- FINALS UPDATE: After finals, it was still a nice night for CBS' 8/7c hour, as The Big Bang Theory (4.5) was up two tenths for the second straight week, marking a solid recovery from its initial stumble after moving to Thursday. And Mom (2.6) finished up three tenths to a new series high. Two and a Half Men (2.1) was even week-to-week, The McCarthys (1.4) down a tenth, and Elementary down two more tenths to a simply ridiculous 1.0. I had always thought CBS would ride this one out on Thursday for the season, but... this is getting really bad.
- Bones (1.3) got a finals uptick to avoid a new season low, but The Vampire Diaries (0.7) did not this time.
- Week three of CBS' lineup will once again have to wait for finals due to pre-emptions in both of the Thursday Night Football markets. It's hard to imagine Mom (2.8) won't end up at least a bit above last week's 2.3, and The Big Bang Theory (4.5) may be up as well. But Two and a Half Men (2.2) and The McCarthys (1.6) each beat last week's finals by just a tenth and Elementary (1.2) was even.
- TGIT's domination intensified in its penultimate edition of 2014 as Scandal (3.2) shot up to its biggest rating since week two and How to Get Away with Murder (2.9) was also up a tenth.
- Elsewhere, even more ugliness than usual. Bones (1.2) shed another tenth on Fox, NBC saw Parenthood (1.0) hit a new low leading out of a particularly horrific A to Z (0.6), and The Vampire Diaries (0.7) will (as usual) hope for a finals boost to avoid its first 0.7 of the season.
FULL TABLE:
| Info | Show | Timeslot | True | |||||||
| A18-49 | Skew | Last | LeLa | Rank | y2y | TLa | Ty2y | |||
| Grey's Anatomy | 2.4 | 36% | +0% | +0.0 | n/a | 4/7 | -8% | +2% | +167% | 2.4 |
| Scandal | 3.2 | 40% | +10% | +0.3 | +0.0 | 3/8 | +10% | +10% | +25% | 2.9 |
| How To Get Away With Murder | 2.9 | 40% | +4% | +0.1 | +0.3 | 5/8 | n/a | +4% | +2% | 2.6 |
| ABC: | +6% | +35% | ||||||||
| The Big Bang Theory | 4.5 | 34% | +5% | +0.2 | n/a | 6/9 | -13% | +7% | -13% | 4.3 |
| Mom | 2.6 | 30% | +13% | +0.3 | +0.2 | 1/3 | +37% | +13% | +0% | 2.0 |
| Two and a Half Men | 2.1 | 30% | +0% | +0.0 | +0.3 | 2/3 | +0% | +0% | +0% | 1.9 |
| The McCarthys | 1.4 | 28% | -7% | -0.1 | +0.0 | 3/3 | n/a | -7% | -33% | 1.3 |
| Elementary | 1.0 | 19% | -17% | -0.2 | -0.1 | 3/3 | -38% | -13% | -39% | 1.3 |
| CBS: | +2% | -18% | ||||||||
| The Biggest Loser | 1.2 | 34% | +0% | +0.0 | n/a | 6/10 | -33% | +0% | +4% | 1.4 |
| Bad Judge | 0.9 | 36% | +0% | +0.0 | +0.0 | 5/7 | n/a | +0% | +0% | 1.1 |
| A to Z | 0.6 | 32% | -25% | -0.2 | +0.0 | 7/7 | n/a | -25% | -33% | 0.9 |
| Parenthood | 1.0 | 35% | -23% | -0.3 | -0.2 | 8/8 | -17% | -20% | -20% | 1.4 |
| NBC: | -11% | -11% | ||||||||
| Bones | 1.3 | 30% | +0% | +0.0 | n/a | 5/7 | -19% | +0% | -4% | 1.5 |
| Gracepoint | 0.8 | 29% | +14% | +0.1 | +0.0 | 3/7 | n/a | +23% | -43% | 1.0 |
| Fox: | +8% | -24% | ||||||||
| The Vampire Diaries | 0.7 | 58% | -13% | -0.1 | n/a | 7/7 | -46% | -7% | -46% | 0.7 |
| Reign | 0.4 | 43% | +0% | +0.0 | -0.1 | 3/7 | -43% | -11% | -38% | 0.5 |
| CW: | -8% | -44% | ||||||||
| Big5: | +0% | -7% | ||||||||
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.
