THE RUNDOWN: Wednesday, October 19

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ABC
8:00 The Middle #54 "Bad Choices"
8:30 Suburgatory #4 "Don't Call Me Shirley"
9:00 Modern Family #54 "Go Bullfrogs!"
9:30 Happy Endings #17 "Secrets and Limos"
10:00 Revenge #5 "Guilt"
ABC has its usual strong Wednesday lineup and that should continue this week. The World Series will probably be less competition from The X-Factor so it wouldn't be shocking to see the entire lineup of comedies rise a bit. Modern Family will certainly be the top demo draw of any scripted show this week but can it go above a 6 in the demo? Revenge rose for the first time last week and should stable itself around these numbers.
Prediction: Middle - 9.3 million, 3.0/Suburgatory - 9.6 million, 3.1/Family - 14.1 million, 6.0/Endings - 7.4 million, 3.3/Revenge - 7.7 million, 2.5 

CBS
8:00 Survivor
9:00 Criminal Minds #143 "From Childhood's Hour"
10:00 CSI #256 "CSI Down"
CBS has its steady lineup and there's no reason to believe this week will be any different. CBS may have the most success but they are boring to predict!
Prediction: Survivor - 10.7 million, 3.1/Minds - 12.7 million, 3.7/CSI - 11.3 million, 2.7

NBC
8:00 Up All Night #6 "Birth"
8:30 Whitney #4 "A Decent Proposal" (REPEAT)
9:00 Harry's Law #17 "Bad to Worse"
10:00 Law & Order: SVU #277 "Missing Pieces"
NBC has its usual lineup. The highly promoted birth flashback episode of Up All Night could perk up from last week while Harry's Law and Law & Order: SVU should be roughly steady. Will Harry's get a 1.2 demo for a fifth week in a row?
Prediction: Night - 5.5 million, 2.3/Law - 8.1 million, 1.2/SVU - 7.6 million, 2.2

FOX
8:00 MLB World Series Game 1: Texas at St. Louis
FOX has the World Series but it might not be a pretty one as baseball playoff ratings have not be impressive this year. It probably will make FOX wish they could air The X-Factor instead.