- FINALS UPDATE: Modern Family (3.2) went up a tenth in finals, though this was still a new season low by two tenths. For the third straight week, The 100 (0.5) failed to hang onto its preliminary.
- NBC took over the Wednesday primetime lead with a very strong finish to its Dick Wolf crossover. It started with a special hour of The Voice (2.5) matching the 2.5 for its special Thursday ep last year. That led into the two-hour drama event, which just about matched The Voice's delivery; there were massive spikes for Law and Order: SVU (2.4) and Chicago PD (2.2). Both shows went multiple tenths above their previous season highs this season, and PD tied its 2.2 series high from last season.
- Against a stronger NBC (but a weaker ABC with the CMA Awards gone), it was a weirdly mixed bag on pretty much every other network:
- ABC saw Modern Family (3.1) take a sizable hit, going well below any previous result this season, while The Goldbergs (2.1) also hit a season low, but the rest of the lineup was fairly normal;
- On CBS, Survivor (2.3) was even against The Voice and Criminal Minds (2.3) bounced back to about normal after last week's stinker against the CMAs, but Stalker (1.4) hit another new low;
- Fox's Hell's Kitchen (1.5) continued a very good week for Gordon Ramsay by rising to tie a season high, which is pretty strong given the added unscripted competition. But this was of no help to Red Band Society (0.9);
- And Arrow (0.9) fell back to earth, ending its run of three straight upticks, but The 100 posted a third straight preliminary 0.6 and will hope this one holds in finals.
FULL TABLE:
Info | Show | Timeslot | True | |||||||
A18-49 | Skew | Last | LeLa | Rank | y2y | TLa | Ty2y | |||
The Middle | 1.9 | 30% | +6% | +0.1 | n/a | 4/6 | -21% | -59% | -21% | 2.0 |
The Goldbergs | 2.1 | 35% | -5% | -0.1 | +0.1 | 6/6 | +24% | -55% | +17% | 2.1 |
Modern Family | 3.2 | 41% | -9% | -0.3 | -0.1 | 7/7 | -16% | -35% | -16% | 3.0 |
Black-ish | 2.5 | 41% | -7% | -0.2 | -0.3 | 4/7 | n/a | -47% | +25% | 2.1 |
Nashville | 1.4 | 31% | +0% | +0.0 | -0.2 | 2/7 | -7% | -66% | -7% | 1.5 |
ABC: | -54% | -4% | ||||||||
Survivor | 2.3 | 31% | +0% | +0.0 | n/a | 4/8 | -8% | +0% | -8% | 2.3 |
Criminal Minds | 2.3 | 28% | +10% | +0.2 | +0.0 | 4/7 | -15% | +7% | -16% | 2.2 |
Stalker | 1.4 | 25% | -7% | -0.1 | +0.2 | 7/7 | n/a | -7% | -28% | 1.4 |
CBS: | +1% | -17% | ||||||||
The Voice Tue | 2.5 | 30% | -17% | -0.5 | n/a | 7/9 | -26% | +92% | +67% | 2.5 |
Law and Order: SVU | 2.4 | 30% | +50% | +0.8 | +1.2 | 1/7 | +50% | +45% | +55% | 2.2 |
Chicago PD | 2.2 | 29% | +57% | +0.8 | +0.8 | 1/7 | n/a | +63% | +100% | 2.1 |
NBC: | +65% | +71% | ||||||||
Hell's Kitchen | 1.5 | 51% | +15% | +0.2 | n/a | 1/9 | n/a | +11% | -12% | 1.6 |
Red Band Society | 0.9 | 40% | +0% | +0.0 | +0.2 | 5/7 | n/a | +6% | -49% | 1.1 |
Fox: | +9% | -30% | ||||||||
Arrow | 0.9 | 44% | -18% | -0.2 | n/a | 4/6 | -25% | -18% | -25% | 0.9 |
The 100 | 0.5 | 36% | +0% | +0.0 | -0.2 | 1/4 | n/a | -9% | -17% | 0.5 |
CW: | -15% | -22% | ||||||||
Big5: | -15% | -3% | ||||||||
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.