- Not a happy night in eye land. CBS' Survivor had a borderline disastrous return, down over 20% from the premiere last spring and below virtually all the ratings from the fall season. And a last-minute shrinking of the program to 90 minutes led to a low-rated The Big Bang Theory repeat at 9:30, which likely helped derail CSI at 10:00.
- ABC's The Middle was another 8/7c head-scratcher, and the American Idol bleeding continues; this point was down a whooping 30% year-to-year. But other than all that... pretty steady evening on broadcast!
- A couple unfortunate stories in the cable ratings:
- The Americans followed its solid 1.2 premiere with just a 0.85 in week two, and now it's down to an increasingly marginal 0.7 in week three.
- And the rough winter continues for TNT, which debuted season five of Southland (0.4) at a new series low. About the only consolation there is that at least it ain't Monday Mornings.
- Why was CBS' Big Bang repeat so low? The late listings change was surely part of it, but it also had to compete with TBS, where the TBBT repeat crowd usually hangs out. The CBS repeat only tied the 9:30 TBS repeat (1.4).
FULL TABLE:
| Info | Show | Timeslot | True2 | ||||||
| Viewers | A18-49 | Last | LeLa | Rank | y2y | TLa | Ty2y | ||
| The Middle | 7.72 | 1.9 | -17% | n/a | 14/14 | -21% | -17% | -21% | 1.98 |
| The Neighbors | 5.89 | 1.7 | +0% | -17% | 13/16 | n/a | +0% | -29% | 1.86 |
| Modern Family | 10.05 | 3.8 | +3% | +0% | 14/15 | -19% | +3% | -19% | 4.36 |
| Suburgatory | 5.91 | 2.1 | +5% | +3% | 11/13 | -13% | +5% | -13% | 2.09 |
| Nashville | 5.74 | 1.8 | +6% | +5% | 9/13 | n/a | +9% | -25% | 1.78 |
| Survivor | 8.94 | 2.4 | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | -23% | +41% | -22% | 2.63 |
| The Big Bang Theory (R) | 5.22 | 1.4 | -52% | -55% | 1.57 | ||||
| CSI | 8.54 | 1.9 | -21% | -50% | 14/14 | -27% | -22% | -28% | 2.00 |
| Whitney | 3.59 | 1.2 | +0% | n/a | 7/9 | -29% | +0% | -29% | 1.27 |
| Guys with Kids | 2.85 | 1.0 | -17% | +0% | 15/15 | n/a | -17% | -29% | 1.26 |
| Law and Order: SVU | 6.35 | 1.5 | +0% | -17% | 11/13 | -12% | +0% | +100% | 1.96 |
| Chicago Fire | 6.65 | 1.9 | +0% | +0% | 5/15 | n/a | +3% | +12% | 1.98 |
| American Idol Wed | 13.45 | 4.3 | -7% | n/a | 5/5 | -30% | -6% | -29% | 4.58 |
| Arrow | 3.29 | 1.1 | +10% | n/a | 6/14 | n/a | +10% | +47% | 1.22 |
| Supernatural | 2.41 | 1.0 | +0% | +10% | 1/14 | +25% | +5% | +400% | 1.13 |
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.
