As November sweeps kicks off, it's time for this season's first full edition of the True Power Rankings! I line up every
entertainment program in broadcast primetime by network/category using
my timeslot metric True, offering some thoughts on the ratings strength of
the shows. As on the Weekly True Power Rankings, these True2 and A18-49 numbers are averages of the last third
of the season's episodes to date rounded up, which weeds out inflated
early episodes that don't really matter anymore. This year, I'm also
including the year-to-year trend for the season to date and the "skew"
(or percent of the total audience within the 18-49 demo). The number of
episodes in
the average is listed under "Counted Eps." These numbers are all through October 27.
Other October True Power Rankings: ABC | CBS | NBC | Fox | CW
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Spotted Ratings, Wednesday 10/30/13
WHAT MATTERS:
- Game 6 of the World Series gave Fox a 39% bounce relative to Game 5, but that's pretty typical for a Game 6 under the current scheduling by day (see chart below). We've talked in the past about how the WS has "have" and "have-not" matchups; the verdict on this World Series is that it essentially put up "have-not" numbers (albeit better than the 2012 ones) even though it had what should've been a better matchup, which perhaps goes to show the damage that's been done to the sport in recent years. And the result means no Game 7 on Thursday. It's a bit of a relief for the other networks, who will already be dealing with a Halloween-related viewing depression.
- The World Series appeared to have a bit of an effect on other networks, especially CBS (down across the board) and the CW, where Arrow and The Tomorrow People dipped again. My gut says that baseball shouldn't be affecting the CDub shows that much, but the good news is we get to see how they come back next week.
- On ABC, a Modern Family repeat at 9/8c led to a relatively normal (or after finals, maybe slightly above normal) drop from Super Fun Night, though it looks worse in light of how well The Goldbergs held up with a similar lead-in drop the previous night. And 10/9c occupant Nashville followed its depressed lead-in down again.
ABC True Power Rankings, October 2013
As November sweeps kicks off, it's time for this season's first full edition of the True Power Rankings! I line up every
entertainment program in broadcast primetime by network/category using
my timeslot metric True, offering some thoughts on the ratings strength of
the shows. As on the Weekly True Power Rankings, these True and A18-49 numbers are averages of the last third
of the season's episodes to date rounded up, which weeds out inflated early episodes that don't really matter anymore. This year, I'm also including the year-to-year trend for the season to date and the "skew" (or percent of the total audience within the 18-49 demo). The number of episodes in
the average is listed under "Counted Eps." These numbers are all through October 27.
Other October True Power Rankings: ABC | CBS | NBC | Fox | CW
Other October True Power Rankings: ABC | CBS | NBC | Fox | CW
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Spotted Ratings, Tuesday 10/29/13
WHAT MATTERS:
- ABC's been looking for something, anything, that would help them get behind some of their disappointing new comedies. And they may have found it on this night, as The Goldbergs was steady despite a 1.5-point drop in lead-in as Agents of SHIELD went into repeats. And Trophy Wife actually picked up by two tenths. There were a couple other factors here (Fox's comedy block wasn't on, and Halloween episodes are often good for ratings), but overall the results can probably be called mildly positive, which is far better than anything these shows (or the other new comedies) have posted in the last couple weeks.
- Fox tried unsuccessfully to keep The X Factor lights on during World Series season with a special Tuesday episode, which (like last year) went significantly below the Wednesday norm. This episode was over a third below last year's Tuesday tryout on 10/23/12 (2.3) and didn't do any better than the usual Tuesday comedy block ratings.
- NBC suffered a bit more on Tuesday with The Biggest Loser and a two-hour The Voice down again; maybe the added reality competition, weak as it was, contributed a bit.
- And opposite The Voice, Person of Interest had a weak showing even as the NCIS duo were even to barely up, though the upward adjustment in finals softened the blow a bit.
The True Top 25, Week Ending 10/27/13 (2013-14 Week Five)
The World Series crashed the top of the True Top 25 charts, with all four games ranking in the top eight. However, it didn't go any higher than #3 as usual leaders Sunday Night Football and The Big Bang Theory stayed in their usual spots. (Though TBBT nearly edged out a very weak SNF game.) We'll see if Game 6 and a possible Game 7 can go high enough to take the crown in week six. In a down week for Scandal, Grey's Anatomy had a rare turn with the True drama crown.
We dropped off to just three new shows on the list in week five as Sleepy Hollow took its first of two straight weeks off, though Mom and The Crazy Ones were both knockin' on the door. (And the Dracula premiere was not that far off itself.) Grimm's premiere made it two regular Friday programs, joining Shark Tank (which hit a True season high thanks to impressively tying its raw numbers high after a repeat The Neighbors).
We dropped off to just three new shows on the list in week five as Sleepy Hollow took its first of two straight weeks off, though Mom and The Crazy Ones were both knockin' on the door. (And the Dracula premiere was not that far off itself.) Grimm's premiere made it two regular Friday programs, joining Shark Tank (which hit a True season high thanks to impressively tying its raw numbers high after a repeat The Neighbors).
Spotted Ratings, Sunday 10/27/13
WHAT MATTERS:
- On the highest-viewed night of the season to date, Game 4 of the World Series was down by a tick from the fourth and final game of last year's Series, mostly because the game built big toward the conclusion.
- The Series has somewhat lucked out because the NFL has offered some truly terrible primetime games against it this year, including a season low Sunday Night Football that saw Green Bay easily handle Minnesota. That number meant that even with The Walking Dead (6.8) dropping a bit again in week three, it was able to hold off SNF for the first time.
Spotted Ratings, Saturday 10/26/13
WHAT MATTERS:
- Against the World Series (up 18% vs. last year's third game), ABC's Saturday Night Football Ohio State posted a terrible number. After a string of good games to the start the season, SNF has caught the blowout bug as Ohio State won by 49. It started at an OK 1.6 in the 8:30 half-hour, but viewers bailed immediately as it dropped to a 1.2 at 9:00 and below 1.0 in the 10:00 hour. The Series, meanwhile, went up to a 3.5 in the 10:00 hour.
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
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