- The thirteenth premiere of American Idol (4.7) was down 22% year-to-year in the demo (and continued to skew older, dropping only a little over 15% in overall viewership). But given the incredible severity of the show's bleed through last season (when it was in the 3.0 range by the end and had a 3.6 finale), this is not a bad start. In fact, no Idol premiere has increased this much (28%) vs. the prior season's finale. And if the judges were as well-received by the audience as they seemed to be by critics, it's certainly not hard to imagine the show holding up better through the season this time.
- Almost everything dropped week-to-week against Idol's return, but it was most severe on NBC, coming down from last week's inflated episodes against CBS pre-emptions. Chicago PD (1.5) was down 25% in week two, but that was predictable... and in fact a less severe drop than its lead-in Law and Order: SVU (1.4) took. And Revolution (1.3) hit a new low at 8/7c.
- On ABC, Suburgatory (1.6) had a modest start in its return to 8:30, barely outrating the last few episodes of Back in the Game/Super Fun Night, but that looks a little better relatively speaking since The Middle (1.8), Modern Family (3.2) and Nashville (1.3) all tied or hit new season lows.
FULL TABLE:
| Info | Show | Timeslot | True | |||||||
| A18-49 | Skew | Last | LeLa | Rank | y2y | TLa | Ty2y | |||
| The Middle | 1.8 | 30% | -18% | -0.4 | n/a | 11/11 | -22% | -18% | -22% | 1.9 |
| Suburgatory | 1.6 | 38% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | -43% | +7% | -11% | 1.7 |
| Modern Family | 3.2 | 44% | -9% | -0.3 | +0.1 | 10/11 | -26% | -9% | -26% | 3.7 |
| Super Fun Night | 1.5 | 43% | -12% | -0.2 | -0.3 | 11/12 | n/a | -12% | -35% | 1.4 |
| Nashville | 1.3 | 32% | -7% | -0.1 | -0.3 | 11/11 | -41% | -7% | -42% | 1.5 |
| ABC: | -9% | -30% | ||||||||
| Two and a Half Men (R) | 1.2 | 28% | -20% | +20% | 1.3 | |||||
| The Millers (R) | 1.1 | 29% | -31% | -8% | 1.3 | |||||
| Criminal Minds | 2.4 | 29% | +0% | +0.0 | -1.4 | 8/12 | -17% | -2% | -17% | 2.9 |
| CSI | 2.0 | 25% | +11% | +0.2 | +0.0 | 4/12 | -13% | -15% | -15% | 2.0 |
| CBS: | -13% | -13% | ||||||||
| Revolution | 1.3 | 35% | -13% | -0.2 | n/a | 11/11 | n/a | -16% | +73% | 1.4 |
| Law and Order: SVU | 1.4 | 33% | -33% | -0.7 | -0.2 | 9/10 | n/a | -35% | +133% | 1.7 |
| Chicago PD | 1.5 | 35% | -25% | -0.5 | -0.7 | 2/2 | n/a | -23% | +43% | 1.7 |
| NBC: | -26% | +75% | ||||||||
| American Idol Wed | 4.7 | 39% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | -22% | +276% | -21% | 4.9 |
| Fox: | +276% | -21% | ||||||||
| Arrow | 0.9 | 45% | -18% | -0.2 | n/a | 7/10 | -18% | +200% | -14% | 1.0 |
| The Tomorrow People | 0.5 | 43% | +0% | +0.0 | -0.2 | 9/10 | n/a | +150% | -47% | 0.6 |
| CW: | +180% | -30% | ||||||||
| Big5: | +42% | -16% | ||||||||
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.
