- FINALS UPDATE: The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show adjusted up to 3.4, putting it even year-to-year. It also edged out the series finale of FX's Sons of Anarchy (3.3) for top series of the night. Sons joined recent finales like Breaking Bad and How I Met Your Mother in ending on a new series high, just barely beating the 3.2 from this season's premiere. Elsewhere, The Voice (2.3) adjusted up to avoid a new low, while Supernatural (1.0) and The Mindy Project (1.1) both went down.
- CBS ruled Tuesday with the always reliably stout Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (2.8) and The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show (3.3) sandwiching a repeat of NCIS (1.7). Both these specials were just barely down from last year (3.0/3.4 respectively) when CBS aired them on separate nights (putting Rudolph a couple weeks earlier and Secret following original episodes of the NCIS twins).
- The superhero shows preliminarily inched down from last week, but The Flash (1.5) was still above its usual level before the Arrow cross-over (and Supernatural (1.1) had a particularly strong night). ABC's fall finales of Agents of SHIELD (1.7) and Forever (1.1) also declined by 0.1 with less lead-in support at 8/7c from Santa Claus is Comin' to Town (1.1), but these shows were still ahead of some previous episodes (when they had more drama competition).
- NBC's struggles continued with another new low for The Voice (2.2) leading to more declines from Marry Me (1.2) and About a Boy (0.9) and a modest Angelina Jolie news special at 10/9c (1.0). Fox's New Girl (1.5) and The Mindy Project (1.2) each picked up a tenth.
FULL TABLE:
| Info | Show | Timeslot | True | |||||||
| A18-49 | Skew | Last | LeLa | Rank | y2y | TLa | Ty2y | |||
| Santa Claus is Comin' to Town | 1.1 | 34% | -31% | -45% | -46% | 1.2 | ||||
| Agents of SHIELD | 1.7 | 41% | -6% | -0.1 | -1.0 | 3/10 | -19% | -3% | +21% | 1.7 |
| Forever | 1.1 | 27% | -8% | -0.1 | -0.1 | 7/11 | n/a | -8% | +22% | 1.3 |
| ABC: | -21% | -10% | ||||||||
| Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer | 2.8 | 33% | -7% | +107% | -3% | 2.8 | ||||
| NCIS (R) | 1.7 | 21% | +21% | -29% | 1.6 | |||||
| Victoria's Secret Fashion Show | 3.4 | 46% | +0% | +224% | +0% | 3.4 | ||||
| CBS: | +108% | -9% | ||||||||
| The Voice Tue | 2.3 | 26% | -12% | -0.3 | n/a | 11/13 | -26% | -13% | +24% | 2.3 |
| Marry Me | 1.2 | 33% | -8% | -0.1 | -0.3 | 7/8 | n/a | -8% | -60% | 1.0 |
| About a Boy | 0.9 | 31% | -18% | -0.2 | -0.1 | 7/8 | n/a | -18% | -72% | 1.0 |
| Angelina Jolie: Unbroken | 1.0 | 27% | n/a | -41% | -55% | 1.2 | ||||
| NBC: | -22% | -39% | ||||||||
| MasterChef Junior | 1.6 | 41% | +0% | +0.0 | n/a | 3/6 | n/a | +0% | +7% | 1.7 |
| New Girl | 1.5 | 58% | +7% | +0.1 | +0.0 | 3/11 | n/a | +7% | +0% | 1.5 |
| The Mindy Project | 1.1 | 55% | +0% | +0.0 | +0.1 | 3/11 | n/a | +0% | -15% | 1.1 |
| Fox: | +2% | +0% | ||||||||
| The Flash | 1.5 | 41% | -6% | -0.1 | n/a | 4/9 | n/a | -6% | +500% | 1.5 |
| Supernatural | 1.0 | 48% | +11% | +0.1 | -0.1 | 2/9 | n/a | +11% | +567% | 0.8 |
| CW: | +0% | +525% | ||||||||
| Big5: | +9% | -4% | ||||||||
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.
