Spotted Ratings, Tuesday 3/3/15

WHAT MATTERS:

• FINALS UPDATE: Chicago Fire adjusted down to 2.1.

• The spring return of Agents of SHIELD (1.6) made little noise, down about a tenth from both the fall finale and the overall fall average. This is a bit disappointing since CBS was in repeats, but it will get to face comedies rather than The Voice in a couple weeks. Earlier in the night for ABC, Fresh Off the Boat (1.7) and Repeat After Me (1.2) each lost a tenth for the second straight week.

• On NBC, The Voice (4.1) was up from last week and exactly even with the year-ago episode (though that one was just one hour). For the first time in four tries this spring, NBC finally found something to break a 2.0 with a The Voice lead-in; the upgrade was very welcome for Chicago Fire (2.2), up about 50% from recent deliveries after the fractional comedy block (and just a bit below its 2.3 after the second Voice week in the fall).

• Fox traded out MasterChef Junior for the spring premiere of slightly weaker Hell's Kitchen (1.4). It was down a tenth from the premiere of the fall season and a very noticeable 30% below the last spring premiere on 3/13/13 (2.0).

FULL TABLE:

Info		Show						Timeslot		True
	A18-49	Skew	Last		LeLa	Rank	y2y	TLa	Ty2y
Fresh Off the Boat	1.7	36%	-6%	-0.1	n/a	6/7	n/a	-6%	-11%	1.8
Repeat After Me	1.2	38%	-8%	-0.1	-0.1	3/3	n/a	-8%	-33%	1.4
Agents of SHIELD	1.6	45%	-6%	-0.1	+0.1	7/11	-11%	+23%	+39%	1.8
Forever	1.0	29%	+0%	+0.0	+0.3	12/17	n/a	-5%	+67%	1.4
							ABC:	+4%	+13%
NCIS (R)	1.2	14%						-48%	-52%	1.4
NCIS: New Orleans (R)	1.1	16%						-42%	-48%	1.3
Person of Interest (R)	0.8	18%						-52%	-53%	1.1
							CBS:	-47%	-51%
The Voice Tue	4.1	34%	+5%	+0.2	n/a	1/2	+0%	+4%	+31%	3.9
Chicago Fire	2.1	29%	+50%	+0.7	+3.4	4/16	+11%	+27%	+11%	1.8
							NBC:	+8%	+26%
Hell's Kitchen	1.4	43%	n/a	n/a	n/a	1/1	-30%	-10%	+40%	1.6
New Girl	1.3	65%	+0%	+0.0	-0.2	11/18	-13%	+0%	-13%	1.7
The Mindy Project	1.0	60%	-9%	-0.1	+0.0	13/18	n/a	-9%	-23%	1.3
							Fox:	-7%	+6%
The Flash (R)	0.4	34%						+33%	-50%	0.5
Supernatural (R)	0.3	44%						+0%	-68%	0.4
							CW:	+17%	-60%
							Big5:	-8%	-8%

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.

More Spotted Ratings in the Index.