- FINALS UPDATE: Empire (4.4) added a tick, putting it up a whooping 10% week-to-week, while its teammate American Idol (3.4) also ticked up. The picture got a bit less dire for the 9/8c procedurals, but Criminal Minds (2.0) and SVU (1.3) were still at new season lows. The 100 (0.5) went down a tick.
- Empire is becoming Fox's new Death Star. The show followed up its two-tenth growth in week two by packing on another three tenths in week three (4.3). Not only is this clearly the biggest new series smash in many, many years, but it actually seems to be dragging American Idol (3.3) back from the dead with it. Idol was just 13% behind the third Wednesday episode from last season.
- The added benefit for Fox: Empire appears to be demolishing the competition. Criminal Minds (1.9) and Law and Order: SVU (1.2) both crashed to new lows, with SVU losing to ABC's comedy repeats. And that effect was isolated to the 9/8c hour where Empire resides; Stalker (1.5) and Chicago PD (1.5) were both pretty normal at 10/9c, and The Mentalist (1.5) actually grew a bit for CBS at 8/7c.
- The CW's Wednesday return went a bit better than the Tuesday one, as Arrow (1.1) and The 100 (0.6) were both back toward the high end of this season's ratings.
FULL TABLE:
| Info | Show | Timeslot | True | |||||||
| A18-49 | Skew | Last | LeLa | Rank | y2y | TLa | Ty2y | |||
| The Middle (R) | 1.3 | 30% | -41% | -43% | 1.5 | |||||
| The Goldbergs (R) | 1.3 | 36% | -43% | -28% | 1.6 | |||||
| Modern Family (R) | 1.5 | 36% | -50% | -56% | 1.7 | |||||
| Black-ish (R) | 1.1 | 36% | -42% | -35% | 1.3 | |||||
| Galavant (R) | 0.5 | 39% | -29% | -66% | 0.8 | |||||
| ABC: | -43% | -49% | ||||||||
| The Mentalist | 1.5 | 20% | +7% | +0.1 | n/a | 2/8 | n/a | +11% | +76% | 1.7 |
| Criminal Minds | 2.0 | 25% | -9% | -0.2 | +0.1 | 12/12 | -9% | -9% | -9% | 2.1 |
| Stalker | 1.5 | 24% | +0% | +0.0 | -0.2 | 8/13 | n/a | +3% | -6% | 1.5 |
| CBS: | -0% | +8% | ||||||||
| The Mysteries of Laura (R) | 0.8 | 21% | -24% | -47% | 1.0 | |||||
| Law and Order: SVU | 1.3 | 24% | -7% | -0.1 | -0.2 | 12/12 | -28% | -4% | -30% | 1.6 |
| Chicago PD | 1.5 | 27% | +0% | +0.0 | -0.1 | 6/12 | -6% | +0% | -6% | 1.6 |
| NBC: | -8% | -27% | ||||||||
| American Idol Wed | 3.4 | 37% | +13% | +0.4 | n/a | 1/3 | -15% | +15% | -13% | 3.4 |
| Empire | 4.4 | 50% | +10% | +0.4 | +0.4 | 1/3 | n/a | +10% | +7% | 4.1 |
| Fox: | +12% | -3% | ||||||||
| Arrow | 1.1 | 46% | +0% | +0.0 | n/a | 2/10 | +22% | +450% | +29% | 1.2 |
| The 100 | 0.5 | 43% | +0% | +0.0 | +0.6 | 4/9 | n/a | +150% | +0% | 0.5 |
| CW: | +300% | +19% | ||||||||
| Big5: | +1% | -13% | ||||||||
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.
