- On the night after the Winter Olympics, NBC was back in business on Monday with another huge premiere for The Voice (4.7) and the return of The Blacklist (3.1). The singing competition was just a tenth below last spring's premiere (4.8). As for The Blacklist, it was a single tenth behind its last post-Voice episode on December 2. This could be spun as a bit of a disappointment considering that episode had a lead-in almost two points lower, but it's basically the same rating it had back when The Voice was this size in the early fall.
- This came against a full suite of competition on the other networks:
- ABC's The Bachelor (2.5) bounced back to normal after a couple low weeks against the Olympics.
- But Fox's Almost Human (1.6) and The Following (1.6) saw no such relief, each down a tick from Olympic eps last week.
- And while CBS' How I Met Your Mother (3.6) held up quite swimmingly against the return of The Voice, the rest of the comedy gang was down at least half a point from the inflated numbers they rang up in the weeks before the Olympics: 2 Broke Girls (2.5), Mike and Molly (2.1) and Mom (1.9). These were relatively low-end showings for all three.
- And week two of the CW's doomed Star-Crossed (0.3) was down a tenth.
- On cable, the return of TNT's Dallas (0.75) was down 7% from last season's premiere. (Progamming note: I'm going to try adding cable ratings with most of the usual full table numbers. Please check back at night or the next morning on the daily posts for these.)
FULL TABLE:
| Info | Show | Timeslot | True | |||||||
| A18-49 | Skew | Last | LeLa | Rank | y2y | TLa | Ty2y | |||
| The Bachelor | 2.5 | 39% | +14% | +0.3 | n/a | 3/8 | -14% | +14% | -15% | 2.6 |
| Castle | 1.7 | 25% | +0% | +0.0 | +0.3 | 14/16 | -26% | +0% | -26% | 1.9 |
| ABC: | +10% | -18% | ||||||||
| How I Met Your Mother | 3.6 | 49% | -5% | -0.2 | n/a | 4/17 | +9% | +157% | +9% | 3.7 |
| 2 Broke Girls | 2.5 | 40% | -17% | -0.5 | -0.2 | 13/17 | -24% | +108% | -7% | 2.4 |
| Mike and Molly | 2.1 | 33% | -22% | -0.6 | -0.5 | 10/12 | -22% | +62% | -36% | 2.0 |
| Mom | 1.9 | 33% | -21% | -0.5 | -0.6 | 13/17 | n/a | +73% | -30% | 1.9 |
| Intelligence | 1.2 | 28% | +0% | +0.0 | +0.8 | 5/8 | n/a | +0% | -17% | 1.3 |
| CBS: | +69% | -16% | ||||||||
| The Voice Mon | 4.7 | 38% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | -2% | -16% | +119% | 4.6 |
| The Blacklist | 3.1 | 35% | +24% | +0.6 | +3.4 | 4/14 | n/a | -45% | +158% | 2.6 |
| NBC: | -26% | +127% | ||||||||
| Almost Human | 1.6 | 39% | -6% | -0.1 | n/a | 10/12 | n/a | -6% | -32% | 1.7 |
| The Following | 1.6 | 44% | -6% | -0.1 | -0.1 | 6/6 | -43% | -6% | -43% | 1.7 |
| Fox: | -6% | -38% | ||||||||
| Star-Crossed | 0.3 | 33% | -25% | -0.1 | n/a | 2/2 | n/a | -25% | -33% | 0.3 |
| Beauty and the Beast (R) | 0.2 | 43% | -33% | -20% | 0.3 | |||||
| CW: | -29% | -29% | ||||||||
| Big5: | -5% | +4% | ||||||||
| Teen Wolf | 0.87 | 57% | -5% | -0.0 | 5/8 | +13% | ||||
| Dallas | 0.75 | 36% | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | -7% | ||||
| Switched at Birth | 0.66 | 52% | -6% | -0.0 | 5/7 | +5% | ||||
| Archer | 0.61 | 73% | -10% | -0.1 | 5/5 | -22% | ||||
| The Fosters | 0.55 | 47% | -10% | -0.1 | 7/7 | -11% | ||||
| Being Human | 0.53 | 57% | +19% | +0.1 | 2/7 | +21% | ||||
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.
