- FINALS UPDATE: Empire (5.4) added a tenth to go 0.2 above last week's final, while Survivor (2.4) was up to even year-to-year. Arrow (1.1) and American Idol (2.7) were also up; Black-ish (2.2), Nashville (1.3) and The 100 (0.5) were down.
- Yep, it grew again. Empire posted a 5.3 preliminary rating this week, up two tenths from last week's prelim and a tenth from last week's final. It's now within two tenths of the top broadcast entertainment rating of the season, The Big Bang Theory's premiere. Its lead-in American Idol (2.6) was down to a Wednesday season low, but that's still very close to even year-to-year. The bad news for Idol is it gets just two more airings alongside Empire.
- CBS premiered both of its spring reality shows with 90-minute episodes; Survivor (2.3) was down noticeably from the last premiere in the fall but very close to the year-ago 2.4 spring 2014 premiere. And the temporary return to a weeknight with a seemingly compatible lead-in wasn't of that much help to The Amazing Race (1.5). This was well above the Friday fall premiere (1.1) but only tied the spring 2014 premiere against the Olympics.
- ABC had another very strong comedy night; though The Middle (2.0) slumped a bit in the lead-off role, there were noticeable bounces for stunts on The Goldbergs (2.5) and Modern Family (3.4), and Black-ish (2.3) also inched up a bit more.
- And NBC also had something interesting to report as The Mysteries of Laura (1.4) had a significant bounce in the lead-off role. I always thought The Mentalist was hurting it, but one would think this much growth probably has at least something to do with Debra Messing's Will and Grace co-star Eric McCormack appearing. We'll see what's left when it next airs, which apparently won't be for several weeks.
- On the CW, Arrow (1.0) headed to hiatus on a slightly down note, and you guessed it, another preliminary 0.6 for The 100...
FULL TABLE:
| Info | Show | Timeslot | True | |||||||
| A18-49 | Skew | Last | LeLa | Rank | y2y | TLa | Ty2y | |||
| The Middle | 2.0 | 34% | -9% | -0.2 | n/a | 10/15 | +18% | -9% | +18% | 2.0 |
| The Goldbergs | 2.5 | 42% | +14% | +0.3 | -0.2 | 1/14 | n/a | +14% | +79% | 2.5 |
| Modern Family | 3.4 | 46% | +10% | +0.3 | +0.3 | 6/16 | +10% | +13% | +10% | 3.2 |
| Black-ish | 2.2 | 42% | +0% | +0.0 | +0.3 | 10/15 | n/a | +0% | +29% | 1.8 |
| Nashville | 1.3 | 34% | +0% | +0.0 | +0.0 | 10/14 | +0% | +4% | +4% | 1.4 |
| ABC: | +5% | +22% | ||||||||
| Survivor | 2.4 | 30% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | +0% | +89% | -1% | 2.4 |
| The Amazing Race | 1.5 | 31% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | +0% | +25% | -32% | 1.4 |
| CBS: | +58% | -16% | ||||||||
| The Mysteries of Laura | 1.4 | 23% | +27% | +0.3 | n/a | 4/16 | n/a | +27% | +12% | 1.5 |
| Law and Order: SVU | 1.6 | 26% | +0% | +0.0 | +0.3 | 8/16 | -20% | +3% | -20% | 1.7 |
| Chicago PD | 1.5 | 26% | -12% | -0.2 | +0.0 | 8/16 | -32% | -12% | -32% | 1.6 |
| NBC: | +3% | -17% | ||||||||
| American Idol Wed | 2.7 | 33% | -4% | -0.1 | n/a | 8/8 | +0% | -2% | -2% | 2.7 |
| Empire | 5.4 | 49% | +4% | +0.2 | -0.1 | 1/8 | n/a | +5% | +104% | 4.8 |
| Fox: | +3% | +50% | ||||||||
| Arrow | 1.1 | 45% | -8% | -0.1 | n/a | 4/15 | +22% | -4% | +29% | 1.2 |
| The 100 | 0.5 | 41% | +0% | +0.0 | -0.1 | 4/14 | n/a | +0% | +0% | 0.5 |
| CW: | -3% | +19% | ||||||||
| Big5: | +8% | +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.
