RATINGS RECAP: 4/18/12

ABC
8:00 The Middle (Repeat)
Viewers: 4.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3
8:30 Suburgatory
Viewers: 5.7 million, 18-49 demo: 2.0
9:00 Modern Family
Viewers: 10.2 million, 18-49 demo: 4.1
9:30 Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23
Viewers: 6.4 million, 18-49 demo: 2.6
10:00 Revenge
Viewers: 7.8 million, 18-49 demo: 2.3

CBS
8:00 Survivor
Viewers: 10.0 million, 18-49 demo: 2.8
9:00 Criminal Minds (Repeat)
Viewers: 7.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.7
10:00 CSI (Repeat)
Viewers: 6.7 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5

NBC
8:00 Betty White's Off Their Rockers
Viewers: 6.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6
8:30 Best Friends Forever
Viewers: 2.8 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8
9:00 Rock Center with Brian Williams
Viewers: 2.6 million, 18-49 demo: 0.6
10:00 Law & Order: SVU
Viewers: 6.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6 

FOX
8:00 American Idol
Viewers: 16.9 million, 18-49 demo: 4.8 

On Wednesday night, ABC started with a repeat of The Middle but the rest of the night was new. At 8:30pm, Suburgatory was down three tenths in viewers and tenth in the demo. While it was a series low, this is a good performance nonetheless because it was behind a repeat for the first time and didn't see much of a drop. ABC has to be happy with that. At 9pm, Modern Family was down two tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo. It's a season low but a 4.1 isn't bad for this time of year. Week two of Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 followed and was down half a million viewers and three tenths in the demo. The viewer drop isn't bad but the demo could be better. We'll see how week three does. At 10pm, Revenge returned after several weeks off up three tenths in viewers but down a tenth in the demo. Considering it hasn't aired since February 29, this is a pretty good return from the break.

CBS was only new at 8pm with Survivor which was up a tenth in viewers and the demo from last week's low. NBC had another low Wednesday starting with Betty White's Off Their Rockers which was down a tenth in viewers and even in the demo. All things considered, this isn't doing terribly for NBC. At 8:30pm, Best Friends Forever was even in viewers and down a tenth in the demo. Just pull this one already, NBC. At 9pm, Rock Center was even in viewers and up a tenth in the demo. Finally, Law & Order: SVU was up four tenths in viewers but down a tenth in the demo despite CSI being a repeat on CBS. This is a bad performance for this show as it should have gone up. On FOX, American Idol was up a tenth in viewers and down two tenths in the demo for a Wednesday low.