- A special 9/8c tryout for Agents of SHIELD (2.1) was of some benefit, amounting to a two-tenth uptick week-to-week. That doesn't seem like much, but given what happened on the other networks... anyway, more on that in a minute. ABC also launched a new season of Celebrity Wife Swap (1.0) at a mere shadow of what the show got in the regular season last year (including a 2.4 premiere on 2/26/13). But this was pretty close to what it averaged over the summer, and sadly an improvement on almost every regularly-scheduled original in the 10/9c slot this season. (Only the premieres of Lucky 7 and Mind Games did better!)
- The other good news was NBC's The Voice (3.0) and About a Boy (1.8) bouncing back a bit. But those really only look encouraging because they dropped so much last week.
- Then there was everybody else, where season lows were all over the place, though many of the outright lows were adjusted away after finals. Here are the details:
- CBS: NCIS (2.2, a low by two tenths even after a finals uptick), NCIS: Los Angeles (2.1, tie) and Person of Interest (1.8, adjusted up from a tie to not a low).
- NBC: Chicago Fire (1.7, new low).
- Fox: Glee (1.0, NOT A LOW!), New Girl (1.2, adjusted up to a tie), The Mindy Project (1.0, tie).
- CW: The Originals (0.7, adjusted up to a tie), Supernatural (0.7, adjusted down to a low by two tenths).
- FX launched new drama Fargo (0.8), which basically tied the 18-49 average of previous occupant Justified. But it was a bit below their last drama launch The Bridge (0.9 on 7/10/13), and most other recent launches of note on the network were in the 1's. This network has become somewhat famous for massive post-premiere drops, so they'll have to hope this modest premiere bucks the trend.
FULL TABLE:
Info | Show | Timeslot | True | |||||||
A18-49 | Skew | Last | LeLa | Rank | y2y | TLa | Ty2y | |||
Agents of SHIELD (R) | 1.1 | 39% | -42% | +0% | 1.3 | |||||
Agents of SHIELD | 2.1 | 48% | +11% | +0.2 | n/a | 13/18 | n/a | +91% | -5% | 2.3 |
Celebrity Wife Swap | 1.0 | 39% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | -58% | +100% | -31% | 1.1 |
ABC: | +20% | -12% | ||||||||
NCIS | 2.2 | 16% | -15% | -0.4 | n/a | 21/21 | n/a | -15% | +69% | 2.5 |
NCIS: Los Angeles | 2.1 | 18% | -9% | -0.2 | -0.4 | 20/21 | n/a | -11% | -2% | 2.0 |
Person of Interest | 1.8 | 21% | -5% | -0.1 | -0.3 | 17/20 | n/a | +50% | +20% | 1.8 |
CBS: | -1% | +23% | ||||||||
The Voice Tue | 3.0 | 32% | +3% | +0.1 | n/a | 7/8 | -35% | +5% | -35% | 3.4 |
About a Boy | 1.8 | 33% | +6% | +0.1 | +0.1 | 7/8 | n/a | +6% | +13% | 1.5 |
Growing Up Fisher | 1.5 | 32% | +0% | +0.0 | +0.1 | 7/8 | n/a | +0% | +25% | 1.5 |
Chicago Fire | 1.7 | 31% | -6% | -0.1 | +0.0 | 19/19 | n/a | -8% | +62% | 1.8 |
NBC: | +1% | -11% | ||||||||
Glee | 1.0 | 52% | +0% | +0.0 | n/a | 11/16 | -52% | +0% | -52% | 1.2 |
New Girl | 1.2 | 70% | +0% | +0.0 | -0.1 | 19/20 | n/a | +20% | +9% | 1.5 |
The Mindy Project | 1.0 | 65% | -9% | -0.1 | +0.2 | 16/19 | n/a | -9% | +11% | 1.2 |
Fox: | +2% | -32% | ||||||||
The Originals | 0.7 | 58% | +0% | +0.0 | n/a | 17/18 | n/a | +250% | +27% | 0.8 |
Supernatural | 0.7 | 56% | -30% | -0.3 | +0.2 | 18/18 | n/a | +250% | +250% | 0.7 |
CW: | +250% | +87% | ||||||||
Big5: | +12% | -3% | ||||||||
The Game | 1.22 | 60% | +2% | +0.03 | 6/8 | +29% | ||||
Awkward | 0.83 | 65% | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | -7% | ||||
Fargo | 0.80 | 38% | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | n/a | ||||
Let's Stay Together | 0.72 | 56% | +0% | +0.00 | 4/8 | +9% |
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.