Spotted Ratings, Thursday 7/17/14

WHAT MATTERS:

• NBC's new comedies Welcome to Sweden (0.8) and Working the Engels (0.6) were each down a tenth in week two.

• Fox had a good night as Hell's Kitchen (1.7) and Gang Related (0.9) each gained two tenths week-to-week. For Hell's Kitchen, that pretty much just got it back on track after a couple disappointing results surrounding the 4th of July. But for the disappointing Gang Related, it was the show's best rating since week two.

• On cable, double newbie launches on FX and USA produced little to crow about. FX's comedies Married (0.65) and You're the Worst (0.44) actually outrated USA's Rush (0.39) and Satisfaction (0.49) on average, though they also had a much better lead-in (the FX movie averaged a 0.8, and quite possibly higher right at 10/9c). For USA, it feels like a long time since the days when they would regularly launch new dramas in the low-to-mid-1's.

FULL TABLE:

Info		Show						Timeslot		True
	A18-49	Skew	Last		LeLa	Rank	y2y	TLa	Ty2y
Black Box	0.6	20%	-14%	-0.1	n/a	9/11	n/a	-14%	-48%	0.9
Rookie Blue	0.9	21%	+0%	+0.0	-0.1	2/5	-18%	+6%	+20%	1.3
NY Med	0.9	22%	+0%	+0.0	+0.0	1/4	n/a	+0%	-14%	1.2
							ABC:	-2%	-19%
The Big Bang Theory (R)	1.5	27%						-12%	-12%	2.3
The Millers (R)	1.2	29%						+0%	-20%	1.6
Big Brother Thu	2.2	46%	+5%	+0.1	+0.0	2/4	-8%	+7%	-8%	3.0
Elementary (R)	0.5	22%						-29%	-50%	0.8
							CBS:	-4%	-19%
Hollywood Game Night	1.1	37%	+22%	+0.2	n/a	8/19	-8%	+16%	+47%	1.6
Welcome to Sweden	0.8	36%	-11%	-0.1	+0.2	2/2	n/a	-11%	+0%	1.0
Working the Engels	0.6	38%	-14%	-0.1	-0.1	2/2	n/a	-14%	-40%	0.9
Last Comic Standing	1.1	43%	+10%	+0.1	-0.1	6/10	n/a	+16%	-12%	1.5
							NBC:	+7%	+0%
Hell's Kitchen	1.7	44%	+13%	+0.2	n/a	6/19	-19%	+10%	+42%	2.5
Gang Related	0.9	43%	+29%	+0.2	+0.2	2/9	n/a	+29%	-57%	1.1
							Fox:	+16%	-21%
The Vampire Diaries (R)	0.1	27%						-60%	-67%	0.2
The Originals (R)	0.1	29%						-50%	-50%	0.2
							CW:	-56%	-60%
							Big5:	+1%	-18%
Married	0.65	74%	n/a	n/a		1/1	n/a
Defiance	0.53	41%	+7%	+0.03		2/5	-33%
Satisfaction	0.49	36%	n/a	n/a		1/1	n/a
Dominion	0.49	39%	+8%	+0.04		2/5	n/a
You're the Worst	0.44	73%	n/a	n/a		1/1	n/a
Rush	0.39	29%	n/a	n/a		1/1	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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