- Through three days of the TV season, the only network without a truly great moment was CBS, and it was finally their turn to shine on Thursday. The Big Bang Theory returned in stellar fashion, growing year-to-year again, and it launched The Crazy Ones to the week's second-biggest series premiere number. It's a positive start for TCO, but a big drop in lead-in is coming next week. Free of the direct BBT lead-in, the relative softness of Two and a Half Men was on display as it shed another 25%+ from The Crazy Ones. And by 10/9c, Elementary was as "meh" as ever with a new lead-in.
- NBC brought some new viewers to the table with the premiere of The Michael J. Fox Show (2.1/2.1), but a high percentage of them were out-of-demo, as the show skewed considerably older than has become the NBC Thursday tradition, including its very weak lead-in from Parks and Recreation. It looks like this show will be another The Office-sized demo player at best. Probably the least disappointing thing on NBC was the Thursday premiere of Parenthood, which was down some but not that much in its transition to Thursday despite not having a lot of lead-in help.
- Fox at least initially shows little sign of a Beatles bounce or a Monteith bounce or any kind of bounce for week one of Glee, which was down huge from last year's pre-premiere week premiere and still double digits from the first in-season episode.
- And ABC brought back Grey's Anatomy for season ten at pretty much as-expected levels, down by 23% from last year's massive 4.4 premiere.
- So the Big Four went -3% vs. premiere Thursday 2012. NBC may have struggled, but they still built year-to-year for a fourth straight night (albeit vs. a lineup that included Up All Night and Rock Center). CBS was also up year-to-year, with the second The Big Bang Theory and minor 9:00 gains cancelling out the losses at 10/9c vs. the inflated Elementary premiere. ABC was down thanks to an Agents of SHIELD repeat at 8/7c, while Fox was down the most.
FULL TABLE:
| Info | Show | Timeslot | True | |||||||
| A18-49 | Skew | Last | LeLa | Rank | y2y | TLa | Ty2y | |||
| Agents of SHIELD (R) | 1.2 | 33% | +26% | -47% | 1.3 | |||||
| Grey's Anatomy | 3.4 | 47% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | -23% | +300% | +5% | 3.5 |
| ABC: | +202% | -8% | ||||||||
| The Big Bang Theory | 5.5 | 37% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | +10% | +150% | +10% | 5.5 |
| The Big Bang Theory | 6.1 | 38% | +0.6 | +11% | n/a | 1/2 | +22% | +281% | +74% | 5.2 |
| The Crazy Ones | 3.9 | 32% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | n/a | +77% | +34% | 3.1 |
| Two and a Half Men | 2.9 | 32% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | -17% | +61% | +4% | 2.4 |
| Elementary | 2.1 | 26% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | -32% | +110% | -32% | 1.9 |
| CBS: | +131% | +11% | ||||||||
| Parks and Recreation | 1.3 | 50% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | -24% | +18% | -10% | 1.4 |
| The Michael J. Fox Show | 2.2 | 37% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | n/a | +52% | +19% | 2.4 |
| Parenthood | 1.6 | 40% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | -16% | +113% | +100% | 1.5 |
| NBC: | +55% | +24% | ||||||||
| The X Factor Thu | 2.1 | 41% | +0.1 | +5% | n/a | 2/3 | -34% | +5% | -34% | 2.3 |
| Glee | 2.0 | 50% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | -35% | +82% | -17% | 2.1 |
| Fox: | +32% | -27% | ||||||||
| The Vampire Diaries (R) | 0.3 | 53% | +20% | +0% | 0.3 | |||||
| America's Next Top Model (R) | 0.2 | 44% | +0% | -33% | 0.2 | |||||
| CW: | +11% | -17% | ||||||||
| Big5: | +94% | -3% | ||||||||
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.
