Spotted Ratings, Wednesday 12/4/13

WHAT MATTERS:

• NBC had its best Wednesday of the season with big performances from holiday specials Christmas in Rockefeller Center and Saturday Night Live Christmas, which combined to nearly double the usual entertainment series ratings and go roughly even with the same lineup a year ago. (Rockefeller was up a bit and SNL down a bit.) That may have been a factor in another horrible performance out of The X Factor and a very weak night for ABC's comedy block, led by easily season low showings out of The Middle, Back in the Game and Modern Family. (Super Fun Night also got there after finals.)

• As for the good news: the finals adjustments meant Arrow tied a season high in its introduction of the Flash, while The Tomorrow People ticked down after adjustments to its fifth consecutive 0.6. CBS' only original, Survivor, was also at best-since-October levels.

• On cable, TNT had a soft start from its new series Mob City (2.29 million viewers and a 0.6), which is being double-pumped for three weeks.

FULL TABLE:

Info		Show						Timeslot		True
	A18-49	Skew	Last		LeLa	Rank	y2y	TLa	Ty2y
The Middle	1.9	33%	-17%	-0.4	n/a	8/8	-17%	+90%	-17%	1.8
Back in the Game	1.4	35%	-13%	-0.2	-0.4	9/9	n/a	+40%	-26%	1.3
Modern Family	3.2	43%	-6%	-0.2	-0.2	8/8	n/a	+146%	+10%	3.3
Super Fun Night	1.6	43%	-11%	-0.2	-0.2	8/8	n/a	+129%	-27%	1.3
Nashville	1.6	36%	+0%	+0.0	-0.2	3/9	-16%	+220%	-16%	1.6
							ABC:	+126%	-14%
Survivor	2.6	31%	+18%	+0.4	n/a	2/12	-10%	+18%	-9%	2.5
Criminal Minds (R)	1.7	26%						-29%	-42%	1.6
CSI (R)	1.5	23%						-27%	-3%	1.5
							CBS:	-13%	-21%
Christmas in Rockefeller Center	2.3	30%					+10%	+130%	+70%	2.2
Saturday Night Live Christmas	2.6	44%					-4%	+60%	+49%	2.6
							NBC:	+76%	+55%
The X Factor Wed	1.4	33%	+17%	+0.2	n/a	10/11	-50%	+14%	-50%	1.4
							Fox:	+14%	-50%
Arrow	1.2	47%	+20%	+0.2	n/a	1/8	+9%	+140%	+4%	1.2
The Tomorrow People	0.6	44%	+0%	+0.0	+0.2	4/8	n/a	+20%	-37%	0.7
							CW:	+80%	-14%
							Big5:	+40%	-15%

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.

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