Spotted Ratings, Memorial Weekend Roundup (5/24-5/26/13)

WHAT MATTERS:

• ABC won Friday on the strength of Shark Tank repeats, but Fox got some surprisingly OK mileage out of a special airing of the Nat Geo series Brain Games. Sports dominated the next two nights, with the NHL on NBC and then Sunday's NASCAR beating the combined competition (including the finale of Smash). Memorial Sunday saw the largest viewing depression relative to the norm for that day of the week.

• NBA conference final games on cable beat all the broadcasters on each of these three nights: Eastern Conference on Friday (3.0) and Sunday (3.1) and Western Conference on Saturday (1.9).

FRIDAY 5/24/13 FULL TABLE:

Info			Show				Timeslot		True2
	Viewers	A18-49	Last	LeLa	Rank	y2y	TLa	Ty2y
Shark Tank (SR)	4.39	1.3					+0%	+37%	1.84
Shark Tank (SR)	4.91	1.6					-18%	+39%	2.19
20/20 (S)	4.96	1.1	n/a	n/a	1/1	-15%	-24%	-24%	1.53
Undercover Boss (SR)	3.91	0.8					-24%	-20%	1.14
Blue Bloods (SR)	4.81	0.7					-36%	-22%	1.07
Blue Bloods (SR)	6.24	0.7					-30%	-22%	1.13
Dateline Fri (SR)	5.46	1.0					-13%	+100%	1.39
Rock Center (S)	4.00	0.9	n/a	n/a	1/1	+29%	-31%	-14%	1.34
Bones (SR)	3.04	0.8					+14%	-6%	1.14
Brain Games: Blow Your Mind	2.76	1.0				n/a	+67%	+0%	1.49
Nikita (SR)	0.67	0.2					-43%	+0%	0.29
Supernatural (SR)	0.76	0.3					+0%	+0%	0.45

SATURDAY 5/25/13 FULL TABLE:

Info			Show				Timeslot		True2
	Viewers	A18-49	Last	LeLa	Rank	y2y	TLa	Ty2y
Bet On Your Baby	2.3	0.5	+25%	n/a	4/7	n/a	+25%	-74%	0.80
The Chew's BBQ Cookout Countdown	2.4	0.6				n/a	-8%	-77%	0.99
Body of Proof (SR)	2.9	0.4					-50%	-89%	0.70
The Mentalist (SR)	3.1	0.4					+33%	+33%	0.64
48 Hours (SR)	4.1	0.6					+20%	+33%	1.01
48 Hours (SR)	5.1	0.9					+20%	-10%	1.34
NHL Playoffs	2.9	1.1	n/a	n/a	1/1	n/a	+94%	+214%	1.57
Baseball Night in America	2.3	0.5	n/a	n/a	1/1	-38%	-39%	-9%	0.74

SUNDAY 5/26/13 FULL TABLE:

Info			Show				Timeslot		True2
	Viewers	A18-49	Last	LeLa	Rank	y2y	TLa	Ty2y
America's Funniest Home Videos (SR)	3.78	0.6					-65%	-20%	1.00
Wipeout (R)	2.77	0.8					-76%	+33%	1.25
Motive (R)	2.47	0.5					-87%	-23%	0.78
Rookie Blue (R)	2.09	0.5					-86%	-17%	0.75
60 Minutes (SR)	5.74	0.6					-54%	-14%	1.00
NCIS: Los Angeles (SR)	4.38	0.5					-58%	+25%	0.82
The Good Wife (SR)	3.25	0.4					-65%	-27%	0.71
The Mentalist (SR)	4.44	0.6					-52%	-14%	0.88
The Voice (R)	2.35	0.5					-13%	-26%	0.76
Smash	2.44	0.5	+25%	n/a	9/15	n/a	-67%	-44%	0.73
NASCAR	7.13	1.9	+19%	n/a	2/7	-10%	+2%	-12%	2.75

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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