After decisively winning the first week of the TV season, NBC slipped a bit in week 2, thanks to a weaker Tuesday as a result of The Voice not airing a new episode that night.
The big story this week was how TV show ratings were falling across the board. Between the four major networks, there are 55 hours of primetime programing a week (FOX only programs shows for 8pm and 9pm). This week, only 8 hours of television managed to improve on their viewership from last week. The programs that improved were "The Voice", "Animal Practice", "Guys With Kids", "Glee", "The Office", "Parks and Recreation", "The Big Bang Theory", "Two And A Half Men", "Person of Interest", and "Shark Tank". All other programs either maintained their rating or fell, and some notable shows crashed hard.
The ABC Wednesday sitcoms that aired last week (The Middle and The Neighbors) both fell without Modern Family to anchor the night (due to the Debate). Those shows fell 24% and 38% respectively in the ratings. Although they still received 8 million and 6 million viewers apiece, the shows skewed towards older viewers which doesn't bring in advertisers.
Thursday night featured the biggest falls for new and established TV programs. New shows had their standard post-premier drop-offs ("Elementary" dropped 16% and "Last Resort" dropped 18%), but the most notable drop had to be that of NBC's critically acclaimed sitcom "30 Rock", which in it's season premier dropped 28% from it's season finale. Ratings don't matter much here though since this is the program's final season.
Friday, which is television's least watched night and known as the graveyard where shows network's don't care about go to die, also had some big drops. The CBS dramas "Made In Jersey" and "Blue Bloods" fell by 28% and 20% respectively. Friday also saw the night a network improved on last week's ratings (other than Wednesday which is being discounted because of the debate). That network was ABC, whose slight ratings increase was due to more people watching "Shark Tank".
Overall, the TV networks all came crashing down to earth in week 2 of the TV season, some falling harder than others. Week 3 is important in establishing trends in viewership, and this is the week we should start to see shows cancelled.
Monday Ratings:
http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/10/02/tv-ratings-monday-the-voice-hawaii-five-0-up-revolution-2-broke-girls-drop-a-bit-dancing-with-the-stars-partners-the-mob-doctor-fall/150950/
Tuesday Ratings:
http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/10/03/tv-ratings-tuesday-new-girl-steady-raising-hope-debuts-down-hart-of-dixie-debut-solid-ncis-the-mindy-project-down/151317/
Wednesday Ratings:
http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/10/04/tv-ratings-wednesday-supernatural-premiere-steadyx-factor-flat-animal-practice-guys-with-kids-up-the-middle-the-neighbors-down-plus-presidential-debate-coverage/151499/
Thursday Ratings:
http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/10/05/tv-ratings-thursday-big-bang-theory-wins-night-person-of-interest-glee-two-and-a-half-men-up-greys-anatomy-last-resort-down30-rock-premieres-low/151677/
Friday Ratings:
http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/10/06/tv-ratings-friday-shark-tank-rises-wins-night-fringe-down-grimm-steady-made-in-jersey-falls/151819/
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