Thursday, March 21, 2013

Spotted Ratings, Wednesday 3/20/13


WHAT MATTERS:
  • Two of the shows that held up best against the arrival of daylight saving last week took the drop this week instead. Though both adjusted up in finals, American Idol still hit another Wednesday low and Survivor was down a tick as well. After finals, the loser of the night was probably Whitney, which adjusted down to a new low after holding up well last week.
  • CBS, NBC and the CW all returned in originals after taking the last two weeks off. It looks like the momentum has swung back to CBS in the drama duel with NBC, as Criminal Minds and CSI got their acts together after a couple weak showings in late February while LChicago Fire was on the downswing.
  • Yet another week without original The Middle and Modern Family on ABC led to more low or low-tying numbers out of The Neighbors and Suburgatory.

FULL TABLE:

InfoShowTimeslotTrue2
Viewers A18-49 Last LeLa Rank y2yTLa Ty2y
The Middle (R) 4.78 1.2 -8% +0% 1.25
The Neighbors 4.76 1.4 +0%-8% 20/21 n/a +0% +8% 1.65
Modern Family (R) 5.42 1.8
+0% -10% 2.09
Suburgatory 4.19 1.5 -12%-14% 17/17 n/a +15% -17% 1.75
Nashville (R) 2.47 0.6 -14% -52% 0.71
Survivor 9.79 2.6 -4%n/a 2/6 -7% -5% -9% 2.67
Criminal Minds 11.58 3.0 +15%+0% 6/17 -6% +71% -6% 3.16
CSI 10.53 2.3 +21%+15% 10/17 -12% +39% -10% 2.21
Whitney 3.13 1.0 -17%n/a 14/14 -38% -17% -38% 1.05
Whitney (R) 2.52 0.8 +0% -43% 1.06
Law and Order: SVU 5.51 1.6 +0%-27% 9/16 n/a +39% +78% 2.00
Chicago Fire 6.39 1.7 -15%+0% 13/18 n/a +62% +162% 1.86
American Idol Wed 12.94 3.6 -5%n/a 10/11 -29% -5% -29% 3.73
Arrow 3.02 1.0 +0%n/a 11/17 n/a +122% +25% 1.09
Supernatural 2.16 1.0 +11%+0% 1/17 +67% +150% +67% 1.07

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.

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2 comments:

Spot said...

I noticed that the 2013 NCAA Basketball Tournament is being aired on CBS tonight. Are these telecasts usually high rated?

Spot said...

Not really. Last year's second-round games averaged around a 1.5, so it's much weaker than CBS' usual Thursday originals. It should help the other networks: I imagine that Idol will see an uptick without facing TBBT. Grey's Anatomy should rise, too, but that's also/more because it won't be an island amidst a sea of reruns on ABC. NBC is questionable, but I wouldn't be surprised if we may see another abnormal uptick for Community.

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