Spotted Ratings, Weekend Roundup 8/23-8/25/13

WHAT MATTERS:

• Preseason NFL dominated broadcast TV on Friday and Sunday, with the 2.3 average on Friday for Seahawks/Packers on CBS particularly impressive, but it lost out to a nice showing from ABC's NASCAR on Saturday (it was up a tick from last year's late-August race).

• On Friday, America's Next Top Model decided to go from 0.5 to 0.2 in one week. Probably just one of those weird blips, but we'll see...

• AMC saw Saturday's Hell on Wheels (0.33) finally take the 18-49 dip that it seemed like it should've taken last week when it dropped a ton of viewers. But HoW is far from the network's biggest concern; week three of Low Winter Sun (0.42) dropped again and is now retaining 17% of its Breaking Bad (2.53) lead-in. It's pretty clear now that this show is a disaster, and I think AMC ought to strongly consider moving BB aftershow Talking Bad (which actually very narrowly built from LWS at a 0.43) to the immediate post-BB slot.

• The week's top program was Sunday's Video Music Awards (5.2) on MTV, which nearly doubled last year's ill-scheduled 2.8 rating on a Thursday. The 2.8 in 2012, not this rating, was the real outlier here; the show actually got a 6.2 two years ago.

FRIDAY 8/23/13 FULL TABLE:

Info			Show				Timeslot		True2
	Viewers	A18-49	Last	LeLa	Rank	y2y	TLa	Ty2y
Last Man Standing (SR)	3.43	0.6					+0%	-33%	0.94
The Neighbors (SR)	2.32	0.5					+25%	-50%	0.93
Shark Tank (SR)	3.57	1.0					+43%	-9%	1.70
20/20 (S)	3.89	0.9	+0%	+43%	12/15	n/a	+0%	-31%	1.43
NFL Preseason Football	7.68	2.3	+10%	n/a	2/4	+8%	+283%	+50%	3.58
Off Their Rockers (SR)	2.77	0.6					+0%	+0%	0.94
Off Their Rockers (SR)	2.97	0.7					+0%	+17%	1.24
Dateline Fri (SR)	5.53	1.0					-22%	+43%	1.63
Bones (SR)	3.10	0.7					-48%	-18%	1.09
The Following (SR)	1.19	0.3					-80%	-68%	0.59
Perfect Score	0.54	0.2	+0%	n/a	4/5	n/a	+0%	-50%	0.32
Perfect Score (R)	0.51	0.2					+0%	-50%	0.34
America's Next Top Model	0.85	0.2	-60%	+0%	4/4	-50%	-64%	+0%	0.34

SATURDAY 8/24/13 FULL TABLE:

Info			Show				Timeslot		True2
	Viewers	A18-49	Last	LeLa	Rank	y2y	TLa	Ty2y
NASCAR	6.3	1.6	-16%	n/a	3/8	+7%	+191%	+5%	2.43
NFL Preseason Football	4.4	1.2	-48%	n/a	5/5	-44%	+112%	-27%	1.82
American Ninja Warrior (R)	1.4	0.4					-27%	+0%	0.58
Get Out Alive (R)	1.3	0.4					-38%	-50%	0.79
Do No Harm	1.5	0.4	+0%	-33%	3/10	n/a	+0%	-43%	0.79
Cops (SR)	1.5	0.4					-33%	-43%	0.56
Cops (SR)	1.7	0.5					-29%	-38%	0.95
Bones (SR)	1.8	0.4					-20%	-20%	0.77

SUNDAY 8/25/13 FULL TABLE:

Info			Show				Timeslot		True2
	Viewers	A18-49	Last	LeLa	Rank	y2y	TLa	Ty2y
America's Funniest Home Videos (SR)	5.02	1.1					+29%	-12%	1.30
Family Dance-Off	3.56	0.7				n/a	-42%	-13%	0.86
Secret Millionaire	4.23	1.0	-17%	-22%	4/4	n/a	-29%	+54%	1.19
Castle (SR)	3.16	0.6					-14%	-40%	0.76
60 Minutes (SR)	8.67	1.1					+29%	-4%	1.30
Big Brother Sun	7.17	2.5	+19%	+22%	1/9	-4%	+19%	-6%	2.72
Unforgettable	6.80	1.1	+0%	+19%	3/5	n/a	-4%	+47%	0.98
The Mentalist (SR)	4.57	0.8					+14%	-20%	0.95
Madden NFL Pigskin Pro-Am	2.29	0.7				-22%	+56%	-22%	0.84
NFL Preseason Football	8.18	2.7	+125%	n/a	2/6	+27%	+479%	-17%	2.88
American Dad! (SR)	2.7	1.1					-31%	-59%	1.28
The Simpsons (SR)	2.61	1.1					-45%	-8%	1.42
The Simpsons (SR)	3.23	1.4					-42%	-18%	1.61
Bob's Burgers (SR)	2.38	1.0					-57%	-44%	1.17
Family Guy (SR)	2.78	1.2					-43%	-40%	1.32
Family Guy (SR)	2.91	1.3					-32%	-32%	1.45

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.