'Sleepy Hollow' ratings see crazy DVR lift
We keep seeing bigger and biggest numbers for how much DVR is boosting TV ratings these days.
But this is the biggest we’ve seen yet this fall: The Sept. 26 second episode of Fox’s Sleepy Hollow grew 71 percent in the ratings. When the next-day ratings were reported after its telecast, Hollow had a 3.1 rating among adults 18-49 — a firmly good number. But now that the seven-day numbers are in, the fantasy crime procedural has jumped to a 5.3 rating (full chart of all shows below).
The outsized Hollow leap also made a difference in the overall weekly horse race, ratcheting Hollow up five notches in the rankings, coming pretty close that week to NBC’s Voice-fueled The Blacklist (5.5) which also airs Monday nights.
The next-day ratings have definitely been getting more shaky this season as a measurement of overall popularity. Make no mistake: Hits are still hits. And Lucky 7 is still Lucky 7 (ABC didn’t even wait to see full DVR data before yanking that one, and CBS didn’t need this data before pulling We Are Men, either). But the squishy middle ground is increasingly prone to seismic shifts.
Here’s a full chart of all the DVR gains from premiere week:
| NET | SHOW | 7-DAY RATING | NEXT DAY RATING | PERCENT CHANGE |
| CBS | BIG BANG THEORY, THE-SPCL | 8.6 | 6.1 | +41% |
| CBS | BIG BANG THEORY, THE | 7.8 | 5.5 | +42% |
| NBC | NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL | 7.6 | 7.6 | Even |
| ABC | MARVEL AGENTS S.H.I.E.L.D | 7.0 | 4.7 | +49% |
| FOX | FOX NFL SUNDAY-PST GN-NAT | 6.8 | 6.8 | Even |
| ABC | MODERN FAMILY SP-9/25 | 6.5 | 4.3 | +51% |
| ABC | MODERN FAMILY | 6.2 | 4.1 | +51% |
| NBC | VOICE | 6.1 | 5.1 | +20% |
| NBC | VOICE-TUE | 5.7 | 4.7 | +21% |
| NBC | BLACKLIST | 5.5 | 3.8 | +45% |
| NBC | SUNDAY NIGHT NFL PRE-KICK | 5.5 | 5.5 | Even |
| CBS | CRAZY ONES, THE | 5.4 | 3.9 | +38% |
| FOX | SLEEPY HOLLOW | 5.3 | 3.1 | +71% |
| ABC | GREY’S ANATOMY | 5.1 | 3.4 | +50% |
| CBS | NCIS | 4.8 | 3.6 | +33% |
| FOX | OT, THE | 4.8 | 4.8 | Even |
| CBS | HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER | 4.7 | 3.7 | +27% |
| ABC | GOLDBERGS, THE | 4.1 | 3.1 | +32% |
| NBC | FOOTBALL NT AMERICA PT 3 | 4.1 | 4.1 | Even |
| CBS | CRIMINAL MINDS | 4.1 | 2.8 | +46% |
| CBS | 2 BROKE GIRLS | 3.9 | 2.8 | +39% |
| CBS | TWO AND A HALF MEN | 3.8 | 2.9 | +31% |
| ABC | ONCE UPON A TIME | 3.8 | 2.6 | +46% |
| NBC | LAW AND ORDER:SVU | 3.8 | 2.7 | +41% |
| NBC | CHICAGO FIRE | 3.7 | 2.7 | +37% |
| CBS | NCIS: LOS ANGELES | 3.6 | 3.0 | +20% |
| CBS | ELEMENTARY | 3.5 | 2.1 | +67% |
| ABC | REVENGE | 3.5 | 2.3 | +52% |
| ABC | CASTLE | 3.4 | 2.2 | +55% |
| FOX | NEW GIRL | 3.4 | 2.1 | +62% |
| FOX | FAMILY GUY | 3.4 | 2.6 | +31% |
| CBS | MOM | 3.4 | 2.5 | +36% |
| CBS | PERSON OF INTEREST | 3.3 | 2.3 | +43% |
| FOX | SIMPSONS | 3.2 | 2.9 | +10% |
| CBS | SURVIVOR | 3.2 | 2.4 | +33% |
| FOX | GLEE | 3.2 | 2.0 | +60% |
| ABC | NASHVILLE | 3.2 | 2.0 | +60% |
| NBC | MICHAEL J FOX SHOW | 3.1 | 2.2 | +41% |
| CBS | CSI | 3.1 | 2.0 | +55% |
| FOX | X-FACTOR-WED | 3.0 | 2.5 | +20% |
| ABC | MIDDLE, THE | 3.0 | 2.5 | +20% |
| CBS | HOSTAGES | 3.0 | 1.8 | +67% |
| ABC | TROPHY WIFE | 2.9 | 2.3 | +26% |
| NBC | REVOLUTION | 2.9 | 1.8 | +61% |
| FOX | BROOKLYN NINE-NINE | 2.8 | 1.8 | +56% |
| NBC | PARENTHOOD | 2.7 | 1.6 | +69% |
| ABC | DANCING WITH THE STARS | 2.6 | 2.3 | +13% |
| FOX | AMERICAN DAD | 2.6 | 2.1 | +24% |
| FOX | BONES | 2.6 | 1.9 | +37% |
| FOX | X-FACTOR-THU | 2.6 | 2.1 | +24% |
| ABC | SHARK TANK | 2.6 | 2.0 | +30% |
| FOX | BOB’S BURGERS | 2.5 | 2.2 | +14% |
| FOX | MASTERCHEF JUNIOR | 2.5 | 1.6 | +56% |
| ABC | BACK IN THE GAME | 2.5 | 2.2 | +14% |
| CBS | MENTALIST, THE | 2.5 | 1.6 | +56% |
| CBS | BLUE BLOODS | 2.4 | 1.7 | +41% |
| CBS | HAWAII FIVE-0 | 2.4 | 1.6 | +50% |
| CBS | AMAZING RACE | 2.4 | 2.0 | +20% |
| FOX | MINDY PROJECT | 2.2 | 1.5 | +47% |
| ABC | SAT NIGHT FOOTBALL | 2.2 | 2.2 | Even |
| ABC | BETRAYAL | 2.1 | 1.5 | +40% |
| FOX | DADS | 2.1 | 1.5 | +40% |
| NBC | FOOTBALL NT AMERICA PT 2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | Even |
| NBC | PARKS AND RECREATION | 2.0 | 1.3 | +54% |
| CBS | GOOD WIFE, THE | 2.0 | 1.5 | +33% |
| CBS | UNDERCOVER BOSS | 1.9 | 1.6 | +19% |
| ABC | LAST MAN STANDING | 1.8 | 1.2 | +50% |
| ABC | ONCE UPON A TIME SP-9/29 | 1.7 | 1.4 | +21% |
| NBC | DATELINE FRI | 1.5 | 1.3 | +15% |
| ABC | LUCKY 7 | 1.5 | 1.3 | +15% |
| ABC | MARVEL AGENTS SHIELD-9/26 | 1.5 | 1.2 | +25% |
| CBS | 60 MINUTES | 1.4 | 1.4 | Even |
| ABC | NEIGHBORS, THE | 1.3 | 1.0 | +30% |
| ABC | 20/20-FRI | 1.3 | 1.2 | +8% |
| ABC | SAT NIGHT FTBL PRE-GAME | 1.1 | 1.1 | Even |
| CBS | 48 HOURS | 1.1 | 1.0 | +10% |
| FOX | SLEEPY HOLLOW-FRI | 1.0 | 0.9 | +11% |
| NBC | SNL PRIME-SAT | 0.9 | 0.8 | +13% |
| CBS | COMEDYTIME SATURDAY 1 | 0.9 | 0.8 | +13% |
| NBC | BLACKLIST-SAT | 0.9 | 0.8 | +13% |
| NBC | MICHAEL J FOX SHOW-FRI | 0.9 | 0.8 | +13% |
| CBS | COMEDYTIME SATURDAY 2 | 0.8 | 0.8 | Even |
| CBS | CRIMETIME SATURDAY | 0.7 | 0.7 | Even |
| CW | WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY | 0.6 | 0.5 | +20% |
| CW | AMERICA’S TOP MOD-14 G&G | 0.6 | 0.4 | +50% |
| NBC | CHICAGO FIRE-SAT | 0.5 | 0.5 | Even |
| CW | WHOSE LINE IS IT-ENC | 0.5 | 0.4 | +25% |
| CW | ARROW | 0.4 | 0.3 | +33% |
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