- Yet another new show had a bad week two as ABC's 666 Park Ave dropped by 19%, ensuring that none of ABC's three premiere week newbies will even break a 2.0 demo in week two. While Park is in trouble, it was perhaps even more disheartening for ABC that the night's sophomore dramas also took double-digit declines. Once Upon a Time dropped by 13% and Revenge by a 666-esque 19%.
- The winner of Sunday number two had to be Fox's animation lineup. Last year, the only episode of The Simpsons that had post-NFL level ratings without the nationwide NFL lead-in was the Treehouse of Horror episode. While this year's edition didn't quite do that well, I still expect it'll be the biggest ep of the season without that lead-in. Family Guy's Nielsen ratings-themed episode was up a tick from last week's premiere, and American Dad! also picked up a tick. The premiere of The Cleveland Show held up after finals and had a very good showing by 7:30 standards, though it was no doubt helped by regional NFL lead-ins (The Simpsons rerun at 7:00 did crash after finals).
- Welcome to the 10:30 start times, The Mentalist. This was a pretty good illustration of how the NFL overrun generally works: great for 60 Minutes, good for The Amazing Race, relatively meaningless for the 9:00 show and a big hurt to the 10:00 show.
- Saints/Chargers on Sunday Night Football was, despite a relatively close game, easily the weakest result of the season.
FULL TABLE:
| Info | Show | Timeslot | True2 | ||||||
| Viewers | A18-49 | Last | LeLa | Rank | y2y | TLa | Ty2y | ||
| America's Funniest Home Videos | 6.46 | 1.5 | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | +0% | -19% | +0% | 1.34 |
| Once Upon a Time | 9.84 | 3.4 | -13% | -21% | 2/2 | n/a | -13% | +62% | 2.87 |
| Revenge | 8.36 | 2.6 | -19% | -13% | 2/2 | -4% | -19% | -12% | 2.08 |
| 666 Park Ave | 4.99 | 1.7 | -19% | -19% | 2/2 | n/a | -21% | -33% | 1.41 |
| NFL Overrun | 24.54 | 8.8 | +4% | n/a | 2/5 | n/a | +450% | -14% | 7.26 |
| 60 Minutes | 15.96 | 3.6 | +112% | n/a | 1/2 | +3% | +57% | +4% | 2.03 |
| The Amazing Race | 9.66 | 2.6 | +4% | +112% | 1/2 | -19% | +24% | -19% | 2.01 |
| The Good Wife | 8.95 | 1.7 | -6% | +4% | 2/2 | -23% | -15% | -21% | 1.45 |
| The Mentalist | 9.02 | 1.6 | -24% | -6% | 2/2 | -38% | -20% | -30% | 1.43 |
| Football Night in America p2 | 7.15 | 2.9 | +142% | n/a | 2/5 | +0% | +142% | +0% | 2.54 |
| Football Night in America p3 | 10.44 | 4.2 | -11% | +142% | 4/5 | +11% | -16% | +11% | 3.21 |
| Sunday Night Football | 18.31 | 7.2 | -20% | -11% | 6/6 | -6% | -19% | -10% | 5.17 |
| The Simpsons (R) | 2.71 | 1.3 | -87% | +86% | 1.65 | ||||
| The Cleveland Show | 4.47 | 2.2 | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | -29% | -74% | +22% | 1.82 |
| The Simpsons | 6.57 | 3.1 | -18% | -74% | 2/2 | +0% | -18% | +0% | 2.46 |
| Bob's Burgers | 4.89 | 2.3 | -12% | -18% | 2/2 | n/a | -12% | -12% | 1.81 |
| Family Guy | 6.70 | 3.4 | +3% | -12% | 1/2 | -3% | +3% | -3% | 2.84 |
| American Dad! | 5.18 | 2.6 | +4% | +3% | 1/2 | -4% | +4% | -4% | 2.06 |
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.
