- Does absence make the heart grow fonder? The answer in this case seems to be: maybe a little bit, at most. 24 returned from a four-year TV absence with 8.08 million viewers and a 2.6 demo rating, which (after adjusting for those four years of collective decline) is a bit better than the 2.8/2.9 that was its norm in 2010. But it's definitely no better than the 3.9 that kicked off the last season in January 2010. If the show can hold close to this, it could still end up looking like a pretty big star by modern Fox standards, and maybe even one of the top shows of the summer. But this was definitely not one of those Nielsen-rocking TV events.
- If 24 was good for anything, it was its apparent demolition of some of the competition, as it improved its timeslot by 117% week-to-week. Dancing with the Stars (1.9) took a particularly staggering drop, shedding over a quarter of that amazing season high from a week ago. And the CBS comedies 2 Broke Girls (1.9), Friends with Better Lives (1.6) and Mike and Molly (1.8) were also damaged by double digits in what may have been an important week for FWBL. By those standards, NBC's The Voice (3.0) and The Blacklist (2.7) emerging totally unscathed looks like a win.
- Cable: Louie (0.50/0.51) returned with numbers ahead of most episodes from its previous season in 2012, but down a couple ticks from the Anger Management-inflated premiere in 2012. Bates Motel (0.91) wrapped up a -21% season two with no finale bounce, going -22% year-to-year on finale night.
FULL TABLE:
| Info | Show | Timeslot | True | |||||||
| A18-49 | Skew | Last | LeLa | Rank | y2y | TLa | Ty2y | |||
| Dancing with the Stars | 1.9 | 18% | -27% | -0.7 | n/a | 8/8 | -5% | -27% | -3% | 2.2 |
| Castle | 1.6 | 23% | -20% | -0.4 | -0.7 | 21/22 | -20% | -20% | -22% | 1.8 |
| ABC: | -25% | -9% | ||||||||
| 2 Broke Girls | 2.0 | 39% | -13% | -0.3 | n/a | 24/24 | -26% | -13% | -23% | 2.2 |
| Friends with Better Lives | 1.6 | 41% | -16% | -0.3 | -0.3 | 5/5 | n/a | -16% | -24% | 1.7 |
| Mike and Molly | 1.7 | 33% | -23% | -0.5 | -0.3 | 20/20 | -26% | -23% | -37% | 2.1 |
| Mom (R) | 1.2 | 32% | -29% | -48% | 1.4 | |||||
| NCIS: Los Angeles (R) | 0.7 | 23% | -13% | -63% | 0.9 | |||||
| CBS: | -19% | -41% | ||||||||
| The Voice Mon | 3.0 | 35% | +0% | +0.0 | n/a | 9/11 | -27% | +0% | -25% | 3.4 |
| The Blacklist | 2.7 | 33% | +0% | +0.0 | +0.0 | 15/21 | n/a | +0% | +35% | 2.7 |
| NBC: | +0% | -13% | ||||||||
| 24: Live Another Day | 2.6 | 41% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | n/a | +117% | +271% | 3.0 |
| Fox: | +117% | +271% | ||||||||
| Star-Crossed | 0.3 | 44% | +0% | +0.0 | n/a | 4/12 | n/a | +0% | +20% | 0.4 |
| The Tomorrow People | 0.4 | 50% | +0% | +0.0 | +0.0 | 16/22 | n/a | +0% | +33% | 0.5 |
| CW: | +0% | +27% | ||||||||
| Big5: | +6% | +5% | ||||||||
| Bates Motel | 0.91 | 50% | -2% | -0.02 | 5/10 | -22% | ||||
| Louie (10:30) | 0.51 | 72% | +3% | +0.01 | 1/2 | n/a | ||||
| Louie (10:00) | 0.50 | 67% | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | n/a | ||||
| Warehouse 13 | 0.26 | 36% | -27% | -0.10 | 4/4 | -29% | ||||
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.
