Spotted Ratings, Saturday 8/25/12

WHAT MATTERS:

• The NFL preseason barely held off NASCAR on the last Saturday before the return of college football. But it was down a couple ticks from the year-ago game (1.8 on 8/27/11) while NASCAR and NBC's WrestleMania special were up a bit.

FULL TABLE:

	Viewers	A18-49	Last	LeLa	Avg	Rank
NASCAR	5.9	1.5	-29%	n/a	-17%	7/8
NFL Preseason Football	5.1	1.6	+7%	n/a	-20%	3/5
America's Got Talent (R)	1.9	0.4
WrestleMania	2.5	0.8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Law and Order: SVU (SR)	2.9	0.7
Cops (SR)	2.4	0.7
Cops (SR)	2.7	0.8
Mobbed (SR)	1.6	0.5

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.
Last - A18-49 percent difference from previous episode.
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.

(R) - Repeat.
(SR) - Summer repeat. (for shows not currently in season)

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

More Spotted Ratings in the Index.