- FINALS UPDATE: With Thursday Night Football hitting a runaway season low (just a 1.6 on NFL Network) in two small markets, adjustments were minimal. Only Elementary (1.3) and the 8:00 Bones repeat adjusted down. That meant Mom (2.3) finished at a noticeable 0.3 points higher than its last episode after a repeat two weeks ago.
- Pending preemptions, CBS' Mom (2.3) and Two and a Half Men (1.9) took hits with a repeat lead-in from The Big Bang Theory (2.3), while The McCarthys (1.6) and Elementary (1.4) were even. These numbers may adjust down a bit due to a Jacksonville football preemption.
- These numbers came against virtually no competition on the other networks. NBC saw The Biggest Loser (0.9) get into truly disastrous territory, and it led into an unwatched new awards show called the People Magazine Awards (0.8). But somehow that combo was still enough for second place against ABC with The Taste (0.8) and Fox with Bones repeats (0.8 pending a preemption). Compared to these stinkers, the CW looked like a winner with the iHeartRadio Jingle Ball special (0.6), up a tenth year-to-year.
- Programming note: I won't be doing updates based on preliminary ratings for the next two weeks, but I'll have a few roundup posts as the finals trickle in. Happy holidays!
FULL TABLE:
| Info | Show | Timeslot | True | |||||||
| A18-49 | Skew | Last | LeLa | Rank | y2y | TLa | Ty2y | |||
| The Taste | 0.8 | 33% | +0% | +0.0 | n/a | 2/3 | n/a | -3% | -48% | 1.0 |
| How To Get Away With Murder (R) | 0.6 | 30% | +9% | -57% | 1.1 | |||||
| ABC: | +0% | -51% | ||||||||
| The Big Bang Theory (R) | 2.3 | 28% | -41% | -18% | 2.4 | |||||
| Mom | 2.3 | 29% | -12% | -0.3 | -1.6 | 5/8 | +21% | -12% | +35% | 2.2 |
| Two and a Half Men | 1.9 | 27% | -17% | -0.4 | -0.3 | 6/8 | n/a | -17% | +46% | 1.8 |
| The McCarthys | 1.6 | 29% | +0% | +0.0 | -0.4 | 2/8 | n/a | +0% | +23% | 1.6 |
| Elementary | 1.3 | 22% | -7% | -0.1 | +0.0 | 2/8 | n/a | -4% | +44% | 1.6 |
| CBS: | -18% | +20% | ||||||||
| The Biggest Loser | 0.9 | 29% | -18% | -0.2 | n/a | 13/13 | -55% | -18% | -25% | 1.1 |
| People Magazine Awards | 0.8 | 27% | n/a | -11% | -53% | 1.1 | ||||
| NBC: | -14% | -46% | ||||||||
| Bones (R) | 0.7 | 26% | -42% | -59% | 1.0 | |||||
| Bones (R) | 0.8 | 28% | -6% | -53% | 1.1 | |||||
| Fox: | -27% | -56% | ||||||||
| iHeartRadio Jingle Ball | 0.6 | 41% | +20% | -18% | +157% | 0.7 | ||||
| Whose Line Is It Anyway? (R) | 0.4 | 47% | -20% | +33% | 0.4 | |||||
| CW: | -19% | +120% | ||||||||
| Big5: | -17% | -28% | ||||||||
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.
