WHAT MATTERS:
- The second week of 24: Live Another Day (2.0) was down a significant 23% week-to-week. This behavior is more reminiscent of a new show than a typical season of 24, so there was clearly a significant dose of nostalgia at play in last week's number. Fox would probably still be fine if it settles close to this.
- Dancing with the Stars (2.2) bounced much of the way back from its badly off night against 24 last week. And Castle (2.1) brought much more of a finale jump to the 10/9c hour than The Blacklist (2.6), whose finale actually hit the show's lowest post-Voice number yet.
- CBS also fared pretty well, possibly benefiting from 24 coming back to earth; Friends with Better Lives (1.6) was even despite a repeat 2 Broke Girls lead-in (1.3), while Mike and Molly (2.0) rebounded noticeably.
Playing House
Tuesdays, 10/9c, USA
24: Live Another Day
Mondays, 9/8c, Fox
Last week, I asked "Upfront Questions" to preview each network's
fall 2014 schedule. With the schedule now official, here are the
"Upfront Answers"!
Fox's upfront previews:
True Power Rankings |
Upfront Questions
Other Upfront Answers:
NBC |
Fox |
ABC |
CBS |
CW
Last week, I asked "Upfront Questions" to preview each network's
fall 2014 schedule. With the schedule now official, here are the
"Upfront Answers"!
NBC's upfront previews:
True Power Rankings |
Upfront Questions
Other Upfront Answers:
NBC |
Fox |
ABC |
CBS |
CW
WHAT MATTERS:
- The NFL Draft (4.6 on ESPN, 1.1 on NFL Network) obliterated records and took its usual surprisingly large chunk of ratings juice away from The Big Bang Theory (3.8). The good news is it didn't hurt the rest of CBS that much on a week-to-week basis (perhaps since they already took their huge drops last week). But it meant no week three miracle for Bad Teacher (1.3), still well behind lead-in Two and a Half Men (2.1) as well as The Crazy Ones' usual deliveries.
- Some finals help meant ABC's dramas ended up about as resilient as usual on Draft night,with Grey's Anatomy (2.5) giving back just a single tenth of the Isaiah Washington bounce last week. Black Box (1.2) was also down a tenth in week three.
- NBC continued its mix of random stuff to wrap up the season on Thursday. The American Comedy Awards (1.0) leading out of an original Hollywood Game Night (0.9) were a much weaker combo than last week's iHeartRadio awards show.
- For the True scores, the ESPN Draft rating (4.6) is applied as cable competition for the networks. This causes some irregularities, as I can't account for how the show broke down across the half-hours. But it at least somewhat helps off-set the noticeable week-to-week PUT growth.
Part two of the upfront preview is the SCHEDULE-centric portion, examining
the big-picture scheduling questions each network faces on each night
in the final week before its upfront. I've always favored laying out the
possibilities rather than creating an actual mock schedule; this seems
to set up better to review the schedule next week without making it
all about how my own prediction/recommendation did. But you can probably get some sense of which way I'm leaning.
Last week's Power Rankings were the SHOW-centric portion, in which I drilled more into the merits of individual shows: CW True Power Rankings
Other Upfront Questions:
NBC |
Fox |
ABC |
CBS |
CW
WHAT MATTERS:
- A week after the last two hours of ABC's Wednesday block fell apart, there was no rally for Mixology (1.3) and Nashville (1.2) on this night, and only a tiny one for Modern Family (2.9). And this time, the 8/7c hour joined in the late spring struggle, as The Middle (1.6) and Suburgatory (1.3) were still at new lows after adjusting up in finals!
- Things were also pretty brutal on NBC; Revolution (1.1) hit a new low, while Chicago PD (1.4) was tied for a low. And on Fox, American Idol (1.8) hit a new Wednesday low even with its finals uptick.
- Only CBS had some relief, with Survivor (2.4), Criminal Minds (2.3) and CSI (1.9) all posting small week-to-week upticks.
Part two of the upfront preview is the SCHEDULE-centric portion, examining
the big-picture scheduling questions each network faces on each night
in the final week before its upfront. I've always favored laying out the
possibilities rather than creating an actual mock schedule; this seems
to set up better to review the schedule next week without making it
all about how my own prediction/recommendation did. But you can probably get some sense of which way I'm leaning.
Last week's Power Rankings were the SHOW-centric portion, in which I drilled more into the merits of individual shows: CBS True Power Rankings
Other Upfront Questions:
NBC |
Fox |
ABC |
CBS |
CW
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