Spotted Ratings, Sunday 7/27/14

WHAT MATTERS:

• ABC added a second hour of Wipeout (0.8) to lead off their Sunday, and it proceeded to bring the two-hour period well behind last week's lineup with strong repeater America's Funniest Home Videos leading off. That helped Rising Star (0.9) move down another notch. Way to go, ABC.

• WGN America's Manhattan (0.18) was better-reviewed than its network's first scripted foray Salem (which premiered nearly three times higher at 0.51 in April), but the period concept was clearly not as appealing to the masses in the current TV environment. Cable's two strongest newbies this summer, TNT's The Last Ship (1.1) and FX's The Strain (1.0), steadied week-to-week, while the second episode of Lifetime's The Lottery (0.21) went completely off the map.

FULL TABLE:

Info		Show						Timeslot		True
	A18-49	Skew	Last		LeLa	Rank	y2y	TLa	Ty2y
Wipeout	0.8	30%	-27%	-0.3	n/a	6/6	-20%	-22%	-18%	1.0
Rising Star	0.9	30%	-10%	-0.1	-0.3	6/6	n/a	-10%	-18%	1.2
Castle (R)	0.6	21%						+0%	+0%	0.9
							ABC:	-15%	-15%
60 Minutes (R)	0.9	15%						+0%	-10%	1.2
Big Brother Sun	2.2	43%	+0%	+0.0	+0.0	1/5	-4%	+2%	-4%	2.8
Unforgettable	1.0	20%	+0%	+0.0	+0.0	1/5	-23%	+5%	-20%	1.4
Reckless	0.6	19%	+0%	+0.0	+0.0	1/5	n/a	+0%	-20%	0.8
							CBS:	+2%	-11%
American Ninja Warrior (R)	0.7	31%						-18%	+0%	0.9
Chicago Fire (R)	0.6	30%						-8%	-8%	0.9
Chicago PD (R)	0.7	27%						+8%	+40%	1.0
							NBC:	-10%	-7%
American Dad! (R)	0.6	55%						+50%	-14%	0.8
Bob's Burgers (R)	0.8	62%						+33%	-11%	1.2
The Simpsons (R)	1.0	58%						+11%	-29%	1.2
The Simpsons (R)	1.1	53%						+0%	-15%	1.5
Family Guy (R)	1.4	61%						-13%	-13%	1.9
American Dad! (R)	1.3	63%						-7%	-19%	1.6
							Fox:	+3%	-17%
							Big4:	-6%	-13%
True Blood	1.79	67%	-6%	-0.1		3/6	-26%
The Last Ship	1.09	32%	-0%	-0.0		4/6	n/a
The Strain	1.04	57%	+4%	+0.0		2/3	n/a
The Leftovers	0.79	63%	-1%	-0.0		2/5	n/a
Falling Skies	0.69	33%	-14%	-0.1		6/6	-42%
Ray Donovan	0.52	48%	+29%	+0.1		1/3	-4%
Witches of East End	0.46	53%	-9%	-0.0		4/4	-38%
Masters of Sex	0.26	39%	+12%	+0.1		2/3	-36%
The Lottery	0.21	37%	-47%	-0.2		2/2	n/a
Halt and Catch Fire	0.19	43%	-25%	-0.1		9/9	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.

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