Spotted Ratings, Weekend Roundup 9/5-9/6/14

WHAT MATTERS:

• Friday had the irregularity of the big four (plus many cable networks) simulcasting Stand Up to Cancer in the 8/7c hour. This telecast didn't have ads and thus wasn't counted in finals, but the preliminaries (which I use in my spreadsheet to estimate viewing/competition) were 0.3 on Fox and 0.5 on each of the other three networks.

• How much of a matchup game is college football? Fox's Oregon/Michigan State did a very strong 2.1 rating, which was almost double any CFB on Fox rating from last season. This game alone could help the Fox average grow year-to-year even if it's significantly down the rest of the season. NBC also got an outstanding number from an uncompetitive Michigan/Notre Dame game (1.6), which almost hit the combined rating of NBC's two primetime games last year (0.9 and 0.8).

FRIDAY 9/5/14 FULL TABLE:

Info		Show						Timeslot		True
	A18-49	Skew	Last		LeLa	Rank	y2y	TLa	Ty2y
Stand Up to Cancer	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Shark Tank (R)	0.9	28%						-14%	-14%	1.5
20/20 (S)	1.1	24%	+22%	+0.2	-0.1	9/16	+0%	+22%	+0%	1.5
							ABC:	-2%	-9%
Stand Up to Cancer	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Hawaii Five-0 (R)	0.6	20%						-8%	+20%	1.0
Blue Bloods (R)	0.6	13%						+0%	-8%	0.9
							CBS:	-11%	+3%
Stand Up to Cancer	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Dateline Fri (S)	0.9	24%	+0%	+0.0	+0.0	11/12	n/a	+13%	-18%	1.4
Saving Dr. Brantly	0.7	31%					n/a	-36%	-46%	1.0
							NBC:	-13%	-36%
Stand Up to Cancer	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Bones (R)	0.4	27%						-20%	+14%	0.8
							Fox:	-42%	-33%
Masters of Illusion	0.4	32%	+33%	+0.1	n/a	1/6	n/a	+33%	+100%	0.5
Whose Line Is It Anyway? (R)	0.4	35%						+33%	+100%	0.6
America's Next Top Model Next (R)	0.3	45%						+50%	-33%	0.4
							CW:	+40%	+8%
							Big5:	-7%	-16%

SATURDAY 9/6/14 FULL TABLE:

Info		Show						Timeslot		True
	A18-49	Skew	Last		LeLa	Rank	y2y	TLa	Ty2y
NASCAR	1.1	29%	-8%	-0.1	n/a	7/7	-8%	-37%	-10%	1.5
							ABC:	-37%	-10%
Person of Interest (R)	0.3	17%						-45%	-14%	0.4
48 Hours (R)	0.5	19%						+11%	-33%	0.9
48 Hours (R)	0.7	23%						+27%	-26%	1.0
							CBS:	-3%	-27%
Notre Dame Football	1.6	44%	n/a	n/a	n/a	1/1	n/a	+140%	+200%	2.2
							NBC:	+140%	+200%
CFB on Fox	2.1	44%	+425%	+1.7	n/a	1/2	+91%	+367%	+91%	3.0
							Fox:	+367%	+91%
							Big4:	+62%	+55%

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.