Spotted Ratings, Tuesday 3/13/12: Fashion Stumble

WHAT MATTERS:

• NBC's Fashion Star got off to a bad start, dropping significantly out of The Biggest Loser and coming in way behind the Loser/Parenthood averages. And it's tough to have much less competition than it did on this evening. Not good for series premiere night.

• I guess I was just a week early, as Fox's comedy lineup dropped across the board to almost exactly the levels I SpecTrulated for last week. Raising Hope and New Girl still aren't awful compared to previous results in better situations, but I Hate My Teenage Daughter and Breaking In couldn't exactly afford the post-premiere drops.

• Mostly original ABC was weak as Cougar Town ticked down for the fourth straight week. That streak should finally end next week as Last Man Standing (repeat 1.3) returns to originals.

FULL TABLE:

Info				Show				Timeslot		TRUE
	Viewers	A18-49	Skew	Last	LeLa	Avg	Rank	Tavg	Lead
Last Man Standing (R)	5.27	1.3	32%	+0%	n/a	-15%	10/13	-47%	n/a	1.29
Cougar Town	4.17	1.4	43%	-7%	+0%	-15%	5/5	-29%	+8%	1.46
The River	4.09	1.3	41%	-13%	-7%	-30%	6/6	-47%	-7%	1.15
Body of Proof	7.46	1.4	24%	+0%	-13%	-19%	15/17	-26%	+8%	1.38
NCIS (R)	12.98	2.1	21%	-13%	n/a	+9%	4/12	-47%	n/a	2.27
NCIS: Los Angeles (R)	11.33	1.9	21%	+217%	+200%	+29%	3/10	-43%	-10%	1.67
Unforgettable (R)	7.25	1.3	23%	-7%	+0%	-3%	6/9	-44%	-32%	1.17
The Biggest Loser	6.46	2.1	42%	+5%	n/a	-5%	6/11	+2%	n/a	2.20
Fashion Star	4.55	1.6	45%	n/a	n/a	n/a	1/1	-24%	-24%	1.32
Raising Hope	4.31	1.8	53%	-14%	n/a	-23%	17/17	-44%	n/a	1.93
I Hate My Teenage Daughter	3.57	1.4	50%	-13%	-14%	-32%	6/6	-59%	-22%	1.36
New Girl	5.74	2.8	62%	-7%	-13%	-22%	16/16	-25%	+100%	2.99
Breaking In	3.38	1.5	57%	-12%	-7%	-12%	2/2	-45%	-46%	0.99
90210	1.16	0.6	66%	-14%	n/a	-18%	16/18	-16%	n/a	0.62
Ringer	1.11	0.4	46%	-20%	-14%	-41%	15/17	-35%	-33%	0.32

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.

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