Spotted Ratings, Wednesday 5/8/13

WHAT MATTERS:

• The big listings change of May sweeps' second Wednesday night was an original results show of The Voice in the 8:00 hour, where it was far below its normal Monday/Tuesday numbers yet held off the 8:00 hour of American Idol and Survivor to win the reality logjam. The Voice also gave Law and Order: SVU its best lead-in of the season by a pretty wide margin, and it responded with a big uptick. And Chicago Fire was also up again at 10:00.

• But the 8:00 logjam may have derailed The Middle and especially week two of Family Tools, and the horrifying lead-in sent Modern Family to near a season low. This was pretty much the worst-case scenario for Family Tools; if it's hurting Modern Family, it may not air in the next two weeks and simply get bumped into the summer (if that?) How to Live and Nashville were also down a bit to round off a bad ABC night.

• CBS, the one with the truly awful evening last week, managed to rebound across the board with Survivor, Criminal Minds and CSI, but still not quite to normal recent levels.

FULL TABLE:

Info			Show				Timeslot		True2
	Viewers	A18-49	Last	LeLa	Rank	y2y	TLa	Ty2y
The Middle	6.80	1.8	-10%	n/a	20/21	-5%	-10%	-5%	1.96
Family Tools	4.48	1.2	-20%	-10%	2/2	n/a	-20%	-43%	1.36
Modern Family	9.02	3.3	-8%	-20%	21/22	-25%	-8%	-25%	3.60
How to Live	5.90	2.0	-5%	-8%	4/6	n/a	-5%	-13%	1.86
Nashville	5.38	1.6	-6%	-5%	17/19	n/a	-3%	-27%	1.60
Survivor	9.51	2.6	+8%	n/a	4/13	-7%	+8%	-7%	2.81
Criminal Minds	10.08	2.5	+4%	+8%	20/21	-14%	+4%	-14%	2.54
CSI	9.82	2.2	+16%	+4%	16/21	-8%	+19%	-8%	2.09
The Voice Tue	8.92	2.8	-24%	n/a	8/8	-36%	+65%	+93%	3.01
Law and Order: SVU	6.91	1.9	+27%	+65%	4/21	+6%	+23%	+171%	1.89
Chicago Fire	6.89	1.8	+6%	+27%	12/22	n/a	+9%	+3%	1.82
American Idol Wed	11.11	2.9	+0%	n/a	17/18	-36%	+1%	-35%	3.07
Arrow	2.62	0.9	+0%	n/a	17/22	n/a	-5%	+200%	1.03
Supernatural	2.07	1.0	+11%	+0%	1/22	+43%	+11%	+122%	1.05

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.