Spotted Ratings, Sunday 7/6/14

WHAT MATTERS:

• Reckless held its egregious 0.6 in week two, while Unforgettable plunged to a new low 0.7. This prompted CBS to flip the two dramas starting next Sunday, a move that will probably not make much difference for either show (but may bring Reckless low enough to get outright pulled).

• Against no formidable music-themed competition (NBC's Miley Cyrus special bombed), Rising Star (1.2) was steady in week three. For whatever it's worth, this was even with week three of Duets from two years ago, so the show at least seems to be avoiding real disaster territory.

• Cable:
• HBO's The Leftovers (0.7) was down less than a tenth in week two while its True Blood lead-in (1.7) inched up;
• Lifetime brought back Witches of East End (0.5), tying its low point from season one and below the 0.7 series premiere from last year;
• And AMC wrapped up a solid The Walking Dead marathon over the 4th of July weekend with a special season preview edition of Talking Dead (1.0). Illustrating the unreal gap between The Walking Dead and everything else, even this middle-of-summer Talking Dead easily more than doubled the network's recent original drama results.

FULL TABLE:

Info		Show						Timeslot		True
	A18-49	Skew	Last		LeLa	Rank	y2y	TLa	Ty2y
America's Funniest Home Videos (R)	0.9	28%						-5%	+0%	1.2
Wipeout	1.1	38%	-8%	-0.1	+0.0	2/3	n/a	-4%	+16%	1.6
Rising Star	1.2	34%	+0%	+0.0	-0.1	2/3	n/a	-2%	+41%	1.5
							ABC:	-3%	+24%
60 Minutes (R)	1.0	15%						-5%	+0%	1.3
Big Brother Sun	1.9	40%	+6%	+0.1	-0.1	1/2	-10%	+3%	-12%	2.8
Reckless	0.6	20%	+0%	+0.0	+0.1	1/2	n/a	-8%	-37%	0.9
Unforgettable	0.7	14%	-22%	-0.2	+0.0	2/2	n/a	-22%	+0%	1.0
							CBS:	-6%	-13%
American Ninja Warrior (R)	0.6	29%						-20%	-41%	0.8
Miley Cirus: Bangerz Tour	0.7	44%					n/a	-35%	-3%	1.0
							NBC:	-29%	-35%
Brain Games: Trust Me	0.5	41%					n/a	-29%	-33%	0.7
The Simpsons (R)	0.8	47%						-11%	-43%	1.2
The Simpsons (R)	1.1	55%						+10%	-15%	1.7
Family Guy (R)	1.2	61%						+0%	-29%	1.6
American Dad! (R)	1.1	57%						+22%	-27%	1.5
							Fox:	-4%	-30%
							Big4:	-11%	-15%
True Blood	1.72	68%	+6%	+0.09		2/3	-20%
The Last Ship	1.00	31%	-9%	-0.10		3/3	n/a
Falling Skies	0.81	37%	+5%	+0.04		2/3	-17%
The Leftovers	0.72	59%	-5%	-0.04		2/2	n/a
Devious Maids	0.69	47%	+56%	+0.24		2/12	-22%
Witches of East End	0.47	54%	n/a	n/a		1/1	-33%

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.

More Spotted Ratings in the Index.