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RATINGS RECAP: 3/15/11

ABC
8:00 No Ordinary Family (Repeat)
Viewers: 3.4 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9
9:00 V
Viewers: 5.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.9
10:00 Detroit 1-8-7
Viewers: 5.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2

CBS
8:00 NCIS (Repeat)
Viewers: 12.7 million, 18-49 demo: 2.2
9:00 NCIS: Los Angeles (Repeat)
Viewers: 12.5 million, 18-49 demo: 2.2
10:00 The Good Wife (Repeat)
Viewers: 7.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2

NBC
8:00 The Biggest Loser
Viewers: 8.0 million, 18-49 demo: 2.7
10:00 America's Next Great Restaurant (Repeat)
Viewers: 3.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6

FOX
8:00 Glee 
Viewers: 11.1 million, 18-49 demo: 4.2
9:00 Raising Hope
Viewers: 5.7 million, 18-49 demo: 2.2
9:30 Traffic Light
Viewers: 3.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5


ABC was new from 9-11pm again this week. At 9pm, V was up half a million viewers and two tenths in the demo for its season finale. It has been very stable this season during its 10 episode spring run and given the state of ABC dramas, it may see a third season. There will probably be no decision made on this show until May. At 10pm, Detroit 1-8-7 was up half a million viewers as well and a tenth in the demo. The show will conclude its season (and likely series) at a special time this Sunday at 10pm. CBS was all in reruns with respectable rerun numbers but down across the board from last week's repeats.

NBC was all new from 8-10pm with The Biggest Loser which was down two tenths in viewers and the demo from last week. They preempted a Parenthood repeat for a last minute encore of Sunday's America's Next Great Restaurant which was low but better in the demo than Sunday and first in the hour, which speaks more to the problems in that hour than anything else.

FOX was the only all new network again this Tuesday. At 8pm, Glee was down eight tenths in viewers and four tenths in the demo from last week. It seems to have peaked at this point but it's not going away anytime soon. It was followed by Raising Hope which was down a rough nine tenths in viewers and half a demo point, tying a series low in the demo. This show seemed to have some momentum in the fall but it isn't showing that as much this spring. New DOA series Traffic Light was down two tenths in viewers and even in the demo. Right now, it's scheduled to repeat throughout the summer but that would be surprising as it is another sitcom flop for FOX.

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