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| Rating: Adults 18-49 | 8.5/23 | 2.8/6 | 2.3/6 | 2.0/6 | 1.3/4 | 0.3/1 |
| Rating: Adults 18-34 | 7.2/22 | 1.7/5 | 1.8/6 | 1.6/5 | 1.4/4 | 0.4/1 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 23.55 | 10.54 | 7.52 | 5.57 | 3.34 | .77 |
FOX easily won the night as American Idol dominated. It's 8.5/23 with adults 18-49 between 8-10p outpaced the combined competition.
CBS's Wednesday comedy block suffered with The New Adventures of Old Christine down 26% from its last new episode and Gary Unmarried was down 17%. Criminal Minds fared much better, down only 3% from its last original outing. CSI:NY was down 9% as Law & Order: SVU gave it much more of a run for the money than The Jay Leno Show ever did, and NBC rose from the cellar to take third place for the night.
ABC had a bad night with The Middle down 28% from its last original outing, and Modern Family down 15%. Cougar Town was down 11%. With a 1.3 adults 18-49 rating, the Oprah Winfrey Oscar Special was 19% lower than Ugly Betty's last original episode in the time slot. The daytime Queen held no sway in primetime last night.
I'd expect things will improve for The Middle and CBS's 8pm comedy block next week as Human Target takes the 8-9pm hour back from American Idol.
Details:
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating/Sh | Viewers (Millons) |
| 8:00 | FOX | American Idol | 8.3/23 | 23.24 |
| CBS | New Adventures of Old Christine | 1.7/5 | 5.95 | |
| ABC | Modern Family (R) | 1.7/5 | 5.18 | |
| NBC | Mercy | 1.6/5 | 6.04 | |
| CW | Life Unexpected (R) | 0.5/1 | 1.05 | |
| 8:30 | ABC | The Middle | 2.1/6 | 6.02 |
| CBS | Gary Unmarried | 2.0/5 | 6.02 | |
| 9:00 | FOX | American Idol | 8.7/22 | 23.85 |
| CBS | Criminal Minds | 3.6/9 | 13.18 | |
| ABC | Modern Family | 3.5/9 | 8.08 | |
| NBC | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | 2.5/6 | 7.47 | |
| CW | Gossip Girl (R) | 0.2/1 | 0.48 | |
| 9:30 | ABC | Cougar Town | 2.4/6 | 5.39 |
| 10:00 | CBS | CSI: NY | 3.1/9 | 12.45 |
| NBC | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | 3.0/9 | 9.04 | |
| ABC | Oprah Winfrey Oscar Special | 1.3/4 | 4.37 |
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great night for A.I
NBC’s ratings for the 10 p.m. hour have improved all week with no Jay Leno Show airing. Oh, wait a minute. It wasn’t about the ratings was it? It was because it was more profitable, just like the Olympics.
great night for A.I
NBC’s ratings for the 10 p.m. hour have improved all week with no Jay Leno Show airing. Oh, wait a minute. It wasn’t about the ratings was it? It was because it was more profitable, just like the Olympics.
The Middle will bounce back, that wasn’t the strongest of episodes last night, felt kind of forced and not up to the usual writing.
Silly Greg Chenoweth, the Olympics were never about profit, they were about corporate ego building (or reputation, take your pick).
The Middle will bounce back, that wasn’t the strongest of episodes last night, felt kind of forced and not up to the usual writing.
Silly Greg Chenoweth, the Olympics were never about profit, they were about corporate ego building (or reputation, take your pick).
Hmmm, SVU gave CSI NY a run for it’s money, is this a one shot deal because of it’s Olympic promotion or is this a contest to be watched for the rest of the season.
I guess taking time off for the Olympics didn’t help anyone. CBS and ABC were holding up pretty decently against Idol prior to their breaks.
So 12.78M for MF, but surrounded by two 5-6M shows? The one of the most bizarre increases and then drop-offs I’ve seen in some time. Nice to see Ocra in last.
Im guessing Modern Family total viewers are wrong. Looks a little high. Its still strong. Cougar Town still losing its lead-in. The Middle is still doing ok! Thank God Idol is only an hour next week so everything should bounce back to normal.
Why the hell did ABC promote that Oprah garbage special soo much if it gets worse numbers than Ugly Betty? Considering The Middle barely got any promotion, it did well.
WOW L&O was neck and nech with CSI:NY.
Not surprising considering the performance nights are more watched than the result shows of American which are normally up again ABC’s comedy block.
and I might be mistaken but didn’t Modern Family’s total viewers actually go up about 2 million compared to the last new episode?
Hmmm, SVU gave CSI NY a run for it’s money, is this a one shot deal because of it’s Olympic promotion or is this a contest to be watched for the rest of the season.
I guess taking time off for the Olympics didn’t help anyone. CBS and ABC were holding up pretty decently against Idol prior to their breaks.
So 12.78M for MF, but surrounded by two 5-6M shows? The one of the most bizarre increases and then drop-offs I’ve seen in some time. Nice to see Ocra in last.
Im guessing Modern Family total viewers are wrong. Looks a little high. Its still strong. Cougar Town still losing its lead-in. The Middle is still doing ok! Thank God Idol is only an hour next week so everything should bounce back to normal.
Why the hell did ABC promote that Oprah garbage special soo much if it gets worse numbers than Ugly Betty? Considering The Middle barely got any promotion, it did well.
WOW L&O was neck and nech with CSI:NY.
Not surprising considering the performance nights are more watched than the result shows of American which are normally up again ABC’s comedy block.
and I might be mistaken but didn’t Modern Family’s total viewers actually go up about 2 million compared to the last new episode?
Why was comedy down so much overall?
Why was comedy down so much overall?