- It's only the first day of the summer season, and Fox already has three disastrous series premiere ratings under its belt. While Gang Related (0.9) did better than the two unscripted series Fox premiered on the last couple Tuesdays, that's not much of a bar to clear, and it didn't clear it by that much. It tumbled by 40% from Hell's Kitchen (1.5) and went well behind the failed post-Hell's Kitchen launch from last year (Does Someone Have to Go?, 1.3). The network will probably be patient with this show, since they're likely to have an even more pressing issue on Tuesday, but this is not what they wanted.
- NBC had much better news with the return of Last Comic Standing (1.7), back after taking the last three summers off. The show's last season in 2010 premiered at 2.0 and ultimately averaged a 1.74, making this a relatively promising hold across four years.
- ABC's Black Box dropped three tenths in its first airing with no Grey's Anatomy lead-in. And the CW's mini-series Labyrinth wasn't exactly an eye-popper, but it quietly did better than most repeats would.
- Programming note: as usual for this blog, most daily posts during the summer will not go up until finals are released. Unless there's a particularly notable data point, don't expect the noon-ish prelims update. (The noon-ish posts will remain for much of next week, since there are a lot of premieres, but then die down beyond that.) I'll put up a few more details on other summer plans early next week.
FULL TABLE:
| Info | Show | Timeslot | True | |||||||
| A18-49 | Skew | Last | LeLa | Rank | y2y | TLa | Ty2y | |||
| The Bachelorette (R) | 0.6 | 28% | -54% | -53% | 0.7 | |||||
| Modern Family (R) | 0.9 | 40% | -67% | -25% | 1.3 | |||||
| Black Box | 0.8 | 27% | -27% | -0.3 | -1.7 | 5/5 | n/a | -30% | -36% | 1.2 |
| ABC: | -52% | -43% | ||||||||
| The Big Bang Theory (R) | 2.2 | 31% | -55% | +0% | 2.8 | |||||
| The Millers (R) | 1.4 | 30% | -39% | -22% | 1.5 | |||||
| Two and a Half Men (R) | 1.3 | 30% | -24% | +8% | 1.4 | |||||
| Bad Teacher | 1.1 | 32% | -21% | -0.3 | -0.4 | 5/5 | n/a | -21% | -8% | 1.4 |
| Elementary (R) | 0.8 | 22% | -43% | -6% | 1.1 | |||||
| CBS: | -42% | -6% | ||||||||
| Hollywood Game Night | 1.1 | 36% | +0% | +0.0 | n/a | 7/14 | n/a | +5% | +57% | 1.4 |
| Last Comic Standing | 1.7 | 40% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | n/a | +74% | +100% | 2.1 |
| NBC: | +50% | +88% | ||||||||
| Hell's Kitchen | 1.6 | 47% | -6% | -0.1 | n/a | 8/11 | -27% | -6% | -29% | 2.0 |
| Gang Related | 0.9 | 39% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | n/a | -56% | -28% | 1.1 |
| Fox: | -33% | -29% | ||||||||
| Movie: Labyrinth p1 | 0.4 | 39% | n/a | -36% | +78% | 0.5 | ||||
| CW: | -36% | +78% | ||||||||
| Big5: | -28% | -4% | ||||||||
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.
