- Gordon Ramsay does it again. The MasterChef brand spun off to Friday with MasterChef Junior and after finals ended up tying for an impressive win the 8/7c hour. CBS remained respectable with Undercover Boss, up a tick from last year's premiere, and the big losers in this suddenly crowded hour were ABC's comedies Last Man Standing and The Neighbors, combining to tumble by nearly 20% week-to-week.
- ABC had much better news at 9/8c as Shark Tank picked up the two ticks despite the struggles in the previous hour. CBS was once again a very respectable second with the Friday debut of Hawaii Five-0, but probably the Eye's biggest pleasant surprise was its 10/9c domination with Blue Bloods, which outrated any result from last season. The procedurals will likely come down a bit after the promotion of Five-0's move dies down, but consider this a surprisingly stout start for CBS.
- Broadcast TV continued a great opening week by going +10% vs. premiere Friday 2012, with only NBC down year-to-year (and they had Grimm last year). The big four are now tracking +3% vs. the first five days of 2012.
FULL TABLE:
| Info | Show | Timeslot | True | |||||||
| A18-49 | Skew | Last | LeLa | Rank | y2y | TLa | Ty2y | |||
| Last Man Standing | 1.2 | 27% | -20% | -0.3 | n/a | 2/2 | n/a | -20% | -14% | 1.4 |
| The Neighbors | 1.0 | 31% | -17% | -0.2 | -0.3 | 2/2 | -69% | -17% | -38% | 1.3 |
| Shark Tank | 2.0 | 37% | +11% | +0.2 | -0.2 | 1/2 | +33% | +14% | +90% | 2.2 |
| 20/20 | 1.2 | 34% | -8% | -0.1 | +0.2 | 2/2 | -8% | -11% | -11% | 1.2 |
| ABC: | -3% | +10% | ||||||||
| Undercover Boss | 1.6 | 25% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | +7% | +45% | +23% | 1.9 |
| Hawaii Five-0 | 1.6 | 21% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | -11% | +167% | +45% | 1.7 |
| Blue Bloods | 1.7 | 18% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | +13% | +162% | +13% | 1.9 |
| CBS: | +109% | +26% | ||||||||
| The Michael J. Fox Show (R) | 0.8 | 25% | +23% | +14% | 1.0 | |||||
| Dateline Fri | 1.3 | 25% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | +44% | +16% | -10% | 1.5 |
| NBC: | +17% | -6% | ||||||||
| MasterChef Junior | 1.6 | 47% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | n/a | +129% | +39% | 1.9 |
| Sleepy Hollow (R) | 0.9 | 42% | -14% | -14% | 1.0 | |||||
| Fox: | +43% | +14% | ||||||||
| Perfect Score | 0.2 | 39% | +0% | +0.0 | n/a | 2/7 | n/a | +0% | -60% | 0.2 |
| Perfect Score (R) | 0.2 | 52% | +0% | -60% | 0.3 | |||||
| America's Next Top Model | 0.4 | 50% | +0% | +0.0 | +0.0 | 5/9 | -20% | +0% | +100% | 0.4 |
| CW: | +0% | -14% | ||||||||
| Big5: | +31% | +10% | ||||||||
KEY (click to expand)
A18-49 - Adults 18-49 rating. Percentage of US TV-owning adults 18-49 watching the program.
Skew - Percentage of adults 18-49 within the show's total viewership.
Last - A18-49 difference (percent and numerical) from the show's previous episode.
LeLa - A18-49 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 so far this season.
y2y - Percent difference between A18-49 and the show's rating a year ago.
TLa - Percent difference between A18-49 and the network's rating in the timeslot one week ago.
Ty2y - Percent difference between A18-49 and the network's rating in the timeslot one year ago.
True - 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.
Skew - Percentage of adults 18-49 within the show's total viewership.
Last - A18-49 difference (percent and numerical) from the show's previous episode.
LeLa - A18-49 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 so far this season.
y2y - Percent difference between A18-49 and the show's rating a year ago.
TLa - Percent difference between A18-49 and the network's rating in the timeslot one week ago.
Ty2y - Percent difference between A18-49 and the network's rating in the timeslot one year ago.
True - 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.
