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RATINGS RECAP: 2/7/12

ABC
8:00 Last Man Standing
Viewers: 7.8 million, 18-49 demo: 2.3
8:30 Last Man Standing
Viewers: 8.0 million, 18-49 demo: 2.5
9:00 The River
Viewers: 7.6 million, 18-49 demo: 2.4

CBS
8:00 NCIS
Viewers: 21.0 million, 18-49 demo: 4.2
9:00 NCIS: Los Angeles
Viewers: 16.3 million, 18-49 demo: 3.1
10:00 Unforgettable
Viewers: 11.9 million, 18-49 demo: 2.2

NBC
8:00 The Biggest Loser
Viewers: 6.4 million, 18-49 demo: 2.3
10:00 Parenthood
Viewers: 4.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6

FOX
8:00 Glee
Viewers: 7.8 million, 18-49 demo: 3.3
9:00 New Girl
Viewers: 6.8 million, 18-49 demo: 3.5
9:30 Raising Hope
Viewers: 4.5 million, 18-49 demo: 2.1

On Tuesday night, ABC had a different lineup than usual with two new episodes of Last Man Standing and the two hour premiere of The River. The first Last Man Standing, airing in the regular timeslot was down eight tenths in viewers and three tenths in the demo but the 8:30pm episode was up. So far, it seems like the best companion for Last Man Standing is, in fact, Last Man Standing. Cougar Town gets its chance in the 8:30pm slot starting next week. At 9pm, the two hour series premiere of The River delivered ho-hum numbers for a debut and showed lots of erosion over the two hours. We'll see how it does next week but I wouldn't be feeling great about this show's chances.

Over on CBS there was mixed movement from their drama trio in the first new episodes in three weeks. At 8pm, the 200th episode of NCIS was even in viewers and up a tenth in the demo for the best demo performance since October 4. 200 episodes in and the show is as strong as it has ever been. At 9pm, NCIS: Los Angeles was down three tenths in viewers and two tenths in the demo despite the lead-in being up. Finally at 10pm, Unforgettable was up seven tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo. CBS has a tough call with this drama for next year as its solid but not much better than The Good Wife in this slot. If it gets renewed, it should go to Fridays or even Saturdays.

NBC came back down to Earth after its glorious Sunday and Monday. At 8pm, The Biggest Loser was up three tenths in viewers and two tenths in the demo, which is not bad since it was against heavy competition. At 10pm, Parenthood was down four tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo for a series low. What has happened to this show this spring? It always did poorly in total viewers but skewed young, now the demo is getting worse and worse. It seemed like this show still had a real good chance for renewal a few weeks back but now I'm not so sure. It only has a couple episodes left this season to turn things around.

Over on FOX, Glee came back down in a big way from its Michael Jackson episode. It was down 1.3 million viewers and four tenths in the demo but up from where it was before the Michael Jackson episode. At 9pm, New Girl was down half a million viewers but even in the demo, which is good as this show seems to have a different audience than Glee. That bodes well for when Glee takes a hiatus in March. At 9:30pm, Raising Hope was down a tenth in viewers but up a tenth in the demo.
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