- FINALS UPDATE: Once Upon a Time (2.4) and The Good Wife (1.5) each upticked, meaning both of TGW's best numbers this year came at a 10/9c start time. The Walking Dead (7.0) remained slightly ahead of last fall's pace.
- The World Series got a 3.3, down 20% from last year's 4.1 for Game 5 and a steeper 28% from the Sunday game (Game 4) last year. Another weak result for the Series, but it is worth noting that Fox had the late NFL game on this night last year. NBC's Sunday Night Football (7.1) had one of its lowest results of the season but was still 13% above the 6.3 on World Series Sunday last year.
- On a sports-filled Sunday, the one network without any sports took a big hit. ABC's Once Upon a Time (2.3), Resurrection (1.2) and Revenge (1.1) all took further double-digit drops. This three-hour period (and Once itself), once such a massive explosion for ABC, was only barely on the year-to-year upside on this night. But if you're looking for a reason for these shows to rebound, maybe the lead-in at 7/6c had something to do with it. A Star Wars Rebels special (0.6) was completely invisible, only doing about half of the usual America's Funniest Home Videos numbers.
- Elsewhere, this was the one game of the World Series that had to deal with primetime NFL competition, though a considerable portion of the country had regional NFL leading in on Fox. And NBC's NFL game appears to be down a fair amount week-to-week. More on all this after finals.
- The CBS lineup started after NFL overrun at right around 8/7c (pre-empting CSI). In the preliminaries, Madam Secretary (1.5) and The Good Wife (1.4) were at typical levels.
FULL TABLE:
Info | Show | Timeslot | True | |||||||
A18-49 | Skew | Last | LeLa | Rank | y2y | TLa | Ty2y | |||
Star Wars Rebels | 0.6 | 32% | n/a | -43% | -56% | 1.1 | ||||
Once Upon a Time | 2.4 | 44% | -11% | -0.3 | -0.5 | 5/5 | +9% | -11% | +7% | 2.7 |
Resurrection | 1.2 | 35% | -14% | -0.2 | -0.3 | 5/5 | n/a | -14% | -17% | 1.3 |
Revenge | 1.1 | 32% | -15% | -0.2 | -0.2 | 5/5 | -21% | -15% | +22% | 1.5 |
ABC: | -18% | -11% | ||||||||
NFL Overrun | 6.6 | 40% | -25% | -2.2 | n/a | 8/8 | -26% | +474% | +408% | 6.7 |
60 Minutes | 2.3 | 22% | +92% | +1.1 | n/a | 3/6 | +77% | +59% | +28% | 1.6 |
Madam Secretary | 1.5 | 16% | +0% | +0.0 | +1.1 | 3/6 | n/a | +7% | +7% | 1.6 |
The Good Wife | 1.5 | 19% | +7% | +0.1 | +0.0 | 1/6 | +7% | +7% | +15% | 1.8 |
CBS: | +120% | +105% | ||||||||
Football Night in America p2 | 0.8 | 35% | -60% | -1.2 | n/a | 7/8 | -43% | -60% | -43% | 1.3 |
Football Night in America p3 | 3.4 | 44% | -17% | -0.7 | -1.2 | 8/8 | -6% | -21% | -8% | 3.9 |
Sunday Night Football | 7.1 | 48% | -13% | -1.1 | -0.7 | 8/9 | +13% | -16% | +12% | 6.9 |
NBC: | -28% | -6% | ||||||||
World Series Pregame | 0.3 | 27% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | n/a | -96% | -96% | 0.8 |
World Series | 3.3 | 33% | +27% | +0.7 | n/a | 3/5 | -20% | +38% | -26% | 3.7 |
Fox: | -44% | -58% | ||||||||
Big4: | -10% | -15% | ||||||||
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.