-04	73	solid(Fri)	0.28	+15%	37	103	69	74
28	2004-05	68	solid(Fri)	0.26	-7%	49	96	74	49
29	2005-06	64	solid(Fri)	0.24	-6%	44	84	71	71
30	2006-07	63	solid(Fri)	0.24	-1%	32	82	58	58
31	2007-08	55	flop	0.21	-12%	36	88	48	57
32	2008-09	64	solid(Fri)	0.24	+16%	40	116	57	53
33	2009-10	58	flop	0.22	-10%	32	99	82	46
34	2010-11	58	flop	0.22	+1%	39	79	63	59
35	2011-12	60	solid(Fri)	0.23	+3%	38	89	51	51
36	2012-13	69	solid(Fri)	0.26	+14%	43	85	85	66
37	2013-14	78	hit(Fri)	0.30	+13%	48	101	69	85
38	2014-15	75	hit(Fri)	0.29	-3%	48	101	95	65
39	2015-16	76	hit(Fri)	0.29	+1%	48	117	89	82
40	2016-17	70	solid(Fri)	0.27	-8%	49	106	57	49
41	2017-18	51	flop	0.19	-28%	37	77	51	37
42	2018-19	67	solid(Fri)	0.25	+32%	43	87	72	43
43	2019-20	70	solid(Fri)	0.26	+4%	48	99	68	74
44	2020-21	77	hit(Fri)	0.29	+10%	57	101	84	74
45	2021-22	83	hit(Fri)	0.31	+7%	53	200	69	69
46	2022-23	80	hit(Fri)	0.30	-4%	45	115	75	45
47	2023-24	74	solid(Fri)	0.28	-7%	53	111	76	55

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48 Hours (1999-24)

Seas	Year	Slot	Avg	y2y	Lo	Hi	Results	Grade
11	1999-00	Thu 10:00, Mon 10:00	3.10		1.8	6.9
12	2000-01	Thursday 8:00	3.08		1.8	4.6
13	2001-02	Fri 10:00, Wed 10:00	2.52		1.3	4.7
14	2002-03	Fri 8:00, Wed 10:00	2.45	-3%	1.8	4.1
15	2003-04	Sat 8:00, Wed 10:00	2.37	-4%	1.5	3.5
16	2004-05	Saturday 10:00	2.12	-11%	1.6	3.1
17	2005-06		Saturday 10:00	2.08	-2%	1.4			3.0
18	2006-07		Saturday 10:00	2.07	0%	1.2			2.8
19	2007-08		Saturday 10:00	1.64	-21%	0.8			2.4
20	2008-09		Saturday 10:00	1.61	-2%	1.2			2.2
21	2009-10		Saturday 10:00	1.34	-16%	1.0			1.7
22	2010-11		Saturday 10:00	1.20	-11%	0.8			1.7
23	2011-12		Saturday 10:00	1.16	-4%	0.9	1.3		detail
24	2012-13		Saturday 10:00	1.00	-13%	0.7	1.3		detail
25	2013-14		Saturday 10:00	0.83	-17%	0.5	1.2		detail
26	2014-15		Saturday 10:00	0.82	-2%	0.6	1.1		detail
27	2015-16		Saturday 10:00	0.81	-1%	0.5	1.0		detail
28	2016-17		Saturday 10:00	0.65	-20%	0.4	0.8		detail
29	2017-18		Saturday 10:00	0.54	-16%	0.4	0.9		detail
30	2018-19		Saturday 10:00	0.50	-8%	0.3	0.7		detail
31	2019-20		Saturday 10:00	0.42	-17%	0.3	0.5		detail
32	2020-21		Saturday 10:00	0.33	-21%	0.2	0.4	detail
33	2021-22		Saturday 10:00	0.28	-17%	0.2	0.4
34	2022-23		Saturday 10:00	0.22	-22%	0.0	0.5
35	2023-24		Saturday 10:00	0.20	-6%	0.1	0.3	detail

Seas	Year	A18-49+	Label	Now24	y2y	Lo	Hi	Premiere	Finale
11	1999-00	64	flop	0.24		37.42	143	67	54
12	2000-01	64	flop			37.44	96	44	37
13	2001-02	59	flop	0.22		30.24	109	70	86
14	2002-03	56	flop	0.21	-4%	41.17	94	43	66
15	2003-04	58	flop	0.22	+4%	36.95	86	42	57
16	2004-05	52	flop	0.20	-11%	39.30	76	61	39
17	2005-06	51	flop	0.19	-1%	34.48	74	49	39
18	2006-07	55	flop	0.21	+7%	31.86	74	64	48
19	2007-08	50	flop	0.19	-10%	24.18	73	45	42
20	2008-09	53	flop	0.20	+8%	39.90	73	60	50
21	2009-10	48	flop	0.18	-11%	35.53	60	50	53
22	2010-11	47	flop	0.18	-1%	31.46	67	51	43
23	2011-12	49	flop	0.19	+3%	38.10	55	51	42
24	2012-13	48	flop	0.18	-3%	33.24	62	43	38
25	2013-14	44	flop	0.17	-7%	26.54	64	53	42
26	2014-15	49	flop	0.18	+10%	35.68	65	59	54
27	2015-16	55	flop	0.21	+14%	34.34	69	55	34
28	2016-17	53	flop	0.20	-5%	32.65	65	65	33
29	2017-18	50	flop	0.19	-6%	33.78	82	39	46
30	2018-19	52	flop	0.20	+6%	33.66	72	60	37
31	2019-20	51	flop	0.19	-3%	39.05	63	46	52
32	2020-21	51	flop	0.19	+1%	38.76	62	39	48
33	2021-22	54	flop	0.20	+5%	31.36	82	43	31
34	2022-23	50	flop	0.19	-6%	9.38	115	54	42
35	2023-24	53	flop	0.20	+5%	39.53	76	58	53

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60 Minutes (1999-24)

Seas	Year	Slot	Avg	y2y	Lo	Hi	Results	Grade
32	1999-00	Sunday 7:00	4.12		2.7	6.8
33	2000-01		Sunday 7:00	3.76		2.2			5.0
34	2001-02		Sunday 7:00	3.24		1.9			5.0
35	2002-03		Sunday 7:00	2.88	-11%	1.9			5.2
36	2003-04		Sunday 7:00	3.03	+5%	1.7			5.6
37	2004-05		Sunday 7:00	3.14	+3%	1.7			5.4
38	2005-06		Sunday 7:00	3.03	-4%	1.8			5.6
39	2006-07		Sunday 7:00	2.75	-9%	1.6			4.9
40	2007-08		Sunday 7:00	2.56	-7%	1.4			5.0
41	2008-09		Sunday 7:00	2.73	+7%	1.5			6.3
42	2009-10		Sunday 7:00	2.37	-13%	1.1			4.0
43	2010-11		Sunday 7:00	2.27	-4%	1.4			4.0
44	2011-12		Sunday 7:00	2.29	+1%	1.2	4.8		detail
45	2012-13		Sunday 7:00	2.11	-8%	1.2	4.9		detail
46	2013-14		Sunday 7:00	1.96	-7%	1.0	4.0		detail
47	2014-15		Sunday 7:00	1.73	-12%	0.8	3.9		detail
48	2015-16		Sunday 7:00	1.62	-6%	0.5	4.8	detail	B+
49	2016-17		Sunday 7:00	1.55	-4%	0.6	3.4	detail	B+
50	2017-18		Sunday 7:00	1.33	-14%	0.7	4.0	detail	C+
51	2018-19		Sunday 7:00	1.22	-9%	0.6	2.5	detail	B
52	2019-20		Sunday 7:00	1.10	-10%	0.6	2.2	detail	B
53	2020-21		Sunday 7:00	1.10	+0%	0.5	2.5	detail	B+
54	2021-22		Sunday 7:00	0.88	-20%	0.4	1.8	detail	B-
55	2022-23		Sunday 7:00	0.78	-12%	0.4	1.6	detail	B
56	2023-24		Sunday 7:00	0.67	-15%	0.3	1.4	detail	B-

Seas	Year	A18-49+	Label	Now24	y2y	Lo	Hi	Premiere	Finale
32	1999-00	86	marginal	0.33		56	141	62	71
33	2000-01	78	marginal			46	104	92	54
34	2001-02	75	marginal	0.29		44	116	70	60
35	2002-03	66	flop	0.25	-12%	43	119	75	46
36	2003-04	75	marginal	0.28	+13%	42	138	64	47
37	2004-05	77	marginal	0.29	+3%	42	133	52	42
38	2005-06	75	marginal	0.28	-3%	44	138	116	44
39	2006-07	73	marginal	0.28	-2%	42	130	61	48
40	2007-08	77	marginal	0.29	+6%	42	151	82	48
41	2008-09	91	marginal	0.34	+17%	50	209	73	50
42	2009-10	84	marginal	0.32	-7%	39	142	114	39
43	2010-11	89	marginal	0.34	+6%	55	157	122	63
44	2011-12	97	marginal	0.37	+9%	51	203	97	63
45	2012-13	100	solid	0.38	+3%	57	233	81	57
46	2013-14	104	solid	0.40	+4%	53	212	74	69
47	2014-15	103	solid	0.39	-1%	48	232	208	59
48	2015-16	111	solid	0.42	+8%	34	330	199	34
49	2016-17	127	hit	0.48	+14%	49	278	212	65
50	2017-18	122	solid	0.46	-4%	62	365	249	73
51	2018-19	128	hit	0.49	+5%	66	262	227	81
52	2019-20	134	hit	0.51	+5%	76	268	225	87
53	2020-21	171	big hit	0.65	+27%	71	387	250	112
54	2021-22	173	big hit	0.66	+2%	76	345	153	110
55	2022-23	183	big hit	0.69	+5%	98	363	134	115
56	2023-24	176	big hit	0.67	-4%	71	372	121	145

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America's Funniest Home Videos (1999-24)

Seas	Year	Slot	Avg	y2y	Lo	Hi	Results	Grade
10	1999-00	Thu 9:00, Sat 8:00	3.57		2.7	4.7
11	2001	Friday 8:00	2.64	-26%	2.1	4.1
12	2001-02		Friday 8:00	2.70	+2%	2.1			3.6
13	2002-03		Friday 8:00	3.23	+20%	2.5			4.3
14	2003-04	Sunday 7:00	2.63	-19%	2.2	3.2
15	2004-05		Sunday 7:00	2.75	+5%	1.9			3.5
16	2005-06		Sunday 7:00	2.82	+2%	2.1			3.5
17	2006-07		Sunday 7:00	2.61	-7%	1.8			3.4
18	2007-08		Sunday 7:00	2.36	-9%	1.7			2.9
19	2008-09		Sunday 7:00	2.15	-9%	1.6			2.8
20	2009-10		Sunday 7:00	2.03	-6%	1.6			2.7
21	2010-11		Sunday 7:00	1.77	-13%	1.4			2.2
22	2011-12		Sunday 7:00	1.60	-10%	1.1	2.2		detail
23	2012-13		Sunday 7:00	1.49	-7%	1.3	1.8		detail
24	2013-14		Sunday 7:00	1.40	-6%	1.0	1.6		detail
25	2014-15		Sunday 7:00	1.33	-5%	0.9	1.7		detail
26	2015-16		Sunday 7:00	1.03	-23%	0.7	1.3	detail	C-
27	2016-17		Sunday 7:00	0.94	-9%	0.7	1.2	detail	B+
28	2017-18	Sun 8:00, Sun 7:00	1.01	+8%	0.8	1.4	detail	A-
29	2018-19	Sun 7:00, Sun 8:00	0.90	-11%	0.6	1.3	detail	B+
30	2019-20	Sunday 7:00	0.77	-15%	0.5	1.1	detail	B
31	2020-21		Sunday 7:00	0.67	-12%	0.5	0.8	detail	A-
32	2021-22		Sunday 7:00	0.56	-16%	0.4	0.8	detail	B
33	2022-23		Sunday 7:00	0.48	-15%	0.3	0.7		B
34	2023-24		Sunday 7:00	0.42	-12%	0.3	0.6	detail	B

Seas	Year	A18-49+	Label	Now24	y2y	Lo	Hi	Premiere	Finale
10	1999-00	74	solid(Fri)	0.28		56	98	98	56
11	2001	55	flop	0.21	-26%	44	85	44	52
12	2001-02	63	solid(Fri)	0.24	+14%	49	84	58	60
13	2002-03	74	solid(Fri)	0.28	+18%	57	98	64	69
14	2003-04	65	flop	0.25	-12%	54	79	59	69
15	2004-05	68	flop	0.26	+4%	47	86	47	54
16	2005-06	69	flop	0.26	+3%	52	86	64	59
17	2006-07	69	flop	0.26	0%	48	90	72	58
18	2007-08	71	marginal	0.27	+3%	51	88	79	51
19	2008-09	71	marginal	0.27	+0%	53	93	86	53
20	2009-10	72	marginal	0.27	+1%	57	96	78	71
21	2010-11	70	marginal	0.26	-3%	55	87	75	63
22	2011-12	68	flop	0.26	-3%	47	93	63	63
23	2012-13	71	marginal	0.27	+4%	62	85	71	81
24	2013-14	74	marginal	0.28	+5%	53	85	64	85
25	2014-15	79	marginal	0.30	+6%	54	101	71	83
26	2015-16	70	marginal	0.27	-11%	48	89	76	69
27	2016-17	76	marginal	0.29	+8%	57	98	82	65
28	2017-18	92	marginal	0.35	+21%	77	126	79	82
29	2018-19	94	marginal	0.36	+2%	59	139	84	59
30	2019-20	93	marginal	0.35	-1%	65	129	93	74
31	2020-21	104	solid	0.39	+11%	84	132	92	93
32	2021-22	110	solid	0.42	+6%	76	167	98	98
33	2022-23	113	solid	0.43	+2%	80	171	80	91
34	2023-24	112	solid	0.42	-1%	71	153	92	132

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Dateline Fri (1999-24)

Seas	Year	Slot	Avg	y2y	Lo	Hi	Results	Grade
8	1999-00	Friday 9:00	3.93		3.2	5.1
9	2000-01		Friday 9:00	3.57		2.4			5.5
10	2001-02	Friday (various)	3.41		2.5	4.3
11	2002-03		Friday (various)	3.13	-8%	1.6			3.9
12	2003-04		Friday (various)	2.86	-9%	2.1			4.6
13	2004-05		Friday (various)	2.35	-18%	1.7			3.1
14	2005-06		Friday (various)	2.37	+0%	1.4			3.8
15	2006-07		Friday (various)	2.10	-11%	1.6			3.2
16	2007-08		Friday (various)	1.96	-7%	1.4			3.2
17	2008-09		Friday (various)	1.46	-26%	1.1			2.1
18	2009-10		Friday (various)	1.54	+6%	1.3			2.0
19	2010-11		Friday (various)	1.42	-8%	0.7			1.9
20	2011-12		Friday (various)	1.32	-7%	0.8	2.0		detail
21	2012-13		Friday (various)	1.29	-2%	0.8	2.0		detail
22	2013-14		Friday (various)	1.26	-2%	1.0	1.5		detail
23	2014-15		Friday (various)	1.16	-8%	0.9	1.5		detail
24	2015-16		Friday (various)	1.01	-13%	0.8	1.4	detail	B
25	2016-17		Friday (various)	0.93	-8%	0.7	1.2	detail	B+
26	2017-18		Friday (various)	0.80	-14%	0.6	1.0	detail	B-
27	2018-19		Friday (various)	0.57	-28%	0.4	0.8	detail	C+
28	2019-20	Friday 9:00	0.56	-3%	0.4	0.7	detail	B
29	2020-21	Fri 10:00, Fri 9:00	0.41	-27%	0.3	0.5	detail	C
30	2021-22	Friday 9:00	0.37	-8%	0.3	0.5	detail	A-
31	2022-23		Friday 9:00	0.31	-17%	0.2	0.5	detail	B-
32	2023-24		Friday 9:00	0.26	-16%	0.2	0.3	detail	B-

Seas	Year	A18-49+	Label	Now24	y2y	Lo	Hi	Premiere	Finale
8	1999-00	82	hit(Fri)	0.31		67	106	81	85
9	2000-01	74	solid(Fri)			50	114	87
10	2001-02	79	hit(Fri)	0.30		58	100	98	67
11	2002-03	71	solid(Fri)	0.27	-10%	37	89	75	37
12	2003-04	70	solid(Fri)	0.27	-2%	52	113	69	54
13	2004-05	58	flop	0.22	-18%	42	76	76	69
14	2005-06	58	flop	0.22	+1%	34	94	52	47
15	2006-07	56	flop	0.21	-4%	42	85	85	45
16	2007-08	59	flop	0.22	+6%	42	97	57	42
17	2008-09	48	flop	0.18	-18%	37	70	37	43
18	2009-10	55	flop	0.21	+13%	46	71	53	53
19	2010-11	56	flop	0.21	+2%	28	75	63	43
20	2011-12	56	flop	0.21	0%	34	85	85	68
21	2012-13	61	solid(Fri)	0.23	+10%	38	95	43	52
22	2013-14	67	solid(Fri)	0.25	+9%	53	80	69	69
23	2014-15	69	solid(Fri)	0.26	+3%	54	89	83	54
24	2015-16	69	solid(Fri)	0.26	+0%	55	96	69	62
25	2016-17	76	hit(Fri)	0.29	+9%	57	98	82	73
26	2017-18	73	solid(Fri)	0.28	-3%	53	94	83	73
27	2018-19	60	solid(Fri)	0.23	-17%	46	84	73	58
28	2019-20	68	solid(Fri)	0.26	+13%	54	83	70	60
29	2020-21	63	solid(Fri)	0.24	-7%	45	78	62	59
30	2021-22	73	solid(Fri)	0.28	+16%	51	96	82	67
31	2022-23	73	solid(Fri)	0.28	-1%	49	115	77	70
32	2023-24	69	solid(Fri)	0.26	-6%	45	90	66	69

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What Would You Do? (2008-24)

Seas	Year	Slot	Avg	y2y	Lo	Hi	Results	Grade
1	Winter 2008	Tuesday 10:00	2.75		2.1	3.1	detail
2	Winter 2009		Tuesday 10:00	2.31	-16%	1.7			2.8	detail
3	Summer 2010	Friday 9:00	1.90	-18%	1.8	2.0			detail
4	2010-11		Friday 9:00	1.44	-24%	1.1	1.9		detail
5	2012		Friday 9:00	1.43	-1%	1.1	1.7		detail
6	2012-13		Friday 9:00	1.29	-10%	1.0	1.7		detail
7	2013-14	Tue 10:00, Fri 9:00	1.03	-20%	0.5	1.4	detail
8	Summer 2015	Friday 9:00	0.98	-4%	0.8	1.3	detail
9	2016	Tuesday 10:00	0.71	-27%	0.6	0.9	detail
10	Summer 2017	Friday 9:00	0.69	-4%	0.6	0.9	detail
11	Summer 2018		Friday 9:00	0.52	-25%	0.4	0.8		detail
12	Summer 2019		Friday 9:00	0.42	-18%	0.3	0.5		detail
13	Summer 2020	Tuesday 10:00	0.37	-12%	0.3	0.5	detail
14	Winter Spring 2024	Sunday 10:00	0.26		0.2	0.3	detail

Seas	Year	A18-49+	Label	Now24	y2y	Lo	Hi	Premiere	Finale
1	Winter 2008	83	marginal	0.32		63	94	88	94
2	Winter 2009	77	marginal	0.29	-8%	57	93	90	86
3	Summer 2010	68	solid(Fri)	0.26	-12%	64	71	68	64
4	2010-11	57	flop	0.22	-16%	43	75	67	51
5	2012	61	solid(Fri)	0.23	+7%	47	72	68	47
6	2012-13	61	solid(Fri)	0.23	+1%	47	81	81	52
7	2013-14	55	flop	0.21	-11%	27	74	53	48
8	Summer 2015	59	flop	0.22	+7%	48	77	77	48
9	2016	49	flop	0.19	-16%	41	62	48	55
10	Summer 2017	56	flop	0.21	+15%	49	73	73	57
11	Summer 2018	47	flop	0.18	-16%	37	70	55	40
12	Summer 2019	44	flop	0.17	-6%	37	48	48	45
13	Summer 2020	45	flop	0.17	+3%	35	61	55	35
14	Winter Spring 2024	70	marginal	0.26		47	90	84	61