Spotted Ratings, Tuesday 5/5/15

WHAT MATTERS:

• FINALS UPDATE: The Voice (2.0) adjusted up while iZombie (0.6) was down a tenth.

• Even with a fast-hemorrhaging lead-in from The Voice (1.9), a one-hour live episode of NBC's Undateable (1.3) noticeably improved the 9/8c hour week-to-week, up two tenths at 9:00 (1.4) vs. last week's 1.2 Undateable and up four tenths at 9:30 (1.2) vs. last week's One Big Happy. Chicago Fire stayed at its usual 1.6.

• On CBS, though NCIS (2.0) was even at 8/7c, things completely fell apart from there with NCIS: New Orleans (1.6) tying its series low and Person of Interest (1.1) somehow having a complete meltdown on finale night. That was two tenths behind PoI's previous low!

• On ABC, Agents of SHIELD posted another relatively normal 1.5 the week after the new Avengers movie, though this one may grade a little better since Dancing with the Stars (1.4) was lower at 8/7c. Forever (1.1) went out with a high-end rating by second half of the season standards.

• Fox's Hell's Kitchen (1.2) and finale of New Girl (1.1) each ticked up.

• The CW had another stellar late-season showing from The Flash (1.4) and another 0.7 from iZombie.

FULL TABLE:

Info		Show						Timeslot		True
	A18-49	Skew	Last		LeLa	Rank	y2y	TLa	Ty2y
Dancing with the Stars Special	1.4	17%	-18%	-0.3	n/a	2/2	n/a	-18%	-28%	1.7
Agents of SHIELD	1.5	43%	+0%	+0.0	-0.3	14/20	-21%	-3%	+50%	1.9
Forever	1.1	34%	+10%	+0.1	-0.1	7/22	n/a	-19%	+16%	1.4
							ABC:	-13%	+3%
NCIS	2.0	18%	+0%	+0.0	n/a	21/23	-13%	-2%	-13%	2.2
NCIS: New Orleans	1.6	15%	-16%	-0.3	+0.0	21/22	n/a	-16%	-27%	1.6
Person of Interest	1.1	17%	-21%	-0.3	-0.3	22/22	-35%	-21%	-35%	1.3
							CBS:	-12%	-24%
The Voice Tue	2.0	28%	-9%	-0.2	n/a	11/11	-20%	-9%	-20%	2.2
Undateable	1.3	39%	+8%	+0.1	-0.2	6/7	n/a	+30%	-4%	1.5
Chicago Fire	1.6	30%	+0%	+0.0	+0.5	14/22	-16%	+3%	-14%	1.9
							NBC:	+3%	-14%
Hell's Kitchen	1.2	41%	+9%	+0.1	n/a	6/10	-20%	+9%	+50%	1.5
New Girl	1.1	63%	+10%	+0.1	+0.1	19/22	-8%	+10%	-8%	1.6
Weird Loners	0.6	49%	+0%	+0.0	+0.1	3/6	n/a	+0%	-54%	1.0
							Fox:	+8%	+0%
The Flash	1.4	49%	-7%	-0.1	n/a	9/21	n/a	-10%	+133%	1.6
iZombie	0.6	47%	-14%	-0.1	-0.1	7/8	n/a	-14%	-25%	0.5
							CW:	-11%	+43%
							Big5:	-6%	-6%

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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