- It was good news/bad news for the first two new drama premieres of the season. Start with the good: The Mysteries of Laura (2.0) actually almost matched the two-hour finale delivery for America's Got Talent (2.3), though Talent was up to 2.7 in the 9:30 half-hour. I wish I had adjusted my morning The Question line after seeing how well Talent did on Tuesday, but this seems like a pretty solid showing even given that context. Most of these post-Got Talent previews have dropped 25%+ the next week, but Laura has given itself a chance to withstand that and still be in the mix.
- Meanwhile, Fox's Red Band Society (1.3) attracted very little interest, down a tenth from its Hell's Kitchen lead-in (1.4). We still don't know quite how much more carnage is to come on Fox's schedule, especially from Tuesday thru Friday, but this is not good as much more competition will come next week.
- Without an irregularity in the 9/8c hour, Extant (1.1) rallied for its likely series finale. This was its biggest rating since July, though almost all of the ratings since July were 1.0.
FULL TABLE:
| Info | Show | Timeslot | True | |||||||
| A18-49 | Skew | Last | LeLa | Rank | y2y | TLa | Ty2y | |||
| The Middle (R) | 1.1 | 34% | +10% | +10% | 1.5 | |||||
| The Goldbergs (R) | 1.1 | 39% | +10% | +10% | 1.4 | |||||
| Modern Family (R) | 1.3 | 43% | +18% | +8% | 1.6 | |||||
| Modern Family (R) | 1.5 | 45% | +25% | +0% | 1.8 | |||||
| Nashville (R) | 0.7 | 38% | -26% | +8% | 0.8 | |||||
| ABC: | +3% | +7% | ||||||||
| Big Brother Thu | 2.2 | 42% | -8% | -0.2 | n/a | 5/13 | n/a | -4% | -17% | 2.8 |
| Criminal Minds (R) | 1.0 | 27% | +82% | -63% | 1.2 | |||||
| Extant | 1.1 | 26% | +38% | +0.3 | +0.5 | 3/11 | n/a | +83% | -53% | 1.3 |
| CBS: | +25% | -44% | ||||||||
| America's Got Talent Wed | 2.4 | 25% | +33% | +0.6 | n/a | 1/9 | -4% | +66% | +37% | 2.9 |
| The Mysteries of Laura | 2.0 | 25% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | n/a | +5% | -26% | 2.0 |
| NBC: | +42% | +10% | ||||||||
| Hell's Kitchen Regular | 1.4 | 45% | -7% | -0.1 | n/a | 3/3 | n/a | -7% | -35% | 1.8 |
| Red Band Society | 1.3 | 40% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | n/a | -7% | -43% | 1.5 |
| Fox: | -7% | -39% | ||||||||
| Penn and Teller: Fool Us | 0.5 | 40% | +0% | +0.0 | n/a | 2/8 | n/a | -9% | +67% | 0.7 |
| The 100 (R) | 0.2 | 41% | +0% | -56% | 0.2 | |||||
| CW: | -7% | -7% | ||||||||
| Big5: | +19% | -21% | ||||||||
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.
