RATINGS RECAP: 10/26/11

ABC
8:00 The Middle
Viewers: 10.2 million, 18-49 demo: 3.2
8:30 Suburgatory
Viewers: 9.7 million, 18-49 demo: 3.4
9:00 Modern Family (Repeat)
Viewers: 11.3 million, 18-49 demo: 4.5
9:30 Happy Endings
Viewers: 8.3 million, 18-49 demo: 3.5
10:00 Revenge
Viewers: 8.7 million, 18-49 demo: 2.7

CBS
8:00 Survivor
Viewers: 11.8 million, 18-49 demo: 3.5
9:00 Criminal Minds (Repeat)
Viewers: 11.3 million, 18-49 demo: 2.8
10:00 CSI (Repeat)
Viewers: 9.1 million, 18-49 demo: 2.0

NBC
8:00 Up All Night (Repeat)
Viewers: 3.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1
8:30 Whitney (Repeat)
Viewers: 3.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1
9:00 Harry's Law (Repeat)
Viewers: 4.5 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8
10:00 Prime Suspect (Repeat)
Viewers: 3.5 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8

FOX
8:00 Glee (Repeat)
Viewers: 2.5 million, 18-49 demo: 0.7
9:00 Glee (Repeat)
Viewers: 2.3 million, 18-49 demo: 0.7

With a Halloween lineup and lots of repeats as competition, ABC soared in the ratings and had a great performance. At 8pm, The Middle hit a series high as it was up 1.1 million viewers and two tenths in the demo. This show has come such a long way from its early days on ABC two years ago and is a rock solid lead-off. At 8:30pm, freshman Suburgatory also hit a series high in the demo as it was up nine tenths in viewers and a strong three tenths in the demo. Modern Family did not have a Halloween episode this year and instead aired last year's episode number but it had an incredible performance for a repeat, getting numbers that many shows can't come close to with new episodes. But can you imagine what a new Halloween episode would have gotten? Finally the Halloween magic continued with Happy Endings which also hit a series high and was up a very big 1.5 million viewers and a half a demo point despite a lower lead-in. I've given Endings a lot of grief but this was a really strong performance. This is two years in a row that the sitcoms have seen huge gains for Halloween episodes. At 10pm, freshman drama Revenge took advantage of repeat competition to post its best numbers since the premiere. It was up seven tenths in viewers and two tenths in the demo.

The only other new show on the night was Survivor on CBS which also took advantage of less competition and was up six tenths in viewers and two tenths in the demo for a season high. Repeats of Criminal Minds and CSI were solid as well. Not surprisingly, NBC did very little with repeats of their lineup while Game 6 of the World Series was pushed back due to rain and they instead aired very low rated episodes of Glee.

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