Spotted Ratings, Tuesday 8/30/22

FINALS UPDATE: Celebrity Wheel of Fortune (R) (0.4) adjusted up.

WHAT MATTERS:

• Numbers posted.

Spotted Ratings, Monday 8/29/22

WHAT MATTERS:

• Numbers posted.

Spotted Ratings, Sunday 8/28/22

FINALS UPDATE: Celebrity Family Feud (0.5), Big Brother (0.8), Password (R) (0.3), America's Got Talent (R) (0.3) and The Simpsons (R) (0.2) adjusted up while 60 Minutes (0.7, -0.2) and The Equalizer (R) (0.2, -0.3) adjusted down.

WHAT MATTERS:

• Numbers posted.

The Breakdown: CBS Sunday in 2021-22 (60 Minutes, The Equalizer, NCIS: Los Angeles and more!)

It's time for a journey through the CBS Sunday schedule in 2021-22...

Spotted Ratings, Friday 8/26/22

FINALS UPDATE: Shark Tank (R) (0.3), Secret Celebrity Renovation (0.1, -0.2), Blue Bloods (R) (0.1), Blue Bloods (R) (0.1), American Ninja Warrior (R) (0.2), Dateline (R) (0.2), Killer Camp (R) (0.0), World's Funniest Animals (R) (0.0) and World's Funniest Animals (R) (0.0) adjusted down.

WHAT MATTERS:

• Numbers posted.

Spotted Ratings, Thursday 8/25/22

FINALS UPDATE: Big Brother (0.8) adjusted up while Law and Order (R) (0.3), MasterChef (R) (0.2) and Welcome to Flatch (R) (0.1) adjusted down.

WHAT MATTERS:

• Numbers posted.

Spotted Ratings, Wednesday 8/24/22

WHAT MATTERS:

• Numbers posted.

The Breakdown: ABC Sunday in 2021-22 (Celebrity Wheel of Fortune, American Idol, The Rookie and more!)

It's time for a journey through the ABC Sunday schedule in 2021-22...

Spotted Ratings, Tuesday 8/23/22

FINALS UPDATE: America's Got Talent (0.7) and Password (0.5) adjusted up.

WHAT MATTERS:

• Numbers posted.

Spotted Ratings, Monday 8/22/22

FINALS UPDATE: The Bachelorette (0.8), NCIS (R) (0.3) and American Ninja Warrior (0.4) adjusted up while Roswell, New Mexico (0.0) and In the Dark (0.0) adjusted down.

WHAT MATTERS:

• Numbers posted.

Spotted Ratings, Sunday 8/21/22

FINALS UPDATE: America's Funniest Home Videos (R) (0.5) and NFL Preseason Football (0.6) adjusted up while The Equalizer (R) (0.2), Call Me Kat (R) (0.1, -0.2) and The Great North (R) (0.1, -0.2) adjusted down.

WHAT MATTERS:

• Numbers posted.

The Breakdown: CW Friday in 2021-22 (Nancy Drew, Charmed, Dynasty and more!)

It's time for a journey through the CW Friday schedule in 2021-22...

Spotted Ratings, Friday 8/19/22

FINALS UPDATE: Shark Tank (R) (0.3), Secret Celebrity Renovation (0.2), American Ninja Warrior (R) (0.2), Dateline (R) (0.2) and Killer Camp (R) (0.0) adjusted down.

WHAT MATTERS:

• Numbers posted.

Spotted Ratings, Thursday 8/18/22

FINALS UPDATE: Ghosts (R) (0.3) adjusted up.

WHAT MATTERS:

• Numbers posted.

Spotted Ratings, Wednesday 8/17/22

FINALS UPDATE: Abbott Elementary (R) (0.4) adjusted up while Password (0.4) adjusted down.

WHAT MATTERS:

• Numbers posted.

Spotted Ratings, Tuesday 8/16/22

FINALS UPDATE: Generation Gap (R) (0.4), FBI (R) (0.3) and FBI: International (R) (0.3) adjusted up while Leonardo (0.0) adjusted down.

WHAT MATTERS:

• Numbers posted. The CW premiered a night of Italian import dramas with newbie Leonardo leading into sophomore Devils.

The Breakdown: Fox Friday in 2021-22 (WWE SmackDown!)

It's time for a journey through the Fox Friday schedule in 2021-22...

Spotted Ratings, Monday 8/15/22

FINALS UPDATE: The Bachelorette (0.8) and NCIS (R) (0.3) adjusted up.

WHAT MATTERS:

• Numbers posted.

Spotted Ratings, Sunday 8/14/22

FINALS UPDATE: Celebrity Family Feud (0.6), Big Brother (0.8), Who Do You Think You Are? (0.2), Password (R) (0.2) and America's Got Talent (R) (0.2) adjusted up.

WHAT MATTERS:

• Numbers posted.

The Breakdown: NBC Friday in 2021-22 (Home Sweet Home, The Blacklist, Dateline)

It's time for a journey through the NBC Friday schedule in 2021-22...

Spotted Ratings, Friday 8/12/22

FINALS UPDATE: Shark Tank (R) (0.3), Secret Celebrity Renovation (0.2), Blue Bloods (R) (0.2), Blue Bloods (R) (0.2), American Ninja Warrior (R) (0.3) and Dateline (R) (0.2) adjusted down.

WHAT MATTERS:

• Numbers posted.

Spotted Ratings, Thursday 8/11/22

FINALS UPDATE: Big Brother (0.8) and MLB Baseball (0.6) adjusted up while Press Your Luck (0.4), Generation Gap (0.4), Young Sheldon (R) (0.3), Law and Order (R) (0.2), Law and Order: SVU (R) (0.2) and Bump (0.0) adjusted down.

WHAT MATTERS:

• Numbers posted. The CW had the first two episodes of Australian import comedy Bump. The NFL preseason kicked off on some local affiliates so beware the prelims.
  

The War of 18-49, Charmed (2018)

A Familiar Franchise Re-Opens CW Sunday

The CW had given up on programming Sundays following the 2008-09 season, but fall 2018 marked what they hoped would be a triumphant return to the night. The inaugural Sunday night lineup featured one of the strongest shows from the superhero empire (Supergirl) plus a remake of Charmed, the show that had done nice business on Sunday in the last years of the WB but didn't survive to the CW. On premiere night, the new Charmed actually woke up some of the original series echoes. The 0.54 premiere (57 Plus) would've been right at home among the middle seasons of the original series run, and even week two (0.43 / 45 Plus) was in line with the last couple seasons.

But it quickly fell out of original series territory with another big drop to 0.34 in week three. While it stayed in the 0.3's for most of the rest of the fall, it had dropped to 0.2 for good by the spring, and was consistently way behind Supergirl which had held up pretty well in the spring.

Lower-Priority Scheduling

With an underwhelming post-premiere trajectory, the CW didn't waste much time shipping Charmed off to Friday night for fall 2019. At least in season two, though, Charmed remained a reasonable enough occupant by CW Friday standards. It pretty much hung around the same 20 Plus it had been pulling late in season one on Sunday.

Delayed till the winter in the 2020-21 season like most of the CW regulars, season three returned to the Sunday 9/8c hour and got ugly in a hurry. The 0.11 premiere was already lower than any of its Sunday episodes in season one (albeit just barely), and then it plummeted south of 0.10 for most of the rest of the way. It returned to Friday for a late spring-early summer run, but once again it looked much weaker than in its last stint on the night. So while much of the network was back on the regular schedule in 2021-22, Charmed was held for late in the season alongside Dynasty.

It didn't get that much worse in season four compared with its spring run the previous season, but the damage had already been done. On a network that had higher renewal standards at the 2022 upfront, Charmed hit the end of the line after four seasons.

Adults 18-49 info by season:

Seas	Year	Slot	Avg	y2y	Lo	Hi	Results	Grade
1	2018-19	Sunday 9:00	0.26		0.2	0.5	detail	C+
2	2019-20	Friday 8:00	0.17	-36%	0.1	0.2	detail	C+
3	2021	Sun 9:00, Fri 8:00	0.09	-49%	0.1	0.1	detail	D+
4	Spring 2022	Friday 8:00	0.06	-25%	0.0	0.1	detail	C-

Historical-adjusted ratings by season:

Seas	Year	A18-49+	Label	Now22	y2y	Lo	Hi	Premiere	Finale
1	2018-19	28	marginal(CW)	0.14		17.88	57	57	19
2	2019-20	20	solid(CWFri)	0.10	-26%	15.86	27	21	20
3	2021	13	flop	0.07	-35%	9.31	17	17	12
4	Spring 2022	13	flop	0.06	-6%	7.84	18	14	14
AVERAGE:		AVERAGE:	18	flop

The War of 18-49 chronicles the ratings history of veteran primetime series. For more, see the Index.

Spotted Ratings, Wednesday 8/10/22

FINALS UPDATE: Home Economics (R) (0.2), Big Brother (0.8), Password (0.5) and So You Think You Can Dance (0.3) adjusted up.

WHAT MATTERS:

• Numbers posted.

Spotted Ratings, Tuesday 8/9/22

FINALS UPDATE: Celebrity Wheel of Fortune (R) (0.4), Password (0.5) and So You Think You Can Dance (R) (0.2) adjusted up.

WHAT MATTERS:

• Numbers posted. NBC premiered its take on classic game show Password after America's Got Talent.

The Breakdown: CBS Friday in 2021-22 (S.W.A.T., Magnum P.I., Blue Bloods and more!)

It's time for a journey through the CBS Friday schedule in 2021-22...

Spotted Ratings, Monday 8/8/22

FINALS UPDATE: Bob Hearts Abishola (R) (0.3), American Ninja Warrior (0.4) and Weakest Link (R) (0.3) adjusted up.

WHAT MATTERS:

• Numbers posted.

Spotted Ratings, Sunday 8/7/22

FINALS UPDATE: The $100,000 Pyramid (0.5), 60 Minutes (0.4), Big Brother (0.8), Family Game Fight! (0.2) and America's Got Talent (R) (0.3) adjusted up.

WHAT MATTERS:

• Numbers posted.

The Breakdown: ABC Friday in 2021-22 (Shark Tank, 20/20)

It's time for a journey through the ABC Friday schedule in 2021-22...

Spotted Ratings, Friday 8/5/22

FINALS UPDATE: WWE SmackDown! (0.5) adjusted up.

WHAT MATTERS:

• Numbers posted.

Spotted Ratings, Thursday 8/4/22

FINALS UPDATE: Generation Gap (0.5), The Con (0.3), Ghosts (R) (0.3) and NFL Preseason Football (1.4, +0.4) adjusted up.

WHAT MATTERS:

• Numbers posted. NBC kicked off the NFL preseason with the Hall of Fame Game.

The War of 18-49, A Million Little Things

ABC Tries This Is Us

For all of ABC's success with Wednesday comedies in the era of Modern Family, The Middle and The Goldbergs, they never really found a long-term mainstay that could do numbers in the 10/9c hour after the comedies. In fall 2018, they turned their sights to a This Is Us-style family drama called A Million Little Things. Considering the comedy lineup (especially the 9/8c hour) was significantly diminished, AMLT put on an impressive show at 10/9c. It launched to a 1.1 demo following a 1.3 from Single Parents, and it fell into the 0.8 range for most of its fall run, within a tenth or two of Single Parents. It was competitive with the strongest days of Nashville in its four-year run in the hour, and the DVR gains were massive enough to suggest there might be potential for more.

ABC acted fast, moving A Million Little Things to the Thursday 9/8c hour after Grey's Anatomy in the new year. It certainly got a bump compared with its Wednesday ratings, scoring low-1's throughout the winter, but it was not really any improvement on the already-declining Scandal from a year ago. ABC gave it one more crack in the hour in fall 2019, and it frankly got even worse; it couldn't even break 1.0 after premiere night, and it lagged a little behind the middling performance of Station 19 the year before.

Back to 10/9c

Beyond that fall, ABC had seen enough of A Million Little Things on the big stage, and moved it back to the 10/9c hour (though it kept the Grey's lead-in as Station 19 went to 8/7c). That proved to be a genius move for the Grey's universe because Station thrived in the lead-off role, but it meant the ratings got lower for A Million Little Things. They popped back up a bit at the start of season three, but that was largely due to a red-hot return from Grey's Anatomy in fall 2020. ABC wanted to use that big lead-in on a new show for the spring, and that meant A Million Little Things would return to where it all began on Wednesday.

In its second run on Wednesday, A Million Little Things never recaptured the magic from that first half of season one. In fact, it was in line with some of the weaker occupants on the night historically, and that's where it would stay in season four. It's still got good DVR percentage gains, but the Live+SD base is low enough that it will miss out on the fall schedule for its fifth season.

Adults 18-49 info by season:

Seas	Year	Slot	Avg	y2y	Lo	Hi	Results	Grade
1	2018-19	Wed 10:00, Thu 9:00	0.92		0.7	1.1	detail	B+
2	2019-20	Thu 9:00, Thu 10:00	0.71	-23%	0.6	1.0	detail	C+
3	2020-21	Thu 10:00, Wed 10:00	0.42	-40%	0.3	0.7	detail	C-
4	2021-22	Wednesday 10:00	0.26	-39%	0.2	0.3	detail	C-
5	Spring 2023		Wednesday 10:00	0.22	-16%	0.2	0.3	detail	C+

Historical-adjusted ratings by season:

Seas	Year	A18-49+	Label	Now23	y2y	Lo	Hi	Premiere	Finale
1	2018-19	97	marginal	0.41		75	119	118	114
2	2019-20	87	marginal	0.37	-10%	68	126	126	85
3	2020-21	66	flop	0.28	-24%	50	107	107	59
4	2021-22	51	flop	0.22	-23%	37	61	57	47
5	Spring 2023	51	flop	0.22	+1%	45	61	61	52
AVERAGE:		AVERAGE:	70	marginal
CAREER:		CAREER:	352	utility

The War of 18-49 chronicles the ratings history of veteran primetime series. For more, see the Index.

Spotted Ratings, Wednesday 8/3/22

FINALS UPDATE: Big Brother (0.8), The Challenge: USA (0.4), Chicago Med (R) (0.3) and MasterChef (0.4) adjusted up.

WHAT MATTERS:

• Numbers posted.

Spotted Ratings, Tuesday 8/2/22

FINALS UPDATE: Celebrity Wheel of Fortune (R) (0.4), FBI (R) (0.4), America's Got Talent (0.7) and Crime Scene Kitchen (R) (0.2) adjusted up.

WHAT MATTERS:

• Numbers posted.

The Breakdown: CW Thursday in 2021-22 (Walker, Legacies)

It's time for a journey through the CW Thursday schedule in 2021-22...

Spotted Ratings, Monday 8/1/22

WHAT MATTERS:

• Numbers posted.

Spotted Ratings, Sunday 7/31/22

FINALS UPDATE: Celebrity Family Feud (0.6), 60 Minutes (0.4) and Family Guy (R) (0.2) adjusted up.

WHAT MATTERS:

• Numbers posted.

The Breakdown: Fox Thursday in 2021-22 (Joe Millionaire, Call Me Kat, Welcome to Flatch and more!)

It's time for a journey through the Fox Thursday schedule in 2021-22...