- ABC's The Bachelor returned on a great note, crushing the last two premieres and nearly getting all the way back to the 2011 premiere level. While it will be tough to pull off its usual February/March growth against Olympics and The Voice, this pretty much ensures that it's gonna be a strong season for the show regardless. But Castle exhibited its usual incompatibility with the program, growing from Bachelor in total viewers but a point weaker in the demo. (Also, it was a season low in the demo despite its biggest raw lead-in.)
- Part of Castle's problem may turn out to be the football competition. The BCS Championship ended up at a 8.7 rating on ESPN, down a half-point from last year's 9.2, but it's probably a safe bet that the classic game didn't take the same trajectory as last year's blowout. So there was likely considerably less initial interest and more in the 10:00/11:00 hours.
- The only other broadcast originals were the Hostages finale and another so-so result from Almost Human (though I might upgrade that label to "decent" after the finals uptick). NBC warmed up for next week's pivotal without-Voice premiere of The Blacklist with a three-hour marathon averaging a 1.0.
FULL TABLE:
| Info | Show | Timeslot | True | |||||||
| A18-49 | Skew | Last | LeLa | Rank | y2y | TLa | Ty2y | |||
| The Bachelor | 2.7 | 40% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | +17% | +163% | +19% | 2.7 |
| Castle | 1.7 | 24% | -19% | -0.4 | +0.5 | 11/11 | -11% | +113% | -11% | 2.0 |
| ABC: | +154% | +10% | ||||||||
| 2 Broke Girls (R) | 1.7 | 32% | +42% | +13% | 1.7 | |||||
| Mom (R) | 1.3 | 32% | -7% | -13% | 1.4 | |||||
| Hostages | 1.1 | 28% | -8% | -0.1 | -0.6 | 8/14 | n/a | -19% | -35% | 1.2 |
| Hostages | 1.0 | 27% | -9% | -0.1 | -0.2 | 14/15 | n/a | +18% | -5% | 1.3 |
| CBS: | +1% | -15% | ||||||||
| The Blacklist (R) | 1.0 | 28% | +5% | -57% | 1.0 | |||||
| The Blacklist (R) | 1.0 | 32% | -9% | -59% | 1.2 | |||||
| The Blacklist (R) | 1.1 | 33% | +69% | -45% | 1.4 | |||||
| NBC: | +11% | -54% | ||||||||
| Almost Human | 1.8 | 36% | +13% | +0.2 | n/a | 4/7 | n/a | +100% | +89% | 1.8 |
| Sleepy Hollow (R) | 0.8 | 36% | +7% | -6% | 0.8 | |||||
| Fox: | +63% | +44% | ||||||||
| Hart of Dixie (R) | 0.2 | 38% | -64% | -43% | 0.2 | |||||
| Beauty and the Beast (R) | 0.2 | 49% | -60% | +0% | 0.2 | |||||
| CW: | -60% | -27% | ||||||||
| Big5: | +40% | -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.
