- FINALS UPDATE: ABC had another really favorable set of adjustments, as Agents of SHIELD (2.1) went from the low end of its spring results to the high end, while Forever (1.8) actually went above the Monday preview. (That 1.5 Monday prelim really feels like a long time ago!) That shockingly put Forever ahead of a downward-adjusting Person of Interest (1.7). And Chicago Fire (2.6) dropped a tenth behind last year's series high.
- A new spin-off didn't particularly charge up CBS' lineup. NCIS (2.9) improved somewhat on its spring ratings but was still nearly 20% behind last year's big premiere, and NCIS: New Orleans (2.5) had nearly full viewership retention but was down almost 15% from its lead-in among the demo. Throw in the return of Person of Interest (1.8), down a significant 22% year-to-year and the network was off by 19% from last year's premiere Tuesday.
- That left NBC's The Voice (4.0) and Chicago Fire (2.7) free to win Premiere Tuesday in runaway fashion. After dropping much more on Monday, The Voice was down just 15% vs. last year's first Tuesday episode against far more manageable competition. And the NBC drama department keeps looking better; Chicago Fire preliminarily tied the series high 2.7 set on this night last year. NBC was down 11% year-to-year as a whole.
- ABC was a mixed bag with little interest in a second Dancing with the Stars results show (1.6), and Agents of SHIELD (1.9) was only able to get back to its normal delivery from the spring (even if it gets its usual finals uptick). However, the network was very much on the 10/9c map with the timeslot premiere of Forever (1.7). It took a viewership hit from the change in lead-ins but impressively held 100% of its Monday demo rating, and it looks like a potentially massive improvement on all the bombs ABC aired in the hour last season. Despite Forever's 31% gain at 10/9c, the network was still down 40% vs. last year's Premiere Tuesday (which featured SHIELD's 4.7 premiere).
- Fox's New Girl (1.3) and The Mindy Project (1.0) took almost the same week two drops as last year when all the competition arrived, and Utopia (0.8) was off by a similar percent. Fox was down 43% vs. last year's premiere Tuesday (with Utopia down over 50% and the comedies about -35%).
- So the big four as a whole were down by 25% in preliminaries. If Big Bang inflated the Monday number (-3%), SHIELD obviously deflated the Tuesday one.
FULL TABLE:
| Info | Show | Timeslot | True | |||||||
| A18-49 | Skew | Last | LeLa | Rank | y2y | TLa | Ty2y | |||
| Dancing with the Stars | 1.7 | 22% | -23% | -0.5 | n/a | 4/4 | -26% | -23% | -63% | 1.9 |
| Agents of SHIELD | 2.1 | 45% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | -55% | +180% | -22% | 2.3 |
| Forever | 1.8 | 33% | +6% | +0.1 | -0.1 | 1/2 | n/a | +177% | +44% | 1.8 |
| ABC: | +56% | -35% | ||||||||
| NCIS | 2.9 | 20% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | -19% | +23% | -19% | 3.0 |
| NCIS: New Orleans | 2.5 | 18% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | n/a | +178% | -17% | 2.3 |
| Person of Interest | 1.7 | 20% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | -26% | +113% | -26% | 1.6 |
| CBS: | +75% | -20% | ||||||||
| The Voice Tue | 4.1 | 40% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | -13% | +116% | -12% | 3.9 |
| Chicago Fire | 2.6 | 36% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | -4% | +6% | -2% | 2.1 |
| NBC: | +73% | -10% | ||||||||
| Utopia Tue | 0.8 | 53% | -20% | -0.2 | n/a | 4/4 | n/a | -20% | -52% | 1.0 |
| New Girl | 1.3 | 70% | -24% | -0.4 | -0.2 | 2/2 | -38% | -24% | -38% | 1.5 |
| The Mindy Project | 1.0 | 60% | -23% | -0.3 | -0.4 | 2/2 | -33% | -23% | -33% | 1.2 |
| Fox: | -22% | -43% | ||||||||
| Arrow (R) | 0.3 | 57% | +0% | -33% | 0.4 | |||||
| Supernatural (R) | 0.3 | 56% | +20% | +20% | 0.4 | |||||
| CW: | +9% | -14% | ||||||||
| Big5: | +49% | -24% | ||||||||
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.
