RATINGS RECAP: 3/7/12

ABC
8:00 The Middle (Repeat)
Viewers: 5.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5
8:30 Suburgatory (Repeat)
Viewers: 4.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5
9:00 Modern Family (Repeat)
Viewers: 6.1 million, 18-49 demo: 2.4
9:30 Happy Endings
Viewers: 4.5 million, 18-49 demo: 2.0
10:00 ABC News Special: Revenge for Real
Viewers: 5.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4

CBS
8:00 Survivor
Viewers: 10.8 million, 18-49 demo: 3.2
9:00 Criminal Minds (Repeat)
Viewers: 7.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5
10:00 CSI (Repeat)
Viewers: 8.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.8 

NBC
8:00 Whitney
Viewers: 4.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6
8:30 Are You There, Chelsea?
Viewers: 3.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5
9:00 Law & Order: SVU (Repeat)
Viewers: 3.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0
10:00 Rock Center with Brian Williams
Viewers: 3.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0

FOX
8:00 American Idol
Viewers: 18.7 million, 18-49 demo: 5.7

On Wednesday night, many repeats mixed in with the new episodes. Only FOX was fully new as American Idol was up 1.5 million viewers and a strong seven tenths in the demo for its Top 13 performance night. This was a strong showing after a couple down weeks. Over on NBC, the 8pm comedies were up possibly due to repeats on ABC. Whitney was up a tenth in both viewers and the demo while Are You There, Chelsea? was up two tenths in viewers and the demo, posting better retention than usual. Rock Center with Brian Williams shifted to 10pm for a week and was up seven tenths in viewers and three tenths in the demo. It did better at 10pm but was still low.

Over on CBS, only Survivor was new but it was up a tenth in viewers and three tenths in the demo for a season high. CBS must be glad to see it back in the 3s for the demo. ABC was in repeats from 8-9:30pm but Happy Endings was all new after the repeats. Not surprisingly it was down a big 1.4 million viewers and seven tenths in the demo for season lows. This is basically Cougar Town last year which means a renewal is likely. An ABC News Special "Revenge for Real" was well below usual Revenge numbers but above Revenge repeat numbers.