via press release:
* From 8-10 p.m. ET, "The Biggest Loser" (2.4 rating, 6 share in adults 18-49, 6.3 million viewers overall) maintained 100 percent of its rating last week for the show's time-period season premiere, despite the addition this week of competition from original comedies on CBS. In the time period, "Biggest Loser" tied for #2 on ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox in adults 18-49 and is #2 outright among those networks in adults 25-54. * From its first half-hour to its fourth, "Loser" grew by 19 percent in 18-49 rating (to a 2.7 from a 2.2), the biggest gain over those two hours on ABC, CBS, NBC or Fox. * Week two of "Loser" matched the show's year-ago second episode in 18-49 (2.4/6 on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012 from 8-10) and is up 9 percent versus last year's finale (2.2/7 on May 1, 2012), despite the move of the show from its long-time home on Tuesdays to new night running head-to-head against ABC's "Bachelor," CBS's comedies and Fox's "Bones." * From 10-11 p.m. ET, "Deception" (1.6/4 in 18-49, 4.2 million viewers overall) maintained 80 percent of its premiere rating last week (2.0), despite this week facing original competition from CBS's "Hawaii Five-0" for the first time. "Deception" matched NBC's average in the time period last season in 18-49 rating (1.6) * In adults 18-34, "Deception" finished within a tenth of a point of #1 among the slot's three dramas on ABC, CBS and NBC (with a 1.3 rating, behind "Hawaii Five-0's" 1.4) and in women 18-34, "Deception" tied for #1 among those three dramas (1.8, tied with "Castle").
