RATINGS RECAP: 1/13/11

ABC
8:00 Wipeout
Viewers: 10.6 million, 18-49 demo: 3.7
9:00 Grey's Anatomy
Viewers: 12.2 million, 18-49 demo: 4.3
10:00 Off the Map (Repeat)
Viewers: 5.9 million, 18-49 demo: 2.0

CBS8:00 The Big Bang Theory (Repeat)
Viewers: 10.4 million, 18-49 demo: 3.0
8:30 $#*! My Dad Says
Viewers: 10.1 million, 18-49 demo: 2.9
9:00 CSI (Repeat)
Viewers: 9.7 million, 18-49 demo: 2.0
10:00 The Mentalist (Repeat)
Viewers: 10.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.9

NBC
8:00 Community (Repeat)
Viewers: 2.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1
8:30 Community (Repeat)
Viewers: 2.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2
9:00 The Office (Repeat)
Viewers: 3.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5
9:30 The Office (Repeat)
Viewers: 3.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.8
10:00 30 Rock (Repeat)
Viewers: 2.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3
10:30 30 Rock (Repeat)
Viewers: 2.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1

FOX
8:00 Million Dollar Money Drop
Viewers: 5.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.7
9:00 Bones (Repeat)
Viewers: 4.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3 

ABC had a fairly strong Thursday night. The second week of the new winter season of Wipeout was down 1.1 million viewers but just a tenth in the demo from last week's premiere. This has been a much needed success in a troublesome timeslot for ABC, but how will it fare next week when American Idol arrives on Thursday? At 9pm, a new Grey's Anatomy was up six tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo. The total viewer number is the best since the third week of the season and despite its erosion over time, it is still a hit for ABC. At 10pm, ABC bumped a new Private Practice in favor of an encore of the Off the Map pilot that aired on Wednesday. This was a smart move considering that the show's debut was part of a confusing Wednesday schedule with broadcast networks airing President Obama's speech at the Tuscon memorial service. If there were no repeat viewers (which is unlikely), over 13 million people sampled Map on one of the two days. How many will come back next Wednesday? 


CBS aired repeats on this night except for $#*! My Dad Says. After very strong repeat numbers for The Big Bang Theory (a 3.0 demo!), $#*! was down seven tenths in viewers but even in the demo with last week. The good news is that it didn't drop much considering it was airing out of a repeat instead of a first-run episode. The bad news is that it still lost viewers from Big Bang's repeat. What this says for its chances are unknown but this had to be considered a better than expected performance.

NBC aired yet another Thursday night of repeats. Next week is finally new with the bold three hours of sitcoms move getting ready to launch. FOX aired a new Million Dollar Money Drop at 8pm. It was up a million viewers and three tenths in the demo from last week as this show has rebounded a bit from a poor performance last week. It's still not doing great but it's delivering adequate fill-in numbers.