- There may have been some signs of promise on the first two nights of NBC's week, but... it seems they're still NBC after all. The two-hour comedy block got off to a catastrophic start on pre-premiere week Thursday, with The Office leading the way at 9/8c but only managing to tie the season/series low point. It's down nearly half from the year-ago premiere! The return of Thursday Saturday Night Live election specials led off the night and literally managed less than a third of the demo audience they got when NBC first tried this in 2008. Up All Night and Parks and Recreation rounded out the bottoms of the hours with near-lowest ever performances. Yeeeesh. (Silver lining: the Up All Night result in particular may be a good omen for Community fans.)
- On Fox, The X Factor made it a fourth straight night for the singing shows on the upside vs. last week. Glee came down a couple tenths from last week's premiere.
- Elsewhere, Wipeout limped to the finish, down almost half from the year-ago finale and wrapping up a -20% summer overall. The NFL Network's Thursday Night Football (3.0) was weaker than last week's 3.8 premiere but I'd have expected even worse considering the blowout and less intriguing matchup.
FULL TABLE:
| Info | Show | Timeslot | True2 | ||||||
| Viewers | A18-49 | Last | LeLa | Rank | y2y | TLa | Ty2y | ||
| Wipeout | 3.94 | 1.2 | +9% | n/a | 13/16 | -48% | +9% | -41% | 1.22 |
| Grey's Anatomy (SR) | 3.76 | 1.1 | +69% | -55% | 1.16 | ||||
| Scandal (SR) | 2.99 | 0.9 | +50% | -5% | 0.99 | ||||
| The Big Bang Theory (SR) | 7.91 | 2.1 | +11% | -9% | 2.37 | ||||
| The Big Bang Theory (SR) | 9.32 | 2.5 | +67% | -4% | 2.42 | ||||
| Two and a Half Men (SR) | 7.41 | 1.8 | -14% | +29% | 1.53 | ||||
| Two and a Half Men (SR) | 7.41 | 1.7 | -15% | +13% | 1.68 | ||||
| Person of Interest (SR) | 6.65 | 1.3 | +30% | -19% | 1.29 | ||||
| SNL Weekend Update Thursday | 5.15 | 1.6 | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | n/a | -11% | +167% | 1.90 |
| Up All Night | 3.11 | 1.3 | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | -65% | -38% | +30% | 1.35 |
| The Office | 4.28 | 2.1 | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | -46% | -22% | +50% | 2.01 |
| Parks and Recreation | 3.50 | 1.7 | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | -19% | -39% | +55% | 1.63 |
| Rock Center | 4.09 | 1.1 | -21% | -29% | 2/2 | n/a | -24% | +38% | 1.10 |
| The X Factor Thu | 10.15 | 3.5 | +13% | n/a | 1/2 | n/a | +13% | +289% | 3.61 |
| Glee | 7.46 | 2.9 | -6% | +13% | 2/2 | n/a | -5% | +152% | 2.43 |
| The Vampire Diaries (SR) | 0.79 | 0.3 | -25% | -80% | 0.38 | ||||
| The Next | 0.78 | 0.3 | +50% | -25% | 1/6 | n/a | +50% | -77% | 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.
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.
