Spotted Ratings, Monday 7/27/15

WHAT MATTERS:

• FINALS UPDATE: A tenth went out of The Bachelorette's "After the Final Rose" (2.3) and into the two-hour finale (2.5). Also adjusting down were Running Wild (1.2, still up a tenth from last week), Penn and Teller: Fool Us (0.6, still a new season high) and Cedric's Barber Battle (0.2).

• The Bachelorette got a big finale spike, up to comfortably a season high 2.4 for both the finale and for "After the Final Rose" at 10:00. This was up significantly from last season's finale/ATFR (2.0/2.1) and solidified this as easily the strongest Bachelorette season in Plus since the franchise moved to the summer in 2008.

• ABC's gain was the other reality staples' loss, as American Ninja Warrior (1.9) and, more alarmingly, So You Think You Can Dance (0.8) each shed two tenths. However, NBC did get some silver lining as Running Wild (1.3) rebounded to what would be a new season high (if it avoids its usual downward adjustment).

• Pending a preemption, CW's Penn and Teller: Fool Us surged two tenths to 0.7, which is an outstanding result should it hold.

FULL TABLE:

Info		Show						Timeslot		True
	A18-49	Skew	Last		LeLa	Rank	y2y	TLa	Ty2y
The Bachelorette	2.5	39%	+32%	+0.6	+0.0	1/12	+19%	+32%	+23%	2.9
The Bachelorette	2.3	37%	-8%	-0.2	n/a	2/13	+15%	+188%	+10%	2.5
							ABC:	+59%	+19%
2 Broke Girls (R)	0.9	25%						+13%	+0%	1.3
Mike and Molly (R)	0.9	25%						+0%	+0%	1.4
Scorpion (R)	0.8	22%						+14%	-11%	1.3
NCIS: Los Angeles (R)	0.8	18%						+14%	-48%	1.3
							CBS:	+11%	-25%
American Ninja Warrior	1.9	39%	-10%	-0.2	n/a	4/9	-5%	-10%	+13%	2.3
Running Wild	1.2	42%	+9%	+0.1	-0.2	1/3	-14%	+9%	-44%	1.5
							NBC:	-6%	-9%
So You Think You Can Dance	0.8	36%	-20%	-0.2	n/a	9/9	-27%	-20%	-56%	1.2
							Fox:	-20%	-56%
Penn and Teller: Fool Us	0.6	34%	+20%	+0.1	n/a	1/4	+20%	+20%	+140%	0.8
Whose Line Is It Anyway?	0.4	37%	+0%	+0.0	+0.1	5/13	n/a	+0%	+100%	0.5
Cedric's Barber Battle	0.2	32%	+0%	+0.0	+0.0	4/8	n/a	+0%	+0%	0.4
							CW:	+13%	+100%
							Big5:	+13%	-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.

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