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RATINGS RECAP: 2/8/12

ABC
8:00 The Middle
Viewers: 8.4 million, 18-49 demo: 2.6
8:30 Suburgatory
Viewers: 7.3 million, 18-49 demo: 2.6
9:00 Modern Family
Viewers: 12.9 million, 18-49 demo: 5.5
9:30 Happy Endings
Viewers: 6.7 million, 18-49 demo: 2.9
10:00 Revenge
Viewers: 7.7 million, 18-49 demo: 2.5

CBS
8:00 Person to Person
Viewers: 5.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0
9:00 Criminal Minds
Viewers: 13.3 million, 18-49 demo: 3.3
10:00 CSI
Viewers: 10.9 million, 18-49 demo: 2.5

NBC
8:00 Whitney
Viewers: 4.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5
8:30 Are You There, Chelsea?
Viewers: 3.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5
9:00 Rock Center with Brian Williams
Viewers: 5.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1
10:00 Law & Order: SVU
Viewers: 6.6 million, 18-49 demo: 2.0

FOX
8:00 American Idol
Viewers: 19.3 million, 18-49 demo: 6.1
9:00 Mobbed
Viewers: 8.5 million, 18-49 demo: 3.0

On Wednesday night, ABC had its regular lineup but it's worth pointing out that every show was in the 2s demos except for Modern Family. This lineup should really be doing better. At 8pm, The Middle was up three tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo while Suburgatory was up two tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo. A 2.6 isn't bad for these two shows but they are clearly affected by American Idol. At 9pm, Modern Family remained the easy standout as it was up a million viewers and four tenths in the demo, as it did not have to air against Idol. This could be the demo winner for the week among scripted programming depending on what The Big Bang Theory does. At 9:30pm, Happy Endings was up six tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo even though its lead-in was up much more. This show's retention is pretty terrible when you look at it. At 10pm, Revenge was dead even in viewers and the demo as it tied CSI for the demo win in the hour. 

Over on CBS, a Person to Person special did absolutely nothing and skewed anciently. Looks like this won't becoming a regularly scheduled series anytime soon. At 9pm, Criminal Minds was down half a million viewers and four tenths in the demo while CSI was down a huge 3.4 million viewers and nine tenths in the demo from the last new episode, which is understandable since the last episode was Marg Helgenberger's final show. These numbers are on par with what it was doing in the fall though.

Over on NBC, their Happy Hour comedies dipped against the full slate of competition. Whitney was down two tenths in viewers and two tenths in the demo while Are You There, Chelsea? was down four tenths in viewers and two tenths in the demo. While I thought they might drop further, neither show is going to work no matter how hard NBC tries. At 9pm, Rock Center with Brian Williams made its Wednesday debut and surprisingly did slightly better than it did on Mondays despite heavy competition. Finally at 10pm, Law & Order: SVU was up two tenths in viewers and the demo.  Finally on FOX, American Idol stabilized even with the competition as it was up eight tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo. A Mobbed special was up slightly at 9pm as well.
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