- FINALS UPDATE: The finals were not too harsh to CBS adjustment-wise, leaving the network with some pretty favorable numbers in spite of a new season low for The Big Bang Theory (3.9). Mom (2.6) tied its season/series high, Two and a Half Men (2.3) and The McCarthys (1.6) both zoomed up to near their premiere numbers and Elementary (1.4) hit a new season high. The CW's night brightened further as The Vampire Diaries upticked to 0.9, putting both its dramas at a tie for their season highs. But Bones got no finals help, so the new season low 1.2 sticks.
- As usual, any observations about Thursday's top-ranked lineup on CBS (including the return of The Big Bang Theory in originals) will have to wait for finals due to preemptions in both of the Thursday Night Football markets.
- Though there's not much Thursday competition these days, not many shows stepped up:
- NBC's regular series in the first two hours were back for the first time in three weeks; The Biggest Loser (1.1) tied its season low at 8/7c, though Bad Judge (1.1) hopped up in its first episode without Scandal competition. (Hey, maybe the Shonda audience would've been interested in a Kate Walsh comedy after all!)
- ABC's The Taste (0.8) inched down in week two.
- Bones had another preliminary new low 1.2 (though the last one ended up adjusting up), while the Gracepoint finale (0.9) was even with last week but slightly above most of the middle of the run.
- The CW perhaps fared best of all, as the fall finales of The Vampire Diaries (0.8) and Reign (0.5) were each up a tenth.
FULL TABLE:
| Info | Show | Timeslot | True | |||||||
| A18-49 | Skew | Last | LeLa | Rank | y2y | TLa | Ty2y | |||
| The Taste | 0.8 | 32% | -11% | -0.1 | n/a | 2/2 | n/a | -6% | -54% | 1.0 |
| How To Get Away With Murder (R) | 0.5 | 27% | -23% | -84% | 0.9 | |||||
| ABC: | -11% | -68% | ||||||||
| The Big Bang Theory | 3.9 | 32% | -5% | -0.2 | n/a | 11/11 | -24% | +95% | -24% | 3.9 |
| Mom | 2.6 | 31% | +30% | +0.6 | +1.8 | 1/7 | n/a | +30% | +0% | 2.1 |
| Two and a Half Men | 2.3 | 31% | +21% | +0.4 | +0.6 | 2/7 | +21% | +21% | +21% | 2.0 |
| The McCarthys | 1.6 | 29% | +14% | +0.2 | +0.4 | 2/7 | n/a | +14% | -16% | 1.5 |
| Elementary | 1.4 | 23% | +17% | +0.2 | +0.2 | 1/7 | -18% | +22% | -18% | 1.6 |
| CBS: | +38% | -11% | ||||||||
| The Biggest Loser | 1.1 | 32% | +0% | +0.0 | n/a | 10/12 | -42% | -60% | -19% | 1.3 |
| Bad Judge | 1.1 | 37% | +22% | +0.2 | +0.0 | 4/9 | n/a | -56% | +10% | 1.3 |
| A to Z | 0.8 | 41% | +14% | +0.1 | +0.2 | 5/9 | n/a | -65% | -11% | 1.1 |
| Blake Shelton's Not So Family Christmas | 0.8 | 26% | n/a | -58% | -36% | 1.2 | ||||
| NBC: | -60% | -20% | ||||||||
| Bones | 1.2 | 28% | -20% | -0.3 | n/a | 10/10 | n/a | -20% | -4% | 1.4 |
| Gracepoint | 0.9 | 28% | +0% | +0.0 | -0.3 | 2/10 | n/a | +6% | +29% | 1.1 |
| Fox: | -11% | +8% | ||||||||
| The Vampire Diaries | 0.9 | 63% | +29% | +0.2 | n/a | 1/10 | -18% | +20% | -18% | 0.9 |
| Reign | 0.5 | 45% | +25% | +0.1 | +0.2 | 1/10 | -17% | +11% | -17% | 0.6 |
| CW: | +17% | -18% | ||||||||
| Big5: | -15% | -27% | ||||||||
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.
