- I didn't remember Memorial Day being particularly brutal for TV ratings in past years, and it actually looks like overall viewing was even lower on June 2 than the previous Monday. But nearly everything that aired last week still had a double-digit bounce-back, so maybe last week was just a huge fluke. That included good news for MasterChef (even if a 1.7 is still fairly underwhelming for this show), 24: Live Another Day (1.8), The Bachelorette (1.7) and especially American Ninja Warrior (1.9 which held after finals, impressively topping every single point from last season).
- Some shows also joined the mix, including the return of ABC's summer drama Mistresses (1.2), matching its series premiere rating last year. The CW began its summer with Whose Line Is It Anyway? (0.5) and Beauty and the Beast (0.4), which tied its high point from the regular season.
- Cable (still to come): A&E's Longmire (0.7) was back at two tenths behind last season's premiere.
FULL TABLE:
| Info | Show | Timeslot | True | |||||||
| A18-49 | Skew | Last | LeLa | Rank | y2y | TLa | Ty2y | |||
| The Bachelorette | 1.8 | 34% | +29% | +0.4 | n/a | 2/4 | +6% | +16% | +6% | 2.3 |
| Mistresses | 1.2 | 33% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | +0% | +33% | -4% | 1.4 |
| ABC: | +17% | +3% | ||||||||
| 2 Broke Girls (R) | 1.0 | 26% | +0% | +25% | 1.3 | |||||
| Mom (R) | 1.0 | 27% | -29% | +25% | 1.4 | |||||
| Mike and Molly (R) | 1.1 | 26% | +10% | +10% | 1.5 | |||||
| Mike and Molly (R) | 1.2 | 28% | +33% | +20% | 1.6 | |||||
| 48 Hours (S) | 1.2 | 25% | +33% | +0.3 | +0.3 | 1/2 | n/a | +33% | +20% | 1.5 |
| CBS: | +10% | +20% | ||||||||
| Last Comic Standing (R) | 1.3 | 40% | +53% | -59% | 1.7 | |||||
| American Ninja Warrior | 1.9 | 46% | +19% | +0.3 | +0.5 | 1/2 | n/a | +23% | -30% | 2.4 |
| NBC: | +28% | -40% | ||||||||
| MasterChef | 1.8 | 43% | +20% | +0.3 | n/a | 1/2 | -23% | +20% | +140% | 2.3 |
| 24: Live Another Day | 1.8 | 37% | +20% | +0.3 | +0.3 | 3/5 | n/a | +24% | +177% | 2.3 |
| Fox: | +20% | +157% | ||||||||
| Whose Line Is It Anyway? (S) | 0.5 | 38% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | n/a | +67% | +150% | 0.6 |
| Whose Line Is It Anyway? (R) | 0.5 | 42% | +67% | +150% | 0.7 | |||||
| Beauty and the Beast | 0.4 | 48% | +100% | +0.2 | +0.2 | 1/17 | n/a | +100% | +167% | 0.5 |
| CW: | +50% | +157% | ||||||||
| Big5: | +21% | +7% | ||||||||
| Longmire | 0.69 | 23% | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | -22% | ||||
| Louie (10:00) | 0.33 | 69% | +51% | +0.11 | 5/9 | n/a | ||||
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.
