Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Spotted Ratings, Weekend Roundup 8/23-8/25/13


WHAT MATTERS:
  • Preseason NFL dominated broadcast TV on Friday and Sunday, with the 2.3 average on Friday for Seahawks/Packers on CBS particularly impressive, but it lost out to a nice showing from ABC's NASCAR on Saturday (it was up a tick from last year's late-August race).
  • On Friday, America's Next Top Model decided to go from 0.5 to 0.2 in one week. Probably just one of those weird blips, but we'll see...
  • AMC saw Saturday's Hell on Wheels (0.33) finally take the 18-49 dip that it seemed like it should've taken last week when it dropped a ton of viewers. But HoW is far from the network's biggest concern; week three of Low Winter Sun (0.42) dropped again and is now retaining 17% of its Breaking Bad (2.53) lead-in. It's pretty clear now that this show is a disaster, and I think AMC ought to strongly consider moving BB aftershow Talking Bad (which actually very narrowly built from LWS at a 0.43) to the immediate post-BB slot.
  • The week's top program was Sunday's Video Music Awards (5.2) on MTV, which nearly doubled last year's ill-scheduled 2.8 rating on a Thursday. The 2.8 in 2012, not this rating, was the real outlier here; the show actually got a 6.2 two years ago.

FRIDAY 8/23/13 FULL TABLE:

InfoShowTimeslotTrue2
Viewers A18-49 Last LeLa Rank y2yTLa Ty2y
Last Man Standing (SR) 3.43 0.6 +0% -33% 0.94
The Neighbors (SR) 2.32 0.5 +25% -50% 0.93
Shark Tank (SR) 3.57 1.0 +43% -9% 1.70
20/20 (S) 3.89 0.9 +0%+43% 12/15 n/a +0% -31% 1.43
NFL Preseason Football 7.68 2.3 +10%n/a 2/4 +8% +283% +50% 3.58
Off Their Rockers (SR) 2.77 0.6 +0% +0% 0.94
Off Their Rockers (SR) 2.97 0.7 +0% +17% 1.24
Dateline Fri (SR) 5.53 1.0 -22% +43% 1.63
Bones (SR) 3.10 0.7 -48% -18% 1.09
The Following (SR) 1.19 0.3 -80% -68% 0.59
Perfect Score 0.54 0.2 +0%n/a 4/5 n/a +0% -50% 0.32
Perfect Score (R) 0.51 0.2 +0% -50% 0.34
America's Next Top Model 0.85 0.2 -60%+0% 4/4 -50% -64% +0% 0.34

SATURDAY 8/24/13 FULL TABLE:

InfoShowTimeslotTrue2
Viewers A18-49 Last LeLa Rank y2yTLa Ty2y
NASCAR 6.3 1.6 -16%n/a 3/8 +7% +191% +5% 2.43
NFL Preseason Football 4.4 1.2 -48%n/a 5/5 -44% +112% -27% 1.82
American Ninja Warrior (R) 1.4 0.4 -27% +0% 0.58
Get Out Alive (R) 1.3 0.4 -38% -50% 0.79
Do No Harm 1.5 0.4 +0%-33% 3/10 n/a +0% -43% 0.79
Cops (SR) 1.5 0.4 -33% -43% 0.56
Cops (SR) 1.7 0.5 -29% -38% 0.95
Bones (SR) 1.8 0.4 -20% -20% 0.77

SUNDAY 8/25/13 FULL TABLE:

InfoShowTimeslotTrue2
Viewers A18-49 Last LeLa Rank y2yTLa Ty2y
America's Funniest Home Videos (SR) 5.02 1.1 +29% -12% 1.30
Family Dance-Off 3.56 0.7 n/a -42% -13% 0.86
Secret Millionaire 4.23 1.0 -17%-22% 4/4 n/a -29% +54% 1.19
Castle (SR) 3.16 0.6 -14% -40% 0.76
60 Minutes (SR) 8.67 1.1 +29% -4% 1.30
Big Brother Sun 7.17 2.5 +19%+22% 1/9 -4% +19% -6% 2.72
Unforgettable 6.80 1.1 +0%+19% 3/5 n/a -4% +47% 0.98
The Mentalist (SR) 4.57 0.8 +14% -20% 0.95
Madden NFL Pigskin Pro-Am 2.29 0.7 -22% +56% -22% 0.84
NFL Preseason Football 8.18 2.7 +125%n/a 2/6 +27% +479% -17% 2.88
American Dad! (SR) 2.7 1.1 -31% -59% 1.28
The Simpsons (SR) 2.61 1.1 -45% -8% 1.42
The Simpsons (SR) 3.23 1.4 -42% -18% 1.61
Bob's Burgers (SR) 2.38 1.0 -57% -44% 1.17
Family Guy (SR) 2.78 1.2 -43% -40% 1.32
Family Guy (SR) 2.91 1.3 -32% -32% 1.45

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.

More Spotted Ratings in the Index.

2 comments:

Spot said...

Interesting that you have TN and LMS equal in TRUE terms.


On another note, I never wish for any show to do poorly but I badly want the killing to come back so I am sort of happy that AMC is having troubles elsewhere.

Spot said...

You just can't beat the Night Race(TM 2009)(no really, Bristol trademarked it).

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