Spotted Ratings, Thursday 8/30/12

WHAT MATTERS:

• Tons of local pre-emptions on the final night of the NFL preseason helped take a big chunk out of nearly every broadcast show.

• On cable, the Fox News RNC coverage (9.06m viewers, 1.5 A18-49) again crushed the broadcasters, while South Carolina/Vanderbilt on ESPN (1.8) opened the college football season with the second-biggest number of the night.

FULL TABLE:

	Viewers	A18-49	Last	LeLa	Avg	Rank
Wipeout	3.49	1.1	-27%	n/a	-34%	13/13
Rookie Blue	3.80	0.9	-10%	-27%	-28%	12/12
ABC Republican National Convention	4.36	1.0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
The Big Bang Theory (SR)	6.17	1.6
Two and a Half Men (SR)	4.91	1.3
Big Brother Thu	5.45	1.9	-17%	-24%	-13%	7/8
CBS Republican National Convention	3.73	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
The Office (SR)	1.97	0.6
Parks and Recreation (SR)	1.57	0.5
Saving Hope	2.54	0.5	-17%	-17%	-14%	7/11
NBC Republican National Convention	3.87	0.9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Raising Hope (SR)	2.09	0.7
New Girl (SR)	1.98	0.8
Glee (SR)	2.10	0.8
The Vampire Diaries (SR)	0.68	0.3
The Next	0.77	0.3	+0%	-25%	+0%	1/3

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.