Spotted Ratings, Friday 3/30/12: Ratings Jackpot

WHAT MATTERS:

• The big story of the evening was ABC's 20/20, whose story on the Mega Millions lottery hit the newsmagazine's biggest numbers on a Friday (and second-biggest overall this season behind a Monday airing in November) in over two years. The net was also about average with Primetime: What Would You Do? and saw Shark Tank finish in sole possession of second place at 8/7c even in repeats.

• CBS' original Friday lineup was back for the first time since before DST with Undercover Boss taking the expected hit and CSI: NY showing no bounce from what was easily its biggest lead-in of the season.

• Fox upticked from last week with Kitchen Nightmares, but the show still signed off for the season in pretty weak fashion. Fringe got a big rebound back to its February levels after a terribly ugly rating last week. Perhaps this supports the idea that the massive Hunger Games opening was a factor.

• NBC had the worst night as Who Do You Think You Are? was completely uncompetitive at 8/7c and Grimm followed it down the drain in its first ep in three weeks.

FULL TABLE:

Info				Show				Timeslot		TRUE
	Viewers	A18-49	Skew	Last	LeLa	Avg	Rank	Tavg	Lead
Shark Tank (R)	4.79	1.3	35%	+63%	n/a	+53%	1/3	-5%	n/a	1.71
Primetime: What Would You Do?	5.03	1.5	38%	-6%	-13%	+1%	4/10	+2%	+15%	1.83
20/20	7.01	2.1	38%	+31%	-6%	+48%	2/32	+52%	+40%	3.01
Undercover Boss	8.14	1.8	28%	-10%	n/a	-24%	8/8	+23%	n/a	2.48
CSI: NY	9.45	1.6	22%	-6%	+38%	-5%	10/14	-3%	-11%	1.86
Blue Bloods	10.72	1.6	19%	+0%	-11%	-10%	15/18	-10%	+0%	2.20
Who Do You Think You Are?	5.24	0.8	20%	-20%	n/a	-30%	7/7	-22%	n/a	0.93
Grimm	4.15	1.2	37%	-20%	-20%	-26%	15/15	-22%	+50%	1.51
Dateline Fri	4.57	1.2	34%	+20%	+50%	-11%	17/26	-10%	+0%	1.65
Kitchen Nightmares	2.93	1.2	52%	+9%	n/a	-20%	16/17	-19%	n/a	1.55
Fringe	3.08	1.2	50%	+33%	+9%	+2%	4/16	+3%	+0%	1.43
Nikita	1.32	0.4	39%	-20%	n/a	-26%	17/18	-27%	n/a	0.51
Supernatural	1.78	0.7	50%	+17%	-20%	-6%	10/18	-6%	+75%	0.90

KEY (click to expand)

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.

Much more detail on these numbers at the New Daily Spotted Ratings page.

More Spotted Ratings in the Index.