- CBS opened its 2012-13 season with the 90-minute 25th season premiere of Survivor, which finished up a tick from the most recent premiere (spring 2012) but down 6% from the year-ago fall premiere. Pretty much as expected. Then came the Big Brother finale, which was down 14% from last year's similarly post-Survivor finale. That's actually an above-average year-to-year result in what was a generally -20%ish BB season. (It was also the best Wednesday number all season.)
- Fox got the best of the second Wednesday of reality war as The X Factor joined The Voice in having a surprisingly positive week two. (Though it didn't grow quite as much as The Voice, only two ticks after finals.) In the preliminaries, X and Survivor actually tied in the 8:00 hour (2.9 at 8:00, 3.2 at 8:30), but X pulled way ahead in the 9:00 half-hour (3.9 to 3.3) and then benefited from having a high-rated 9:30 half-hour (4.1).
- Elsewhere, the tune-up for the fall continues as Modern Family had its best repeat of the summer and NBC got pretty good repeat results from The Voice, Law and Order: SVU and Revolution.
FULL TABLE:
| Info | Show | Timeslot | True2 | ||||||
| Viewers | A18-49 | Last | LeLa | Rank | y2y | TLa | Ty2y | ||
| The Middle (SR) | 4.36 | 1.1 | +22% | -8% | 1.07 | ||||
| Suburgatory (SR) | 3.43 | 1.0 | +11% | -23% | 1.16 | ||||
| Modern Family (SR) | 4.61 | 1.6 | +23% | -11% | 1.87 | ||||
| Suburgatory (SR) | 3.45 | 1.2 | +20% | -33% | 1.26 | ||||
| Revenge (SR) | 2.76 | 0.7 | +8% | -42% | 0.78 | ||||
| Survivor | 11.37 | 3.2 | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | -6% | +85% | -6% | 3.40 |
| Big Brother Wed | 7.39 | 2.5 | +19% | n/a | 1/10 | -14% | +97% | -16% | 2.24 |
| The Voice (R) | 5.53 | 1.7 | -50% | -48% | 1.96 | ||||
| Law and Order: SVU (SR) | 4.70 | 1.2 | -59% | -70% | 1.28 | ||||
| Revolution (R) | 4.41 | 1.2 | -31% | -59% | 1.27 | ||||
| The X Factor Wed | 9.54 | 3.6 | +6% | n/a | 1/2 | n/a | +7% | +336% | 3.72 |
| Oh Sit! | 0.89 | 0.4 | +0% | n/a | 2/8 | n/a | +14% | -27% | 0.48 |
| Supernatural (SR) | 0.96 | 0.3 | +0% | -65% | 0.33 | ||||
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.
