NBC Gives 'Ordinary Joe' TV's Biggest Promo Push

James Wolk as Joe Kimbreau in NBC's 'Ordinary Joe'
James Wolk as Joe Kimbreau in NBC's 'Ordinary Joe' (Image credit: Parrish Lewis/NBC)

B&C has partnered with always-on TV ad measurement and attribution company iSpot.tv to bring you a weekly chart we call Promo Mojo: exclusive data showing the top five TV promos ranked by ad impressions. Our data covers the 7-day period through Sept. 19.

An NBC promo for new fall drama Ordinary Joe is No. 1.

The rest of our top five is dominated by Fox, which for the second week in a row occupies three positions: second place for new musical comedy-drama The Big Leap, fourth for the return of first-responder drama 9-1-1, and fifth for new family drama ​​Our Kind of People.

ABC rounds out the ranking with a spot promoting its reboot of The Wonder Years in third place.

Notably, The Big Leap spot has this week’s highest iSpot Attention Index (127), meaning viewers were on average highly likely to watch it all the way through (vs. interrupting it by changing the channel, pulling up the guide, fast-forwarding or turning off the TV).

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1) Ordinary Joe, NBC

Impressions: 515,176,164

Interruption Rate: 1.67%

Attention Index: 101 (1% fewer interruptions than avg.)

Imp. Types: National 94%, Local 5%, VOD/OTT 1%

In-network Value: $4,307,051

Out-of-network Est. Spend: $1,612,006

2) The Big Leap, Fox

Impressions: 396,238,627

Interruption Rate: 1.24%

Attention Index: 127 (27% fewer interruptions than avg.)

Imp. Types: National 89%, Local 9%, VOD/OTT 2%

In-network Value: $2,840,932

Out-of-network Est. Spend: $1,833,501

3) The Wonder Years, ABC

Impressions: 395,246,155

Interruption Rate: 1.52%

Attention Index: 103 (3% fewer interruptions than avg.)

Imp. Types: National 95%, Local 4%, VOD/OTT 1%

In-network Value: $2,611,604

Out-of-network Est. Spend: $1,090,561

4) 9-1-1, Fox

Impressions: 379,792,709

Interruption Rate: 1.05%

Attention Index: 114 (14% fewer interruptions than avg.)

Imp. Types: National 92%, Local 7%, VOD/OTT 1%

In-network Value: $1,110,111

Out-of-network Est. Spend: $1,417,817

5) Our Kind of People, Fox

Impressions: 330,830,008

Interruption Rate: 1.18%

Attention Index: 99 (1% more interruptions than avg.)

Imp. Types: National 93%, Local 5%, VOD/OTT 2%

In-network Value: $1,463,633

Out-of-network Est. Spend: $1,728,954

*Data provided by iSpot.tv, TV Ad Measurement for Disruptive Brands*

Impressions - The total impressions within all US households including National Linear (Live & Time-shifted), VOD+OTT, and Local.

Attention Score - Measures the propensity of consumers to interrupt an ad play on TV. The higher the score, the more complete views. Actions that interrupt an ad play include changing the channel, pulling up the guide, fast-forwarding or turning off the TV.

Attention Index - Represents the Attention of a specific creative or program placement vs. the average in its respective industry. The average is represented by a score of 100, and the total index range is from 0 through 200. For example, an attention index of 125 means that there are 25% fewer interrupted ad plays compared to the average.

Imp. Types - Impression types tracked include National (Live + Time-shifted), Local, VOD & OTT. See below for further details.

In-network Value - Estimated media value of in-network promos.

Out-of-network Spend - The estimated amount spent on TV airing time for this promo's spots during a given date range.

National: Live - A national promo which was viewed during live linear television broadcast or same day, via DVR or on-demand.

Local - A promo that was aired during a local ad break slot.

VOD - This includes promos that run in on-demand content past three days (i.e. do not contain the linear promo load)

OTT - On-demand streaming content (i.e. Hulu, Roku, Fire TV Stick, Chromecast).