Spotted Ratings, Tuesday 1/22/13

WHAT MATTERS:

• Has ABC found shows on both nights that do better than their longtime Monday/Tuesday tentpole Dancing with the Stars? If night one is any indication, it looks like a possibility. The two-hour premiere of The Taste did pretty strong business (by ABC Tuesday standards) and sprung its network to a rare winter Tuesday win. It massively outrated ABC's recent comedy strategy. And it no doubt helped out the series finale of Private Practice (1.5), which ended its six-year run by bouncing up to its biggest numbers since the opening few weeks of the season when it aired after Dancing.

• Then there's NBC, which had to have felt at least a tad hopeful last week when Go On recovered a bit in its second week of Voice-lessness. So much for that. Week three of that run was a real goon, dropping nearly 25% to a 1.3 and two ticks below its winter premiere. And Parenthood, a show that has bounced up nicely on finale night in years past, adjusted up after finals but was still down a tick week-to-week and slightly below its season average. (But I'm pretty sure it's still OK!)

• Maybe Fox's comedies finally bottomed out last week, as they made a minor recovery to mirror the January 8 results across the board (though New Girl upticked after finals to a tick above that level). It wasn't enough for Ben and Kate, pulled from the schedule after this airing. And the CW's Hart of Dixie and Emily Owens M.D. each dropped after finals to more normal recent levels, meaning they were probably inflated in the prelims because of basketball pre-emptions.

FULL TABLE:

Info			Show				Timeslot		True2
	Viewers	A18-49	Last	LeLa	Rank	y2y	TLa	Ty2y
The Taste	5.82	2.1	n/a	n/a	1/1	n/a	+68%	+40%	1.88
Private Practice	5.32	1.5	+25%	+91%	4/13	n/a	+30%	+30%	1.52
NCIS (R)	12.86	1.7					-56%	-17%	1.55
NCIS: Los Angeles (R)	11.93	1.7					-36%	+13%	1.60
Vegas (R)	6.94	1.0					-38%	-17%	1.08
Off Their Rockers	5.91	1.6	-11%	n/a	3/5	n/a	+7%	-24%	1.45
Off Their Rockers	5.91	1.8	+13%	n/a	2/6	n/a	+0%	-18%	1.71
Go On	3.97	1.3	-24%	+0%	13/13	n/a	-24%	-35%	1.18
The New Normal	3.28	1.2	-14%	-24%	14/14	n/a	-14%	-40%	1.33
Parenthood	4.87	1.8	-5%	-14%	8/15	n/a	-8%	+16%	1.98
Raising Hope	4.00	1.7	+6%	n/a	3/13	n/a	+6%	-45%	1.54
Ben and Kate	2.53	1.2	+9%	+6%	7/13	n/a	+9%	-68%	1.17
New Girl	4.05	2.2	+16%	+9%	8/14	n/a	+16%	+22%	2.02
The Mindy Project	3.05	1.5	+0%	+16%	5/12	n/a	+0%	-17%	1.42
Hart of Dixie	1.45	0.6	+0%	n/a	2/12	+20%	+9%	-14%	0.57
Emily Owens M.D.	1.36	0.4	+33%	+0%	2/11	n/a	+60%	+0%	0.37

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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