Spotted Ratings, Sunday 10/4/15

WHAT MATTERS:

• FINALS UPDATE: The Simpsons (2.7) and Blood and Oil (1.3) adjusted up, while 60 Minutes (1.4) and Madam Secretary (1.4) inched down. Sunday Night Football ended up with an 8.7.
• On cable, the finale of Fear the Walking Dead (3.37) was actually down 0.07 points from last week (though it stayed 0.06 ahead of week four to avoid a new series low).
• Premium cable saw Showtime's Homeland (0.56) top HBO's The Leftovers (0.33). Homeland was exactly even with last year's season opener, but The Leftovers had a rough start. This was just half of last season's low point and well under half of last season's 0.77 average. (Worth noting it aired after True Blood in season one.)
• And season two of The Affair (0.18) led out of Homeland and beat last season's 0.14 premiere (but was behind the last few weeks of last season).

• The prospects brightened on ABC's second Sunday, as both Once Upon a Time (1.8) and, more significantly, Quantico (1.9) each held onto their premiere ratings. That meant Quantico had to create even more separation from its Blood and Oil (1.2) lead-in, as that other new ABC drama was down two tenths in week two. It's looking clearer now that ABC has something with Quantico; now, the question is what, if anything, they're gonna do about this really tough timeslot situation.

• Last week's CSI finale created a quirky situation in which both of the late-afternoon NFL networks didn't premiere their regular lineups with the national NFL lead-in. But CBS still had a reasonable enough return from Madam Secretary (1.5), which was above all of its spring run in the prelims (though we'll see if it goes down a notch due to regional NFL overruns). The Good Wife (1.2) matched last spring's finale, which was also good enough to beat most of the rotten spring ratings, while CSI: Cyber (1.0) moved over from Wednesday and was well into new low territory on opening night.

• Meanwhile, the NFL lead-in was back over to Fox, and the lead-in juice as usual was huge early and had less power over time. A week after they all had nearly the same rating, this time The Simpsons (2.6) was up over a point, Brooklyn Nine-Nine (1.9) was up significantly, Family Guy (1.7) was up a little, and The Last Man on Earth (1.5) was up barely.

• Football and cable (Fear the Walking Dead/The Leftovers/Homeland/The Affair) updates to come!

FULL TABLE:

	Info		Show					Timeslot
	A18-49	Skew	Last%	Last#	LeLa	Rank	y2y	TLa	Ty2y
The Muppets (R)	0.5	26%						-29%	-38%
The Muppets (R)	0.8	38%						+14%	+0%
Once Upon a Time	1.8	42%	+0%	+0.0	+0.1	1/2	-44%	+0%	-44%
Blood and Oil	1.3	31%	-7%	-0.1	+0.0	2/2		-7%	-28%
Quantico	1.9	35%	+0%	+0.0	-0.1	1/2		+0%	+46%
							ABC:	-3%	-20%
60 Minutes	1.4	15%	-52%	-1.5	n/a	2/2	-44%	-74%	-70%
Madam Secretary	1.4	15%			n/a	1/1	-30%	-52%	-32%
The Good Wife	1.2	16%			n/a	1/1	-14%	-33%	-20%
CSI: Cyber	1.0	19%			n/a	1/1	-44%	-44%	-26%
							CBS:	-58%	-48%
Football Night in America p2	2.3	43%	-23%	-0.7	n/a	4/4	-18%	-23%	-18%
Football Night in America p3	4.4	44%	-8%	-0.4	-0.7	4/5	+13%	-8%	+13%
Sunday Night Football	8.7	46%	+7%	+0.6	-0.4	4/5	+18%	+7%	+18%
							NBC:	+4%	+31%
NFL Overrun	7.2	44%	-8%	-0.6	n/a	4/4	+4%	+800%	+1100%
The OT	4.9	47%			n/a	1/1	+0%	+308%	+227%
The Simpsons	2.7	57%	+80%	+1.2	+3.7	1/2	+35%	+80%	+35%
Brooklyn Nine-Nine	1.9	59%	+27%	+0.4	+1.2	1/2	+12%	+27%	+12%
Family Guy	1.7	61%	+13%	+0.2	+0.4	1/2	-11%	+13%	-11%
The Last Man on Earth	1.5	58%	+7%	+0.1	+0.2	1/2		+7%	+50%
							Fox:	+152%	+129%
							Big4:	+4%	+19%

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