Spotted Ratings, Tuesday 4/30/13

WHAT MATTERS:

• The Tuesday premiere of Grimm was rather Revolution-esque. It was certainly better than some other things NBC can (and has) put in the post-Voice slot this season, but the size of the increase was not particularly inspiring given the its lead-in size multiplied by over five. We'll see how it develops next week, but I'm pretty sure the show is still best utilized by NBC in a self-starting role. Meanwhile, a two-hour The Voice continued its mid-season drop-off, and the week-to-week decline would've been even larger in just the 8:00 slot (where it preliminarily averaged 3.4).

• These two-hour The Voices remain quite an education on the power of timeslot competition; The Voice at 9/8c totally mowed down NCIS: Los Angeles and Dancing with the Stars, and the Fox comedies didn't do so hot either. ABC's only consolation on a dreadful night was a decent 10/9c showing from an Amanda Knox special.

• But it was much sunnier at 8/7c with The Voice weaker; NCIS continued its rebound and Hart of Dixie reversed some of its recent bleeding.

FULL TABLE:

Info			Show				Timeslot		True2
	Viewers	A18-49	Last	LeLa	Rank	y2y	TLa	Ty2y
Splash	4.32	0.9	-18%	n/a	7/7	n/a	-18%	-36%	1.13
Dancing with the Stars Tue	10.89	1.5	-25%	-18%	6/6	-38%	-27%	-36%	1.88
Amanda Knox Speaks	8.47	1.7				n/a	+10%	-19%	1.92
NCIS	18.29	3.1	+11%	n/a	17/22	+0%	+9%	+2%	3.72
NCIS: Los Angeles	13.07	2.2	-19%	+11%	22/22	-27%	-19%	-28%	2.25
Golden Boy	7.64	1.3	-7%	-19%	9/11	n/a	-4%	-28%	1.37
The Voice Tue	11.84	3.9	-5%	n/a	6/6	+26%	+46%	+47%	4.38
Grimm	5.77	1.9	+46%	+457%	3/19	+36%	+90%	+27%	1.70
Hell's Kitchen	4.79	2.0	+0%	n/a	4/9	n/a	-2%	-18%	2.46
New Girl	3.57	2.0	-9%	+5%	18/23	-9%	+67%	-9%	2.24
The Mindy Project	2.56	1.3	-13%	-9%	18/22	n/a	+44%	-7%	1.45
Hart of Dixie	1.20	0.5	+25%	n/a	12/21	-17%	+25%	-17%	0.64
America's Next Top Model (R)	0.52	0.2					-33%	-33%	0.23

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.