- The most interesting data points of Tuesday night got a little less interesting when NBC pre-empted original episodes of About a Boy and Growing Up Fisher for repeats of the About a Boy (2.3) and Growing Up Fisher (2.0) pilots.
- As noted last night on The Question thread, I'm declaring the game void due to the last-minute scheduling change. The fact that these episodes actually came pretty close to going over the line anyway makes me feel better about that decision. We can debate how much the move impacted the ratings on this night. Personally I don't think it was a huge deal, since a large percentage of the audience was gonna be first-time viewers who left the TV on after The Voice. But I also don't think it's a stretch at all to say they'd have each gone a tick higher with originals (which is all it would've taken). I watched the first minute of AaB, realized it was the pilot and tuned out, and I can't imagine I was nearly alone in that.
- Sandwiching that hour on NBC was a mediocre Tuesday premiere for The Voice (3.7, down nearly 10% from last spring) and another solid showing for Chicago Fire (1.8).
- ABC also shook things up on Tuesday in a big way, bringing in a special two-hour The Bachelor (2.5) at relatively normal levels. It seems like that should've been a good lead-in for the series premiere of Mind Games (1.1) (and the shows surprisingly had identical 18-49 skews), but the show was dead on arrival anyway. It nestled right between the premieres of ABC's previous two occupants of the slot, Lucky 7 (1.3) and Killer Women (0.9) (the latter had a measly Trophy Wife lead-in).
- CBS, Fox and the CW all had pretty bad nights against the added competition, including new season lows for all three CBS shows: NCIS (2.6), NCIS: Los Angeles (2.3) and Person of Interest (1.7). And Fox's move of Glee (1.2) to Tuesday did not resonate and did not help the 9/8c comedies; New Girl (1.4) and Brooklyn Nine-Nine (1.3) each got back only part of the drops seen in Olympic episodes a couple weeks ago. The CW's The Originals (0.8) also hit a new low.
- Cable notes: TNT brought back its summer Tuesday duo for a four-episode regular season run. Rizzoli and Isles (0.7) was roughly steady with its last premiere within the regular season, while Perception (0.5) hit a series low in its first ever regular season episode. The night's big winner was BET's Being Mary Jane (1.6), which spiked to its best numbers since the two-hour pilot in July.
FULL TABLE:
| Info | Show | Timeslot | True | |||||||
| A18-49 | Skew | Last | LeLa | Rank | y2y | TLa | Ty2y | |||
| The Bachelor | 2.5 | 39% | +0% | +0.0 | n/a | 3/9 | -14% | +257% | +32% | 2.5 |
| Mind Games | 1.1 | 39% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | n/a | +83% | -12% | 0.9 |
| ABC: | +205% | +21% | ||||||||
| NCIS | 2.6 | 19% | -16% | -0.5 | n/a | 15/15 | -24% | +100% | -24% | 2.7 |
| NCIS: Los Angeles | 2.3 | 22% | -18% | -0.5 | -0.5 | 15/15 | -21% | +64% | -22% | 2.1 |
| Person of Interest | 1.8 | 21% | -14% | -0.3 | -0.5 | 15/15 | n/a | +64% | +0% | 1.7 |
| CBS: | +76% | -18% | ||||||||
| The Voice Tue | 3.7 | 36% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | -10% | -17% | +185% | 3.6 |
| About a Boy (R) | 2.3 | 36% | -57% | +109% | 1.8 | |||||
| Growing Up Fisher (R) | 2.0 | 36% | -62% | +100% | 1.8 | |||||
| Chicago Fire | 1.8 | 32% | +0% | +0.0 | +0.1 | 12/14 | -10% | -62% | +100% | 1.7 |
| NBC: | -47% | +135% | ||||||||
| Glee | 1.2 | 51% | +9% | +0.1 | n/a | 7/9 | n/a | -55% | -17% | 1.3 |
| New Girl | 1.4 | 63% | +8% | +0.1 | +0.2 | 15/16 | -39% | -46% | -39% | 1.6 |
| Brooklyn Nine-Nine | 1.3 | 62% | +8% | +0.1 | +0.1 | 16/17 | n/a | -52% | -24% | 1.4 |
| Fox: | -52% | -26% | ||||||||
| The Originals | 0.8 | 56% | -11% | -0.1 | n/a | 14/14 | n/a | +167% | +23% | 0.9 |
| Supernatural | 1.0 | 60% | +0% | +0.0 | -0.1 | 9/14 | +11% | +233% | +233% | 1.0 |
| CW: | +200% | +89% | ||||||||
| Big5: | -9% | +17% | ||||||||
| Being Mary Jane | 1.59 | 63% | +18% | +0.2 | 1/7 | n/a | ||||
| Pretty Little Liars | 0.96 | 56% | -6% | -0.1 | 6/8 | -17% | ||||
| Justified | 0.73 | 44% | -14% | -0.1 | 7/7 | -8% | ||||
| Rizzoli and Isles | 0.72 | 25% | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | -5% | ||||
| Cougar Town | 0.63 | 61% | -5% | -0.0 | 7/8 | -30% | ||||
| Perception | 0.48 | 30% | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | n/a | ||||
| Twisted | 0.43 | 48% | -15% | -0.1 | 3/3 | -39% | ||||
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.
