Spotted Ratings, Tuesday 4/24/12: Far From Complex

WHAT MATTERS:

• The last broadcast premiere of the season was also the lowest-rated, as the CW's The LA Complex hit unbelievably low levels, barely half the Ringer average in the hour. It preliminarily even had slightly fewer viewers (under 650,000) than Remodeled (which premiered at about 670,000)! They got it on the cheap from Canada, so that might keep it around temporarily, but that'd obviously be the only reason.

• Most original shows were down about a tick despite a full night of CBS repeats, but there were two notable exceptions: Glee, bouncing back in its Whitney Houston episode, and Private Practice, which totally flipped the script and picked up a whooping half point after its disastrous start on the evening last week.

FULL TABLE:

Info				Show				Timeslot		TRUE
	Viewers	A18-49	Skew	Last	LeLa	Avg	Rank	Tavg	Lead
Last Man Standing (R)	5.69	1.3	29%	+0%	n/a	-14%	10/14	-44%	n/a	1.28
Cougar Town	4.89	1.5	39%	+7%	-19%	-4%	5/9	-20%	+15%	1.67
Dancing with the Stars Tue	14.54	2.4	21%	-4%	+7%	-10%	4/5	+0%	+60%	2.07
Private Practice	8.13	2.2	35%	+29%	-4%	-7%	12/18	+17%	-8%	2.10
NCIS (R)	12.41	2.0	21%	+5%	n/a	+4%	8/14	-48%	n/a	2.18
NCIS: Los Angeles (R)	9.66	1.7	23%	-15%	-35%	+9%	8/13	-47%	-15%	1.30
Unforgettable (R)	7.79	1.5	25%	+0%	-15%	+12%	3/12	-34%	-12%	1.42
The Biggest Loser	6.87	2.2	41%	-4%	n/a	+1%	8/17	+8%	n/a	2.43
The Voice Tue	8.93	3.4	49%	+3%	-4%	+2%	2/4	+46%	+55%	2.92
Fashion Star	4.59	1.5	42%	+0%	+3%	-7%	4/7	-21%	-56%	1.18
Glee	6.90	2.7	50%	+13%	n/a	-15%	15/17	-11%	n/a	3.05
New Girl	5.20	2.6	64%	-4%	+13%	-22%	20/22	-25%	-4%	2.06
New Girl (R)	3.11	1.4	58%	+8%	+136%	+22%	1/7	-43%	-46%	0.95
90210	1.11	0.6	69%	-14%	n/a	-17%	18/21	-14%	n/a	0.63
The LA Complex	0.63	0.3	61%	n/a	n/a	n/a	1/1	-48%	-50%	0.19

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.