- Fox's embattled live-action comedy department is officially closed for the season with the upticking finales of New Girl (1.2) and The Mindy Project (1.3). The latter ended up with its first-ever growth from an original of the former, and it was easily Mindy's biggest rating since its return from hiatus in April. New Girl reportedly has the larger order of the two for next season (22 vs. 15), but the momentum seems to be moving in the other direction in these last few weeks. (Just look at the finales' year-to-year trends; New Girl was -43%, Mindy even.)
- Perhaps owing in part to Fox's uptick, there was major comedy carnage on the other two networks; The Goldbergs (1.3), Trophy Wife (0.7), About a Boy (1.5) and Growing Up Fisher (1.2) all hit new lows. It was not a good final impression for the NBC shows heading into the upfront, to say the least, though they got no help from an also particularly weak The Voice (2.5) at 8/7c.
- In drama land, NCIS (2.3) gave back some of last week's rebound, and Agents of SHIELD (1.9) adjusted off the tie-series low but was still down week-to-week. Glee (0.8) was not so lucky, notching yet another new low. And at 10/9c, an unusually impressive Chicago Fire (1.9) thumped Person of Interest (1.7).
FULL TABLE:
| Info | Show | Timeslot | True | |||||||
| A18-49 | Skew | Last | LeLa | Rank | y2y | TLa | Ty2y | |||
| Agents of SHIELD | 1.9 | 45% | -10% | -0.2 | n/a | 18/21 | n/a | -7% | +90% | 2.3 |
| The Goldbergs | 1.3 | 40% | -24% | -0.4 | -0.2 | 22/22 | n/a | -24% | -24% | 1.4 |
| Trophy Wife | 0.7 | 36% | -30% | -0.3 | -0.4 | 21/21 | n/a | -30% | -59% | 0.8 |
| Celebrity Wife Swap | 0.9 | 40% | +13% | +0.1 | -0.3 | 2/4 | n/a | +6% | -36% | 1.2 |
| ABC: | -11% | -7% | ||||||||
| NCIS | 2.3 | 18% | -8% | -0.2 | n/a | 22/23 | -26% | -10% | -26% | 2.8 |
| NCIS: Los Angeles | 2.2 | 20% | +5% | +0.1 | -0.2 | 20/23 | -8% | +5% | -8% | 2.2 |
| Person of Interest | 1.7 | 21% | -11% | -0.2 | +0.1 | 20/22 | -29% | -11% | +42% | 1.8 |
| CBS: | -5% | -7% | ||||||||
| The Voice Tue | 2.5 | 30% | -7% | -0.2 | n/a | 11/11 | -23% | -9% | -32% | 3.0 |
| About a Boy | 1.5 | 32% | -6% | -0.1 | -0.2 | 11/11 | n/a | -6% | -59% | 1.4 |
| Growing Up Fisher | 1.2 | 30% | -14% | -0.2 | -0.1 | 11/11 | n/a | -14% | -68% | 1.3 |
| Chicago Fire | 1.9 | 35% | +6% | +0.1 | -0.2 | 11/21 | +6% | +9% | +6% | 2.3 |
| NBC: | -4% | -38% | ||||||||
| Glee | 0.8 | 48% | -11% | -0.1 | n/a | 19/19 | -60% | -6% | -58% | 1.0 |
| New Girl | 1.2 | 63% | +9% | +0.1 | -0.1 | 19/22 | -43% | +9% | -43% | 1.6 |
| The Mindy Project | 1.3 | 67% | +18% | +0.2 | +0.1 | 10/22 | +0% | +18% | +0% | 1.5 |
| Fox: | +5% | -43% | ||||||||
| The Originals | 0.6 | 53% | -25% | -0.2 | n/a | 20/21 | n/a | -29% | +20% | 0.8 |
| Supernatural | 0.8 | 64% | -20% | -0.2 | -0.2 | 20/21 | -20% | -16% | +300% | 0.9 |
| CW: | -22% | +100% | ||||||||
| Big5: | -7% | -21% | ||||||||
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.
