Spotted Ratings, Wednesday 3/2/16

Thursday, March 3, 2016

WHAT MATTERS:

ABC opened new comedy The Real O'Neals with a 1.8 demo at 8:30 (retaining 90% of its The Goldbergs (2.0) lead-in), and then a 1.9 for a second preview episode at 9:30 (dropping noticeably from Modern Family's 2.6). This is on par with or slightly below what the normal Wednesday comedies do, which usually wouldn't be a great sign on a series premiere night. But the key here is how much translates to its regular Tuesday timeslot, where expectations will be a lot lower.

On Fox, Rosewood (0.9) had a dreadful return to the schedule after three months off, going three tenths below even its Thanksgiving Eve low point (and a half point behind any other episode). It was always clear from its back-loaded half-hour breakdowns that it was getting a lot of help from Empire pre-tune, but it's pretty sobering to see just how much.

With a much-reduced lead-in, Hell's Kitchen (1.0) also took a big downswing for Fox.

CBS' Survivor (2.2) finally flexed some muscle after a couple modest opening weeks, surging by three tenths from last week. Criminal Minds (1.9) was also on the upswing, and that helped CSI: Cyber (1.2) hit a season high in a special Wednesday episode. (This would've been a fairly typical number for previous occupant Code Black, including matching its finale last week.)

In its last case for renewal, The Mysteries of Laura (1.2) got a pretty decent season finale upswing, ending on the high end of its consistent 1.0-1.2 range. Later in the night, Law and Order: SVU (1.6) inched up while Chicago PD (1.5) gave up a tenth.

And the CW's comic book show hiatus continued with a Greatest Animal Commercials special (0.3) and a repeat of the MADtv reunion (0.3) first aired in January.

FULL TABLE:

Name	A18-49	Skew	Last	Lastn	LeLa	Rank	wy2y	TLa	Ty2y	True
The Goldbergs	2.1	38%	+11%	+0.2		5/17	-16%	+11%	-5%	2.1
The Real O'Neals	1.8	36%				1/1		-5%		1.5
Modern Family	2.6	40%	+4%	+0.1	-0.1	10/15	-24%	+4%	-24%	2.3
The Real O'Neals	1.9	40%	+6%	+0.1	+0.5	1/2		+111%	+36%	1.5
American Crime	0.8	31%	-11%	-0.1	0.0	7/9	-60%	-11%	-43%	0.9
Survivor	2.2	30%	+16%	+0.3		1/3	-4%	+16%	-4%	2.1
Criminal Minds	1.9	26%	+6%	+0.1	+0.3	5/16	0%	+6%	0%	1.6
CSI: Cyber	1.2	23%	+33%	+0.3	+0.9	1/15	-33%	0%	-33%	1.2
The Mysteries of Laura	1.2	20%	+20%	+0.2		1/16		+20%	-43%	1.2
Law and Order: SVU	1.6	30%	+7%	+0.1	+0.2	10/16		+7%	-24%	1.6
Chicago PD	1.5	27%	-6%	-0.1	+0.1	9/16		-6%	+36%	1.5
Rosewood	0.9	32%	-40%	-0.6		11/11		-57%	-57%	1.0
Hell's Kitchen	1.0	38%	-23%	-0.3	-1.2	8/8	-29%	-23%	-83%	1.1
Special: Greatest Animal Commercials	0.3	26%				1/1		-70%	-25%	0.3
Special: MADtv 20th Anniversary Reunion (R)	0.3	36%				1/1		-57%	-40%	0.4

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