- The CW's Thursday strength was fun while it lasted. Week two of Beauty and the Beast took a 42% punch in the gut against the return of nearly full-fledged scripted competition on broadcast. And The Vampire Diaries didn't fare much better, dropping 19% to a number more in line with the pre-premiere expectations.
- The CBS Thursday Power Hour finally lived up to its name. The Big Bang Theory was the outright biggest scripted show of the week and tied The Voice as the #1 entertainment show. Perhaps even more importantly, Two and a Half Men rose to well above its previous results this season. But Person of Interest and the increasingly underwhelming Elementary were on the downside later in the CBS evening.
- ABC might get adjusted somewhat due to a San Francisco NFL pre-emption, but either way the takeaway seems that Last Resort did not get much of a rally from last week's pre-debate numbers. And Grey's Anatomy took a second straight big drop.
FULL TABLE:
| Info | Show | Timeslot | True2 | ||||||
| Viewers | A18-49 | Last | LeLa | Rank | y2y | TLa | Ty2y | ||
| Last Resort | 7.06 | 1.7 | +6% | n/a | 3/4 | n/a | +6% | +31% | 1.77 |
| Grey's Anatomy | 9.69 | 3.4 | -11% | -11% | 3/3 | -6% | +70% | -4% | 3.40 |
| Scandal | 6.17 | 1.9 | -5% | -11% | 3/3 | n/a | +12% | -17% | 1.72 |
| The Big Bang Theory | 15.73 | 4.8 | +7% | n/a | 3/4 | +4% | +7% | +4% | 4.54 |
| Two and a Half Men | 13.60 | 4.0 | +14% | +7% | 1/4 | -32% | +14% | +8% | 3.44 |
| Person of Interest | 13.93 | 2.8 | -7% | +11% | 3/3 | +0% | +40% | +2% | 2.48 |
| Elementary | 10.91 | 2.3 | -8% | -7% | 3/3 | n/a | +28% | -6% | 2.23 |
| 30 Rock | 3.04 | 1.2 | -8% | n/a | 3/3 | n/a | -8% | -29% | 1.24 |
| Up All Night | 2.99 | 1.3 | +18% | -8% | 3/5 | -38% | +18% | -38% | 1.49 |
| The Office | 4.28 | 2.1 | -5% | -7% | 2/4 | -36% | +5% | -36% | 2.23 |
| Parks and Recreation | 3.46 | 1.6 | -16% | -5% | 3/4 | -24% | -20% | -20% | 1.62 |
| Rock Center | 3.47 | 0.9 | -10% | -16% | 4/5 | n/a | -55% | -31% | 0.96 |
| NLCS | 6.04 | 1.6 | +0% | n/a | 2/3 | n/a | -34% | -57% | 1.65 |
| The Vampire Diaries | 2.91 | 1.3 | -19% | n/a | 2/2 | -7% | -19% | -10% | 1.39 |
| Beauty and the Beast | 2.00 | 0.7 | -42% | -19% | 2/2 | n/a | -42% | -13% | 0.62 |
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.
