SpotVault - The Last Man on Earth (Fox) - 2014-15 Ratings

The Last Man On Earth

Sundays, 9:30/8:30c, Fox

SpotVault - Battle Creek (CBS) - 2014-15 Ratings

Battle Creek

Sundays, 10/9c, CBS

SpotVault - The Amazing Race (CBS) - Spring 2015 Ratings

The Amazing Race

Fridays, 8/7c, CBS

SpotVault - Survivor (CBS) - Spring 2015 Ratings

Survivor

Wednesdays, 8/7c, CBS

SpotVault - The Night Shift (NBC) - 2014-15 Ratings

The Night Shift

Mondays, 10/9c, NBC

SpotVault - The Voice (NBC) - Spring 2015 Ratings

The Voice

Mondays and Tuesdays on NBC

First Two Weeks, The Odd Couple

WEEK ONE 
Rating: 3.1
Lead-in: The Big Bang Theory (4.5)
Competition: Grey's Anatomy (2.5 overall, 2.5 at 8:30), The Slap (0.8 overall, 0.8 at 8:30), American Idol (2.1 overall, 2.2 at 8:30), The Vampire Diaries (0.7 overall, 0.6 at 8:30)

Spotted Ratings, Monday 3/2/15

WHAT MATTERS:

• FINALS UPDATE: The Voice (3.9) was up a tenth. Of significance to some, The Following remained at 1.6.

• The third-season premiere of The Following (1.6) was down 20% from the timeslot premiere last year. For now, this was a bit of an improvement on recent episodes of Sleepy Hollow (which last got this high about two months ago). But it had a good situation with CBS in repeats and an original lead-in from Gotham (2.0), which is now heading to hiatus for over a month. Gotham, meanwhile, gave back a big chunk of its huge rally over the last couple weeks.

• Week two for NBC saw continued strength in the first two hours with The Voice (3.8) and continued disaster at 10/9c with The Night Shift (1.4). Both shows took a small week-to-week drop but were up in total viewership, perhaps due to the lessened CBS competition.

• CBS' Mike and Molly (2.2) tied its season high despite being the network's only original. Its lead-in was not that much worse than usual as CBS plugged in a repeat The Big Bang Theory (1.8) at 8:00.

• And ABC encored the first hour of Secrets and Lies (1.0) after The Bachelor (2.4 at 9:30).

The Question, Monday 3/2/15: Will The Following's Ratings Get Scarier in Season Three?

In 2013, Fox's Kevin Bacon drama The Following became the highest-rated new show of the 2012-13 season, kicking off the year of the so-called "limited series." In 2014, the show got major exposure from an airing after the NFC Championship game but still disappointed when it returned to Monday, kicking off the year of the limited series sophomore slump. And tonight, it becomes the first example of what happens when a limited series drops huge in season two but still gets renewed anyway. Will The Following's ratings get scarier in season three? That's The Question for Monday, March 2, 2015.

The Question, Sunday 3/1/15: Will the New Sunday Series Be Well-Kept Secrets?

It's the first Sunday after the Oscars, which means it's time for the broadcast networks to start programming original series on Sunday again. It's often a multiple-premiere night, and on this evening there are three: the two-hour premiere of ABC mystery drama Secrets and Lies, CBS comedic procedural Battle Creek and Fox post-apocalyptic comedy The Last Man On Earth.

This was a big night a year ago, as ABC got a huge 3.8 opening from new drama Resurrection and Fox was very much on the map with the documentary series Cosmos. But I'm far more down on this batch of series than I even was on last year's crop before they happened. Two of them will have to self-start; Battle Creek and Last Man will both probably have lead-ins that are (perhaps significantly) smaller than the required number. Only Secrets and Lies follows a series (Once Upon a Time) that is likely to go over, and I'm not sold ABC can get the Once audience interested or make this child murder concept work where others have failed. But it only takes one strong showing for "Over" to cash. Will the new Sunday series be well-kept Secrets? That's The Question for Sunday, March 1, 2015.