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RATINGS RECAP: 9/21/10

At least one or two more pilot reviews coming later today, I promise they will all by up by the weekend!

For now, the ratings from last night

ABC
8:00 Dancing with the Stars Recap
Viewers: 12.2 million, 18-49 demo: 2.6
9:00 Dancing with the Stars Results
Viewers: 18.5 million, 18-49 demo: 4.4
10:00 Detroit 1-8-7
Viewers: 9.3 million, 18-49 demo: 2.3

CBS
8:00 NCIS
Viewers: 19.4 million, 18-49 demo: 4.0
9:00 NCIS: Los Angeles
Viewers: 15.8 million, 18-49 demo: 3.4
10:00 NCIS: Los Angeles
Viewers: 13.6 million, 18-49 demo: 3.0  

NBC
8:00 The Biggest Loser
Viewers: 7.2 million, 18-49 demo: 2.9
10:00 Parenthood
Viewers: 5.8 million, 18-49 demo: 2.5

FOX
8:00 Glee
Viewers: 12.5 million, 18-49 demo: 5.6
9:00 Raising Hope
Viewers: 7.3 million, 18-49 demo: 3.1
9:30 Running Wilde
Viewers: 5.6 million, 18-49 demo: 2.4

Night two of Premiere Week was very heavily watched as many powerhouses faced off with big numbers coming from Dancing with the Stars, the NCIS franchise, and Glee. Glee perhaps had the biggest eye opening number with a mammoth 5.6 demo win. The 12.5 million viewers was not too shabby either as it now has to self-start and doesn't have an American Idol lead-in. The biggest disappointment though also belonged to FOX which saw its comedy Running Wilde bow to soft numbers, well below 9pm comedy Raising Hope, which was itself far below Glee. It's another small debut for a new FOX show this fall after Lone Star's disastrous debut Monday.

Among series premieres, ABC's Detroit 1-8-7 had a mediocre debut. It was good enough for second in viewers but dropped to third in the demo and lost viewers as the episode went on. It wasn't terrible, but certainly not promising. FOX's Raising Hope had a so-so debut. It lost viewers from Glee but actually did better than I thought it would. I thought both comedies would be closer to Running Wilde's low numbers. It could still see a big drop next weekend though which could doom it but with Wilde and Lone Star bombing, Hope may have some time.

Returning series were all the rage last night. Dancing with the Stars put together another strong night. Even the recap part of the night pulled big numbers at 8pm. CBS's NCIS franchise was down a bit last year but still doing big numbers especially in terms of overall viewers and the original NCIS even managed a 4.0 against the powerhouse Glee. NCIS: Los Angeles was a little softer than expected but it will be fine. It just won't get the numbers that its parent gets. The Biggest Loser had a quiet debut but it should be ok in the weeks ahead once some of the sampling subsides. Parenthood dropped as expected in its second week of its second season. I wouldn't be surprise to see weekly ratings right around what it got last night. It did manage second in the demo.

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