Spotted Ratings, Tuesday 9/29/15

WHAT MATTERS:

• FINALS UPDATE: The Voice (3.7) and NCIS (2.2) adjusted up. Best Time Ever was down to 1.9.

• Week two was a mixed bag on ABC, where a ton of air came out of The Muppets (2.0) with a very disappointing 31% week two drop. But the returning players were more promising, with Fresh Off the Boat (1.7) down only two tenths despite a nearly one-point lead-in reduction. And Agents of SHIELD (1.7) had a somewhat surprisingly healthy return, returning at above any rating from the spring 2015 run (and only three tenths behind last season's 2.0 premiere). Quantico (1.0) added another point of sampling with a 10/9c encore.

• On Fox, new comedies Grandfathered (1.5) and The Grinder (1.5) got off to modest but not disastrous starts, catching an unfortunate break as NBC changed its plans and left The Voice in the 8:00 hour. Scream Queens (1.4) didn't melt down in week two, instead posting a relatively typical 18% week two decline. 

• CBS had by far the most promising newbie news as Limitless (1.9) was even with last week's premiere. This show was admittedly on the fortunate side of NBC's late scheduling change, avoiding The Voice and all original drama competition for another week, but you can't ask for better than 100%. NCIS: New Orleans (1.7) was the latest premiere week disappointment to hold its premiere rating in week two, even as NCIS (2.1) took a sharp post-premiere decline.

• NBC's The Voice (3.6) had its best point of the season, rising to a season high on night four of the blind auditions, but Best Time Ever (2.0) gave back at least a tenth of last week's surge.

FULL TABLE:

	Info		Show					Timeslot
	A18-49	Skew	Last%	Last#	LeLa	Rank	y2y	TLa	Ty2y
The Muppets	2.0	44%	-31%	-0.9	n/a	2/2		-31%	+43%
Fresh Off the Boat	1.7	46%	-11%	-0.2	-0.9	2/2		-11%	+31%
Agents of SHIELD	1.7	44%			n/a	1/1	-15%	+13%	+0%
Quantico (R)	1.0	30%						-33%	-29%
							ABC:	-16%	+2%
NCIS	2.2	17%	-12%	-0.3	n/a	2/2	-19%	-12%	-19%
NCIS: New Orleans	1.7	17%	+0%	+0.0	-0.3	1/2	-26%	+0%	-26%
Limitless	1.9	25%	+0%	+0.0	+0.0	1/2		+0%	+6%
							CBS:	-5%	-15%
The Voice Tue	3.7	35%	+6%	+0.2	n/a	1/2	-10%	+6%	-10%
Best Time Ever	1.9	40%	-10%	-0.2	+0.2	2/3		-10%	-17%
							NBC:	+2%	-11%
Grandfathered	1.5	36%			n/a	1/1		-12%	+88%
The Grinder	1.5	38%			n/a	1/1		-12%	+88%
Scream Queens	1.4	51%	-18%	-0.3	n/a	2/2		-18%	+17%
							Fox:	-15%	+45%
iHeartRadio Music Festival p1	0.3	43%					+0%	-25%	-25%
							CW:	-25%	-25%
							Big5:	-7%	-4%

The full table can be sorted by clicking any of the category names at the top. Hover over 'Last', 'y2y' and timeslot numbers for more information on the previous episode(s) being compared.