RATINGS RECAP: 6/23/11

ABC
8:00 Wipeout
Viewers: 7.7 million, 18-49 demo: 2.4
9:00 Expedition: Impossible
Viewers: 7.2 million, 18-49 demo: 2.4
10:00 Rookie Blue
Viewers: 5.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6

CBS
8:00 The Big Bang Theory (Repeat)
Viewers: 7.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.8
8:30 Rules of Engagement (Repeat)
Viewers: 5.7 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4
9:00 CSI (Repeat)
Viewers: 7.7 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4
10:00 The Mentalist (Repeat)
Viewers: 8.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4

NBC
8:00 Community (Repeat)
Viewers: 2.2 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8
8:30 30 Rock (Repeat)
Viewers: 2.0 million, 18-49 demo: 0.7
9:00 The Office (Repeat)
Viewers: 2.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0
9:30 Parks and Recreation (Repeat)
Viewers: 2.2 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9
10:00 Love Bites
Viewers: 2.0 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8

FOX
8:00 So You Think You Can Dance
Viewers: 6.5 million, 18-49 demo: 2.0
9:00 Glee (Repeat)
Viewers: 3.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1 

ABC was all new on Thursday night with its new summer lineup. The official summer premiere of Wipeout was solid in the 8pm hour but below last year's premiere as ABC has really overexposed this show with the winter and spring editions, probably somewhat blunting its summer power. At 9pm, the series premiere of the heavily promoted Expedition: Impossible got off to a solid start, holding pretty much all of Wipeout's audience. At 10pm, the season premiere of Rookie Blue was ok for a scripted drama but below last year's series premiere numbers of 7.2 million viewers and a 1.9 demo.  Elsewhere, NBC's Love Bites was down three tenths in viewers and two tenths in the demo as it continues to sink lower. FOX's So You Think You Can Dance was even in viewers but down two tenths in the demo as it continues to sink lower and had new competition from Wipeout.