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SpotVault - Motive (ABC) - Summer 2013 Ratings

noreply@blogger.com (Spot) — Sat, 25 May 2013 14:59:00 +0000

Motive

Thursdays, 9/8c, ABC

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SpotVault - Rookie Blue (ABC) - Summer 2013 Ratings

noreply@blogger.com (Spot) — Sat, 25 May 2013 14:56:00 +0000

Rookie Blue

Thursdays, 10/9c, ABC

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SpotVault - Save Me (NBC) - Summer 2013 Ratings

noreply@blogger.com (Spot) — Sat, 25 May 2013 14:52:00 +0000

Save Me

Thursdays, 8/7c, NBC

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SpotVault - Does Someone Have To Go? (Fox) - Summer 2013 Ratings

noreply@blogger.com (Spot) — Sat, 25 May 2013 14:50:00 +0000

Does Someone Have To Go?

Thursdays, 9/8c, Fox

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SpotVault - MasterChef (Fox) - Summer 2013 Ratings

noreply@blogger.com (Spot) — Sat, 25 May 2013 14:45:00 +0000

MasterChef

Wednesdays, 8/7c, Fox

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SpotVault - So You Think You Can Dance (Fox) - Summer 2013 Ratings

noreply@blogger.com (Spot) — Sat, 25 May 2013 14:38:00 +0000

So You Think You Can Dance

Tuesdays, 8/7c, Fox

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SpotVault - Wipeout (ABC) - Summer 2013 Ratings

noreply@blogger.com (Spot) — Sat, 25 May 2013 14:35:00 +0000

Wipeout

Thursdays, 8/7c, ABC

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Spotted Ratings, Thursday 5/23/13

noreply@blogger.com (Spot) — Fri, 24 May 2013 15:47:00 +0000

WHAT MATTERS:

The opening day of summer was pretty crowded with premieres, but few of them drew a lot of interest. Making the biggest splash was Fox's old faithful Hell's Kitchen, which began the summer portion of its season at its highest level since the mid-March premiere. It led into a relatively soft debut from widely derided reality series Does Someone Have to Go?.

ABC was also all original with Motive, which ended up holding its entire post-Dancing with the Stars demo from three days earlier, and the fourth season premiere of fellow co-production Rookie Blue, down a couple tenths from last year.

NBC began its burn-off of sitcom Save Me, which certainly affirmed the notion that it didn't fit at all with NBC's in-season comedies. Its skew was hugely different; it actually had more total viewers than most Community episodes but barely half of the demo rating. Hannibal at 10/9c was roughly even with recent in-season results, which can be spun two very different ways: 1) It held up even though its lead-in was over two points weaker than last week! or 2) It couldn't grow despite facing way less competition from ABC and CBS! Ultimately those two things probably roughly cancel out.

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War of 18-49 Flashback, Arrested Development (Fox, 2003-06)

noreply@blogger.com (Spot) — Fri, 24 May 2013 14:30:00 +0000

ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT (FOX)

Scheduling history: The first two seasons of Arrested Development were part of Fox's Sunday comedy lineup, back in the days when mixing animated and live action comedies was commonplace for Fox. The show's first season aired at 9:30 after what was really the last OK-rated season of Malcolm in the Middle. Arrested then got a decent upgrade in season two, moving to 8:30 and leading out of higher-rated The Simpsons. The 13-episode third season was then asked to fend for itself, leading off the Monday lineup in fall 2005. After it got horrible ratings in that role, Fox infamously burned off the series' final four episodes in a two-hour block against the Opening Ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics.
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Spotted Summer 2013

noreply@blogger.com (Spot) — Fri, 24 May 2013 14:00:00 +0000

Another regular season is in the books!

Next stop: the summer. For those new to the program, this blog always keeps the lights on but transforms quite a bit during the off-season. Here are some details about what's going down in what should be yet another best summer ever:

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Spotted Ratings, Wednesday 5/22/13

noreply@blogger.com (Spot) — Thu, 23 May 2013 15:48:00 +0000

WHAT MATTERS:

The finale-filled last day of the 2012-13 regular season wasn't all that exciting. Nobody had a spike of note, and most shows were even to a little bit up from last week, from The Middle to Modern Family to Law and Order: SVU to Criminal Minds to Nashville. The only noticeable finale dropper was Chicago Fire, probably nicked by tougher than usual CBS competition in the second half of Minds.

Fox continued its early transition to summer with the return of MasterChef, which was down a couple ticks from last summer's premiere and identical with the spring premiere of fellow Gordon Ramsay show Hell's Kitchen (2.1/2.3 on March 15).

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The Climate, Weeks 33/34

noreply@blogger.com (Spot) — Thu, 23 May 2013 14:00:00 +0000

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Spotted Ratings, Tuesday 5/21/13

noreply@blogger.com (Spot) — Wed, 22 May 2013 21:50:00 +0000

WHAT MATTERS:

ABC bid farewell to the Tuesday edition of Dancing with the Stars with a finale that went just a tick above Monday's episode and was down 18% year-to-year. It appears to have been hurt by all the musical reality competition in the 9:00 hour, as it preliminary spiked from a 2.3 at 9:30 up to a 2.7 at 10:00 and a 2.9 at 10:30.

Meanwhile, Fox's So You Think You Can Dance grew a tick week-to-week in its first two-hour edition of the season (though it was down from the post-Idol Wednesday ep) and didn't seem to suffer against the competition at 9:00. And NBC led off with an Oklahoma-themed news special, which matched last week's The Voice recap and easily handled ABC's competing special about The Bachelor (which basically matched last week's Wipeout).

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Spotted Ratings, Monday 5/20/13

noreply@blogger.com (Spot) — Wed, 22 May 2013 21:49:00 +0000

WHAT MATTERS:

The last Monday of the regular season was highlighted by the transition to summer, as ABC premiered Motive in the 10:00 hour at 40% behind last week's Castle numbers, while Fox began its burn-off of The Goodwin Games. Motive will have to hope to stay near this level in its regular Thursday slot, and the best case to make for that actually happening is that ABC mostly promoted the show's Thursday premiere rather than last night's "preview."

With the finale tonight, ABC had a nice final Monday bounce from Dancing with the Stars.

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The Question, Wednesday 5/22/13: Can Fox Premiere Masterfully On a Night of Finales?

noreply@blogger.com (Spot) — Wed, 22 May 2013 18:00:00 +0000

Many scripted season finales populate the final night of the 2012-13 regular season, but I'm opting for the biggest unknown: the return of Fox's Gordon Ramsay show MasterChef. It's been a bit weaker than Hell's Kitchen and stronger than So You Think You Can Dance, so I'm going in the middle of their respective 2.2 and 1.9 premieres this regular season. It has surprisingly little competition at 8:00, but it'll be hard-pressed to grow at 9:00 vs. the Modern Family/Criminal Minds/SVU finale gauntlet.

Over/Under: 2.05.

The True Top 25, Week Ending 5/19/13 (2012-13 Week 34)

noreply@blogger.com (Spot) — Wed, 22 May 2013 13:33:00 +0000

In the last full week of the 2012-13 season, The Big Bang Theory had one last big win, spiking in the True2 numbers thanks to greater competition than usual. Once the TV event of the season, Thursday's finale of American Idol was a very distant second and could've easily been even lower. Several other shows like NCIS, How I Met Your Mother and The Office were hugely above average thanks to impressive finale bumps.

The season finale of Shark Tank finished off an incredible season with one last berth to represent Friday night programming, while a very impressive penultimate week of Chicago Fire managed to eke out a spot for the underwhelming new class of 2012-13. The return of So You Think You Can Dance managed the #24 spot (with the Tuesday premiere just a hundredth behind at #26).
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Spotted Ratings, Sunday 5/19/13

noreply@blogger.com (Spot) — Wed, 22 May 2013 13:03:00 +0000

WHAT MATTERS:

Awards shows remain one of the best (only?) ways the broadcast networks can draw viewers to Sunday. ABC's Billboard Music Awards were up a whooping 30% from last year's 2.7 and the show's biggest rating since December 2003 (when it aired on Fox). They nearly doubled last week's ABC drama finales. CBS curiously aired an ACM Tim McGraw special against it and didn't do much.

The other two networks wrapped up their seasons of Sunday entertainment programs with Celebrity Apprentice only barely growing week-to-week and Fox hosting one-hour finales for The Cleveland Show, The Simpsons and Family Guy. The last two were close to even year-to-year, but Celebrity Apprentice was down huge from last year's 2.2.

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Spotted Ratings, Saturday 5/18/13

noreply@blogger.com (Spot) — Wed, 22 May 2013 13:00:00 +0000

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Spotted Ratings, Friday 5/17/13

noreply@blogger.com (Spot) — Wed, 22 May 2013 12:56:00 +0000

WHAT MATTERS:

It was mostly an unscripted game on the season's last Friday, with ABC comfortably winning thanks to two hours of Shark Tank and 20/20. The 8:00 episode in a special hour was way below average, but it still held off CBS' Undercover Boss, which was similarly weak.

Most of the Friday scripted excitement either wrapped up earlier or got moved to another night; the finale of Nikita was the only scripted original, though it held its 0.4 in finals to pull off a +100% week-to-week.

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The Question, Tuesday 5/21/13: Will the Dancing Finale Get a Gold Star?

noreply@blogger.com (Spot) — Tue, 21 May 2013 18:00:00 +0000

Tonight brings what may be the last-ever airing of Dancing with the Stars on Tuesday night. While the last couple Dancing finales have spiked to 3.0+ from seasons in the 2's, those finales also completely avoided The Voice. This one has to face it head-to-head in the 9:00 hour, along with So You Think You Can Dance. However, DWTS may draw more of those viewers than normal since The Voice's season still has a few weeks to go. That seemed to be in play for Monday's airing, which grew to a preliminary 2.5.

Over/Under: 2.75.

2013 Fall Matchups

noreply@blogger.com (Spot) — Tue, 21 May 2013 14:30:00 +0000

For a fourth straight year, here's a lineup of every timeslot (except Saturdays) and some really quick reactions to how the matchups look. Here are the previous editions: 2010 | 2011 | 2012
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The Question, Monday 5/20/13: Will Viewers Find a Motive to Watch ABC This Summer?

noreply@blogger.com (Spot) — Mon, 20 May 2013 18:00:00 +0000

Two summer scripted programs premiere tonight, but ABC's Canadian co-production Motive is the one with an actual realistic shot. The promos are generic; a new murder every week? Mind blown!! But if there's anywhere you want to premiere a generic procedural on ABC, it's after Dancing with the Stars. I seriously doubt this'll be able to sniff at Castle numbers, but it should be able to sniff at Body of Proof numbers, at least for the first episode.

Over/Under: 1.45.

The Question Results Through 5/16/13

noreply@blogger.com (Spot) — Sun, 19 May 2013 16:00:00 +0000

With three games to go in the regular season (one each on Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday), the top spot is not quite clinched yet and the race for third place is even more up in the air! Here are the results and individual standings through May 16 for the ratings prediction game The Question:
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2013 Upfront Answers, General Thoughts

noreply@blogger.com (Spot) — Fri, 17 May 2013 18:00:00 +0000

All of this week's Upfront Answers: NBC | Fox | ABC | CBS | CW

Thanks so much to everyone for reading, commenting, linking and RTing all of this upfront stuff. It keeps getting so much bigger every year, which is hugely flattering. I'll have my annual super-quick look at the matchups next week, but this post is the "official" end of the upfront coverage. Here are some final thoughts on the week as a whole:

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Spotted Ratings, Thursday 5/16/13

noreply@blogger.com (Spot) — Fri, 17 May 2013 16:40:00 +0000

WHAT MATTERS:

The finale of American Idol adjusted up in finals to a 3.6 demo, down a ridiculous 44% from last season's final episode. As I said yesterday, don't crucify the show over this individual point, because most Idol finales have faced almost no competition, and this one faced a ton. This was roughly what most of you expected, actually. Crucify it over the fact that it's been down a third or more year-to-year even in recent weeks when it faced almost no competition. Either way, it will not be a fun off-season for the Fox brass as they try to stabilize this sinking ship.

Meanwhile, NBC sent off The Office at easily its highest level of the season. It's the show's best rating since the middle of last season. And the 8:00 retrospective special was close to in line with the season's original average (and a big improvement over the usual 8/7c occupants). But the bigger lead-in didn't help Hannibal at all in a special 10:15-starting episode.

Big finale nights on the other networks were a bit underwhelming, surely due to the hefty competition. For the fourth time in six years The Big Bang Theory was down week-to-week for its season finale (though just by a single tick following a huge finals adjustment), while a two-hour Elementary, Grey's Anatomy, Scandal, The Vampire Diaries and Beauty and the Beast were all only about even week-to-week.

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