- CBS got bad news out of the series premiere of How to Be a Gentleman, which dropped almost 50% of its 8:00 Big Bang Theory lead-in on premiere night. That made it much weaker than the premiere of $#*! My Dad Says (4.0) last year during premiere week, and in fact the show didn't even manage $#*!'s average rating from last year (2.97). The show was a little stronger than Rules of Engagement's spring average in the timeslot (2.50), though those ratings came with lower viewing, more competition (American Idol) and smaller lead-ins. Very weak start.
- The news was only slightly less bad for CBS at 9:00, where Person of Interest, dropped a reasonable enough 13% from last week considering its huge lead-in decline. However, the show remains behind many of its fairly lofty expectations and pretty low on the CBS totem pole.
- The other new shows took even bigger declines. Prime Suspect remained barely ahead of Monday's The Playboy Club in the NBC don't-get-cancelled race, but it's certainly not looking good for this show either. Whitney dropped a disheartening 24% from last week, though it did have a weaker Office lead-in. And ABC's Charlie's Angels took a massive 29% drop at 8/7c.
- There wasn't a whole lot of good news on the second Thursday of the season, but Private Practice at least premiered pretty decently, retaining an above-average 78% of its Grey's Anatomy lead-in and down a reasonable 13% year-to-year.
- Several returnees also had double-digit drops in week two, like Grey's, The Office and
The Mentalist(adjusted out of the double digits in finals).
FULL TABLE:
| Viewers | A18-49 | Share | Skew | Last | Lead | LeLa | Avg | Rank | TRUE | |
| Charlie's Angels | 7.11 | 1.5 | 4 | 27% | -29% | n/a | n/a | -29% | 2/2 | 1.50 |
| Grey's Anatomy | 10.20 | 3.6 | 9 | 45% | -12% | +140% | -29% | -12% | 2/2 | 3.74 |
| Private Practice | 7.79 | 2.8 | 8 | 46% | n/a | -22% | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | 2.63 |
| The Big Bang Theory | 14.74 | 4.9 | 15 | 43% | -4% | n/a | n/a | -2% | 2/3 | 5.77 |
| How to Be a Gentleman | 8.98 | 2.7 | 8 | 38% | n/a | -45% | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | 2.26 |
| Person of Interest | 12.51 | 2.7 | 7 | 28% | -13% | +0% | -47% | -13% | 2/2 | 2.55 |
| The Mentalist | 12.92 | 2.6 | 7 | 26% | -7% | -4% | -13% | -7% | 2/2 | 2.55 |
| Community | 3.98 | 1.8 | 5 | 58% | +6% | n/a | n/a | +6% | 1/2 | 1.89 |
| Parks and Recreation | 4.33 | 2.1 | 6 | 62% | +0% | +17% | +6% | +0% | 1/2 | 2.17 |
| The Office | 6.70 | 3.5 | 9 | 67% | -10% | +67% | +0% | -10% | 2/2 | 3.63 |
| Whitney | 5.40 | 2.5 | 6 | 59% | -24% | -29% | -10% | -24% | 2/2 | 2.14 |
| Prime Suspect | 5.69 | 1.5 | 4 | 34% | -17% | -40% | -24% | -17% | 2/2 | 1.32 |
| X Factor Thu | 12.17 | 3.9 | 11 | 41% | -9% | n/a | n/a | -9% | 2/2 | 4.10 |
| The Vampire Diaries | 2.74 | 1.3 | 4 | 61% | +8% | n/a | n/a | -4% | 2/3 | 1.45 |
| The Secret Circle | 2.12 | 1.0 | 2 | 60% | +11% | -23% | +8% | -9% | 2/3 | 0.89 |
KEY (with much more detail at the New Daily Spotted Ratings page):
Viewers - The total number of viewers (age 2+, in millions) that watched the program.
A18-49 - Adults 18-49 rating. Percentage of US TV-owning adults 18-49 watching the program.
Share - Adults 18-49 share. Percentage of US TV-watching adults 18-49 watching the program.
Skew - Percentage of the total audience that falls in the 18-49 demo.
Last - A18-49 percent difference from previous episode.
Lead - A18-49 percent difference from lead-in program.
LeLa - A18-49 percent difference between the show's lead-in and its lead-in for the previous episode.
Avg - A18-49 percent difference from the show's average demo for previous original episodes this season.
Rank - The A18-49 rating's rank among the show's episodes that have aired so far this season.
TRUE - True Strength, a metric developed last summer that adjusts the A18-49 rating for overall viewing levels, competition and lead-in.
(R) - Repeat.
More Spotted Ratings in the Index.
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