Spotted Ratings, Thursday 4/23/15

WHAT MATTERS:

• FINALS UPDATE: The Blacklist (1.5) got back a tenth, as did The Big Bang Theory (3.6).

• A particularly momentous episode of Grey's Anatomy (2.8) spiked by a massive 33% week-to-week. This was the show's biggest rating since the 2.8 spring premiere in January and may adjust up to the biggest rating since the season premiere's 3.1. While last night's development seems like a surprisingly big risk for a show that didn't need the ratings help, the short-term rewards are certainly being reaped.

• But the Grey's heat no real impact on lead-outs Scandal (2.3) and American Crime (0.9), both of which were actually down from last week.

• CBS' comedy night gave back some of its recent heat with The Big Bang Theory (3.5), The Odd Couple (2.0) and Mom (1.9) all down. It was an unwelcome development especially considering the always weirdly impactful NFL Draft will be in the mix next week.

• On NBC, The Blacklist (1.4) had a brutal return from a couple weeks off, dropping two tenths. It may adjust up with a 1.4 -> 1.5 breakdown, but that would still be a new low.

• Fox and the CDub were steady but low with Bones (1.0), Backstrom (0.8), The Vampire Diaries (0.6) and Reign (0.3).

FULL TABLE:

Info		Show						Timeslot		True
	A18-49	Skew	Last		LeLa	Rank	y2y	TLa	Ty2y
Grey's Anatomy	2.8	37%	+33%	+0.7	n/a	2/21	+22%	+30%	+367%	3.0
Scandal	2.3	37%	-4%	-0.1	+0.7	18/20	n/a	-4%	-2%	2.1
American Crime	0.9	28%	-18%	-0.2	-0.1	7/8	n/a	-14%	-40%	1.0
							ABC:	+7%	+35%
The Big Bang Theory	3.6	31%	-8%	-0.3	n/a	20/22	-20%	-8%	-18%	3.8
The Odd Couple	2.0	27%	-5%	-0.1	-0.3	7/8	n/a	-5%	-17%	1.8
Mom	1.9	27%	-14%	-0.3	-0.1	20/21	n/a	-14%	-24%	1.9
The Big Bang Theory (R)	1.7	26%						-11%	-19%	1.6
Elementary	1.3	21%	-7%	-0.1	-0.2	9/21	-19%	-7%	-19%	1.4
							CBS:	-9%	-19%
The Blacklist (R)	0.5	18%						-29%	-50%	0.8
The Blacklist	1.5	25%	-6%	-0.1	-0.8	18/18	-46%	+114%	+50%	1.8
Dateline Wed	0.9	20%	-18%	-0.2	+0.8	6/7	n/a	-18%	-5%	1.1
							NBC:	+16%	-2%
Bones	1.0	27%	+0%	+0.0	n/a	14/15	-33%	+5%	-41%	1.3
Backstrom	0.8	34%	+0%	+0.0	+0.0	9/12	n/a	+7%	-43%	1.1
							Fox:	+6%	-42%
The Vampire Diaries	0.6	56%	+0%	+0.0	n/a	17/19	-25%	+9%	-25%	0.7
Reign	0.3	46%	+0%	+0.0	+0.0	16/19	-40%	-14%	-40%	0.4
							CW:	+0%	-31%
							Big5:	+1%	-12%

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.