- NBC's Wednesday Revolution began, and Revolution itself returned pretty nicely, nearly matching its late-season post-Voice results in a lead-off role. But the night's biggest story by far was the return of Law and Order: SVU, which outrated any result from the last two seasons and grew a whooping 29% from last year.
- ABC got off to a fairly soft start on Wednesday with a one-hour Modern Family and Nashville each down around 25% from last year's premieres and The Middle also down double digits. They didn't get the fall bounce-back they have in years past. But Back in the Game, which outrated all of The Neighbors' 8:30 results last season, started in reasonably positive fashion.
- Despite the SVU breakout, the CBS procedurals did fine, especially Criminal Minds (down just 10%), though a downward adjustment by CSI took it to 20% below last year's premiere. Survivor was down the sharpest of any CBS show, 23% below last year's week two.
- The X Factor decided to swing upward against the return of competition. Gonna need a few to stew on that one. Still -26% vs. premiere Wednesday 2012.
- The big four was -8% vs. premiere Wednesday 2012. ABC's -2% was a bit inflated because they had just one ModFam and a Revenge recap special on this night last year.
FULL TABLE:
| Info | Show | Timeslot | True | |||||||
| A18-49 | Skew | Last | LeLa | Rank | y2y | TLa | Ty2y | |||
| The Middle | 2.5 | 36% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | -14% | +150% | -7% | 2.2 |
| Back in the Game | 2.2 | 35% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | n/a | +120% | -27% | 1.9 |
| Modern Family | 4.2 | 46% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | -24% | +211% | -3% | 4.2 |
| Nashville | 2.0 | 39% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | -29% | +186% | +33% | 1.6 |
| ABC: | +180% | -2% | ||||||||
| Survivor | 2.4 | 32% | -0.2 | -8% | n/a | 2/2 | -23% | -8% | -23% | 2.2 |
| Criminal Minds | 2.8 | 32% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | -10% | +10% | -11% | 2.7 |
| CSI | 2.0 | 28% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | -20% | -20% | -20% | 1.7 |
| CBS: | -6% | -18% | ||||||||
| Revolution | 1.8 | 34% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | -56% | +64% | +20% | 1.7 |
| Law and Order: SVU | 2.7 | 36% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | +29% | +8% | +29% | 2.6 |
| NBC: | +18% | +26% | ||||||||
| The X Factor Wed | 2.5 | 41% | +0.3 | +14% | n/a | 1/3 | -26% | +14% | -26% | 2.5 |
| Fox: | +14% | -26% | ||||||||
| Arrow (R) | 0.3 | 33% | +0% | -14% | 0.3 | |||||
| Capture | 0.2 | 44% | +0.0 | +0% | -10% | 3/4 | n/a | -50% | -33% | 0.2 |
| CW: | -29% | -23% | ||||||||
| Big5: | +28% | -9% | ||||||||
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.
