Spotted Ratings, Tuesday 2/7/12: Downstream (FINALS)

WHAT MATTERS:

• ABC got a fairly slow start from The River, with the worst sign probably being its declines throughout the telecast (preliminary 2.5 -> 2.4 -> 2.3 -> 2.2). If it settles about 20% below this, that'd be a V-esque 1.8 or 1.9, but the tune-out suggests it could do even worse than that.

• Glee came back down to earth after last week's Jacko-themed episode but was still stronger than most of its post-baseball results. That change, like the last change, had no real effect on New Girl and Raising Hope.

• CBS was a little above average with the 200th episode of NCIS but was unable to turn that into any momentum for NCIS: Los Angeles and Unforgettable.

• Elsewhere, it was another potentially brutal series low for both Ringer and Parenthood.

FULL TABLE:

Info				Show				Timeslot		TRUE
	Viewers	A18-49	Skew	Last	LeLa	Avg	Rank	Tavg	Lead
Last Man Standing	7.78	2.3	38%	-12%	n/a	-15%	12/14	-7%	n/a	2.24
Last Man Standing	8.02	2.5	40%	+9%	+0%	-7%	10/15	+24%	+9%	2.50
The River	7.59	2.4	40%	n/a	n/a	n/a	1/1	+3%	-4%	2.06
NCIS	20.98	4.2	26%	+2%	n/a	+5%	2/14	+5%	n/a	4.40
NCIS: Los Angeles	16.27	3.1	24%	-6%	+2%	-8%	12/14	-8%	-26%	2.55
Unforgettable	11.88	2.2	24%	+5%	-6%	-9%	11/14	-9%	-29%	1.89
The Biggest Loser	6.41	2.3	46%	+10%	n/a	+1%	3/6	+9%	n/a	2.17
Parenthood	4.63	1.6	44%	-6%	+0%	-20%	15/15	-23%	-30%	1.35
Glee	7.81	3.3	54%	-11%	n/a	-0%	5/12	-1%	n/a	3.39
New Girl	6.83	3.5	66%	+0%	-11%	-7%	6/12	-8%	+6%	3.21
Raising Hope	4.47	2.1	60%	+5%	+0%	-13%	11/13	-24%	-40%	1.55
90210	1.34	0.7	67%	+0%	n/a	-5%	8/16	-2%	n/a	0.67
Ringer	1.18	0.5	54%	-17%	+0%	-35%	12/12	-25%	-29%	0.41

KEY (with much more detail at the New Daily Spotted Ratings page):

Viewers - The total number of viewers (age 2+, in millions) that watched the program.
A18-49 - Adults 18-49 rating. Percentage of US TV-owning adults 18-49 watching the program.
Skew - Percentage of the total audience that falls in the 18-49 demo.
Last - A18-49 percent difference from previous episode.
Lead - A18-49 percent difference from lead-in program.
LeLa - A18-49 percent difference between the show's lead-in and its lead-in for the previous episode.
Avg - A18-49 percent difference from the show's average demo for previous original episodes this season.
Rank - The A18-49 rating's rank among the show's episodes that have aired so far this season.
Tavg - A18-49 percent difference from its timeslot's previous original entertainment average this season.
TRUE - True Strength, a metric that adjusts the A18-49 rating for overall viewing levels, competition and lead-in. (Note: these are PRELIMINARY TRUE calculations. Finals come next week.)

(R) - Repeat.

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