- It ain't easy to skew older than an NCIS, but CBS' premiere of Intelligence (2.4) pulled it off, hanging a typical NCIS: Los Angeles demo rating but with a million or two more total viewers (16.59m). Not great, not horrible, and not really telling either way about the show's prospects on Monday.
- As for the night's other series premiere, ABC's Killer Women (0.9) was predictably killed by the wretched timeslot situation. I thought it might be a little less disastrous because it seemed like something that could tap into the Dancing with the Stars/Castle crowd, and the skew somewhat suggests that (it grew slightly from Trophy Wife in total viewers), but unfortunately a lot of those people probably had no idea this show existed.
- The big four were all original all the time, and here are a few other quick notes:
- ABC's Agents of SHIELD adjusted up to a tick above the very mediocre number it took into hiatus.
- Fox hit a new low with increasingly troubling New Girl, which lost head-to-head to The Goldbergs for the first time since October 1 and didn't really even look all that different from the other Fox comedies. It'll be a more favorable story for New Girl in 18-34 numbers, as always, but this isn't a good result... especially since The Voice isn't even around as competition anymore.
- NBC's The Biggest Loser and Chicago Fire were both a bit lower than when they aired alongside The Voice in the fall, but not disappointingly so.
- Cable had a big night with the returns of ABC's Pretty Little Liars (1.2), FX's Justified (1.1) and TBS' Cougar Town (0.9), all three down by two tenths from their premieres a year ago. Leading the way among cable originals was BET's premiere of Being Mary Jane (1.5), which impressed despite dropping 25% from its pilot preview in July.
| Info | Show | Timeslot | True | |||||||
| A18-49 | Skew | Last | LeLa | Rank | y2y | TLa | Ty2y | |||
| Agents of SHIELD | 2.2 | 42% | +5% | +0.1 | n/a | 9/11 | n/a | +33% | +38% | 2.0 |
| The Goldbergs | 1.7 | 41% | +6% | +0.1 | +0.1 | 4/12 | n/a | -26% | +21% | 1.5 |
| Trophy Wife | 1.1 | 36% | -8% | -0.1 | +0.1 | 9/11 | n/a | -58% | +0% | 1.1 |
| Killer Women | 0.9 | 29% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | n/a | -76% | -22% | 1.1 |
| ABC: | -43% | +13% | ||||||||
| NCIS | 3.0 | 18% | +3% | +0.1 | n/a | 4/12 | -14% | +233% | -15% | 2.6 |
| Intelligence | 2.4 | 18% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | n/a | +243% | -21% | 1.9 |
| Person of Interest | 2.0 | 21% | +0% | +0.0 | +0.0 | 6/12 | -39% | +300% | +25% | 1.9 |
| CBS: | +252% | -10% | ||||||||
| The Biggest Loser | 1.7 | 40% | -15% | -0.3 | n/a | 11/11 | -29% | +5% | +10% | 1.6 |
| Chicago Fire | 2.0 | 37% | -9% | -0.2 | -1.4 | 10/11 | -9% | +14% | +3% | 2.1 |
| NBC: | +8% | +7% | ||||||||
| Dads | 1.5 | 52% | +7% | +0.1 | n/a | 2/12 | n/a | +114% | -12% | 1.3 |
| Brooklyn Nine-Nine | 1.5 | 55% | -6% | -0.1 | +0.1 | 6/12 | n/a | +200% | +25% | 1.5 |
| New Girl | 1.6 | 63% | -16% | -0.3 | +0.0 | 11/11 | -24% | +300% | -20% | 1.6 |
| The Mindy Project | 1.3 | 63% | +8% | +0.1 | +0.7 | 9/12 | -13% | +333% | -13% | 1.2 |
| Fox: | +211% | -8% | ||||||||
| The Originals (R) | 0.3 | 42% | -50% | +20% | 0.3 | |||||
| Supernatural (R) | 0.4 | 57% | -33% | +33% | 0.4 | |||||
| CW: | -42% | +27% | ||||||||
| Big5: | +26% | -0% | ||||||||
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.
