- After suffering through a couple miserable premieres over the past few days, it was finally ABC's turn for some good news as their strong Thursday duo returned from 2.5 months off in very healthy form. Scandal (3.4) was up two tenths from its fall finale and Grey's Anatomy (3.1) saw an even bigger bounce, perhaps benefiting from Rake (0.8) providing even less competition than Glee did back in the fall.
- If ABC was overdue for some good news, NBC was also overdue for some bad. And as usual, the Thursday lineup obliged. Community (1.0), Parks and Recreation (1.0) and Parenthood (1.1) all hit/nearly hit season lows, and Hollywood Game Night (1.2) caught the Thursday disease too in dipping below all its Monday episodes from the winter. (It was only ahead of the Christmas special in December.) Still, at least Game Night was a much better option than the yanked Sean Saves the World and The Michael J. Fox Show...
- CBS' flip of Two and a Half Men (2.5) to 9/8c and The Crazy Ones (1.9) to 9:30 paid immediate dividends, as the former handily outrated TCO's recent 9:00 norm and had a major surge vs. its recent results. And The Crazy Ones didn't even really suffer at 9:30, as its lead-in from Men was only barely weaker than what it had usually gotten from The Millers.
- History's strong drama Vikings (1.3) returned for season two at a number well below last year's inflated series premiere (2.0) but pretty much in line with what it did for the rest of season one.
FULL TABLE:
| Info | Show | Timeslot | True | |||||||
| A18-49 | Skew | Last | LeLa | Rank | y2y | TLa | Ty2y | |||
| Countdown to the Oscars | 1.0 | 27% | n/a | +18% | +0% | 1.1 | ||||
| Grey's Anatomy | 3.1 | 42% | +15% | +0.4 | +0.2 | 2/12 | n/a | +244% | +244% | 3.2 |
| Scandal | 3.4 | 46% | +6% | +0.2 | +0.4 | 2/11 | n/a | +423% | +300% | 3.5 |
| ABC: | +213% | +173% | ||||||||
| The Big Bang Theory | 5.0 | 36% | -4% | -0.2 | n/a | 14/16 | n/a | +92% | +79% | 5.0 |
| The Millers | 2.7 | 31% | +4% | +0.1 | -0.2 | 7/15 | n/a | +50% | +23% | 2.2 |
| Two and a Half Men | 2.5 | 32% | +32% | +0.6 | +1.0 | 2/15 | n/a | +67% | +39% | 2.1 |
| The Crazy Ones | 1.9 | 33% | +12% | +0.2 | -0.1 | 12/16 | n/a | +58% | +6% | 1.6 |
| Elementary | 1.6 | 23% | -11% | -0.2 | +0.0 | 14/16 | n/a | +45% | -3% | 1.8 |
| CBS: | +65% | +29% | ||||||||
| Community | 1.0 | 50% | -9% | -0.1 | n/a | 6/6 | -17% | -70% | -17% | 1.2 |
| Parks and Recreation | 1.1 | 55% | -15% | -0.2 | -0.1 | 9/11 | n/a | -76% | +22% | 1.4 |
| Hollywood Game Night | 1.2 | 45% | -20% | -0.3 | n/a | 6/7 | n/a | -77% | +26% | 1.4 |
| Parenthood | 1.1 | 39% | -15% | -0.2 | +0.5 | 15/15 | n/a | -80% | +22% | 1.4 |
| NBC: | -77% | +16% | ||||||||
| American Idol Thu | 2.4 | 30% | +0% | +0.0 | n/a | 6/7 | -37% | -2% | -33% | 2.6 |
| Rake | 0.8 | 29% | -20% | -0.2 | +0.0 | 6/6 | n/a | -20% | -80% | 0.6 |
| Fox: | -7% | -58% | ||||||||
| The Vampire Diaries | 0.9 | 56% | +0% | +0.0 | n/a | 12/14 | n/a | +260% | +100% | 1.0 |
| Reign | 0.5 | 48% | -17% | -0.1 | +0.0 | 12/12 | n/a | +150% | +100% | 0.5 |
| CW: | +211% | +100% | ||||||||
| Big5: | -9% | +6% | ||||||||
| Vikings | 1.34 | 48% | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | -32% | ||||
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.
