- It's late in spring, but the #1 network on Friday just had its best Friday of the season. ABC got great mileage out of a behind-the-scenes Shark Tank special at 8/7c (1.5), which was a major improvement on the usual comedy ratings and probably did about what an original would've done in the hour. (I say that because last year, a two-hour Shark Tank finale went 1.3/1.9.) That helped vault the original Shark Tank (2.3) at 9/8c to tie last year's 2.3 series high. This late in the season, it is pretty comfortably the show's Truly strongest performance ever. Maybe The Neighbors has been hurting this show after all! Tack on an above-average 20/20 (1.7) and this was one stellar Friday night.
- After those pesky Portland pre-emptions were taken out, Grimm (1.3) was still up another tick week-to-week, but Hannibal ended up even.
- Shark Tank's big night mowed down competing reality Kitchen Nightmares (0.9/0.8). On CBS, Hawaii Five-0 (1.2) did not adjust off of its tie for series low, but Unforgettable (1.0) and Blue Bloods (1.5) were each on the upswing. And the CW had a rotten night, with Hart of Dixie returning to point-two territory for just the second time.
FULL TABLE:
Info | Show | Timeslot | True | |||||||
A18-49 | Skew | Last | LeLa | Rank | y2y | TLa | Ty2y | |||
Shark Tank (R) | 1.5 | 32% | +25% | +100% | 2.1 | |||||
Shark Tank | 2.3 | 35% | +28% | +0.5 | +0.5 | 1/27 | +35% | +31% | +35% | 3.1 |
20/20 | 1.7 | 30% | +21% | +0.3 | +0.5 | 7/33 | +6% | +21% | +10% | 2.1 |
ABC: | +26% | +38% | ||||||||
Unforgettable | 1.0 | 17% | +11% | +0.1 | n/a | 1/5 | n/a | +18% | -17% | 1.4 |
Hawaii Five-0 | 1.2 | 17% | -8% | -0.1 | +0.1 | 20/21 | -29% | -4% | +33% | 1.7 |
Blue Bloods | 1.5 | 16% | +7% | +0.1 | -0.1 | 3/21 | +15% | +11% | +15% | 2.0 |
CBS: | +7% | +9% | ||||||||
Dateline Fri | 1.1 | 23% | +0% | +0.0 | n/a | 17/24 | -8% | +0% | +57% | 1.6 |
Grimm | 1.3 | 33% | +8% | +0.1 | +0.0 | 13/19 | -32% | +8% | +8% | 1.9 |
Hannibal | 0.9 | 50% | +0% | +0.0 | +0.1 | 3/10 | -18% | +6% | -14% | 1.3 |
NBC: | +5% | +12% | ||||||||
Kitchen Nightmares | 0.9 | 47% | -25% | -0.3 | n/a | 6/7 | -18% | -10% | -18% | 1.3 |
Kitchen Nightmares | 0.8 | 40% | -11% | -0.1 | n/a | 8/8 | -27% | -33% | +33% | 1.2 |
Fox: | -23% | +0% | ||||||||
Whose Line Is It Anyway? | 0.4 | 43% | -20% | -0.1 | n/a | 5/8 | n/a | -20% | +33% | 0.6 |
Whose Line Is It Anyway? (R) | 0.3 | 38% | -40% | +50% | 0.4 | |||||
Hart of Dixie | 0.2 | 38% | -33% | -0.1 | -0.2 | 19/20 | -60% | -33% | -20% | 0.3 |
CW: | -31% | +10% | ||||||||
Big5: | +1% | +16% | ||||||||
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.