SpotVault - Mad Men (AMC) - 2014/2015 Ratings

Mad Men

Sundays, 10/9c, AMC

SpotVault - Mad Men (AMC) - Spring 2013 Ratings

Mad Men

Sundays, 10/9c, AMC

SpotVault - Mad Men (AMC) - Spring 2012 Ratings

Mad Men

Sundays, 10/9c, AMC

SpotVault - Mad Men (AMC) - Summer 2010 Ratings

Mad Men

Sundays, 10/9c, AMC

SpotVault - Mad Men (AMC) - Summer 2009 Ratings

Mad Men

Sundays, 10/9c, AMC

SpotVault - Mad Men (AMC) - Summer 2008 Ratings

Mad Men

Sundays, 10/9c, AMC

Spotted Ratings, Sunday 4/7/13

WHAT MATTERS:

• CBS dominated Sunday with a year-to-year explosion from the Academy of Country Music Awards, up a whooping 39% from last year's 3.1. The CBS release said it was the show's largest audience since 1998 and largest demo delivery since 2001. Not really sure why that happened, but the near-complete lack of broadcast resistance was probably a bit of a factor; only The Cleveland Show and the last one-hour Celebrity Apprentice were new.

• Sunday cable notables:
• Mad Men was back on AMC, but for the first time it did not set new series highs on premiere night, averaging 3.37 million viewers and a 1.1 A18-49 demo. Those were both down just a bit from the season five premiere (3.535m, 1.2).
• Week two of HBO's Game of Thrones (4.27m, 2.3) also had series-second-best deliveries and was the top scripted program of the night on broadcast or cable, but it was down a tick from last week's against-The Walking Dead premiere.
• And History's Vikings (3.31m, 1.2) held up rather swimmingly in the demo in its first week without a huge The Bible lead-in. While it shed nearly a third of its viewership, it was down just a tick week-to-week in 18-49, supporting my premiere night observation that the two shows appeared to skew very differently.

The Question, Sunday 4/7/13: Does the Sunday Cable Madness Continue?

For most of its run, AMC's multiple Emmy winner Mad Men was "The Most-Heralded Show to Never Achieve a 1.0 Adults 18-49 Rating." It finally shook off that distinction in last year's premiere and held onto a 1.0 for a few weeks post-premiere. Down the stretch, it dipped back well below the number, but the "streaming effect" promises to help Mad Men add some more fans and hang another good two-hour premiere number. Does the Sunday cable Madness continue? That's The Question for Sunday, April 7, 2013.

Spotted Ratings, Sunday 6/10/12

WHAT MATTERS:

• Week two of ABC's reality Sunday was even with its disappointing premiere numbers.

• CBS had a worst-yet showing from The Tony Awards, down by a couple tenths from last year's telecast.

• The night was easily won by HBO's season five premiere of True Blood (2.9). It feels like the kind of show that should've burnt out by now, but it amazingly continues to hold up almost completely each year. A&E had some nice week two growth from Longmire (0.9), and AMC was up both week-to-week and year-to-year with the Mad Men finale (0.9).

Schedule Five-Spot, WE 1/15/12 - Hot in Cleveland, Psych, Apartment 23, Work It, Mad Men

Here's the Schedule Five-Spot for the week ending January 15, 2012:

Hot In Cleveland - Happy 90th, Betty White! TV Land is celebrating with a 24-episode fourth-season renewal for Betty's sitcom Hot in Cleveland. It persists as the face of the network's original programming despite continued big ratings declines (because they still can't find anything that does better). Additionally, they're picking up Have Faith, the first Hot In Cleveland spinoff. It stars Cedric the Entertainer as a priest he played in a previous Hot episode.

Scheduling Five-Spot, WE 4/3/11 - Amazing Race/Undercover Boss, Justified/Archer, Mad Men, Off Their Rockers, Mobbed

Didn't get the last two Five-Spots done last week due to health issues. Slowly getting back to full speed, and should definitely have a full trio this week with a lot going on. Here's your Scheduling Five-Spot for the week ending April 3, 2011:

The Amazing Race/Undercover Boss - CBS has renewed reality properties The Amazing Race and Undercover Boss for next season. The Race has been on Sunday nights for over five years now, but it was last year's breakout performance of Boss post-Super Bowl (along with this season's move of CSI: Miami to the evening) that finally got CBS back in the mix on previously troublesome Sunday. Race has been off to a rough start this spring, averaging just a 2.7 demo, but it's on the upswing. Boss's 2010-11 eps have averaged a 3.2 demo, down from last year but still rock solid.

Scheduling Five-Spot, WE 1/9/11 - Hawaii Five-0, "Combat Hospital," Mad Men, Spartacus: Blood and Sand, The Kennedys

Here's your Scheduling Five-Spot for the week ending January 9, 2011:

Hawaii Five-O to Air After AFC Championship Game - I did a post last week about some of the other shows that have gotten the fairly high profile "mini-Super Bowl" lead-ins over the last few years, and Hawaii Five-0's airing will come on January 23. Five-0 has been widely proclaimed a ratings disappointment, but it's still easily broadcast TV's strongest new drama