- The one-hour finale of How I Met Your Mother (5.4) posted a massive 54% week-to-week increase, setting a new series high in the demo, in total viewers (12.94 million) and in adults 18-34 (5.8). It's the biggest regularly-scheduled entertainment episode this season for a series not named The Big Bang Theory or The Walking Dead, and after the finals uptick it inched ahead of Breaking Bad's finale from late September. But it's likely to be CBS' last Monday moment of glory this season, as newbie Friends with Better Lives (2.6) adjusted down to lose over half of that lead-in demo rating in its 9/8c preview. This probably does not bode well for its 8:30 launch after 2 Broke Girls in two weeks. But Mom (2.2) at 9:30 and the last episode of Intelligence (1.2) did benefit a bit from this halo.
- CBS' big bounce had surprisingly little impact on the competition; The Voice (3.4) was the only show that seemed to suffer at all, and even it was down less than 10%. The CW's Star-Crossed (0.4) and The Tomorrow People (0.5!) were even on the upswing.
FULL TABLE:
| Info | Show | Timeslot | True | |||||||
| A18-49 | Skew | Last | LeLa | Rank | y2y | TLa | Ty2y | |||
| Dancing with the Stars | 2.3 | 21% | +0% | +0.0 | n/a | 2/3 | +5% | +0% | +6% | 2.5 |
| Castle (R) | 1.1 | 19% | -39% | -51% | 1.0 | |||||
| ABC: | -11% | -14% | ||||||||
| How I Met Your Mother | 5.4 | 52% | +54% | +1.9 | n/a | 1/22 | n/a | +86% | +391% | 5.3 |
| Friends with Better Lives | 2.6 | 43% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | n/a | +30% | +86% | 2.1 |
| Mom | 2.2 | 38% | +16% | +0.3 | +0.6 | 6/21 | n/a | +16% | +57% | 2.2 |
| Intelligence | 1.2 | 27% | +9% | +0.1 | +0.3 | 6/13 | n/a | +9% | +14% | 1.2 |
| CBS: | +51% | +154% | ||||||||
| The Voice Mon | 3.4 | 35% | -8% | -0.3 | n/a | 6/6 | -28% | -8% | -28% | 3.6 |
| The Blacklist | 2.8 | 31% | +0% | +0.0 | -0.3 | 12/18 | n/a | +0% | +27% | 2.4 |
| NBC: | -6% | -18% | ||||||||
| Bones | 1.5 | 33% | +7% | +0.1 | n/a | 13/19 | -25% | +7% | -25% | 1.7 |
| The Following | 1.4 | 43% | +0% | +0.0 | +0.1 | 9/11 | -36% | +0% | -36% | 1.6 |
| Fox: | +4% | -31% | ||||||||
| Star-Crossed | 0.4 | 49% | +33% | +0.1 | n/a | 1/7 | n/a | +33% | +14% | 0.5 |
| The Tomorrow People | 0.5 | 58% | +67% | +0.2 | +0.1 | 10/18 | n/a | +67% | +150% | 0.6 |
| CW: | +50% | +64% | ||||||||
| Big5: | +8% | +4% | ||||||||
| Bates Motel | 0.91 | 51% | -0% | -0.00 | 3/5 | -20% | ||||
| Archer | 0.58 | 80% | -2% | -0.01 | 8/10 | -26% | ||||
| Being Human | 0.48 | 58% | +16% | +0.06 | 5/12 | +5% | ||||
| Dallas | 0.44 | 31% | -3% | -0.01 | 4/6 | -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.
