- ABC's been looking for something, anything, that would help them get behind some of their disappointing new comedies. And they may have found it on this night, as The Goldbergs was steady despite a 1.5-point drop in lead-in as Agents of SHIELD went into repeats. And Trophy Wife actually picked up by two tenths. There were a couple other factors here (Fox's comedy block wasn't on, and Halloween episodes are often good for ratings), but overall the results can probably be called mildly positive, which is far better than anything these shows (or the other new comedies) have posted in the last couple weeks.
- Fox tried unsuccessfully to keep The X Factor lights on during World Series season with a special Tuesday episode, which (like last year) went significantly below the Wednesday norm. This episode was over a third below last year's Tuesday tryout on 10/23/12 (2.3) and didn't do any better than the usual Tuesday comedy block ratings.
- NBC suffered a bit more on Tuesday with The Biggest Loser and a two-hour The Voice down again; maybe the added reality competition, weak as it was, contributed a bit.
- And opposite The Voice, Person of Interest had a weak showing even as the NCIS duo were even to barely up, though the upward adjustment in finals softened the blow a bit.
FULL TABLE:
| Info | Show | Timeslot | True | |||||||
| A18-49 | Skew | Last | LeLa | Rank | y2y | TLa | Ty2y | |||
| Agents of SHIELD (R) | 1.2 | 37% | -56% | -31% | 1.1 | |||||
| The Goldbergs | 1.7 | 40% | +0% | +0.0 | -1.5 | 4/6 | n/a | +0% | +21% | 1.6 |
| Trophy Wife | 1.4 | 41% | +17% | +0.2 | +0.0 | 2/6 | n/a | +17% | +17% | 1.3 |
| Shark Tank (R) | 1.0 | 40% | -5% | -20% | 1.0 | |||||
| ABC: | -28% | -13% | ||||||||
| NCIS | 3.0 | 20% | +0% | +0.0 | n/a | 4/6 | -12% | -2% | -12% | 2.5 |
| NCIS: Los Angeles | 2.6 | 22% | +4% | +0.1 | +0.0 | 3/6 | -7% | +2% | -5% | 2.1 |
| Person of Interest | 1.9 | 20% | -14% | -0.3 | +0.1 | 6/6 | -34% | -14% | +12% | 1.6 |
| CBS: | -4% | -4% | ||||||||
| The Biggest Loser | 1.8 | 38% | -10% | -0.2 | n/a | 3/3 | n/a | -10% | -59% | 1.6 |
| The Voice Tue | 3.6 | 39% | -12% | -0.5 | -0.2 | 5/6 | -22% | +17% | -8% | 3.1 |
| NBC: | +10% | -26% | ||||||||
| The X Factor Wed | 1.5 | 39% | -32% | -0.7 | n/a | 6/6 | -44% | -2% | -13% | 1.4 |
| Fox: | -2% | -13% | ||||||||
| The Originals | 1.0 | 62% | +11% | +0.1 | n/a | 2/5 | n/a | +11% | +54% | 0.9 |
| Supernatural | 1.1 | 64% | +0% | +0.0 | +0.1 | 2/4 | +38% | +5% | +214% | 1.1 |
| CW: | +8% | +110% | ||||||||
| Big5: | -3% | -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.
