- As it turned out, broadcast TV's resurgence on Tuesday night was very short-lived. The headliner has got to be ABC, where last week's historically huge premiere of Agents of SHIELD came down a disheartening 30% and took everything else with it. The Goldbergs actually had ABC's smallest percentage drop at "just" 29% (though it may go down in finals), but the bleeding accelerated in the second half of the evening with Trophy Wife (1.4, -39%) and Lucky 7 (adjusting down to a 0.7, down 46%!). Could L7 go off the sked this week? After the finals downtick, it looks even likelier.
- Though everyone will be talking about ABC, there were lots of big drops on the other networks too. Fox's 8:00 hour officially became a problem with Dads and Brooklyn Nine-Nine, while CBS was down a tick with the NCIS mothership on Cote De Pablo's departure night, then a little more in the subsequent hours.
- Even after a two-tenth downward adjustment in finals, NBC's Chicago Fire still impressed, down just a tick in its second week on Tuesday.
- Despite all the carnage, the big four were still up a whooping 15% year-to-year vs. Tuesday #2 in 2012, though the main reason behind this (the extra hour of The Voice, which boosts NBC to +78%) will go away starting next week.
FULL TABLE:
| Info | Show | Timeslot | True | |||||||
| A18-49 | Skew | Last | LeLa | Rank | y2y | TLa | Ty2y | |||
| Agents of SHIELD | 3.3 | 48% | -30% | -1.4 | n/a | 2/2 | n/a | -29% | +136% | 3.3 |
| The Goldbergs | 2.2 | 46% | -29% | -0.9 | -1.4 | 2/2 | n/a | -29% | +10% | 1.7 |
| Trophy Wife | 1.4 | 41% | -39% | -0.9 | -0.9 | 2/2 | n/a | -39% | -36% | 1.3 |
| Lucky 7 | 0.7 | 34% | -46% | -0.6 | -0.9 | 2/2 | n/a | -44% | -56% | 0.8 |
| ABC: | -33% | +14% | ||||||||
| NCIS | 3.5 | 22% | -3% | -0.1 | n/a | 2/2 | -5% | -3% | -5% | 3.4 |
| NCIS: Los Angeles | 2.7 | 23% | -10% | -0.3 | -0.1 | 2/2 | -13% | -10% | -11% | 2.2 |
| Person of Interest | 2.1 | 22% | -9% | -0.2 | -0.3 | 2/2 | -30% | -9% | +2% | 1.8 |
| CBS: | -7% | -6% | ||||||||
| The Voice Tue | 4.5 | 39% | -4% | -0.2 | n/a | 2/2 | n/a | -4% | +84% | 4.2 |
| Chicago Fire | 2.6 | 38% | -4% | -0.1 | -0.2 | 2/2 | n/a | -2% | +63% | 2.0 |
| NBC: | -3% | +78% | ||||||||
| Dads | 1.3 | 49% | -13% | -0.2 | n/a | 3/3 | n/a | -13% | -24% | 1.3 |
| Brooklyn Nine-Nine | 1.4 | 52% | -22% | -0.4 | -0.2 | 3/3 | n/a | -22% | -13% | 1.5 |
| New Girl | 1.9 | 63% | -10% | -0.2 | -0.4 | 3/3 | -32% | -10% | -32% | 1.8 |
| The Mindy Project | 1.5 | 67% | +0% | +0.0 | -0.2 | 2/3 | -21% | +0% | -21% | 1.5 |
| Fox: | -12% | -24% | ||||||||
| iHeartRadio Music Festival p2 | 0.4 | 47% | n/a | +14% | -16% | 0.4 | ||||
| CW: | +14% | -16% | ||||||||
| Big5: | -12% | +13% | ||||||||
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.
