- FINALS UPDATE: All three ABC shows added another tenth in finals. CBS' Giants/Redskins football game averaged a 6.0 (combined with NFLN), up 33% from last week. It was at roughly 4.7 on only CBS. The big five were up 12% vs. last year's premiere Thursday, though it's more like 1% once the NFLN numbers are taken out of the CBS ratings. (CBS would be +12% vs. their big one-hour Big Bang + The Crazy Ones night last year.)
- ABC is definitely thanking God that it's Thursday. Grey's Anatomy (3.0) took only an average drop from last year's premiere in its move to 8/7c, a really outstanding result given mid-2's were the norm even at 9:00 late last season. Scandal (3.8) is already at a new series high, two tenths above last year's premiere, and it could be farther ahead after finals. And How To Get Away With Murder (3.8) was the week's biggest newbie premiere, drawing a large crowd even outside the Scandal audience. (Beyond matching Scandal's demo, it also shot up from Scandal's total viewership by over two million.) ABC was +32% vs. last year's Premiere Thursday, which featured two hours of Grey's and an Agents of SHIELD repeat. It's not clear how sustainable all of this is, but it's not a huge stretch to say it could end up being ABC's strongest three-hour lineup since the Desperate Housewives/Grey's Anatomy heydays.
- Given these huge numbers, the results weren't too ugly for premieres on Fox and NBC. Bones (1.6) basically matched its spring numbers but was way down from last fall, while NBC's Parenthood (1.4) was within two tenths of last season's premiere despite a much smaller lead-in. Parenthood narrowly outrated lead-in The Biggest Loser (1.3), which held even week-to-week against the increased competition. NBC was -20% vs. last year's premiere Thursday, while Fox had another very ugly number at -46% (though this time a 9/8c Sleepy Hollow repeat (0.7) is at least something of an excuse).
- Football details after finals, but even in another blowout, the game looks to be well up from last week.
FULL TABLE:
| Info | Show | Timeslot | True | |||||||
| A18-49 | Skew | Last | LeLa | Rank | y2y | TLa | Ty2y | |||
| Grey's Anatomy | 3.1 | 39% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | -9% | +313% | +158% | 3.2 |
| Scandal | 3.9 | 41% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | +8% | +239% | +16% | 3.6 |
| How To Get Away With Murder | 3.9 | 35% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | n/a | +290% | +11% | 3.8 |
| ABC: | +276% | +35% | ||||||||
| Thursday Night Football Kickoff | 2.2 | 39% | +0% | +0.0 | n/a | 2/3 | n/a | -4% | -60% | 2.4 |
| Thursday Night Football | 6.0 | 47% | +33% | +1.5 | +0.0 | 2/3 | n/a | +27% | +76% | 6.3 |
| CBS: | +24% | +43% | ||||||||
| The Biggest Loser | 1.3 | 37% | +0% | +0.0 | n/a | 2/3 | n/a | -4% | -24% | 1.6 |
| Parenthood | 1.4 | 42% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | -13% | +87% | -13% | 1.7 |
| NBC: | +16% | -20% | ||||||||
| Bones | 1.6 | 32% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | -30% | +220% | -24% | 1.8 |
| Sleepy Hollow (R) | 0.6 | 33% | +9% | -70% | 0.9 | |||||
| Fox: | +110% | -46% | ||||||||
| The Vampire Diaries (R) | 0.2 | 42% | +0% | -20% | 0.3 | |||||
| The Originals (R) | 0.2 | 51% | +0% | +0% | 0.4 | |||||
| CW: | +0% | -11% | ||||||||
| Big5: | +74% | +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.
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.
