WHAT MATTERS:
- For Fox, like for NBC, day two of their 2012-13 season went better than day one. The X Factor remains a borderline disaster and finished a bit below the previous evening's premiere, but Glee had a fine start to its new life on Thursday, even if the surprising two-tick finals drop makes me less enthusiastic. That number trailed the previous season's premiere by 23% but edged pretty much the whole second half of last season and built by a couple ticks on a May finale that had a much better lead-in. As noted yesterday, other shows have rung up big numbers against pre-premiere competition and then dropped big, but this is still a reasonably positive beginning.
- The leftover summer originals were basically crushed by a wayyy stronger Fox and a near-best-ever NFL Network rating (3.8 for Packers/Bears, trailing only Thanksgiving 2011's Ravens/49ers). Most notable among the soft ratings was the finale of America's Got Talent which (though up from last Thursday) dropped by a disheartening 33% from the year-ago number. The only consolation was that Got Talent helped out a series-high Rock Center in its second season premiere.
FULL TABLE:
| Info | Show | Timeslot | True2 | ||||||
| Viewers | A18-49 | Last | LeLa | Rank | y2y | TLa | Ty2y | ||
| Wipeout | 3.52 | 1.1 | -21% | n/a | 14/15 | n/a | -21% | -19% | 1.15 |
| Grey's Anatomy (SR) | 2.61 | 0.7 | -42% | -33% | 0.88 | ||||
| Scandal (SR) | 2.49 | 0.6 | -33% | -50% | 0.81 | ||||
| The Big Bang Theory (SR) | 6.94 | 1.9 | -5% | +12% | 2.13 | ||||
| Two and a Half Men (SR) | 5.31 | 1.5 | -17% | -12% | 1.64 | ||||
| Big Brother Thu | 5.75 | 2.0 | -13% | -17% | 7/10 | -17% | -11% | -18% | 2.21 |
| Person of Interest (SR) | 5.59 | 1.0 | +25% | +11% | 1.04 | ||||
| America's Got Talent Wed | 10.59 | 2.4 | +26% | n/a | 7/15 | -33% | +39% | -74% | 2.71 |
| Rock Center | 6.00 | 1.4 | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | +40% | -46% | -87% | 1.40 |
| The X Factor Thu | 8.28 | 3.1 | -6% | n/a | 1/1 | -28% | +343% | +288% | 3.37 |
| Glee | 7.41 | 3.1 | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | -23% | +464% | +210% | 3.08 |
| The Vampire Diaries (SR) | 0.96 | 0.4 | +33% | +33% | 0.50 | ||||
| The Next | 0.66 | 0.2 | -33% | +33% | 5/5 | n/a | -33% | -20% | 0.23 |
EDIT: Added the Thursday Night Football game (3.8) as competition from 8:30 to 11:00 in True2 calculations.
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.
Rank - The A18-49 rating's rank among the show's episodes that have aired so far this season.
y2y - The show's A18-49 rating compared to its rating a year ago.
TLa - The show's A18-49 rating compared to the network's rating in the timeslot one week ago.
Ty2y - The show's A18-49 rating compared to the network's rating in the timeslot one year ago.
True2 - The second edition of True Strength, a metric that adjusts the A18-49 rating for overall viewing levels, competition and lead-in. PRELIMINARY CALCULATION. For finals, see SpotVault.
(R) - Repeat.
Much more detail on these numbers at the New Daily Spotted Ratings page.
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.
Rank - The A18-49 rating's rank among the show's episodes that have aired so far this season.
y2y - The show's A18-49 rating compared to its rating a year ago.
TLa - The show's A18-49 rating compared to the network's rating in the timeslot one week ago.
Ty2y - The show's A18-49 rating compared to the network's rating in the timeslot one year ago.
True2 - The second edition of True Strength, a metric that adjusts the A18-49 rating for overall viewing levels, competition and lead-in. PRELIMINARY CALCULATION. For finals, see SpotVault.
(R) - Repeat.
Much more detail on these numbers at the New Daily Spotted Ratings page.
More Spotted Ratings in the Index.
