- FINALS UPDATE: SNL (7.8) did not adjust in finals, and it handily defeated week two of The Walking Dead (6.2). This TWD ep marked a second straight year-to-year decline for the series, down 9% vs. week two of last spring. (That episode faced the Olympics, but that was actually significantly weaker than SNL.)
- On what's usually one of the less eventful weeks of Sunday event season, this time NBC made its own enormous event. The 40th anniversary celebration of Saturday Night Live averaged an absurd 23.14 million viewers and 7.8 demo rating, which could very well make it the top 18-49 program of the night on an evening when The Walking Dead was airing. We're talking average Sunday Night Football levels here, and it was within 10% of this year's Grammy ratings! (Worth noting it'll probably adjust down a touch since the 11:00 half-hour isn't included; the show was already dropping in the 10:00 hour.)
- The other three networks were all original and didn't have much luck.
- Three hours of The Bachelor on ABC averaged a 1.5 at 8:00, a 1.6 at 9:00 and a 1.5 at 10:00; on this night, those look like good numbers, but only a little over half what the show has been getting on its main night.
- CBS and Fox were even worse, only around a 1.0 average starting at 8/7c. CBS had Undercover Boss (0.9) and what could be a pretty sad final two hours ratings-wise for CSI (1.1).
- And Fox's comedies The Simpsons (1.1), Brooklyn Nine-Nine (0.9), Family Guy (1.2) and Bob's Burgers (0.9) were all down from the already absolutely anemic numbers last week.
FULL TABLE:
| Info | Show | Timeslot | True | |||||||
| A18-49 | Skew | Last | LeLa | Rank | y2y | TLa | Ty2y | |||
| America's Funniest Home Videos | 1.4 | 27% | +0% | +0.0 | n/a | 4/14 | n/a | +0% | +22% | 1.7 |
| The Bachelor Special | 1.5 | 34% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | -17% | +58% | +58% | 1.8 |
| The Bachelor | 1.5 | 31% | -44% | -1.2 | n/a | 7/7 | n/a | +33% | +94% | 1.7 |
| ABC: | +28% | +62% | ||||||||
| 60 Minutes | 1.2 | 15% | -20% | -0.3 | n/a | 16/20 | n/a | -17% | +26% | 1.6 |
| Undercover Boss | 0.9 | 18% | -25% | -0.3 | n/a | 12/12 | n/a | -90% | +80% | 1.2 |
| CSI | 1.1 | 20% | -31% | -0.5 | -0.7 | 17/17 | n/a | -88% | +175% | 1.4 |
| CSI | 1.1 | 20% | +0% | +0.0 | +0.2 | 17/18 | n/a | -87% | +175% | 1.5 |
| CBS: | -84% | +91% | ||||||||
| SNL 40th Red Carpet | 3.0 | 34% | n/a | +216% | -21% | 3.2 | ||||
| SNL 40th Anniversary | 7.8 | 43% | n/a | +1132% | +50% | 6.3 | ||||
| NBC: | +826% | +19% | ||||||||
| Mulaney | 0.4 | 45% | -20% | -0.1 | n/a | 11/13 | n/a | -20% | -33% | 0.9 |
| The Simpsons (R) | 0.6 | 52% | -14% | -25% | 1.0 | |||||
| The Simpsons | 1.1 | 52% | -8% | -0.1 | -0.1 | 14/14 | n/a | -8% | +0% | 1.5 |
| Brooklyn Nine-Nine | 0.9 | 55% | -25% | -0.3 | -0.1 | 16/16 | -25% | -25% | -18% | 1.3 |
| Family Guy | 1.2 | 61% | -14% | -0.2 | -0.3 | 11/11 | n/a | -14% | +0% | 1.6 |
| Bob's Burgers | 0.9 | 57% | -10% | -0.1 | -0.2 | 11/12 | n/a | -10% | -10% | 1.2 |
| Fox: | -15% | -12% | ||||||||
| Big4: | +6% | +25% | ||||||||
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.
