Spotted Ratings, Thursday 7/9/15

WHAT MATTERS:

• FINALS UPDATE: Under the Dome (1.1) joined the up-week-to-week club by adjusting up in finals, while Food Fighters went up to a somewhat respectable 0.9.

• Thursday saw another set of rebounds from last week's viewing-depressed numbers. Thursday leader Big Brother (1.9), ABC's The Astronaut Wives Club (0.8) and Mistresses (0.8), and NBC's Food Fighters (0.8) and Aquarius (0.5) all had minor growth from last week's lows.

• Not so lucky were the three 10/9c dramas, as Under the Dome (1.0), Rookie Blue (0.7) and Hannibal (0.4) were all even with last week. Fox's Boom! (0.7) and Wayward Pines (1.0) were also unable to bounce back.

• The CW offered up the first two episodes of British import Dates, which matched Beauty and the Beast's 0.2 at 9/8c before dropping to a measly 0.1 at 9:30. Last year's similar-rated cheap comedies Backpackers and Seed lasted just two weeks, though the network may not be as quick with the hook this time since there are only nine episodes/five weeks.

FULL TABLE:

Info		Show						Timeslot		True
	A18-49	Skew	Last		LeLa	Rank	y2y	TLa	Ty2y
The Astronaut Wives Club	0.8	24%	+14%	+0.1	n/a	2/4	n/a	+14%	+14%	1.2
Mistresses	0.8	29%	+33%	+0.2	+0.1	2/4	-11%	+23%	-6%	1.4
Rookie Blue	0.7	21%	+0%	+0.0	+0.2	1/3	-22%	+8%	-22%	0.8
							ABC:	+15%	-6%
The Big Bang Theory (R)	1.4	26%						+8%	-18%	1.8
Mom (R)	1.2	26%						+20%	+0%	1.6
Big Brother Thu	1.9	41%	+6%	+0.1	+0.2	2/3	-10%	+3%	-7%	2.5
Under the Dome	1.1	27%	+10%	+0.1	+0.1	2/3	-35%	+5%	+57%	1.1
							CBS:	+6%	+2%
Food Fighters	0.9	35%	+29%	+0.2	n/a	1/2	n/a	+29%	-5%	1.4
Aquarius	0.5	26%	+25%	+0.1	+0.2	6/7	n/a	+25%	-38%	1.1
Hannibal	0.4	37%	+0%	+0.0	+0.1	4/6	n/a	+0%	-58%	0.6
							NBC:	+20%	-33%
Boom!	0.7	40%	+0%	+0.0	n/a	2/3	n/a	+0%	-55%	1.2
Wayward Pines	1.0	38%	+0%	+0.0	+0.0	6/8	n/a	+5%	+43%	1.6
							Fox:	+3%	-24%
Beauty and the Beast	0.2	30%	+0%	+0.0	n/a	3/5	-33%	+0%	-20%	0.4
Dates	0.2	37%	n/a	n/a	n/a	1/1	n/a	+100%	+0%	0.4
Dates	0.1	25%	-50%	-0.1	+0.0	2/2	n/a	+0%	-50%	0.3
							CW:	+17%	-22%
							Big5:	+10%	-14%

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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