Spotted Ratings, Friday 4/5/13

WHAT MATTERS:

• It was post-Easter rally time on ABC, where Happy Endings saw a surprisingly substantial rally from its painful 0.9/0.7 week-ago debut. I don't think that's enough to put its ratings in the renewal-worthy column; it's of course still well behind what Last Man Standing was doing at the end of the year. But it's enough to at least make the next few weeks worth keeping an eye on. Friday king Shark Tank also had a noticeable upswing, tying its second-highest number of the season, and 20/20 (1.8) was also way above average in tying a season high. So... this all went almost suspiciously well, and it held up after finals.

• CBS had no such luck with the Friday debut of Vegas, which came back 40% below its Tuesday low point, well behind the usual CSI: NY numbers, and it couldn't even get to the 1.0 pulled by the Golden Boy tryout a few weeks ago. It was especially bad considering its lead-in Undercover Boss actually had a pretty good week.

FULL TABLE:

Info			Show				Timeslot		True2
	Viewers	A18-49	Last	LeLa	Rank	y2y	TLa	Ty2y
Happy Endings	3.28	1.1	+57%	n/a	11/16	-35%	+22%	-15%	1.47
Happy Endings	2.69	1.0	-9%	n/a	13/17	-41%	+43%	-23%	1.62
Shark Tank	7.04	2.1	+17%	+43%	2/21	n/a	+17%	+31%	2.86
20/20	5.70	1.8	+29%	+17%	1/31	+20%	+29%	+24%	2.08
Undercover Boss	8.52	1.7	+21%	n/a	7/12	-6%	-8%	-6%	2.44
Vegas	7.67	0.9	-40%	-37%	16/16	n/a	-47%	-47%	1.16
Blue Bloods	10.99	1.5	+7%	+0%	2/19	-12%	-41%	-12%	1.98
Fashion Star	2.61	0.6	-14%	n/a	5/5	-60%	-20%	-25%	0.88
Grimm	5.13	1.5	+7%	-14%	11/17	+15%	+11%	+15%	2.14
Rock Center	3.32	0.7	-13%	+7%	24/25	-13%	-13%	-33%	0.90
Kitchen Nightmares (R)	2.15	0.7					-22%	-36%	1.02
Touch	2.29	0.6	+20%	-22%	8/10	-74%	+9%	-40%	0.96
Nikita	1.23	0.3	-25%	n/a	8/15	n/a	-25%	+0%	0.45
Cult	0.62	0.2	+100%	-25%	3/7	n/a	+100%	-33%	0.29

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.

More Spotted Ratings in the Index.