- FINALS UPDATE: The Oscars inched a bit higher to 11.0 in finals, but the year-to-year picture was the same: down 16% from last year's 13.1 final. The red carpet stuff was down around 10%. The Walking Dead had a noticeable bounce to 6.93, marking its first positive year-to-year point this spring.
- UPDATE: Time zone-adjusted fast nationals have Oscar at 36.6 million viewers and a 10.8 rating. That's down 16% from the time zone number last year, and it's not impossible that it could adjust below the all-time 18-49 low in finals (a 10.7 in 2008).
- The grand finale to Sunday event season was the Academy Awards (34.6 million viewers, 10.3 A18-49), the only program of any real consequence on the broadcast networks. This preliminary 18-49 result from 8:30 to 11:00 is down 15% year-to-year, another somewhat underwhelming result in what has been a rather soft season for awards shows. Since it aired live in all time zones and stretched way out of primetime, expect adjustments. (The ceremony adjusted from 12.1 prelim -> 12.9 time zone-adjusted prelim -> 13.1 final last year.)
- Among the repeats, only 7:30 (1.0) and 8:00 (1.2) episodes of The Simpsons broke a 1.0. Somewhat notably, Simpsons actually beat its original number from a week ago (and tied the one from two weeks ago). Perhaps the departure of Mulaney helps.
FULL TABLE:
| Info | Show | Timeslot | True | |||||||
| A18-49 | Skew | Last | LeLa | Rank | y2y | TLa | Ty2y | |||
| Oscar Red Carpet p1 | 2.7 | 26% | -13% | +108% | +93% | 2.8 | ||||
| Oscar Red Carpet p2 | 4.1 | 31% | -9% | +173% | +173% | 3.2 | ||||
| Oscar Red Carpet p3 | 6.4 | 34% | -7% | +300% | +357% | 4.2 | ||||
| Academy Awards | 11.0 | 37% | -16% | +614% | +759% | 6.9 | ||||
| ABC: | +464% | +537% | ||||||||
| 60 Minutes | 0.8 | 16% | -33% | -0.4 | n/a | 20/21 | n/a | -27% | -40% | 1.0 |
| Movie: Act of Valor | 0.6 | 24% | n/a | -44% | -12% | 1.0 | ||||
| CBS: | -38% | -27% | ||||||||
| Dateline (R) | 0.9 | 21% | -70% | -62% | 1.1 | |||||
| Chicago Fire (R) | 0.4 | 21% | -95% | -88% | 0.6 | |||||
| Law and Order: SVU (R) | 0.5 | 26% | -94% | -85% | 0.9 | |||||
| Chicago PD (R) | 0.6 | 27% | -91% | -76% | 1.1 | |||||
| NBC: | -91% | -82% | ||||||||
| Bob's Burgers (R) | 0.8 | 51% | +100% | -27% | 1.1 | |||||
| The Simpsons (R) | 1.0 | 57% | +67% | -9% | 1.1 | |||||
| The Simpsons (R) | 1.2 | 52% | +9% | -20% | 1.3 | |||||
| Brooklyn Nine-Nine (R) | 0.8 | 58% | -11% | -65% | 1.2 | |||||
| Family Guy (R) | 0.9 | 59% | -25% | -65% | 1.2 | |||||
| Bob's Burgers (R) | 0.9 | 59% | +0% | -65% | 1.3 | |||||
| Fox: | +10% | -50% | ||||||||
| Big4: | +7% | +45% | ||||||||
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.
