- If Fox's Tuesday comedy lineup was a disappointment last week, it was pretty close to disaster this week. New Girl held up, but Raising Hope came back only about equal to its post-DST 8:00 level last year. Newbies Ben and Kate and The Mindy Project each shed 20%+; B&K actually has a slightly higher prelim True2 score than Mindy now that it has a worse lead-in, but that's just splitting hairs; they're both not looking that promising.
- CBS saw already modest Vegas follow up last week's big drop at the half with a big 20% drop in week two, while last week's strong NCIS pair shed 10%ish apiece.
- NBC began the night with a The Voice clips show that only got about 70% of the typical blind auditions numbers. That led to 15-20% drops for recently back-nined Go On and The New Normal.
- Round out the big four ugliness with ABC, where Private Practice dropped 16% in week two.
- The CW joined the 2012-13 entertainment programming game with the second season premiere of Hart of Dixie, which was down a tick from the year-ago series premiere but better than any of its results in 2012. But that was of no help to summer leftover The Next on a special night.
FULL TABLE:
| Info | Show | Timeslot | True2 | ||||||
| Viewers | A18-49 | Last | LeLa | Rank | y2y | TLa | Ty2y | ||
| Dancing with the Stars (R) | 8.29 | 1.4 | -20% | -24% | 1.35 | ||||
| Dancing with the Stars Tue | 12.03 | 2.1 | +0% | n/a | 1/2 | -28% | -16% | -28% | 1.93 |
| Private Practice | 6.01 | 1.6 | -16% | +0% | 2/2 | -43% | -16% | -14% | 1.50 |
| NCIS | 18.87 | 3.7 | -10% | n/a | 2/2 | -12% | -11% | -12% | 3.63 |
| NCIS: Los Angeles | 14.91 | 3.1 | -9% | -10% | 2/2 | -14% | -9% | -14% | 2.38 |
| Vegas | 12.11 | 2.0 | -20% | -9% | 2/2 | n/a | -20% | -22% | 1.72 |
| The Voice Tue | 8.48 | 3.0 | -29% | n/a | 5/5 | n/a | -28% | +40% | 3.05 |
| Go On | 5.82 | 2.1 | -22% | -29% | 4/4 | n/a | -22% | -9% | 1.60 |
| The New Normal | 4.50 | 1.7 | -15% | -22% | 5/5 | n/a | -15% | -29% | 1.51 |
| Parenthood | 4.45 | 1.6 | -11% | -15% | 4/4 | -27% | -11% | -29% | 1.56 |
| Raising Hope | 3.90 | 1.7 | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | -45% | -39% | -53% | 1.87 |
| Ben and Kate | 3.32 | 1.6 | -24% | -39% | 2/2 | n/a | -24% | -57% | 1.64 |
| New Girl | 4.99 | 2.8 | +0% | -24% | 1/3 | -38% | +0% | -38% | 2.41 |
| The Mindy Project | 3.68 | 1.9 | -21% | +0% | 2/2 | n/a | -21% | -34% | 1.56 |
| Hart of Dixie | 1.53 | 0.7 | n/a | n/a | 1/1 | -13% | +250% | -18% | 0.77 |
| The Next | 0.63 | 0.3 | +0% | +133% | 1/6 | n/a | +50% | -67% | 0.25 |
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.
Last - A18-49 percent difference from previous episode.
LeLa - A18-49 percent difference between the show's lead-in and its lead-in for the previous episode.
Rank - The A18-49 rating's rank among the show's episodes that have aired so far this season.
y2y - The show's A18-49 rating compared to its rating a year ago.
TLa - The show's A18-49 rating compared to the network's rating in the timeslot one week ago.
Ty2y - The show's A18-49 rating compared to the network's rating in the timeslot one year ago.
True2 - The second edition of True Strength, a metric that adjusts the A18-49 rating for overall viewing levels, competition and lead-in. PRELIMINARY CALCULATION. For finals, see SpotVault.
(R) - Repeat.
Much more detail on these numbers at the New Daily Spotted Ratings page.
A18-49 - Adults 18-49 rating. Percentage of US TV-owning adults 18-49 watching the program.
Last - A18-49 percent difference from previous episode.
LeLa - A18-49 percent difference between the show's lead-in and its lead-in for the previous episode.
Rank - The A18-49 rating's rank among the show's episodes that have aired so far this season.
y2y - The show's A18-49 rating compared to its rating a year ago.
TLa - The show's A18-49 rating compared to the network's rating in the timeslot one week ago.
Ty2y - The show's A18-49 rating compared to the network's rating in the timeslot one year ago.
True2 - The second edition of True Strength, a metric that adjusts the A18-49 rating for overall viewing levels, competition and lead-in. PRELIMINARY CALCULATION. For finals, see SpotVault.
(R) - Repeat.
Much more detail on these numbers at the New Daily Spotted Ratings page.
More Spotted Ratings in the Index.
1 comment:
We just entered October and already FOX's comedy block is a shambles. Those are the same kinds of numbers that cause people to make fun of NBC's Thursday. I really can't believe that Mindy isn't doing better behind New Girl. I thought it would be a match made in heaven between the optimistic Jess and the more cynical Mindy.
NBC's aren't great, but a higher Voice next week should help. But you can forget about moving them to Thursdays. No self-starters here.
ABC's going to have to go back to the drawing board, because DWTS isn't going to cut it anymore. And with the lead actress leaving, I imagine Private Practice will end with this last batch of episodes. It's not too late to abandon their "second-tier comedies boosted by Dancing, and later four second-tier comedies" strategy. They could just slide a couple dramas there and try TGIF.
Vegas dropped, as I said, and is already looking bubbly a couple weeks in. NCIS, while past its peak, is still strong, and LA pulls about the same all the time.
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