- CABLE/FINALS UPDATE: Monday Night Football (6.9) had a season high by a wide margin, and it also edged the ratings high from 2012 (6.8) and 2013 (6.6). The last game to go higher was on 9/26/11 (7.2).
- In broadcast land, ABC took a big hit after the Dallas pre-emption came out, putting Castle (1.6) at up by just a tenth week-to-week. CBS saw The Millers (1.7) drop to a more as-expected level, while Scorpion (2.3) went up to look like a bigger win (down just a tenth from last week). The Voice (3.7) adjusted up 0.1 and The Blacklist (2.5) down 0.1.
- CBS' first The Big Bang Theory-less Monday was naturally lower, but overall they will probably be pretty happy with it. 2 Broke Girls (2.4) was just 14% below last year's premiere and beat all of its results from last spring after it lost the How I Met Your Mother lead-in. We'll see in future weeks if it was inflated by the Kim Kardashian guest spot, but it didn't drop too badly after Lindsay Lohan's appearance last spring. And The Millers (1.8), while still a clear weak link, certainly could've done worse than a three-tenth drop considering it had nearly double the lead-in last week. Scorpion (2.2) also fell but remained very much on the map on its first night without the benefit of Big Bang viewers.
- The shows that had off nights last week - The Voice (3.6), The Blacklist (2.6) and Castle (1.9) - all bounced back by multiple tenths in the prelims. ABC is likely to drop in finals due to a Monday Night Football pre-emption, but it would take a massive drop for Castle not to be ahead of last week's ugly 1.5.
- Fox inched down again with Gotham (2.2) and Sleepy Hollow (1.6), and the CW's Jane the Virgin (0.4) lost another tenth in week three.
- All of this came against a massive rating for the Cowboys game on Monday Night Football. The household overnights were the highest for MNF since 2010. More after finals.
FULL TABLE:
| Info | Show | Timeslot | True | |||||||
| A18-49 | Skew | Last | LeLa | Rank | y2y | TLa | Ty2y | |||
| Dancing with the Stars | 1.9 | 19% | -5% | -0.1 | n/a | 6/9 | -10% | -5% | -8% | 2.0 |
| Castle | 1.6 | 23% | +7% | +0.1 | -0.1 | 4/5 | -24% | +7% | -22% | 1.8 |
| ABC: | -2% | -13% | ||||||||
| 2 Broke Girls | 2.4 | 36% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | -14% | -48% | -20% | 2.4 |
| The Millers | 1.7 | 31% | -19% | -0.4 | -2.2 | 2/2 | -19% | -19% | -37% | 1.7 |
| Scorpion | 2.3 | 28% | -4% | -0.1 | -0.4 | 6/6 | n/a | -4% | +0% | 2.3 |
| NCIS: Los Angeles | 1.6 | 23% | -6% | -0.1 | -0.1 | 4/5 | -38% | -6% | +33% | 1.7 |
| CBS: | -20% | -6% | ||||||||
| The Voice Mon | 3.7 | 38% | +9% | +0.3 | n/a | 5/6 | -14% | +9% | -13% | 3.5 |
| The Blacklist | 2.5 | 33% | +4% | +0.1 | +0.3 | 5/6 | -19% | +4% | -18% | 2.3 |
| NBC: | +8% | -15% | ||||||||
| Gotham | 2.2 | 47% | -4% | -0.1 | n/a | 6/6 | n/a | -4% | -25% | 2.2 |
| Sleepy Hollow | 1.6 | 44% | -11% | -0.2 | -0.1 | 6/6 | n/a | -11% | -63% | 1.5 |
| Fox: | -7% | -48% | ||||||||
| The Originals | 0.6 | 58% | +0% | +0.0 | n/a | 3/4 | -40% | +0% | +50% | 0.6 |
| Jane the Virgin | 0.4 | 47% | -20% | -0.1 | +0.0 | 3/3 | n/a | -20% | +33% | 0.5 |
| CW: | -9% | +43% | ||||||||
| Big5: | -5% | -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.
