via press release:
Opposite the “Idol” Premiere, ABC Earns Second on Wednesday in Adults 18-49
As “Modern Family” Finishes as the Evening’s No. 1 Scripted TV Program
Each of ABC’s Wednesday Comedies Hold 90% or Better of their Week-Ago Numbers
Building for its 4th Straight Original Telecast, ABC’s “Nashville”
Grows to its Highest Adult rating since its Debut Telecast in Early October
Wednesday Night (8:00-11:00 p.m.)
Up against the season premiere of “American Idol,” ABC earned second place on Wednesday night in Adults 18-49 (2.5/7). ABC’s “Modern Family” was Wednesday’s No. 1 scripted TV show across all key Adult demos (AD18-34/AD18-49/AD25-54). Opposite “Idol” from 8:00-10:00 p.m., each of ABC’s comedies retained 90% or better of their week-ago Adult 18-49 ratings.
“The Middle”/”The Neighbors” (8:00-9:00 p.m.)
Delivering solid week to week Adult 18-49 retention against “Idol” in the 8:00 p.m. hour, ABC’s “The Middle” (96% - 2.3/7 vs. 2.4/7) and “The Neighbors” (90% - 1.9/5 vs. 2.1/6) ran as the No. 1 scripted series in their respective half-hours.
- Growing week to week in Teens 12-17, “The Middle” and “The Neighbors” each delivered their highest teen ratings since November 14, 2012.
“Modern Family” (9:00-9:30 p.m.)
At 9:00 p.m., ABC’s “Modern Family” held 91% of its week-earlier Adult 18-49 number (4.3/11 vs. 4.7/12) and beat out its nearest scripted competition in the half-hour by 59% (CBS’ “Criminal Minds” = 2.7/7).
“Suburgatory” (9:30-10:00 p.m.)
In the 9:30 p.m. half-hour, ABC’s “Suburgatory” retained 92% of its Adult 18-49 (2.4/6 vs. 2.6/7) number week to week.
“Nashville” (10:00-11:00 p.m.)
Building its Adult 18-49 audience for its 4th straight original telecast, ABC’s “Nashville” ran neck-and-neck with CBS’ “CSI” for the 10 o’clock hour’s lead in Adults 18-49 (pacing within 1-tenth of a rating point and tied in audience share – 2.2/6 vs. 2.3/6). The ABC freshman drama beat out “CSI” to win the hour among Adults 18-34 and key Women (W18-34/W18-49).
- Gaining week to week in Adults 18-49 (+5%), “Nashville” delivered its highest rating since its debut telecast on October 10, 2012.
Yay Nashville
good for Nashville.. Don’t watch the show but happy to see it is ticking up the last 4 weeks of new eps.. I hope it keeps up I think I might check it out sometime in the near future!!!
nashville its getting really awesome. I was almost giving up but then the show boosted. happy the ratings aswell
Yay, I love this show!!
Without Chicago Fire, new Nashville shines, we’ll see how the shows go up against each other in a couple of weeks. I think both having performing decently have shots at second seasons.
Nashville ceartainly deserves a renewal. Very high quality drama with terrific music. I’m not even a country music fan.
Acting is a grade A.
Music is a sold A.
Production values earns an A.
and finally
Plots score yet another A.
Nashville is the best new broadcast drama of the season
As a over-worked single mother of three , let me say. By the time I get the kids to bed and get things together for the following day I am mentally and physically exhausted, I can appreciate Nashville because its written for the brain dead folks like myself. Thank god there are others like me who are too stupid to realize that Nashviiile is a vast wasteland for desperate horny women who are too tired to change the channel. Hope it doesn’t get canceled.