- FINALS UPDATE: The Flash (1.6) adjusted up, now up 0.2 week-to-week and hitting its best rating since week two. Chicago Fire (1.7) adjusted up to round out a full night of week-to-week upticks for NBC, while Marry Me (1.3) dropped 0.1 in finals.
- ABC got some of its best numbers of the season in the Tuesday 8/7c hour with new holiday special Toy Story That Time Forgot (1.9) leading into classic special A Charlie Brown Christmas (2.1). This was well behind the new Halloween-themed Toy Story special in 2013 (3.1), but Charlie Brown was up two tenths year-to-year. That added lead-in support plus perhaps some audience fleeing CBS repeats produced a positive night for the ABC dramas; Agents of SHIELD (1.8) had its best rating since the season premiere and Forever (1.2) snagged its best rating since late October.
- A good night for superheroes continued on the CW as the first half of a crossover between The Flash and Arrow saw a small uptick for The Flash (1.5). Often it's the second show that benefits more in these situations, so we'll see what happens with Arrow, though last night's story on Flash was largely self-contained.
- With CBS and ABC way down from last week (when CBS had originals and ABC a DWTS finale), there were also some minor upticks on the other original networks. The Voice (2.6), Marry Me (1.4) and About a Boy (1.1) all bounced back from last week's truly egregious numbers, but Chicago Fire (1.6) had no such luck (at least in the demo). MasterChef Junior (1.6) and New Girl (1.4) were up a tenth for Fox.
FULL TABLE:
| Info | Show | Timeslot | True | |||||||
| A18-49 | Skew | Last | LeLa | Rank | y2y | TLa | Ty2y | |||
| Toy Story that Time Forgot | 1.9 | 36% | n/a | +6% | +111% | 1.9 | ||||
| A Charlie Brown Christmas | 2.1 | 40% | +11% | +11% | +163% | 2.0 | ||||
| Agents of SHIELD | 1.8 | 43% | +13% | +0.2 | +1.0 | 2/9 | n/a | -36% | +44% | 1.6 |
| Forever | 1.2 | 29% | +20% | +0.2 | +0.2 | 4/10 | n/a | -61% | +14% | 1.4 |
| ABC: | -35% | +59% | ||||||||
| NCIS (R) | 1.4 | 15% | -44% | -10% | 1.5 | |||||
| NCIS: New Orleans (R) | 1.4 | 17% | -39% | +4% | 1.4 | |||||
| Person of Interest (R) | 1.0 | 18% | -43% | -20% | 1.1 | |||||
| CBS: | -42% | -8% | ||||||||
| The Voice Tue | 2.6 | 29% | +13% | +0.3 | n/a | 8/12 | -24% | +16% | +27% | 2.5 |
| Marry Me | 1.3 | 35% | +18% | +0.2 | +0.3 | 5/7 | n/a | +18% | -61% | 1.1 |
| About a Boy | 1.1 | 33% | +10% | +0.1 | +0.2 | 5/7 | n/a | +10% | -69% | 1.1 |
| Chicago Fire | 1.7 | 29% | +6% | +0.1 | +0.1 | 8/10 | -26% | +3% | -26% | 1.8 |
| NBC: | +11% | -29% | ||||||||
| MasterChef Junior | 1.6 | 42% | +7% | +0.1 | n/a | 3/5 | n/a | +7% | +7% | 1.6 |
| New Girl | 1.4 | 59% | +8% | +0.1 | +0.1 | 3/10 | n/a | +8% | +56% | 1.5 |
| The Mindy Project | 1.1 | 57% | +0% | +0.0 | +0.1 | 3/10 | -8% | +0% | -8% | 1.1 |
| Fox: | +6% | +12% | ||||||||
| The Flash | 1.6 | 47% | +14% | +0.2 | n/a | 3/8 | n/a | +19% | +52% | 1.6 |
| Supernatural | 0.9 | 49% | +0% | +0.0 | +0.2 | 4/8 | -18% | +0% | -22% | 0.7 |
| CW: | +11% | +14% | ||||||||
| Big5: | -17% | +1% | ||||||||
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.
