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| Rating: Adults 18-49 | 3.1/8 | 3.0/8 | 2.3/6 | 2.1/6 | 1.2/3 | 0.9/2 |
| Rating: Adults 18-34 | 3.4/10 | 2.0/6 | 1.9/6 | 1.7/5 | 1.4/4 | 0.9/3 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 7.30 | 11.26 | 6.73 | 7.42 | 3.40 | 1.99 |
FOX took the night in both the adults 18-49 and 18-34 demographics, with CBS winning the most viewers for the night.
Almost everything ticked up at least a little bit from last week, even NBC's Mercy, which went up from a 1.8 adults 18-49 rating to a 2.0. Modern Family had the most robust gain jumping from a 3.2 a 3.6. So You Think You Can Dance was up from a 2.5 last week to a 2.8 last night and CSI: NY also experienced a 3 tick gain going from a 2.9 last week to a 3.2 last night.
Hank was flat at a 1.6, same as last week and Eastwick was down a tick from a 1.8 to a 1.7 and was edged out by tied The Jay Leno Show's 1.7. Jay is holding his own against scripted content on ABC a couple of nights a week! Take that, scripted!
Earlier in the night The Middle was down a tick from last week to a 2.0.
All above comparisons are preliminary numbers vs.preliminary numbers.
Late Night: scandal seems to be Letterman's friend as LATE SHOW again edged out Conan and Tonight Show last night with adults 18-49 (1.0 v. 0.9) in Nielsen's 24 local markets with People Meters. Conan won with adults 18-34 but it was close (0.8 vs. 0.7). Fallon and Ferguson tied with adults 18-49 (0.6 for both) but Fallon had a more commanding lead with adults 18-34 (0.6 vs. 0.4).
Full Details:
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating/Share | Viewers (Millons) |
| 8:00 | FOX | So You Think You Can Dance | 2.8/8 | 7.07 |
| CBS | New Adventures of Old Christine | 2.2/7 | 7.48 | |
| NBC | Mercy | 2.0/6 | 7.32 | |
| ABC | Hank | 1.6/5 | 6.24 | |
| CW | America's Next Top Model | 1.4/4 | 3.09 | |
| 8:30 | ABC | The Middle | 2.0/6 | 6.75 |
| CBS | Gary Unmarried | 2.4/7 | 7.39 | |
| 9:00 | CBS | Criminal Minds | 3.6/9 | 13.41 |
| ABC | Modern Family | 3.6/9 | 9.29 | |
| FOX | Glee | 3.3/9 | 7.54 | |
| NBC | Law & Order: SVU | 2.7/7 | 8.78 | |
| CW | Melrose Place (R) | 0.4/4 | 0.88 | |
| 9:30 | ABC | Cougar Town | 3.2/8 | 7.91 |
| 10:00 | CBS | CSI: NY | 3.2/9 | 12.95 |
| NBC | The Jay Leno Show | 1.7/5 | 6.16 | |
| ABC | Eastwick | 1.7/5 | 5.09 |
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Definitions:
Fast Affiliate Ratings: These first national ratings, including demographics, are available at approximately 11 AM (ET) the day after telecast, and are released to subscribing customers daily. These data, from the National People Meter sample, are strictly time-period information, based on the normal broadcast network feed, and include all programming on the affiliated stations, sometimes including network programming, sometimes not. The figures may include stations that did not air the entire network feed, as well as local news breaks or cutaways for local coverage or other programming. Fast Affiliate ratings are not as useful for live programs and are likely to differ significantly from the final results, because the data reflect normal broadcast feed patterns. For example, with a World Series game, Fast Affiliate Ratings would include whatever aired from 8-11PM on affiliates in the Pacific Time Zone, following the live football game, but not game coverage that begins at 5PM PT. The same would be true of Presidential debates as well as live award shows and breaking news reports.
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Go Modern Family!
Ouch, does anyone think that Eastwick won’t be pulled before sweeps?
Poor poor Eastwick, I think cancellation is inevitable
SYTYCD is incredible….good to see it rise….its a hit for FOX…. 2.8 wow. And thats before top 20 even….will be 3.0 in a cpuple weeks…or higher.
Glee…well….come one…look at FOX Wednesday….nothing else even comes close to SYTYCD Wednesday at 7…..and at 8 theres a strong glee.
Good for Modern Family……
Good to see the three quality shows for the night actually do well. American might actually knowwhat good TV is on wedensday.
Not too bad for The Middle, its almost the past week…
I’m guessing [i]Eureka’s[i] producers are watching [i]Eastwick’s[/i] ratings and writing Jamie Ray Newman’s character into Season 4.
…and FOX won the nigt in 18 – 49 and 18 – 34 because of these two strong shows.
Modern Family is ABC’s first real success in two seasons. Mercy may just survive the season, considering it ticked up, while Trauma stayed at a 1.8
Can we just flat out ban anyone who posts “first”?
I’m calling for Flash Foward to move to eastwick slot
Forgot to say YAY Glee is holding up nicely!
Suggestion: is it possible to have like litte Green/red arrows next to Ratings and viewers to depict rises/falls from last week ? just a suggestion. Not necessary but I thought it’s easier that way
No way ABC keeps Eastwick around. You can’t get beat by Leno like this is.
How is Fox Wednesday’s comparing to what they were last season?
I’m pulling for Mercy. It didn’t get off to a good start quality wise but its really picked up and seems to be finding it’s footing now. Hope NBC gives it a chance.
So out of five new ABC shows on the night… One is working (Modern Family), one is doing okay (Cougar Town) and the others are doing bad (Middle), really bad (Eastwick) and really, really, really bad (Hank).
Eastwick continues to fall while The Forgotten and Castle were up over last week. Eastwick is first out.
I’m so happy for Modern Family. Incredibly deserving. Cougar Town, on the other hand, I’ve soured on. And I can’t help but think that The Middle would be a better companion to Modern Family anyway.
I look forward to the CBS press release touting OLD CHRISTINE and GARY UNMARRIED for finishing 1st in viewers and 2nd in 18-49. Don’t get me wrong — I watched them both and enjoyed them — but what a strange hour of television when numbers that small can be so easily spun as a “success” story.
Oh ABC, pleaseeeee pull that crap called “Hank” – that show is AWWWWWFUL!! I mean, even “Shark Tank” got those kind of numbers!
The Middle & MOdern Family were FANTASTIC last night!
Bill Cosby was on Leno’s show last night (not sure how much of a demo draw he is)….but boy, was he acting loopy last night…I couldn’t understand ANYTHING he was mumbling.
Aaron, comparing last night to the similar night one year ago is difficult because last year FOX was already airing baseball — last night was better than game 5 of the NLCS. The other networks are hard to compare too because of presidential debate coverage.