SpotVault - American Idol (Fox) - 2012-13 Ratings

American Idol

Wednesdays and Thursdays on Fox

2012-13 Wednesday Original Ratings

Info					Ratings			Factors			Metrics
#	Day	Date	Time	Length	Viewers	A18-49	Share	PUT	bc	Lead	True2	Sitch
1	We	1/16/2013	8:00	2:00	17.93	6.0	16	35.9	12.3	n/a	5.48	+9%
2	We	1/23/2013	8:00	2:00	16.07	5.5	15	35.5	12.2	n/a	5.20	+6%
3	We	1/30/2013	8:00	2:00	15.78	5.5	15	35.7	11.4	n/a	5.01	+10%
4	We	2/6/2013	8:00	2:00	14.27	4.6	13	34.3	11.3	n/a	4.65	-1%
5	We	2/13/2013	8:00	2:00	13.45	4.3	12	32.0	11.2	n/a	4.96	-13%
6	We	2/20/2013	8:00	2:00	14.37	4.1	11	34.1	11.4	n/a	4.27	-4%
7	We	2/27/2013	8:00	2:00	13.30	3.9	11	33.7	11.2	n/a	4.16	-6%
8	Tu	3/5/2013	8:00	2:00	11.72	3.5	10	34.4	9.5	n/a	3.44	+2%
9	We	3/6/2013	8:00	2:00	12.84	3.8	10	35.2	9.1	n/a	3.52	+8%
10	We	3/13/2013	8:00	2:00	13.44	3.8	11	31.8	9.0	n/a	4.20	-10%
11	We	3/20/2013	8:00	2:00	12.94	3.6	10	33.2	10.1	n/a	3.83	-6%
12	We	3/27/2013	8:00	2:00	12.33	3.2	9	31.8	9.4	n/a	3.64	-12%
13	We	4/3/2013	8:00	2:00	11.76	3.1	9	34.4	10.8	n/a	3.22	-4%
14	We	4/10/2013	8:00	2:00	12.23	3.2	9	32.9	10.0	n/a	3.50	-9%
15	We	4/17/2013	8:00	2:00	12.71	3.4	10	33.7	8.9	n/a	3.42	-1%
16	We	4/24/2013	8:00	2:00	12.46	3.3	9	32.9	9.6	n/a	3.55	-7%
17	We	5/1/2013	8:00	2:00	11.26	2.9	9	31.3	10.1	n/a	3.48	-17%
18	We	5/8/2013	8:00	2:00	11.11	2.9	8	32.7	10.8	n/a	3.30	-12%
19	We	5/15/2013	8:00	1:00	12.11	3.0	10	29.5	7.6	n/a	3.55	-15%
AVERAGES TO DATE:					Viewers	A18-49		Skew	y2y		True2	Sitch
					13.30	3.90		37%	-27%		4.03	-3%

2012-13 Thursday Original Ratings

Info					Ratings			Factors			Metrics
#	Day	Date	Time	Length	Viewers	A18-49	Share	PUT	bc	Lead	True2	Sitch
1	Th	1/17/2013	8:00	2:00	16.28	5.6	15	35.4	12.4	n/a	5.34	+5%
2	Th	1/24/2013	8:00	1:00	15.65	5.2	14	34.3	11.7	n/a	4.96	+5%
3	Th	1/31/2013	8:00	1:00	13.80	4.5	13	34.7	13.3	n/a	4.54	-1%
4	Th	2/7/2013	8:00	1:00	13.28	4.1	12	34.0	13.5	n/a	4.39	-7%
5	Th	2/14/2013	8:00	1:00	12.59	3.7	12	31.0	12.0	n/a	4.51	-18%
6	Th	2/21/2013	8:00	2:00	13.66	3.9	10	34.9	11.9	n/a	4.00	-3%
7	Th	2/28/2013	8:00	2:00	12.56	3.8	11	33.1	8.2	n/a	3.81	-0%
8	Th	3/7/2013	8:00	1:30	13.12	3.6	10	33.3	10.1	n/a	3.74	-4%
9	Th	3/14/2013	8:00	1:00	11.93	3.1	10	30.9	10.8	n/a	3.72	-17%
10	Th	3/21/2013	8:00	1:00	11.93	2.9	9	31.0	8.8	n/a	3.28	-12%
11	Th	3/28/2013	8:00	1:00	11.43	2.8	9	29.1	7.8	n/a	3.43	-18%
12	Th	4/4/2013	8:00	1:00	11.72	2.9	9	30.0	10.1	n/a	3.59	-19%
13	Th	4/11/2013	8:00	1:00	13.19	3.2	10	30.5	8.7	n/a	3.67	-13%
14	Th	4/18/2013	8:00	1:00	12.42	3.0	10	30.8	9.2	n/a	3.46	-13%
15	Th	4/25/2013	8:00	1:00	11.40	2.8	9	29.9	12.9	n/a	3.78	-26%
16	Th	5/2/2013	8:00	1:00	11.27	2.6	9	29.7	10.1	n/a	3.29	-21%
17	Th	5/9/2013	8:00	1:00	11.57	2.9	9	29.7	10.4	n/a	3.69	-21%
18	Th	5/16/2013	8:00	2:00	14.31	3.6	11	31.6	11.9	n/a	4.39	-18%
AVERAGES TO DATE:					Viewers	A18-49		Skew	y2y		True2	Sitch
					13.13	3.68		36%	-25%		4.04	-9%

KEY (click to expand)

Viewers - The number of total viewers age 2+ (in millions) that watched the program.
A18-49 -The average percentage of TV-owning adults 18-49 that watched the program.
Share - The average percentage of TV-watching adults 18-49 that watched the program.
PUT - ESTIMATED average percentage of TV-owning adults 18-49 persons currently using any TV in the show's timeslot.
bc - Average percentage of TV-owning adults 18-49 watching known broadcast TV shows that air in the show's live timeslot.
Lead - Adults 18-49 rating of the show's lead-in (last half hour).
True2 - A metric that adjusts the A18-49 rating for overall viewing levels, competition and lead-in.
Sitch - The percent difference between True2 and 18-49 rating, or a measure of how easy or difficult a given show's timeslot is.
Skew - The average percentage of the show's total viewer audience that falls within the 18-49 demo.
y2y - Difference between the season-to-date A18-49 average and the A18-49 average from one year ago through the same number of episodes.

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