- American Idol had another pretty good outing, dropping by less than 10% from last week's Thursday premiere despite airing for just one hour. But the return of The Big Bang Theory looms next week. A nice hold by Idol helped Glee to its best numbers since early October, though it still lost handily to Grey's Anatomy and took a large drop at the half (2.9 -> 2.4 in prelims).
- Parks and Recreation came back to earth a bit following its surprising 8:30 debut last week, but it still pretty comfortably looks like NBC's best in-contention comedy option. Beauty and the Beast made its return to the CW sked with one of its better outings.
- On cable, the FX divergence continues, with another new high for Archer (1.1) and another new low for Anger Management (0.6).
FULL TABLE:
| Info | Show | Timeslot | True2 | ||||||
| Viewers | A18-49 | Last | LeLa | Rank | y2y | TLa | Ty2y | ||
| Last Resort | 5.48 | 1.2 | +20% | n/a | 7/13 | n/a | +14% | -20% | 1.25 |
| Grey's Anatomy | 9.01 | 3.0 | +0% | +20% | 8/12 | n/a | +2% | +140% | 3.17 |
| Scandal (R) | 5.57 | 1.7 | -35% | +100% | 1.51 | ||||
| The Big Bang Theory (R) | 11.49 | 3.2 | +0% | -41% | 3.00 | ||||
| Two and a Half Men (R) | 8.52 | 2.2 | -4% | -37% | 2.05 | ||||
| Person of Interest (R) | 10.01 | 1.9 | +15% | -10% | 1.93 | ||||
| Elementary (R) | 7.89 | 1.5 | +7% | -19% | 1.51 | ||||
| 30 Rock | 3.81 | 1.4 | +8% | n/a | 2/11 | -20% | +8% | -13% | 1.39 |
| Parks and Recreation | 3.94 | 1.7 | -11% | +8% | 3/11 | +0% | -11% | +0% | 1.93 |
| The Office | 4.19 | 2.0 | -5% | -11% | 10/12 | n/a | -5% | +5% | 2.09 |
| 1600 Penn | 3.28 | 1.3 | +8% | -5% | 3/4 | n/a | +8% | -7% | 1.38 |
| Rock Center | 3.72 | 0.8 | -27% | +8% | 14/16 | n/a | -30% | -20% | 0.92 |
| American Idol Thu | 15.65 | 5.2 | -7% | n/a | 2/2 | -5% | -5% | -5% | 4.77 |
| Glee | 6.79 | 2.6 | +30% | +117% | 3/11 | n/a | -55% | -9% | 2.08 |
| The Vampire Diaries | 2.71 | 1.3 | -7% | n/a | 6/11 | n/a | -7% | +136% | 1.38 |
| Beauty and the Beast | 1.79 | 0.7 | +17% | +0% | 2/10 | n/a | +56% | +40% | 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.
