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During the fifth week of the 2013-2014 season (October 21-27), The Big Bang Theory topped the rankings for the week's DVR viewing adults 18-49 ratings added between the Live+Same Day period (as reported in all our other ratings posts) and the Live + 7 Day measurement periods gaining 2.7 adults 18-49 ratings points.
Beauty And The Beast topped the % adults 18-49 ratings increase from DVR viewing, adding 100% to its Live+Same Day adults 18-49 ratings.
The Blacklist topped the total viewers increase from DVR viewing adding 6.204 million viewers to ts Live+Same Day viewreship.
We'll add the total viewership table when that data arrives on Monday.
Largest 18-49 Ratings Increase From DVR Viewing for Broadcast TV Shows:
| Shows | Net | 18-49 L+SD (rating) | 18-49 L+7 (Rating) | Post Airdate Increase (Absolute) | Post Airdate Increase (%) |
| Big Bang Theory, THE | CBS | 5.2 | 7.9 | +2.7 | 52% |
| BLACKLIST | NBC | 3.0 | 5.0 | +2.0 | 67% |
| GREY'S ANATOMY | ABC | 2.8 | 4.6 | +1.8 | 64% |
| MARVEL AGENTS S.H.I.E.L.D | ABC | 2.7 | 4.4 | +1.7 | 63% |
| Modern Family | ABC | 3.9 | 5.6 | +1.7 | 44% |
| SCANDAL | ABC | 2.9 | 4.5 | +1.6 | 55% |
| New Girl | FOX | 1.8 | 3.3 | +1.5 | 83% |
| How I Met Your Mother | CBS | 3.0 | 4.4 | +1.4 | 47% |
| Elementary | CBS | 1.8 | 3.2 | +1.4 | 78% |
| Castle | ABC | 1.9 | 3.3 | +1.4 | 74% |
| Grimm | NBC | 1.8 | 3.0 | +1.2 | 67% |
| DRACULA | NBC | 1.8 | 3.0 | +1.2 | 67% |
| Criminal Minds | CBS | 2.7 | 3.9 | +1.2 | 44% |
| Chicago Fire | NBC | 2.1 | 3.3 | +1.2 | 57% |
| Nashville | ABC | 1.6 | 2.8 | +1.2 | 75% |
| Once Upon A Time | ABC | 2.2 | 3.4 | +1.2 | 55% |
| NCIS | CBS | 3.1 | 4.2 | +1.1 | 35% |
| REVENGE | ABC | 1.4 | 2.5 | +1.1 | 79% |
| Person Of Interest | CBS | 2.2 | 3.3 | +1.1 | 50% |
| CSI | CBS | 2.1 | 3.1 | +1.0 | 48% |
| REVOLUTION | NBC | 1.4 | 2.4 | +1.0 | 71% |
| Law And Order:SVU | NBC | 1.4 | 2.4 | +1.0 | 71% |
| Mentalist, THE | CBS | 1.3 | 2.3 | +1.0 | 77% |
| PARENTHOOD | CBS | 1.3 | 2.3 | +1.0 | 77% |
| Two and a Half Men | CBS | 2.3 | 3.2 | +0.9 | 39% |
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Largest 18-49 Percentage Increase From DVR Viewing for Broadcast TV Shows:
| Shows | Net | 18-49 L+SD (Rating) | 18-49 L+7 (Rating) | Post Airdate Increase (Absolute) | Post Airdate Increase (%) |
| Beauty And The Beast | CW | 0.3 | 0.6 | +0.3 | 100% |
| ORIGINALS | CW | 0.9 | 1.7 | +0.8 | 89% |
| New Girl | FOX | 1.8 | 3.3 | +1.5 | 83% |
| REVENGE | ABC | 1.4 | 2.5 | +1.1 | 79% |
| Elementary | CBS | 1.8 | 3.2 | +1.4 | 78% |
| Mentalist, THE | CBS | 1.3 | 2.3 | +1.0 | 77% |
| PARENTHOOD | NBC | 1.3 | 2.3 | +1.0 | 77% |
| Nashville | ABC | 1.6 | 2.8 | +1.2 | 75% |
| Castle | ABC | 1.9 | 3.3 | +1.4 | 74% |
| REVOLUTION | NBC | 1.4 | 2.4 | +1.0 | 71% |
| Law And Order:SVU | CBS | 1.4 | 2.4 | +1.0 | 71% |
| HOSTAGES | CBS | 1.2 | 2.0 | +0.8 | 67% |
| CARRIE DIARIES | CW | 0.3 | 0.5 | +0.2 | 67% |
| BLACKLIST | NBC | 3.0 | 5.0 | +2.0 | 67% |
| Grimm | NBC | 1.8 | 3.0 | +1.2 | 67% |
| DRACULA | NBC | 1.8 | 3.0 | +1.2 | 67% |
| GREY'S ANATOMY | ABC | 2.8 | 4.6 | +1.8 | 64% |
| Hawaii Five-0 | CBS | 1.4 | 2.3 | +0.9 | 64% |
| MARVEL AGENTS S.H.I.E.L.D | ABC | 2.7 | 4.4 | +1.7 | 63% |
| Hart Of Dixie | CW | 0.5 | 0.8 | +0.3 | 60% |
| Chicago Fire | NBC | 2.1 | 3.3 | +1.2 | 57% |
| BETRAYAL | ABC | 0.9 | 1.4 | +0.5 | 56% |
| Arrow | CW | 0.9 | 1.4 | +0.5 | 56% |
| SCANDAL | ABC | 2.9 | 4.5 | +1.6 | 55% |
| Once Upon A Time | ABC | 2.2 | 3.4 | +1.2 | 55% |
The 18-49 Demo % Increase From DVR Viewing ranks which of the top broadcast shows [by Live+7 18-49 ratings] had the largest percentage adults 18-49 ratings increase in viewing by DVR in their adults 18-49 Live+7 audience numbers from viewers watching shows after the airdate on their digital video recorders (DVRs).
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Largest Viewership Increase From DVR Viewing for Broadcast TV Shows:
| Rank | Shows | Net | Viewership L+SD (000) | Viewership L+7 (000) | Post Airdate Increase (Absolute) | Post Airdate Increase (%) |
| 1 | BLACKLIST | NBC | 10,437 | 16,641 | +6,204 | 59% |
| 2 | Big Bang Theory, THE | CBS | 16,985 | 22,975 | +5,990 | 35% |
| 3 | Castle | ABC | 10,592 | 15,259 | +4,667 | 44% |
| 4 | Elementary | CBS | 8,717 | 13,165 | +4,448 | 51% |
| 5 | Person Of Interest | CBS | 13,171 | 17,330 | +4,159 | 32% |
| 6 | SCANDAL | ABC | 8,620 | 12,642 | +4,022 | 47% |
| 7 | GREY'S ANATOMY | ABC | 8,734 | 12,666 | +3,932 | 45% |
| 8 | Modern Family | ABC | 10,317 | 14,218 | +3,901 | 38% |
| 9 | MARVEL AGENTS S.H.I.E.L.D | ABC | 7,395 | 11,155 | +3,760 | 51% |
| 10 | Chicago Fire | NBC | 7,452 | 10,995 | +3,543 | 48% |
| 11 | NCIS | CBS | 19,163 | 22,700 | +3,537 | 18% |
| 12 | Mentalist, THE | CBS | 8,825 | 12,350 | +3,525 | 40% |
| 13 | Blue Bloods | CBS | 11,217 | 14,654 | +3,437 | 31% |
| 14 | CSI | CBS | 10,449 | 13,883 | +3,434 | 33% |
| 15 | Hawaii Five-0 | CBS | 9,442 | 12,708 | +3,266 | 35% |
| 16 | Criminal Minds | CBS | 11,552 | 14,678 | +3,126 | 27% |
| 17 | Grimm | NBC | 6,150 | 9,230 | +3,080 | 50% |
| 18 | Nashville | ABC | 5,463 | 8,456 | +2,993 | 55% |
| 19 | REVENGE | ABC | 5,650 | 8,388 | +2,738 | 48% |
| 20 | Good Wife, THE | CBS | 9,350 | 12,042 | +2,692 | 29% |
| 21 | DRACULA | NBC | 5,261 | 7,941 | +2,680 | 51% |
| 22 | NCIS: LOS ANGELES | CBS | 14,917 | 17,523 | +2,606 | 17% |
| 23 | Law And Order:SVU | NBC | 5,526 | 8,106 | +2,580 | 47% |
| 24 | Two and a Half Men | CBS | 8,528 | 11,098 | +2,570 | 30% |
| 25 | REVOLUTION | NBC | 5,038 | 7,532 | +2,494 | 50% |
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The average viewership increase From DVR Viewing ranks which of the top broadcast shows [by Live+7 viewers] had the largest absolute increase in average viewership by DVR between the Live + Same Day and Live + 7 day ratings measurements.
To see the previous most DVR'd TV Shows lists click here.
Definitions:
DVR (Time-shifted) Adults 18-49 Ratings – Program ratings for national sources are produced in three streams of data Live, Live+Same Day (Live+SD) and Live+7 Day. Time shifted figures account for incremental viewing that takes place with DVRs.
Live+Same Day(Live+SD) ratings include viewing during the same broadcast day as the original telecast, with a cut-off of 3:00AM local time when meters transmit daily viewing to Nielsen for processing.
Live+7 Day ratings include incremental viewing that takes place during the 7 days following a telecast.
DVR Ratings Increase Past Airdate - How many people watched the show on their DVRs within 7 days following the airdate
Until the 2009-2010 season, we used a show's LIVE program rating or viewership as the base upon which the LIVE+7 day DVR viewing was added. Now, the press seems to be standardizing around using LIVE+SAME DAY DVR viewing as the base for the calculations, so that's what we do now as well.
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Very good number for Greys this season
I dont remember HOD getting a 0.5 live this season?
The Originals is doing very well, I’d like to know what SPN got that week?
revenge got a 79 percent increase
Does anyone have the Live+7 figure for The Vampire Diaries, please?
Yay TCD making it to the list.
Great numbers for the Blacklist. The Blacklist is wonderful.
@Sara/Bill/Robert
Bones numbers please?
@readmc
Sometimes (in very rare cases) there seem to be adjustments after the finals, guess this was the case for HoD on Oct 21.
Great for Castle! I’m not positive, but I think it might be its highest DVR numbers yet.
So that’s what’s happening to Revenge. Abc needs to move it ASAP.
Those are very high numbers for The Originals!
@reedmac
HOD was pre-empted in New York and Chicago that day. Those numbers get added in with this report.
CBS should have never moved POI. Look at these numbers they are great.
originals looks crazy high..number 2 show on cw with 7day ratings but no backorder