Spotted Ratings, Monday 4/27/15

WHAT MATTERS:

• FINALS UPDATE: 2 Broke Girls (1.6), Mike and Molly (1.7) and Stalker (1.3) all went down for CBS, suggesting some preemption oddity. For 2BG, it resembles the show's previous 1.6 stinker in late November (also a night with some preemptions due to riot coverage). The Night Shift (1.2) also lost a tenth.

• CBS traded out smashing new success Scorpion for the low-end drama Stalker (1.4) and dropped more than a third week-to-week in the 9/8c hour (as well as 25%+ from what Scorpion was getting on a normal basis). While not as bad as it could've been for Stalker given its over two months off the airwaves, it's still not making any kind of serious case for renewal. Its presence was also not good to the surrounding CBS hours; 2 Broke Girls (1.7) and Mike and Molly (1.8) were below average at 8/7c, and NCIS: Los Angeles (1.4) stayed at last week's weak number.

• A weaker CBS brought little added audience to the competition. Fox's lead-in Gotham (1.5) preliminarily gave back last week's rebound but may adjust up, while The Following (1.2) was even. NBC's lineup (The Voice (2.6) and The Night Shift (1.3)) was steady, while ABC was actually down another notch with Dancing with the Stars (2.0) and the increasingly shaky Castle (1.3). 

FULL TABLE:

Info		Show						Timeslot		True
	A18-49	Skew	Last		LeLa	Rank	y2y	TLa	Ty2y
Dancing with the Stars	2.0	19%	-5%	-0.1	n/a	5/7	-23%	-5%	-22%	2.1
Castle	1.3	20%	-7%	-0.1	-0.1	20/21	-35%	-7%	-33%	1.3
							ABC:	-5%	-25%
2 Broke Girls	1.6	31%	-24%	-0.5	n/a	18/19	-30%	-24%	-30%	1.8
Mike and Molly	1.7	30%	-15%	-0.3	-0.5	18/19	-23%	-15%	-11%	1.8
Stalker	1.3	29%	+8%	+0.1	+0.4	16/18	n/a	-41%	-33%	1.3
NCIS: Los Angeles	1.4	23%	+0%	+0.0	-0.9	21/22	-33%	+0%	+65%	1.6
							CBS:	-23%	-11%
The Voice Mon	2.6	31%	+0%	+0.0	n/a	9/10	-13%	+0%	-13%	2.6
The Night Shift	1.2	31%	-8%	-0.1	+0.0	9/11	n/a	-8%	-55%	1.1
							NBC:	-2%	-26%
Gotham	1.5	42%	-6%	-0.1	n/a	20/21	n/a	-6%	+58%	1.7
The Following	1.2	44%	+0%	+0.0	-0.1	3/10	-20%	+0%	-20%	1.3
							Fox:	-4%	+10%
The Originals	0.5	53%	+0%	+0.0	n/a	13/20	-38%	+0%	+67%	0.6
Jane the Virgin	0.4	48%	+0%	+0.0	+0.0	13/20	n/a	+0%	+14%	0.5
							CW:	+0%	+38%
							Big5:	-8%	-15%

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.

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