- Start with the good: the CW's Arrow had a very promising week two, holding its week-ago demo rating completely and staying ahead of NBC's comedy duo. Back-nine time.
- The bad? Almost everyone else. Nashville took a huge 29% tumble in week two. It's not Truly as bad as it looks because its lead-in was more than two full points weaker; the final True2s say it was down about 15%. But it's still pretty discouraging, because Revenge didn't drop nearly this much with a week two lead-in drop. ABC also underwhelmed at 9:30 with the premiere of Suburgatory, which had a seemingly better slot but was down more year-to-year than the other ABC comedy premieres. I'd argue the 20%+ drop from Chicago Fire was even worse than what Nashville did, though it too had little lead-in help as Law and Order: SVU lost a couple ticks from last week. Both shows fell well behind CSI at 10/9c even though that was down as well.
- Both of the 10/9c newbies also lost head-to-head with FX's American Horror Story premiere (2.2), which was a relatively close second behind CSI. AHS is yet another buzzy cable drama on the rise, but unless it grows post-premiere it looks to remain a bit behind Sons of Anarchy on the FX totem pole. (Sons has settled at approximately this low-2's level this season.)
- The weak new show results came despite a chaotic Wednesday on Fox, where they had rain-delayed baseball, a Ben and Kate repeat, an hour of original The X Factor and a partial The Mindy Project repeat before returning to baseball. The ratings for X ended up at only about two thirds of typical levels, but I wouldn't read much into that mess.
FULL TABLE:
| Info | Show | Timeslot | True2 | ||||||
| Viewers | A18-49 | Last | LeLa | Rank | y2y | TLa | Ty2y | ||
| The Middle | 8.39 | 2.5 | +4% | n/a | 2/4 | -14% | +4% | -14% | 2.23 |
| The Neighbors | 6.53 | 1.9 | -5% | +4% | 3/4 | n/a | -5% | -39% | 1.63 |
| Modern Family | 12.28 | 4.7 | -4% | -60% | 4/4 | -20% | -2% | -19% | 4.04 |
| Suburgatory | 7.54 | 2.8 | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | -15% | -43% | -13% | 2.03 |
| Nashville | 6.74 | 2.0 | -29% | -43% | 2/2 | n/a | -27% | -25% | 1.72 |
| Survivor | 10.43 | 2.8 | +0% | n/a | 4/5 | -13% | +0% | -14% | 2.50 |
| Criminal Minds | 11.81 | 3.1 | +3% | +0% | 1/3 | -18% | +2% | -18% | 2.64 |
| CSI | 10.63 | 2.3 | -12% | +3% | 3/3 | -12% | -12% | -12% | 1.94 |
| Animal Practice | 3.85 | 1.1 | +0% | n/a | 3/4 | n/a | +0% | -48% | 1.02 |
| Guys with Kids | 4.41 | 1.4 | +0% | +0% | 4/5 | n/a | +0% | +0% | 1.44 |
| Law and Order: SVU | 6.25 | 1.6 | -11% | +0% | 3/3 | -24% | -9% | +39% | 1.58 |
| Chicago Fire | 5.85 | 1.5 | -21% | -11% | 2/2 | n/a | -23% | -29% | 1.44 |
| Ben and Kate (R) | 3.46 | 1.2 | -60% | -52% | 1.11 | ||||
| The X Factor Wed | 6.34 | 2.3 | -34% | n/a | 6/6 | -32% | -37% | -15% | 2.20 |
| The Mindy Project (R) | 4.70 | 1.7 | -53% | -50% | 1.54 | ||||
| Arrow | 3.55 | 1.3 | +0% | n/a | 1/2 | n/a | -4% | +271% | 1.23 |
| Supernatural | 2.13 | 1.0 | +0% | +0% | 1/3 | +25% | +0% | +18% | 0.84 |
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.
