- The last full-strength night of TV before the Thanksgiving break had a lot going on. ABC brought in the two-hour finale of Dancing with the Stars, down 20% year-to-year. But perhaps the network's more interesting development was how Agents of SHIELD responded to its first airing without NCIS competing head-to-head. The show was up two ticks in the demo and a whooping 2.8 million total viewers, meaning a show that's consistently seen well over 40% of its audience in the 18-49 demo went all the way to 34%. Some DWTS pre-tune may also have something to do with that as well, but I have thought for awhile that this "broader" skew might be more sustainable for SHIELD long-term; the show has turned out to be much more procedural than buzzy serial. So maybe NCIS is cutting into it more than expected.
- Meanwhile, NCIS sat out in favor of the holiday special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, which scored an identical demo with something like eight million fewer total viewers. In its first-ever airing without an NCIS lead-in, NCIS: Los Angeles held up rather well demographically but was, like SHIELD, thrown off skew-wise by the different situation, down by about 2.8 million total viewers. And Person of Interest picked up by two ticks in the conclusion of its big three-part event.
- On NBC, The Voice suffered against DWTS but Chicago Fire had a bounce-back. And Fox perked back up with New Girl and The Mindy Project.
FULL TABLE:
| Info | Show | Timeslot | True | |||||||
| A18-49 | Skew | Last | LeLa | Rank | y2y | TLa | Ty2y | |||
| Agents of SHIELD | 2.6 | 34% | +8% | +0.2 | n/a | 6/9 | n/a | +11% | +6% | 2.6 |
| Dancing with the Stars Mon | 2.4 | 21% | +9% | +0.2 | n/a | 2/12 | -11% | +4% | -20% | 2.5 |
| ABC: | +6% | -12% | ||||||||
| Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer | 3.0 | 34% | +3% | -2% | -17% | 2.9 | ||||
| NCIS: Los Angeles | 2.4 | 25% | -4% | -0.1 | +0.0 | 8/10 | -17% | -2% | -17% | 2.4 |
| Person of Interest | 2.2 | 23% | +10% | +0.2 | -0.1 | 2/10 | -24% | +7% | +42% | 2.1 |
| CBS: | +1% | -6% | ||||||||
| The Biggest Loser | 2.0 | 38% | +5% | +0.1 | n/a | 3/7 | n/a | +8% | -48% | 2.0 |
| The Voice Tue | 3.0 | 37% | -6% | -0.2 | +0.1 | 9/11 | -21% | -6% | +43% | 3.0 |
| Chicago Fire | 2.1 | 39% | +11% | +0.2 | -0.2 | 5/8 | n/a | +11% | +20% | 1.9 |
| NBC: | +2% | -8% | ||||||||
| Dads | 1.2 | 48% | -8% | -0.1 | n/a | 9/10 | n/a | -8% | -33% | 1.2 |
| Brooklyn Nine-Nine | 1.5 | 52% | +0% | +0.0 | -0.1 | 5/10 | n/a | +0% | +7% | 1.6 |
| New Girl | 1.9 | 69% | +12% | +0.2 | +0.0 | 5/10 | -17% | +12% | -17% | 2.0 |
| The Mindy Project | 1.4 | 67% | +17% | +0.2 | +0.2 | 5/10 | -7% | +17% | -7% | 1.5 |
| Fox: | +5% | -14% | ||||||||
| The Originals | 1.1 | 59% | +0% | +0.0 | n/a | 1/8 | n/a | +340% | +120% | 1.1 |
| Supernatural | 1.1 | 58% | +22% | +0.2 | +0.8 | 2/8 | +38% | +22% | +214% | 1.2 |
| CW: | +91% | +159% | ||||||||
| Big5: | +8% | -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.
