Audience Insight 2015

Audience Insight 2015 PBS Research publishes this annual audience review for the most recent complete TV season. Public television professionals from programmers and general managers to marketing and development staff will find useful information about the composition of our audiences, the performance of our national programming service, and the competitive landscape. This year, for the first time, we ve folded in valuable information on how PBS content is being consumed on platforms beyond traditional television, data on PBS KIDS content, and trends in the US population and media usage. This book is the most visible expression of a broader strand of work we refer to as Audience Insight. We also produce sessions for the PBS Annual Meeting, providing information on how PBS content is performing during the current season and other topics of interest to meeting attendees. The session is also made available as a webinar for stations, and we offer a number of research-based seminars throughout the year, including quarterly audience reviews, Ratings 101, and mining Nielsen s custom reports. In addition, the Research section of mypbs offers a large selection of downloadable reports including: Past Audience Insight books and webinars Post-Broadcast Analyses on most limited series Quarterly National Audience reports Monthly PBS KIDS reports with TV ratings and digital data Audience profiles by genre to aid in securing underwriting PBS local station lists by DMA and DMA maps Nielsen news, including local and national industry reports published by Nielsen [For local Nielsen clients] Station Audience Reports and County Coverage Reports For more information contact: Beth Walsh, bwalsh@pbs.org For additional copies contact: Gail Malloy, gmalloy@pbs.org Designed and produced by City Square Associates, Inc., May 4, 2016, Version 1.0 Audience Insight 2015 Annual Report Primetime Profile September 22, 2014 - September 20, 2015 With Comparisons to the 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 Seasons

REFERENCE TOOLS TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 ABOUT THIS BOOK 2 GLOSSARY PART I: PRIMETIME SEASON OVERVIEW 4 PRIMETIME RATINGS BY WEEK; STREAMS AND PRIMETIME RATINGS BY WEEK 5 PRIMETIME RATINGS BY NIGHT; PRIMETIME AUDIENCE COMPOSITION 6 PRIMETIME HH RATINGS FOR TOP 30 NETWORKS 7 PBS VIEWER INDICES: BROADCAST AND CABLE PART II: PRIMETIME SERIES BY GENRE 10 PRIMETIME SERIES RANKER 11 PRIMETIME RATINGS BY GENRE 12 GREAT PERFORMANCES 13 AMERICAN MASTERS 14 PBS FESTIVAL 15 LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER/ THE GREAT BRITISH BAKING SHOW 16 ONE-OFFS & LIMITED SERIES 17 MASTERPIECE 18 CALL THE MIDWIFE/ LAST TANGO IN HALIFAX 19 DRAMA ONE-OFFS & LIMITED SERIES 20 NATURE 21 NOVA 22 SCIENCE/NATURE ONE-OFFS & LIMITED SERIES 23 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW 24 AMERICAN EXPERIENCE 25 FINDING YOUR ROOTS/ GENEALOGY ROADSHOW 26 HISTORY/PERSONAL HISTORY ONE-OFFS & LIMITED SERIES 27 INDEPENDENT LENS 28 POV/ INDIE FILM ONE-OFFS & LIMITED SERIES 29 FRONTLINE 30 NEWSHOUR /NEWSHOUR WEEKEND 31 CHARLIE ROSE-THE WEEK 32 WASHINGTON WEEK/ NEWS/PUBLIC AFFAIRS ONE-OFFS & LIMITED SERIES 33 PROGRAM AUDIENCE AFFINITIES 34 PRIMETIME AUDIENCE COMPOSITION BY SERIES 36 INDICES OF CONTRIBUTOR STATUS AND CONSUMER BEHAVIORS PUBLIC INDIE PERSONAL SCIENCE/ AFFAIRS FILM HISTORY NATURE DRAMA PART III: DAYTIME/ KIDS SEASON OVERVIEW 40 KIDS 2-8 RATINGS: PBS AND OTHER NETWORKS; KIDS AUDIENCE COMPOSITION 41 KIDS SHARE OF VIEWING;KIDS STREAMING BY PLATFORM 42 KIDS AUDIENCE COMPOSITION BY PROGRAM REFERENCE TOOLS 44 U.S. POPULATION TRENDS; CHANNELS RECEIVED VS. TUNED 45 TECHNOLOGY TRENDS; DAILY TIME SPENT USING MEDIA TECHNOLOGY TRENDS PERCENT OF TV HOUSEHOLDS...... When the U.S. economy plummeted in 2008 there were bold predictions of how Americans were going to cut the cord, dropping their pay TV (cable/satellite) subscriptions. However, that has been slow to happen. The percentage of homes which rely on over-the-air reception edged up to 11% in 2015 and Nielsen added a new category of homes that can only watch video through the internet on a TV or monitor. There are about 3 million of these Broadband-only homes today. DVR penetration is poised to reach the 50% mark soon, but has leveled off. Nielsen has begun to monitor the presence of additional services and devices in US TV households: Subscription videoon-demand services (for example, Netflix and Amazon Prime) were available in 40% of all U.S. homes. And multimedia devices (for example, Roku, Apple TV, Google Chromecast, Amazon Fire) are now in 19% of homes. These devices and services account for some of the erosion in Live TV usage seen in the chart below. * Not measured in this year DAILY TIME SPENT USING MEDIA PERSONS 18+ Live TV Time- Shifted TV AM/FM Radio All Computer Use All Smartphone Use Gaming Console DVD/Bluray Device Multi-media Device 4:55 0:35 2:42 1:07 1:27 5:10 0:34 2:46 1:07 1:12 5:11 0:29 2:48 1:03 0:58 Although live TV remains the single largest component of daily media consumption, the amount of time spent watching live TV has declined by 16 minutes since 2013, as adults 18+ acquire more time- and place-shifting devices on which to consume video. Thanks to DVRs, video game consoles and new multimedia devices like Roku and Apple TV boxes, the audience fragmentation brought about through time-shifting continues to increase. As smartphone penetration increases, so too does time spent consuming video and using the internet on smartphones. Meanwhile, listening to AM/FM radio continues to be second only to live television as a share of consumers daily media usage. 45

U.S. POPULATION TRENDS UNIVERSE ESTIMATES IN MILLIONS...... Since 2000, the face of the American population has been changing. The total number of television households (as defined by The Nielsen Company) has grown steadily to 116.4 million in 2015, an increase of fifteen percent. But the number of African American, Hispanic and Asian homes has grown by over forty percent over the past fifteen years, comprising thirty percent of all US TV households. And while the American population continues to grow by 14% since 2000 it is aging at the same time. The number of children 2-11 has remained steady over the past fifteen years while the number of adults over the age of 50 has grown by 44% since 2000. * Not measured in this year CHANNELS RECEIVED VS. TUNED HOUSEHOLD Having access to more channels and platforms in the household does not mean that consumers will view more of them. Despite receiving more channels in 2015 (about 200), households are actually tuning to fewer of them (15.9) compared with the previous two years. As noted on the facing page, consumers are increasingly using other devices and platforms to consume content. Channels Tuned Channels Received 44 ABOUT THIS BOOK FROM PBS RESEARCH Welcome to the 2015 edition of the Audience Insight Annual Report. In response to your feedback we have added new content and features this year, creating our most complete season review ever. MORE PROGRAM INFORMATION In addition to metrics for ongoing series, this year s edition also includes data for limited series and one-off specials in every genre. While we ve included information about how programs receiving the highest level of promotion (that is, Epic Pop-outs ) performed, we ve also provided total reach and new viewer stats for programs that received any level of promotion last season, Pop-outs and Vision Events. CROSS-PLATFORM DATA This year s edition for the first time includes streaming data for all the ongoing series. These data are shown in two ways: First, for each episode of most programs, we show the total number of times the episode was streamed. Secondly, for ongoing series, we show the: monthly total streams of that series across all platforms (browser, mobile, and over-the-top devices) compared to the monthly streaming average for all measured series reported in the book. PBS KIDS For the first time, the Audience Insight Annual Report includes information about PBS KIDS. Since the Kids service is such an important part of the National Program Service, and since content consumed during daytime contributes greatly to the PBS cumulative audience every week, we re reporting on how each series performed last season online as well as on air and what kind of kids and households make up our audience during this daypart. OTHER ENHANCEMENTS Population and TV Usage Trends, Video Technology Adoption We ve added a new section this year that provides important context for understanding the data in the rest of the book. This new spread shows trends in the number of TV households and persons, including diverse homes, the average time spent across media sources, and the penetration of devices such as tablets. Member Indices and Consumer Behavior All In One Place Building on last year s introduction of behavioral and attitudinal data for each program s audience, we ve gathered all of this information in a brand new dashboard making it easy to see at a glance how the audiences of the ongoing series compare with each other on attributes like PBS station contributor status and interest in the arts. On individual pages, we ve provided more information on how to interpret the graphics and how to apply the data to your own work. We hope that you ll find this enhanced report a useful tool for your daily work. 1 REFERENCE TOOLS

GLOSSARY Rating or AA (Average Audience) -- Percent of all TV households (or persons) watching during an average minute of a program or time period. Each 1.0 household rating point translates into 1,164,000 households watching in an average minute. The primetime rating includes tuning to all PBS stations, including multi-cast, during an average minute from Monday - Sunday, 8-11pm, plus all DVR playback within seven days. Stream Any time a video starts playing. If the video includes a pre-roll, a stream is counted only after the pre-roll finishes. Live+7 Includes all playback on a DVR within 7 days of the program feed or original time period. Non-Recent Viewers Viewers 18+ of a program who had not watched any PBS station in the prior (non-pledge) month. Heavy Viewers Viewers 18+ are divided into five equal groups according to their time spent viewing PBS. The top 20%, who watch the most PBS, are called Heavy Viewers. Levels of Program Promotion Epic Pop-Out -- An Epic Pop Out receives PBS s highest level of promotional support with the goal of elevating the entire PBS system and attracting the largest audiences possible. Pop-Out -- A Pop Out is a major focus for the PBS system with strong potential to draw in large audiences. Vision Event -- A Vision Event is one that highlights the role PBS plays in sharing compelling stories and content in a way no other media provider can. MRI CONTRIBUTOR AND BEHAVIOR ICONS Arts - those who attend classical music or opera performances. Civic Engagement - a segment classified by MRI through pyschographic statements as Civic Advocates. Members of this segment are likely to have written something that was published, written an article for a magazine or newspaper, contacted media or similar behaviors. Tech Enthusiasts - a segment which includes enthusiastic adopters and regular users of technology. In comparison to Tech-phobes, Tech-Splorers and Tech-Gamers. Financial Investments - those who have any type of financial investments totalling over $250,000. Foreign Travel - those who participate in any kind of foreign travel, whether for business or vacation. Contributor - An adult 18+ who self-reported through the MRI survey as having made a contribution to PBS during the past 12 months. The Nielsen Company SOURCES All Nielsen data come from Nielsen s national PeopleMeter sample for Live+7. Broadcast season dates: 9/22/14-9/20/15, 9/23/13-9/21/14, and 9/24/12-9/22/13. For PBS Kids analysis (pages 40-41), time period data are based on 7AM to 6PM, Monday-Friday viewing. For population and technology trends (pages 44-45), data are taken from Total Audience Report/Q1 2015 and from the Television Audience 2015 Series Universe Estimate Report (March 2015) and report of Average Channels Tuned (December 2015). Nielsen/MRI Fusion (pages 36-37) Data rely on the fused datasets from Nielsen s national PeopleMeter sample (PBS Heavy Viewers) and MRI s persons 18+ sample of respondents. Nielsen broadcast season dates plus MRI waves for October 14-March 15 and April-September 15. Google Analytics (all program pages, plus page 41 bottom) Includes streams from browser, mobile, and OTT platforms. October 2014 September 2015. On program pages, each program s monthly total streams are shown relative to the average across all 17 series included in this book. COMPOSITION BY PROGRAM 43 2

PBS KIDS AUDIENCE HOW TO READ Among Kids 2-8, 43% of the viewing to PBS KIDS programming is done by children in homes where the annual household income is less than $40,000. 42 PART I PRIMETIME SEASON OVERVIEW The 2014-15 season was remarkably stable: The huge success of The Roosevelts at the end of 13-14 drove up that season s average and made it appear that there was a year-over-year decline for PBS during the 14-15 season. In reality, though, the two seasons were virtually identical for 51 of the 52 weeks. This is particularly impressive given the 3% decline in HUT (households using television) and increasing competition not just from other networks but from devices and streaming services. Further, PBS s total digital streams across all platforms closely mirrored those TV viewing levels each week, following the same peaks during Downton Abbey and valleys during national Pledge periods. (page 4) Sunday continued to be the highest-rated night of the week, followed by Mondays, with both nights trending down ever so slightly. Tuesday and Wednesday nights were solid year-over-year and continue to be strong performers. Thursday nights showed the greatest year-over-year declines. (page 5) The primetime audience profile continued to skew toward older females and highly-educated homes, with even greater representation of those groups among heavy viewers and contributors. Heavy viewers were the most likely to be in broadcast-only homes. Contributors were older and less diverse, but with higher median incomes and greater likelihood of having a DVR than our heavy viewers, though still low relative to the US population generally. (page 5) PBS maintained its #5 ranking among all networks, behind only the four major broadcasters and ahead of every single cable network in terms of primetime household ratings. Most of the top-rated broadcast and cable networks struggled to keep pace with their levels from the previous year. There were double-digit declines for USA, Bravo, TNT, TV Land, FX, Syfy, TLC, Travel and TBS. (page 6) When viewing the broadcast networks, PBS viewers flocked to CBS crime procedurals and enjoyed performance competition programs. On cable, our viewers looked to TNT s crime dramas and several HGTV programs, revealing interest in a genre we typically serve up only on the weekends. (page 7) 3 3

PBS KIDS SHARE OF M-F DAYTIME VIEWING Viewing to kids competitive set shrinking; PBS KIDS share stable at 7%; internet connected devices grew to 4% 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 PBS KIDS STREAMING BY PLATFORM TOTAL STREAMS 80% 10% 11% 553,622,727 441,812,461 82% 14% 5% 382,346,093 71% 23% 6% 381,953,669 74% 18% 8% 337,804,535 80% 11% 9% 262,865,135 PBS PRIMETIME HH RATINGS BY WEEK Average audience remains stable with dips during pledge PLEDGE PERIOD 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 PBS STREAMS & PRIMETIME HH RATINGS BY WEEK Winter spike in ratings and streams driven by Masterpiece 2014-2015 Ratings 2014-2015 Streams 4 The bar for each year represents 100% of weekday television usage for kids 2-8. For example, in the 2014-2015 season, PBS accounted for 7% of kids television usage. DEVICES OTHER TV PBS & COMPETITIVE SET Mobile usage accounts for approximately 80% of all digital streams to series 89% 6% 4% 199,996,135 85% 12% 3% 191,256,992 78% 16% 7% 185,875,086 82% 9% 8% MOBILE DESKTOP OTT 169,282,337 81% 10%9% 166,360,002 78% 14% 8% 162,668,132 85% 10% 5% 152,058,198 92% 6%2% 107,465,042 87% 9%4% 41 PBS & COMPETITIVE SET OTHER TV DEVICES

KIDS 2-8 RATINGS: PBS AND OTHER NETWORKS PBS KIDS up by 7%; most rivals down, some by as much as 26% 2013-14 TO 2014-15 CHANGE -30% +30% Color bars indicate percent change over the previous season s Kids 2-8 average audience rating. M-F 7a-6p time period ratings for all competitive networks that are available in at least 50% of US households. PBS KIDS AUDIENCE COMPOSITION DVR penetration low, broadcast-only and education level high in PBS KIDS households ALL TV VIEWERS 7A - 6P ALL TV VIEWERS 7A - 6P, 2-8 YEARS PBS VIEWERS 7A - 6P, 2-8 YEARS MEDIAN AGE: 52 MEDIAN INCOME: $45,200 MEDIAN AGE: 22 MEDIAN INCOME: $40,700 MEDIAN AGE: 6 MEDIAN INCOME: $48,000 40 Note: Education refers to the head of household, and income refers to total household income. PBS PRIMETIME HH RATINGS BY NIGHT Sundays and Mondays continue to be strong PBS PRIMETIME AUDIENCE COMPOSITION Heavy viewers and contributors skew 65+, broadcast-only and college-educated TOTAL PRIMETIME TV VIEWERS PBS PRIMETIME HEAVY PBS VIEWERS CONTRIBUTOR MEDIAN AGE: 50 MEDIAN INCOME: $51,300 MEDIAN AGE: 65 MEDIAN INCOME: $51,300 MEDIAN AGE: 66 MEDIAN INCOME: $51,000 MEDIAN AGE: 69 MEDIAN INCOME: $59,200 5 Note: Education refers to the head of household, and income refers to total household income.

PRIMETIME HH RATINGS FOR TOP 30 NETWORKS PBS #5 among all broadcast and cable networks; remains stable while most of top 30 down year over year HORIZONTAL BAR, ALL NETS OVER.10, DESCENDING ORDER 2013-14 TO 2014-15 CHANGE -28% +12% Color bars indicate percent change over the previous season s household average audience rating. DASHBOARD PLUS OTA AND DVR ARE WE KEEPING THIS??? PART III DAYTIME/ KIDS SEASON OVERVIEW During the 2014-2015 season, the PBS KIDS team was able to offset the decline in kids live TV viewing by launching Odd Squad, implementing an effective scheduling strategy of double stacking the most popular series, and, accompanied by promotional support, succeeded in increasing PBS KIDS ratings. As a result, PBS ranked third among the competitive kids cable networks, based on Kids 2-8 ratings, behind Nickelodeon and Disney Channel, gaining 7% from the prior year. (page 40, top) PBS KIDS is uniquely positioned to reach kids throughout the US; it is available in nearly all TV homes and reaches three-quarters of all children 2-8 annually. Of the PBS weekday audience, nearly one-third of the children watching PBS weekdays are Hispanic, and another third receive their television via an overthe-air signal. (page 40, bottom) With many sources of kids programming available on TV, PBS garners a 7% share of the Kids 2-8 audience weekdays. Altogether PBS and the kids cable networks account for 42% of TV viewing, down from 49% just two years ago. The shifting media landscape is evident as tuning to devices, including DVRs, DVD players, video game consoles, and Internet connected devices now account for 37% of weekday TV time. (page 41, top) With more technologies, devices, and content available than ever before, children are watching their favorite programs on TV, but also online, overthe-top, and on-the-go, with tablets and cell phones available in most homes today. Looking to digital platforms, PBS KIDS series were streamed more than 100 million times each during the 2014-2015 season, led by Daniel Tiger s Neighborhood, which topped the charts at nearly 554 million streams. Mobile usage is growing and currently accounts for approximately 80% of all digital streams to each of the PBS KIDS series. (page 41, bottom.) 39 6

TOP 30 BROADCAST SERIES PBS VIEWER INDICES HOW TO READ The PBS Viewer Index is a calculation of the rating among PBS-viewing households for the top 30 broadcast and cable programs with at least five primetime telecasts (with the obvious exception of one-off events like the Super Bowl and Oscars) relative to the rating among total US TV households. An index above 100 means that PBS viewers are more likely to watch the program than the average TV household. The colorcoding reflects the PBS Viewer Index, where dark green means PBS viewers are more likely to view and dark pink means they are less likely to view than the average US TV household. The size of the bubbles in these charts reflects the size of the audience. TOP 30 CABLE SERIES AVG. PBS INDEX TO HH 86.00 100.00 140.00 HOW TO USE The PBS Viewer Index reveals whether PBS viewers are more or less likely to watch a program than the average TV viewer. The index also helps us identify areas of interest to our viewers, which can help with seeding program development and acquisition ideas. Because PBS viewers are more likely to reside in broadcast-only homes, the broadcast chart contains more titles that over-index for PBS viewers (green). In fact almost all of the top-rated broadcast programs have high PBS viewer indices, with the exception of Empire. The highest-indexing programs for PBS viewers are on CBS, with ABC s Dancing with the Stars, Castle and Modern Family, and NBC s America s Got Talent being the rare exceptions to this affinity for CBS. On cable, many of these top-rated series did NOT appeal to PBS viewers (pink), in particular breakout hits like American Horror Story and Walking Dead. PBS viewers were drawn to AMC s Mad Men, History s Texas Rising, and multiple offerings from TNT. 38 7

STATUS & CONSUMER BEHAVIORS 297 283 267 369 304 320 255 361 351 Contributor 180 Arts 237 201 206 216 224 216 286 268 168 96 91 143 111 148 113 167 152 Civic Engagement 214 215 225 232 204 2.0x 220 180 193 1.9x 224 Tech Enthusiasts 206 220 213 193 156 170 196 2.0x 262 245 Financial Investments (over $250K) 156 184 84 1.3x 216 141 163 159 102 184 Foreign Travel HOW TO USE Among other things, the selected attributes help to illustrate the qualitative differences between PBS viewers and viewers of other programming, helping to make a case, beyond the ratings, for sponsoring PBS shows. For example, if a travel-related business were interested in local sponsorship around a national series, shows like Masterpiece, Call the Midwife, Last Tango in Halifax, and Independent Lens might be good options, since their viewers index the highest for foreign travel. The largest indices for people who attend classical music or opera performances are found with Live from Lincoln Center, suggesting that this might be a good choice for a prospective sponsor in the arts sector. On the other hand, an investment company looking for viewers with high net worth could conceivably consider just about any PBS primetime series, since all over-index for viewers with investments in excess of $250K. What opportunities do you see when you study this chart? 8 37

INDICES OF CONTRIBUTOR 318 353 512 318 250 276 325 322 270 277 239 1.8x 292 3.0x 2.0x 282 465 210 285 333 317 190 206 152 123 137 66 195 181 167 138 119 113 138 227 237 294 2.0x 168 178 170 165 199 239 175 266 272 3.1x 292 167 1.9x 212 197 202 160 251 203 28 1.0x 76 50 91 214 291 294 130 146 152 1-100 101-200 201-300 301-400 401-500 500+ HOW TO READ This chart is based on the fusion of Nielsen audience information for PBS viewers 18+ and MRI data for adults 18+. The indices show how the heaviest viewers of each PBS series compare to all heavy primetime TV viewers age 18+ on a variety of attributes including (on a self-reported basis) having made a contribution to PBS within the last twelve months. To be read across, starting in the upper left of the chart: Great Performances has a Contributor Index of 318, meaning that heavy viewers of Great Performances are about three times more likely than all US heavy primetime viewers to say that they had made a contribution to PBS in the last twelve months. 36 PART II PRIMETIME SERIES BY GENRE Long-running series, for the most part, trended well, especially Masterpiece; and newer recurring series were strong, in particular Call the Midwife. (page 10) Drama dominated the season, easily the highest-rated genre with the most successful program strands. History/Personal History was also a strong genre, but experienced some decline attributable to Antiques Roadshow. (page 11) Smaller audiences came to Independent Film than to the other genres, but those audiences tended be younger than average and more ethnically and racially diverse. (pages 34-35) Programs with promotional support successfully reached new or non-recent viewers - viewers who hadn t watched PBS in the prior (non-pledge) month - versus our normal audience. The Downton Abbey Season 5 premiere was the Epic Pop-out of the year, and reached 13.7 million viewers just for the premiere. (page 19) The audiences for Sunday night programs showed the greatest affinity with each other viewers of Masterpiece were often also watching Call the Midwife or Last Tango in Halifax, while viewers of Great British Baking Show often watched Masterpiece. The NOVA and Nature audiences also overlapped significantly as did the audiences for American Experience, Finding Your Roots, and Genealogy Roadshow. (page 33) In terms of streaming behavior, drama programs were consumed on digital platforms more frequently than any other genre. (pages 17-18). But certain specific titles in other genres also showed above average streaming behavior: NOVA and Frontline were both significantly above the average for all primetime programs. (pages 21 and 29) Great British Baking Show, POV and Frontline had the youngest audiences among PBS s ongoing primetime series, with a median age of 60. The highest median income, by far, was for Masterpiece, and these homes were also the most likely to have a DVR. Broadcast-only homes made up one quarter of the audience for Friday public affairs, both independent film strands, and NOVA. (pages 34-35) The fusion of MRI data with Nielsen ratings reveals that heavier viewers of all PBS series are more likely to be contributing to their local PBS stations. Live from Lincoln Center, Independent Lens, and Washington Week were especially rich with members. Nielsen-MRI fusion also shows that viewers of the independent film strands were likely to include tech enthusiasts, while individuals with high net worth were more likely to be found in the audiences for American Masters and Last Tango in Halifax. Viewers of American Experience, Independent Lens, and Live from Lincoln Center also had the highest index for foreign travel. (pages 36-37) 9

PBS PRIMETIME* SERIES RANKER Masterpiece continues to grow; Antiques Roadshow slipping 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 Masterpiece was well ahead of all other series this season, and saw continued growth for the episodes fed at 9PM. The series also expanded its footprint to include even more episodes at 8PM and 10PM (including Arthur & George, The Paradise, Grantchester, and Wolf Hall, compared to only three episodes of Sherlock and one Downton Pledge event in prior years). Those plays have been grouped into a separate average on this chart, ranking second. Antiques Roadshow continues to be a top-rated PBS show, but it is also trending down, in part because fewer stations are scheduling same-week repeats in prime timeslots. NOVA was a strong performer with solid rating trends. Both American Experience and American Masters slipped a little, but these anthologies are completely topic-driven and based on few episodes. Within independent film, news and public affairs, lower-rated genres generally, the core series trended well, either showing some growth or maintaining audience. * PRIMETIME SERIES WITH AT LEAST FOUR NEW EPISODES THIS SEASON, PLUS NEWSHOUR. AVERAGES IN- CLUDE ALL ORIGINAL BROADCAST AND REPEAT EPISODES. SERIES WITH NO TRENDABLE DATA EXCLUDED. 10 COMPOSITION BY SERIES 35

34 PBS PRIMETIME AUDIENCE PBS PRIMETIME* DELIVERY P2+ (000) BY GENRE Drama and history continue to drive PBS delivery 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 *NEWS/PUBLIC AFFAIRS AVERAGE INCLUDES PBS NEWSHOUR. DIY GENRE INCLUDES BOTH WEEK- END DAYTIME AND THE GREAT BRITISH BAKING SHOW THIS YEAR. 11

+CONTRUBUTOR INDEX BADGE GREAT PERFORMANCES 12 PROGRAM AUDIENCE AFFINITIES HOW TO USE Marketing professionals have used this information to help guide program cross-promotion, and development staff have found it valuable for crafting direct mail copy or pledge scripts. This program affinity chart is also helpful for understanding whether programs scheduled for flow have indeed achieved the intended audience overlap. It can also help identify two programs, not currently scheduled together, that have affinity and might make a good pairing in the future or once a past title has become available for local acquisition. HOW TO READ To be read across, starting in the upper left of the chart: Of all the households that watched American Experience, 5% of those households also watched American Masters during weeks when both programs aired. So, for example, of all the households that watched Call the Midwife, 46% of them also watched Masterpiece at 9PM, and of all the homes watching Last Tango in Halifax, fully 60% had watched Masterpiece (the highest affinity on the chart). Forty-one percent of Nature viewers watched NOVA, and 39% of NOVA viewers watched Nature. Homes that watched Finding Your Roots and Genealogy Roadshow were most likely to have also watched American Experience. These program affinities reveal the success of scheduling like genres on the same night to achieve audience flow. Similarly, Washington Week viewers were the most likely of any audience to have watched NewsHour. 0-10% 10-20% 20+% When two programs never aired within the same week, a gray box is shown. 33 PUBLIC DRAMA WORLD AFFAIRS INDIE FILM PERSONAL EXPLORE HISTORY HISTORY SCIENCE/NATURE WORLD EXPLORE INDIE DRAMA FILM HISTORY/IDENTITY

HISTORY/IDENTITY INDIE DRAMA FILM SCIENCE/NATURE EXPLORE WORLD PERSONAL EXPLORE HISTORY HISTORY INDIE FILM PUBLIC DRAMA WORLD AFFAIRS WASHINGTON WEEK ONE-OFFS & LIMITED SERIES TOP-RATED 2014-15 ORIGINAL BROADCAST: MULTI-PART EVENTS TOP-RATED 2014-15 ORIGINAL BROADCAST: ONE-OFFS EVENTS AMERICA AFTER FERGUSON - 9/26/14 POP-OUT VISION EVENT 32 +CONTRUBUTOR INDEX BADGE AMERICAN MASTERS 13 PUBLIC DRAMA AFFAIRS INDIE FILM PERSONAL SCIENCE & HISTORY NATURE NEWS/PUBLIC SCIENCE/NATURE AFFAIRS INDIE DRAMA FILM HISTORY/IDENTITY

HISTORY/IDENTITY INDIE DRAMA FILM NEWS/PUBLIC SCIENCE/NATURE EXPLORE AFFAIRS PERSONAL SCIENCE HISTORY & HISTORY NATURE INDIE FILM PUBLIC DRAMA WORLD AFFAIRS Summer 2012 Fall 2013 Fall 2014 +CONTRUBUTOR INDEX BADGE CUMULATIVE AUDIENCE FOR PBS FALL 2014 FESTIVAL 14 +CONTRUBUTOR INDEX BADGE MRI FUSION DATA CHARLIE ROSE - THE WEEK 31 PUBLIC WORLD AFFAIRS INDIE FILM PERSONAL HISTORY HISTORY SCIENCE/NATURE EXPLORE DRAMA

DRAMA SCIENCE/NATURE EXPLORE PERSONAL HISTORY HISTORY INDIE FILM PUBLIC WORLD AFFAIRS PBS NEWSHOUR PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND 30 TABLE OB DATE EPISODE TITLE DESCENDING ORDER HH AND DEMOS * *Though Great British Baking Show is included in the Arts genre in this book, it is more appropriate to include it in the DIY genre. 15 PUBLIC DRAMA WORLD AFFAIRS INDIE FILM PERSONAL SCIENCE HISTORY & HISTORY NATURE NEWS/PUBLIC SCIENCE/NATURE EXPLORE AFFAIRS INDIE DRAMA FILM HISTORY/IDENTITY

HISTORY/IDENTITY INDIE DRAMA FILM NEWS/PUBLIC SCIENCE/NATURE EXPLORE AFFAIRS PERSONAL HISTORY EXPLORE HISTORY INDIE FILM PUBLIC WORLD DRAMA AFFAIRS POP-OUT VISION EVENT 16 ONE-OFFS & LIMITED SERIES TOP-RATED 2014-15 ORIGINAL BROADCAST: ANNUAL EVENTS TOP-RATED 2014-15 ORIGINAL BROADCAST: MULTI-PART EVENTS TOP-RATED 2014-15 ORIGINAL BROADCAST: ONE-OFF EVENTS PLEDGE EVENTS TABLE OB DATE EPISODE TITLE DESCENDING ORDER HH AND DEMOS ONE-OFF EVENTS TABLE OB DATE EPISODE TITLE DESCENDING ORDER HH AND DEMOS HISPANIC HERITAGE AWARDS - 9/29/14 +CONTRUBUTOR INDEX BADGE FRONTLINE 29 PUBLIC WORLD DRAMA AFFAIRS INDIE FILM PERSONAL SCIENCE HISTORY & HISTORY NATURE NEWS/PUBLIC SCIENCE/NATURE EXPLOREAFFAIRS INDIE DRAMA FILM HISTORY/IDENTITY

HISTORY/IDENTITY INDIE DRAMA FILM NEWS/PUBLIC SCIENCE/NATURE EXPLORE AFFAIRS PERSONAL SCIENCE HISTORY & HISTORY NATURE INDIE FILM PUBLIC DRAMA WORLD AFFAIRS +CONTRUBUTOR INDEX BADGE POV TOP-RATED 2014-15 ORIGINAL BROADCAST: MULTI-PART EVENTS 28 6.23 6.37 6.37 P65+ AA% +CONTRUBUTOR INDEX BADGE MASTERPIECE Note: Axis differs from all other digital delivery axes in this book to accommodate Masterpiece s much larger audience. 17 PUBLIC DRAMA WORLD AFFAIRS INDIE FILM PERSONAL EXPLORE HISTORY HISTORY NEWS/PUBLIC SCIENCE/NATURE EXPLORE AFFAIRS INDIE DRAMA FILM HISTORY/IDENTITY

HISTORY/IDENTITY INDIE DRAMA FILM NEWS/PUBLIC SCIENCE/NATURE EXPLORE AFFAIRS PERSONAL SCIENCE HISTORY & HISTORY NATURE INDIE FILM PUBLIC WORLD DRAMA AFFAIRS CALL THE MIDWIFE LAST TANGO IN HALIFAX 18 +CONTRUBUTOR INDEX BADGE INDEPENDENT LENS 27 PUBLIC DRAMA AFFAIRS INDIE FILM PERSONAL SCIENCE & HISTORY NATURE NEWS/PUBLIC SCIENCE/NATURE AFFAIRS INDIE DRAMA FILM HISTORY/IDENTITY

HISTORY/IDENTITY DRAMA DRAMA INDIE FILM EXPLORE SCIENCE/NATURE NEWS/PUBLIC AFFAIRS T ENT P ON SPI I V 26 U -EOV T UUT O O -- P OP PPO T UUT O O -- OPP PO P ON SPI I V T UENT V O -E 19 INDIE FILM POP OUT DASHBOARD NON-RECENT VIEWERS, CUME, DEMO RATINGS P POLDARK - 6/21/15 PERSONAL SCIENCE &HISTORY NATURE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE LAST DAYS IN VIETNAM- 4/28/15 WOLF HALL- 4/5/15 DOWNTON ABBEY SEASON 5 PREMIERE - 1/4/15 MULTI-PART EVENTS TABLE OB DATE EPISODE TITLE DESCENDING ORDERORIGINAL BROADCAST: ONE-OFF EVENTS TOP-RATED 2014-15 HH AND DEMOS TOP-RATED 2014-15 ORIGINAL BROADCAST: MULTI-PART EVENTS ONE-OFFS & LIMITED SERIES T CANCER: EMPEROR OF ALL MALADIES - 3/30/15 MULTI-PART EVENTS TABLE OB DATEEVENT EPISODE TITLE VISION DASHBOARD DESCENDING ORDER NON-RECENT VIEWERS, CUME, DEMO RATINGS HH AND DEMOS MAKERS: WOMEN WHO MAKE AMERICA (S2) - 9/30/14 MULTI-PART EVENTS TABLE OB DATE EPISODE TITLE TOP-RATED 2014-15 DESCENDING ORDERORIGINAL BROADCAST: ONE-OFF EVENTS HH AND DEMOS TOP-RATED 2014-15 ORIGINAL BROADCAST: MULTI-PART EVENTS ONE-OFFS & LIMITED SERIES PO U -O HISTORY PERSONAL HISTORY EXPLORE NEWS/PUBLIC SCIENCE/NATURE AFFAIRS INDIE FILM INDIE FILM INDIE DRAMA FILM WORLD PUBLIC AFFAIRS DRAMA HISTORY/IDENTITY PUBLIC DRAMA AFFAIRS -OO PPO PO T UUT

HISTORY/IDENTITY INDIE DRAMA FILM NEWS/PUBLIC SCIENCE/NATURE EXPLORE AFFAIRS PERSONAL SCIENCE HISTORY & HISTORY NATURE INDIE FILM PUBLIC DRAMA WORLD AFFAIRS +CONTRUBUTOR INDEX BADGE NATURE 20 TABLE OB DATE EPISODE TITLE DESCENDING ORDER HH AND DEMOS; # OF STREAMS GENEALOGY ROADSHOW 25 PUBLIC DRAMA WORLD AFFAIRS INDIE FILM PERSONAL SCIENCE HISTORY & HISTORY NATURE NEWS/PUBLIC SCIENCE/NATURE EXPLORE AFFAIRS INDIE DRAMA FILM HISTORY/IDENTITY

DRAMA SCIENCE/NATURE PERSONAL HISTORY INDIE FILM PUBLIC AFFAIRS +CONTRUBUTOR INDEX BADGE *Streaming data for Walt Disney episodes 1 and 2 represent the total number of streams for the full 4-hour program. AMERICAN EXPERIENCE 24 +CONTRUBUTOR INDEX BADGE NOVA 21 21 PUBLIC WORLD DRAMA AFFAIRS INDIE FILM PERSONAL SCIENCE HISTORY & HISTORY NATURE NEWS/PUBLIC SCIENCE/NATURE EXPLOREAFFAIRS INDIE DRAMA FILM HISTORY/IDENTITY

HISTORY/IDENTITY INDIE DRAMA FILM NEWS/PUBLIC SCIENCE/NATURE EXPLORE AFFAIRS PERSONAL SCIENCE HISTORY & HISTORY NATURE INDIE FILM PUBLIC WORLD DRAMA AFFAIRS POP-OUT POP-OUT POP-OUT POP-OUT 22 ONE-OFFS & LIMITED SERIES TOP-RATED 2014-15 ORIGINAL BROADCAST: MULTI-PART EVENTS MULTI-PART EVENTS TABLE OB DATE EPISODE TITLE DESCENDING ORDER HH AND DEMOS TOP-RATED 2014-15 ORIGINAL BROADCAST: ONE-OFF EVENTS EARTH: A NEW WILD (2 P) - 2/4/15 HOW WE GOT TO NOW (2 P) - 10/15/14 7.12 6.21 5.46 P65+ AA% +CONTRUBUTOR INDEX BADGE ANTIQUES ROADSHOW 23 23 DRAMA WORLD INDIE FILM PERSONAL SCIENCE & HISTORY NATURE NEWS/PUBLIC SCIENCE/NATURE AFFAIRS INDIE DRAMA FILM HISTORY/IDENTITY