Schedules Plus, CW Tuesday

Schedules Plus is another innovative application of the historical ratings statistic A18-49+. I hope this will be the ultimate resource for comparing the evolution of shows, networks and timeslots over time, complete with ratings numbers that make a fair adjustment for the collective decline. Right now this only includes programs aired in the fall. Much more about the process that went into this at the bottom.

A highlight of the WB's schedule during the Gilmore Girls glory days, Tuesday night became another crumbling frontier during the CW's existence. 90210 began its run with one of the most impressive individual results in the network's history and remained pretty solid through season one. But as it fell, so too did the CDub's Tuesday ratings... until a major rejuvenation in the 2013-14 season.

WB Tuesday

	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	Avg
2001-02	Gilmore Girls		Smallville		62
	55		70
2002-03	Gilmore Girls		Smallville		72
	58		87
2003-04	Gilmore Girls		One Tree Hill		44
	50		38
2004-05	Gilmore Girls		One Tree Hill		54
	60		48
2005-06	Gilmore Girls		Supernatural		55
	59		51

UPN Tuesday

	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	Avg
2001-02	Buffy the Vampire Slayer		Roswell		46
	61		31
2002-03	Buffy the Vampire Slayer		Haunted		36
	49		22
2003-04	One On One	All of Us	Rock Me Baby	The Mullets	30
	30	39	25	25
	35		25
2004-05	All of Us	Eve	Veronica Mars		28
	27	30	27
	28
2005-06	America's Next Top Model (R)		Sex, Love and Secrets		23
	30		15

CW Tuesday

	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	Avg
2006-07	Gilmore Girls		Veronica Mars		41
	52		31
2007-08	Beauty and the Geek		Reaper		39
	43		36
2008-09	90210		Privileged		37
	47		28
2009-10	90210		Melrose Place		30
	34		26
2010-11	One Tree Hill		Life Unexpected		31
	34		28
2011-12	90210		Ringer		28
	30		26
2012-13	Hart of Dixie		Emily Owens M.D.		22
	26		18
2013-14	The Originals		Supernatural		50
	47		53
2014-15	The Flash		Supernatural		69
	86		53
Avg	44		33		39

2014-15 Update: Tuesday was already the CW's strongest night in 2013-14... and they went and improved on it by thirty-nine percent in 2014-15. (It's technically a little less if you combine Supernatural's numbers with what iZombie did from mid-March onward. But still a lot.) The Flash had the biggest A18-49+ in the history of the CW and was very close to having the biggest netlet season on record, just a point behind 2002-03 Smallville. It will lead into OK midseason performer iZombie (39) again this fall, as the newest DC series Legends of Tomorrow waits in the wings patiently.

See here for more explanations/disclaimers about Schedules Plus.