Spotted Ratings, Sunday 3/4/12: Bad Christian Ratings

WHAT MATTERS:

• ABC got a pretty weak premiere out of GCB, which dropped by 12% from its Desperate Housewives lead-in. If it settles at the typical 20% below this, that'd still be a lot better than previous occupant Pan Am but still probably an unlikely renewal. One positive out of the final breakdowns: it was even in the half-hourlies (2.2 -> 2.2).

• Otherwise, though, it was a great evening for ABC. All three other shows were up double-digits, including a season high from America's Funniest Home Videos and a night-topping number from Once Upon a Time.

• Fox had a fairly steady day except for The Cleveland Show, which finally posted a more reasonable 7:30 number. The reality shows saw big post-Oscar bouncebacks, but CBS was squarely on the downswing with The Good Wife, which tied a season/series low.

FULL TABLE:

Info				Show				Timeslot		TRUE
	Viewers	A18-49	Skew	Last	LeLa	Avg	Rank	Tavg	Lead
America's Funniest Home Videos	8.07	2.2	35%	+10%	n/a	+38%	1/15	+42%	n/a	2.28
Once Upon a Time	10.67	3.4	41%	+10%	+10%	-1%	7/14	+9%	+55%	2.98
Desperate Housewives	8.21	2.5	39%	+14%	+10%	-9%	13/15	-9%	-26%	1.56
GCB	7.56	2.2	37%	n/a	n/a	n/a	1/1	+30%	-12%	2.33
60 Minutes	11.51	1.6	18%	-11%	n/a	-41%	18/20	-49%	n/a	1.67
The Amazing Race	10.30	2.8	35%	+27%	+23%	+12%	1/3	-8%	+75%	2.49
The Good Wife	9.83	1.9	25%	-10%	+0%	-10%	14/16	-21%	-32%	1.15
CSI: Miami	10.14	2.1	26%	-5%	-10%	-5%	9/15	-7%	+11%	2.23
Dateline Sun	5.12	1.0	25%	-38%	n/a	-29%	3/3	-31%	n/a	1.04
Celebrity Apprentice (R)	3.67	1.1	38%	+38%	-9%	+38%	1/2	-20%	+10%	0.89
Celebrity Apprentice	6.67	2.3	44%	+28%	+38%	+5%	2/3	-36%	+109%	2.14
Bob's Burgers (R)	1.97	0.8	52%	+0%	n/a	+33%	1/9	n/a	n/a	0.82
The Cleveland Show	3.11	1.5	62%	+25%	+33%	-26%	9/12	+3%	+88%	1.47
The Simpsons	5.09	2.5	63%	-4%	+25%	-22%	12/15	-24%	+67%	2.25
Napoleon Dynamite	4.05	2.0	63%	+0%	-4%	-26%	4/6	-15%	-20%	1.53
Family Guy	5.33	2.8	67%	+0%	+0%	-14%	12/15	-15%	+40%	2.13
American Dad!	4.29	2.1	63%	-5%	+0%	-12%	11/12	-17%	-25%	1.35

KEY (click to expand)

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.
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.
Tavg - A18-49 percent difference from its timeslot's previous original entertainment average this season.
TRUE - True Strength, a metric that adjusts the A18-49 rating for overall viewing levels, competition and lead-in.

(R) - Repeat.

Much more detail on these numbers at the New Daily Spotted Ratings page.

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