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| Rating/Share: Adults 18-49 | 3.0/8 | 3.0/8 | 2.8/8 | 2.2/6 | 1.6/4 | 1.0/3 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-34 | 3.3/10 | 1.9/6 | 2.2/7 | 1.9/6 | 1.7/5 | 1.2/4 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 6.99 | 11.20 | 8.22 | 7.08 | 3.98 | 2.19 |
I still haven't seen all the data, but I have seen all the 18-49 data. Hank premiered with a 2.2/7 adults 18-49 rating and though that sounds a bit soft (and is!) it was still better than both Mercy (2.1), and its sitcom competition, the New Adventures of Old Christine (2.0). At 8:30, The Middle fared a bit better with a 2.5, and that will likely be chalked up by many to being on later. The Middle bested Gary Unmarried on CBS (2.3/7).
FOX's: So You Think You Can Dance and Glee were both up a couple of ticks from last week, SYTYC from a 2.5 to a 2.7; Glee from a 3.0 to a 3.2.
The 9pm-10p block on ABC was down noticeably from the overnight numbers last week (they changed in the finals, but both had 4.3 ratings in the overnight reporting last week), but were still strong with Modern Family scoring a 3.7, and Cougar Town a 3.6 this week. Demo-wise ABC edged out CBS' during the 9p-10p block with a 3.7 to Criminal Minds' 3.6 rating. But Criminal Minds was the night's most-watched show with 13.6 million. That's also a noticeable drop from last week's 4.2/15.4 million in the overnights.
NBC's Mercy was down a couple of ticks from its series premiere to a 2.1, and Law & Order: SVU held steady from last week with a 2.5. Leno was down a tick from last week's 2.0 rating to a 1.9 rating.
Notably the Melrose Place encore at 9p on the CW were up 0.1 from last week's TBL in adults 18-34 and women 18-34. Earlier in the night on the CW improved over last week by 17% in women 18-34 (2.7/9), 13% in adults 18-34 (1.8/6), 15% in adults 18-49 (1.5/5), and 18% in total viewers (3.3mil). It was ANTM's best performance this cycle in women 18-34 (tie), adults 18-34 and total viewers.
- Conan O'Brien (1.0/4 in 18-49 in local people meters) tied CBS's LATE SHOW (1.0/4) in Nielsen's 24 local markets with People Meters. Conan beat LATE SHOW in adults 18-34 (0.8/4 vs. 0.6/3).
- At 12:35 a.m., Jimmy Fallon (0.6/4 in 18-49 in local people meters) topped CBS's LATE LATE SHOW (0.5/3). Jimmy also defeated Ferguson in 18-34 (0.5/4 vs. 0.4/2).
Full Details:
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating/Share | Viewers (Millons) |
| 8:00 | FOX | So You Think You Can Dance | 2.7/8 | 6.66 |
| ABC | Hank (series premiere) | 2.2/7 | 8.46 | |
| NBC | Mercy | 2.1/6 | 7.35 | |
| CBS | New Adventures of Old Christine | 2.0/6 | 7.20 | |
| CW | America's Next Top Model | 1.5/5 | 3.31 | |
| 8:30 | ABC | The Middle (series premiere) | 2.5/7 | 8.60 |
| CBS | Gary Unmarried | 2.3/7 | 7.08 | |
| 9:00 | ABC | Modern Family | 3.7/10 | 9.91 |
| CBS | Criminal Minds | 3.6/10 | 13.60 | |
| FOX | Glee | 3.2/9 | 7.32 | |
| NBC | Law & Order: SVU | 2.5/7 | 7.90 | |
| CW | Melrose Place (R) | 0.5/1 | 1.08 | |
| 9:30 | ABC | Cougar Town | 3.6/9 | 9.14 |
| 10:00 | CBS | CSI: NY | 3.2/9 | 12.87 |
| ABC | Eastwick | 2.4/7 | 6.62 | |
| NBC | The Jay Leno Show | 1.9/5 | 5.99 |
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Wow, was every show down from last week?
Don’t forget the (series premiere) label for The Middle.
“The Middle” was surprisingly good – it had a “Malcolm in the Middle” vibe to it, and it was funny & touching at the same time. I was genuinely impressed.
Nice to see the other ABC comedies holding up quite well too!
@robert
eastwick’s 2.5 is it good for abc or not???
Woo for Glee! Up in 18-49
I thought “The Middle” was unbelievably boring, and “Hank” was as well, however I’ll give both a second chance considering they were both premiere episodes.
Emily24 will be upset; Glee’s numbers went up!
wow, repeats of the low-rated MELROSE PLACE – a day later – are about even with brand new episodes of BEAUTIFUL LIFE.
Maybe CW’s plan will work – and get more eyeballs on MP after TOP MODEL. It’s doubtful the same people that watched Tuesday caught it again Wednesday. ; )
ABC’s comedy Wednesdays are faring better this season that last; I’
d imagine they are happy with that overall.
And LENO has held his ground this week.
Good for Modern Family and Cougar Town. Not so good for Eastwick. Will it continue to fall next week, or was this just the initial tune out and it will now be pretty stable? (At 2.4 it beats Castle, The Forgotten and Ugly Betty, most likely, in terms of dramas. Will that be enough to keep it around? Ugly Betty’s not going anywhere, and ABC has several shows coming in midseason.)
WOW @ SVU! NBC is killing their only “successful” drama with that Leno crap.
ANTM was up over last week, but that’s about it.
And to second my comment – why is the CW wasting the ANTM lead-out on repeats? Are they really that stupid? New episodes of MP should be there, if anything.
Julia, on a % basis Cougar Town and Eastwick both fell 20% in the 18-49 demo.
The CW is pathetic. MP’s ratings won’t improve. They used the same strategy with 90210 last year and look at the awful ratings it did by the end of its first season.
MP will stay under the 2 million with or without repeats and with or without Amanda.
DAWN needs to go ASAP.
Hank was horrible, I only see it going down from here. The Middle was cute, but it may be hurt by having Hank as a lead in. Modern Family and Cougar Town held up very well. And Eastwick was on par for ABC at 10PM. NBC can’t be happy with SVU’s numbers, but at the same time a 2.5 is decent for NBC which is really sad. And I think CW made the right move replacing TBL with MP, the numbers are low but on par with what TBL did.
I have a feeling that emily24 is upset (or plays at being upset) no matter what
All the abc comedies are going to drop again next week when Hank loses its premiere week sampling surge and the other comedies have less of a lead in. It’s probably going to take us about 2 more weeks till we find out where the leveling off points are.
NBC is being ground into a fine paste on Wednesdays. Mercy is DOA, SVU has gone from champion to chump. Leno’s the bright spot at a 1.9 rating!
I DVR (or watch live) the Saturday night repeat of L&O: SVU, because of the competition on Wed. nights. I wonder if others do the same? I think SVU needs that 10pm slot, it usually beat the competition didn’t it?
I’m completely stunned that SVU was flat. I guess it has permanently lost a good portion of viewers to Modern Family and Criminal Minds then? What a shame. Just looks really, really bad for NBC. On the plus side, Leno’s performance continues to surprise me.
And Eastwick looks to be dead.
How long until Kelsey Grammer starts claiming that ABC mis-promoted his show?