- Sundays in the summer remain a tough nut for the broadcasters to crack. ABC was first to give it a crack, but it had a relatively soft start from new singing competition Rising Star (1.5 on 6/22). This may have been a bit stronger than ABC's last major music competition premiere foray, Duets (1.7 on 5/24/12), given it's over two years later and the show skewed a little younger than Duets. However, the general point is the same: this is not ABC's game-changer, and it's even farther from being that after a 20% week two drop (prelim 1.2 on 6/29). It soundly lost to NBC's special America's Got Talent (2.1) on 6/22 and had to deal with the always potent BET Awards (3.1) last night.
- It got even uglier last night as CBS entered the fray. Though Big Brother (1.8) continued its solid start, nearly even with the 2013 Sunday premiere (1.9), CBS continued to surround it with weak and highly incompatible pieces. New drama Reckless (0.6) retained a paltry third of the BB demo (yet 70% in total viewership). Since the return of Unforgettable (0.9) actually picked up some steam at 10/9c, CBS may be tempted to try flipping the dramas around here (or they may just kill Reckless altogether).
- The biggest cable story on 6/22 was the solid premiere of TNT's drama The Last Ship (1.2 with 5.33 million viewers), the closest thing to a new breakthrough on cable this summer to date. It joined a softening Falling Skies (1.0 on 6/22), which tied its series low and was down big from last summer's 1.5 start. HBO brought back True Blood (2.2 on 6/22) for its final run in relatively healthy fashion, down just a bit from last year's 2.4 start, and starting last night it led into new HBO drama The Leftovers. Much more cable to come!
- 6/29 UPDATE: The Last Ship (1.1) had a solid week two hold; not so much for True Blood (1.6), which plummeted to easily its lowest number since season one (excluding a 4th of July episode in season four). The Leftovers (0.8) opened at half of True Blood's delivery.
SUNDAY 6/22/14 FULL TABLE:
| Info | Show | Timeslot | True | |||||||
| A18-49 | Skew | Last | LeLa | Rank | y2y | TLa | Ty2y | |||
| Wipeout | 1.1 | 39% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | -15% | -66% | -4% | 1.2 |
| Rising Star | 1.5 | 37% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | n/a | -81% | +62% | 1.9 |
| ABC: | -76% | +25% | ||||||||
| 60 Minutes (R) | 0.5 | 9% | -41% | -52% | 0.5 | |||||
| Elementary (R) | 0.3 | 12% | -14% | -40% | 0.5 | |||||
| The Good Wife (R) | 0.4 | 16% | +14% | +0% | 0.7 | |||||
| The Mentalist (R) | 0.5 | 16% | -9% | -17% | 0.8 | |||||
| CBS: | -19% | -33% | ||||||||
| American Ninja Warrior (R) | 0.7 | 34% | -22% | -20% | 0.8 | |||||
| America's Got Talent Tue | 2.1 | 33% | -19% | -0.5 | n/a | 5/5 | -30% | +200% | +190% | 2.6 |
| NBC: | +75% | +53% | ||||||||
| Enlisted | 0.3 | 42% | -25% | -0.1 | n/a | 13/13 | n/a | -25% | -50% | 0.3 |
| American Dad! (R) | 0.4 | 51% | -33% | -50% | 0.6 | |||||
| The Simpsons (R) | 0.9 | 52% | +0% | -25% | 1.2 | |||||
| The Simpsons (R) | 1.2 | 59% | +20% | +0% | 1.6 | |||||
| Family Guy (R) | 1.3 | 63% | +18% | -13% | 1.6 | |||||
| American Dad! (R) | 1.2 | 68% | +33% | -14% | 1.5 | |||||
| Fox: | +8% | -21% | ||||||||
| Big4: | -46% | +8% | ||||||||
| True Blood | 2.18 | 69% | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | -10% | ||||
| The Last Ship | 1.18 | 28% | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | n/a | ||||
| Falling Skies | 1.03 | 35% | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | -32% | ||||
| Devious Maids | 0.55 | 36% | -1% | -0.00 | 10/10 | -37% | ||||
| Drop Dead Diva | 0.45 | 34% | -4% | -0.02 | 7/13 | -15% | ||||
| Halt and Catch Fire | 0.35 | 53% | +77% | +0.15 | 1/4 | n/a | ||||
SUNDAY 6/29/14 FULL TABLE:
| Info | Show | Timeslot | True | |||||||
| A18-49 | Skew | Last | LeLa | Rank | y2y | TLa | Ty2y | |||
| America's Funniest Home Videos (R) | 0.9 | 24% | +6% | +6% | 1.1 | |||||
| Wipeout | 1.2 | 36% | +9% | +0.1 | n/a | 1/2 | +20% | -4% | +20% | 1.6 |
| Rising Star | 1.2 | 31% | -20% | -0.3 | +0.1 | 2/2 | n/a | -21% | +50% | 1.5 |
| ABC: | -13% | +30% | ||||||||
| 60 Minutes (R) | 1.1 | 16% | +100% | +29% | 1.4 | |||||
| Big Brother Sun | 1.8 | 40% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | -5% | +500% | -3% | 2.4 |
| Reckless | 0.6 | 19% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | n/a | +50% | -43% | 0.9 |
| Unforgettable | 0.9 | 18% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | -31% | +64% | +20% | 1.3 |
| CBS: | +144% | -2% | ||||||||
| American Ninja Warrior (R) | 0.9 | 41% | +33% | +16% | 1.1 | |||||
| Last Comic Standing | 1.1 | 41% | +10% | +0.1 | +0.1 | 6/7 | n/a | -48% | +52% | 1.4 |
| NBC: | -29% | +17% | ||||||||
| American Dad! (R) | 0.7 | 59% | +133% | +17% | 0.9 | |||||
| Bob's Burgers (R) | 0.7 | 63% | +75% | +0% | 1.0 | |||||
| The Simpsons (R) | 0.9 | 60% | +0% | -10% | 1.2 | |||||
| The Simpsons (R) | 1.0 | 53% | -17% | +11% | 1.4 | |||||
| Family Guy (R) | 1.2 | 59% | -8% | -20% | 1.6 | |||||
| American Dad! (R) | 0.9 | 51% | -25% | -31% | 1.2 | |||||
| Fox: | +2% | -10% | ||||||||
| Big4: | +3% | +7% | ||||||||
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.
