Spotted Ratings, Weekend Roundup 7/4-7/5/14

WHAT MATTERS:

• I'm not really into banging on the broadcasters for not pulling ratings on the lowest-viewed weekend of the year, but it is worth noting that the Macy's 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular (1.1) has been on a pretty poor trajectory of late, going 2.1 -> 1.8 -> 1.5 -> 1.1 over the last four years. The lowest-viewed night of the year is even lower-viewed than usual when it falls on a Friday, which might explain some of the 27% drop this year.

• For the trivia buffs, nothing on the big four fell to a 0.1 this weekend; I thought the best candidate was probably the 24 repeat, but it maintained its recent 0.2 level. A Bad Teacher burn-off and a Mistresses repeat on Saturday joined it at 0.2. With the 4th falling on Saturday next year, look out!

FRIDAY 7/4/14 FULL TABLE:

Info		Show						Timeslot		True
	A18-49	Skew	Last		LeLa	Rank	y2y	TLa	Ty2y
Shark Tank (R)	0.6	26%						-45%	-45%	1.3
Primetime: What Would You Do?	0.5	26%	-62%	-0.8	-0.5	10/10	-50%	-60%	-50%	1.1
20/20 (S)	0.8	27%	-43%	-0.6	-0.8	7/7	-20%	-43%	-20%	1.8
							ABC:	-49%	-39%
Undercover Boss (R)	0.4	21%						-27%	-53%	0.9
Hawaii Five-0 (R)	0.4	16%						-33%	-38%	0.9
Blue Bloods (R)	0.4	12%						-43%	-50%	0.9
							CBS:	-35%	-48%
Macy's 4th of July Spectacular	1.1	26%					-27%	+100%	+26%	2.4
Macy's 4th of July Spectacular (R)	0.9	27%						+125%	-38%	1.8
							NBC:	+107%	-3%
MasterChef (R)	0.4	39%						-20%	-43%	0.9
24: Live Another Day (R)	0.2	33%						-20%	-33%	0.5
							Fox:	-20%	-40%
Whose Line Is It Anyway? (R)	0.3	45%						+0%	+0%	0.6
Whose Line Is It Anyway? (R)	0.3	42%						-25%	+50%	0.7
Reign (R)	0.1	38%						-50%	+0%	0.2
							CW:	-27%	+14%
							Big5:	-16%	-28%

SATURDAY 7/5/14 FULL TABLE:

Info		Show						Timeslot		True
	A18-49	Skew	Last		LeLa	Rank	y2y	TLa	Ty2y
Bet On Your Baby	0.3	22%	-40%	-0.2	n/a	6/6	n/a	-40%	+0%	0.6
Mistresses (R)	0.2	23%						-33%	-56%	0.5
Nightline Primetime (S)	0.5	28%	+25%	+0.1	-0.1	1/4	n/a	+25%	-23%	1.0
							ABC:	-17%	-29%
Bad Teacher	0.2	18%	-82%	-0.9	n/a	6/6	n/a	-33%	-50%	0.4
Bad Teacher	0.3	29%	+50%	+0.1	n/a	6/7	n/a	+0%	-25%	0.7
Criminal Minds (R)	0.3	19%						-25%	-25%	0.6
48 Hours (R)	0.6	19%						-20%	-8%	1.1
							CBS:	-21%	-21%
Dateline (R)	0.9	22%						+0%	+44%	1.5
The Blacklist (R)	0.4	20%						-20%	+0%	0.6
							NBC:	-4%	+33%
Baseball Night in America	0.5	30%	-17%	-0.1	n/a	2/7	-17%	-13%	-26%	0.8
							Fox:	-13%	-26%
							Big4:	-14%	-12%

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.