- FINALS UPDATE: NCIS (2.4) avoided its season low with a finals uptick, while The Voice (3.3) was also up, taking its y2y decline to just 18%.
- NBC's two-hour finale of The Voice (3.2) was the series' best rating since early November, but it was down 20% vs. last year's fall finale. Considering how poorly the series fared in the closing weeks of the season, going -15%/-20% on the last two nights isn't really that terrible/unexpected. But this season seems to have confirmed the notion that the series is on the downturn.
- CBS tried throwing originals at NBC's finale, and it went about as badly as the last time the shows had major NBC competition (when The Voice was two hours on November 11). NCIS (2.3) and Person of Interest (1.3) each tied their season lows from that night, and they sandwiched a new one for NCIS: New Orleans (1.9).
- In the 8:00 hour, ABC's A Charlie Brown Christmas (1.7) tied the finale of MasterChef Junior (1.7) for second. NBC brought up the rear, not getting much out of a new Elf special (1.3).
FULL TABLE:
| Info | Show | Timeslot | True | |||||||
| A18-49 | Skew | Last | LeLa | Rank | y2y | TLa | Ty2y | |||
| A Charlie Brown Christmas (R) | 1.8 | 36% | +6% | +71% | +125% | 1.9 | ||||
| Prep and Landing | 1.3 | 39% | +44% | -28% | +44% | 1.2 | ||||
| Prep and Landing: Naughty vs. Nice | 1.2 | 42% | +33% | -29% | +71% | 1.3 | ||||
| Forever (R) | 0.7 | 29% | -33% | +0% | 1.0 | |||||
| ABC: | -3% | +63% | ||||||||
| NCIS | 2.4 | 17% | -4% | -0.1 | n/a | 8/10 | -17% | -14% | -17% | 2.4 |
| NCIS: New Orleans | 1.9 | 17% | -17% | -0.4 | -0.1 | 10/10 | n/a | +12% | -21% | 1.7 |
| Person of Interest | 1.3 | 18% | -24% | -0.4 | -0.4 | 9/10 | -35% | -62% | -35% | 1.4 |
| CBS: | -29% | -23% | ||||||||
| Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas | 1.3 | 34% | n/a | -43% | -35% | 1.4 | ||||
| The Voice Tue | 3.3 | 33% | +43% | +1.0 | n/a | 4/14 | -18% | +222% | -18% | 3.1 |
| NBC: | +82% | -21% | ||||||||
| MasterChef Junior | 1.7 | 38% | +6% | +0.1 | n/a | 3/7 | +13% | +6% | +100% | 1.8 |
| New Girl (R) | 0.8 | 46% | -47% | +14% | 0.8 | |||||
| The Mindy Project (R) | 0.6 | 46% | -45% | +0% | 0.8 | |||||
| Fox: | -17% | +60% | ||||||||
| The Flash (R) | 0.5 | 36% | -68% | +67% | 0.6 | |||||
| Victoria's Secret Fashion Show (R) | 0.4 | 41% | -60% | +0% | 0.4 | |||||
| CW: | -65% | +29% | ||||||||
| Big5: | -8% | -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.
