Spotted Ratings, Tuesday 10/9/12

WHAT MATTERS:

• NBC had a strong Tuesday #3, as it looks like Monday's The Voice viewers approved of the new battle round tweaks. The Tuesday edition was also on the upswing vs. the last fully original episode two weeks ago. Go On and The New Normal mercifully got back to about their two-weeks-ago numbers, and Parenthood had a big week by its standards, winning the 18-49 race at 10/9c (6 share vs. Vegas' 5) and cracking a 2.0 for the first time since 2011.

• The other new shows pretty much stabilized. A steady Vegas probably pretty much sewed up its back nine considering the NCIS pair took declines earlier in the evening.

• The return of a full-strength Voice may have taken a bite out of several 8/7c occupants, including NCIS and especially Hart of Dixie, which took a big drop from last week's 0.7 but thankfully got back up to a 0.5 after finals.

FULL TABLE:

Info			Show				Timeslot		True2
	Viewers	A18-49	Last	LeLa	Rank	y2y	TLa	Ty2y
Dancing with the Stars (R)	8.25	1.3					-7%	-26%	1.21
Dancing with the Stars Tue	13.33	2.2	+5%	-7%	1/3	-24%	+5%	-23%	2.13
Private Practice	6.00	1.6	+0%	+5%	2/3	-24%	+0%	-22%	1.35
NCIS	18.51	3.4	-8%	n/a	3/3	-19%	-8%	-18%	3.29
NCIS: Los Angeles	15.18	3.0	-3%	-8%	3/3	-12%	-3%	-12%	2.49
Vegas	11.78	2.0	+0%	-3%	2/3	n/a	+0%	-20%	1.56
The Voice Tue	12.19	4.5	+7%	n/a	2/5	n/a	+50%	+131%	4.12
Go On	6.65	2.6	+24%	+50%	4/5	n/a	+24%	+24%	1.89
The New Normal	4.86	2.0	+18%	+24%	4/6	n/a	+18%	-13%	1.74
Parenthood	4.95	2.0	+25%	+18%	1/5	+0%	+25%	+0%	1.71
Raising Hope	4.03	1.8	+6%	n/a	1/2	-29%	+6%	-47%	1.93
Ben and Kate	3.23	1.5	-6%	+6%	3/3	n/a	-6%	-59%	1.46
New Girl	4.94	2.7	-4%	-6%	4/4	-37%	-4%	-37%	2.53
The Mindy Project	3.55	1.9	+0%	-4%	2/3	n/a	+0%	-34%	1.63
Hart of Dixie	1.19	0.5	-29%	n/a	2/2	-38%	-29%	-23%	0.56
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog	0.51	0.2				n/a	-33%	-67%	0.19

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.

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