Monday Ratings: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Premieres Crazy Low

The Ratings Junkie

Time	Show Name	Network	A 18-49 Rating	Last Week’s 18-49
8	The Big Bang Theory	CBS	3.8	3.7
	The Voice	NBC	2.7	2.6
	Dancing with the Stars	ABC	1.6	1.6
	Gotham	FOX	1.5	1.5
	Crazy Ex-Girlfriend	CW	0.4	0.7* (LY)
8:30	The Voice	NBC	3.2	3.1
	Life in Pieces	CBS	1.9	1.9
	Dancing with the Stars	ABC	1.7	1.8
	Gotham	FOX	1.5	1.5
	Crazy Ex-Girlfriend	CW	0.4	0.7* (LY)
9	The Voice	NBC	3.3	3.5
	Dancing with the Stars	ABC	1.8	1.8
	Scorpion	CBS	1.8	1.8
	Minority Report	FOX	0.7	0.8
	Jane the Virgin	CW	0.4	0.6 (LY)
9:30	The Voice	NBC	3.5	3.5
	Dancing with the Stars	ABC	1.9	1.8
	Scorpion	CBS	1.8	1.8
	Minority Report	FOX	0.7	0.7
	Jane the Virgin	CW	0.5	0.6 (LY)
10	Blindspot	NBC	2.7	2.7
	Castle	ABC	1.3	1.4
	NCIS: Los Angeles	CBS	1.2	1.3
10:30	Blindspot	NBC	2.4	2.2
	NCIS: Los Angeles	CBS	1.1	1.2
	Castle	ABC	1.1	1.1

11:35	The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon	NBC	1.1	1.0
	Jimmy Kimmel Live	ABC	0.5	0.5
	Late Show with Stephen Colbert	CBS	0.4	0.5
12:35	Late Night with Seth Meyers	NBC	0.5	0.4
	Nightline	ABC	0.3	0.3
	Late Late Show with James Corden	CBS	0.3	0.2

(R): Rerun
(LY): The numbers are from last year's finale
Please note that last year's numbers are taken from the whole hour statistics, not the half-hours.

*The 0.7s last year in the time slot for Crazy Ex-Girlfriend are for when The Originals occupied the spot.

Primetime ratings from ShowBuzzDaily, late night ratings from TVbytheNumbers and will be added shortly. Last week's late night ratings from TVAholics.

IMDb

As we are already in the fourth week of the story, the biggest news here was the series premiere of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (0.3) on The CW, followed by the season premiere of low-rated critical darling Jane the Virgin (0.4). The 0.3 for the former was certainly headline-worthy, and any drop from its premiere should be a 101% chance of cancellation. On the bright side: it did hold in the half-hours.

ABC's long-running Dancing with the Stars had a 1.6 in the first hour and a 1.8 in the last hour, following a super-cool 1.6/1.7/1.8/1.9 half-hour trend. Unfortunately, Castle (1.2) is continuing to struggle despite that respectable lead-in, and even managed to see a two-tenth half-hour drop. It is currently at the back of the pack in terms of ratings for ABC shows, and my guess is its swan song may be arriving shortly.

On CBS, The Big Bang Theory (3.8) continues to hold supreme, even though it dropped eight tenths from its year-ago prelim. Meanwhile, Life in Pieces (1.9) continues to hold a 50% retention rate, and although tied its performance last week, is down a full ratings point from the Big Bang Theory RERUN that aired in the time slot a year ago. My guess is that this one will not make it to Thursdays, and will either be pulled from the schedule when The Big Bang Theory moves or after a Big Bang-less Monday airing or two. Read the comments for my best midseason guess at the very moment.

On NBC, The Voice (3.0/3.4) continues to perform strong, with three of its four half-hours either even or tied with its week-ago performance. Blindspot (2.5) also managed slightly better half-hour retention this week, only dropping three tenths at 10:30 instead of five.

Finally, I would write an analysis for FOX but all there is to know is that Gotham (1.5) is slumping just as much as it was last week, and Minority Report (0.7) is still performing worse than any other Big 4 show. But at least it has settled now!

What do you think of these ratings? Agree or disagree with my analysis? Let me know in the comments and maybe it will be featured as the Comment of the Week!