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ABC 8:00 Dancing with the Stars Viewers: 11.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.8 9:00 Happy Endings Viewers: 4.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4 9:30 Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 Viewers: 3.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2 10:00 20/20 Special: Hurricane Sandy Viewers: 4.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3 CBS 8:00 NCIS Viewers: 18.8 million, 18-49 demo: 3.4 9:00 NCIS: Los Angeles Viewers: 16.3 million, 18-49 demo: 2.8 10:00 Vegas Viewers: 10.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.7 NBC 8:00 The Voice Viewers: 12.1 million, 18-49 demo: 4.6 10:00 NBC News Special: Hurricane Sandy Viewers: 8.3 million, 18-49 demo: 2.9 FOX 8:00 Raising Hope Viewers: 4.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.7 8:30 Ben and Kate Viewers: 3.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4 9:00 New Girl Viewers: 4.8 million, 18-49 demo: 2.3 9:30 The Mindy Project Viewers: 3.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5 Hurricane Sandy continued to alter lineups on Tuesday night but CBS was actually up in two of the three hours. At 8pm, NCIS was up a million view...

ABC 8:00 Dancing with the Stars Viewers: 13.9 million, 18-49 demo: 2.3 10:00 Castle Viewers: 10.8 million, 18-49 demo: 2.2 CBS 8:00 How I Met Your Mother (Repeat) Viewers: 6.8 million, 18-49 demo: 2.3 8:30 Partners (Repeat) Viewers: 5.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.8 9:00 2 Broke Girls (Repeat) Viewers: 7.5 million, 18-49 demo: 2.5 9:30 Mike & Molly (Repeat) Viewers: 7.0 million, 18-49 demo: 2.2 10:00 CBS News Special: Hurricane Sandy Viewers: 7.9 million, 18-49 demo: 2.1 NBC 8:00 The Voice Viewers: 12.4 million, 18-49 demo: 4.8 10:00 Revolution Viewers: 7.9 million, 18-49 demo: 3.0   FOX 8:00 The X Factor (Repeat) Viewers: 2.0 million, 18-49 demo: 0.7   Monday night had preemptions due to Hurricane Sandy. CBS bagged its original programming and aired repeats instead but the shows that were new actually didn't seem too impacted by the storm. On NBC, The Voice bounced back a healthy four tenths in viewers and half a demo point from last week's one h...

ABC 7:00 America's Funniest Home Videos Viewers: 5.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3 8:00 Once Upon a Time Viewers: 9.9 million, 18-49 demo: 3.4 9:00 Revenge Viewers: 8.2 million, 18-49 demo: 2.7 10:00 666 Park Avenue Viewers: 4.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6 CBS 7:00 60 Minutes Viewers: 11.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.7 8:00 The Amazing Race Viewers: 9.4 million, 18-49 demo: 2.5 9:00 The Good Wife Viewers: 9.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.8 10:00 The Mentalist Viewers: 10.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.8 NBC 7:00 Football Night in America Viewers: 3.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2 8:00 NFL Pregame Viewers: 9.7 million, 18-49 demo: 3.8 8:30 Sunday Night Football Viewers: 17.7 million, 18-49 demo: 7.0 FOX 7:00 NFL Overrun Viewers: 26.9 million, 18-49 demo: 9.5 8:00 MLB World Series Pregame Viewers: 15.1 million, 18-49 demo: 4.9 8:30 MLB World Series Game 4 Viewers: 15.5 million, 18-49 demo: 4.7   On a night with football and the final game of the World Series, it was just ABC...

The Neighbors became the first new ABC show to earn a full season with an announcement today. The much maligned show with the very offbeat alien premise was originally slated for 9:30pm on Wednesdays but switched slots with Suburgatory over the summer before it even premiered and has been airing at 8:30pm. It had a promising preview after Modern Family followed by a big second week drop when it moved to 8:30pm. Since then however, the show has stabilized as it has gotten a 1.9 or 2.0 demo every week since episode two. This has to be considered one of the bigger surprises as The Neighbors had a horrible pilot and was one of the worst reviewed shows of the new season. I'll be honest, I haven't given it a second chance but some have said it's gotten better. It's not getting spectacular ratings but none of ABC's new shows are and ABC is showing a commitment to a show that actually seems like a pretty good fit with The Middle so far. ABC's other new shows - Last ...

As I did previously , I will offer Quick Hits once every so often when I have enough quick thoughts to post on the quality of the shows I'm currently watching... -- The show that's winning the Conspiracy Contest is... Scandal over Revenge . Don't get me wrong, I am still really enjoying Revenge but the bigger the conspiracies get and the more convoluted the plots intertwine, the less interested I become. The simple Revenge driven plot of season 1 was so interesting but it can't go on forever. So while I understand why they have to twist more plots, I just don't know if I care as much. On the other hand, the plot twists and conspiracies in Scandal continue to shock me. Maybe it's because the conspiracies are more realistic with high level DC power players than the rich folks of the Hamptons, but I just love every new twist in Scandal , particularly the final scene of the most recent episode. -- My feelings on the new shows I'm still watching in 5 words......

ABC   8:00 College Football Viewers: 8.6 million, 18-49 demo: 2.9 CBS 8:00 Hawaii Five-0 (Repeat) Viewers: 3.4 million, 18-49 demo: 0.6 9:00 Criminal Minds (Repeat) Viewers: 4.7 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9 10:00 48 Hours Viewers: 5.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0 NBC 8:00 Revolution (Repeat) Viewers: 1.9 million, 18-49 demo: 0.4 9:00 Chicago Fire (Repeat) Viewers: 2.4 million, 18-49 demo: 0.5 10:00 Law & Order: SVU (Repeat) Viewers: 3.1 million, 18-49 demo: 0.7 FOX   8:00 MLB World Series Game 3 Viewers: 10.5 million, 18-49 demo: 2.8

GOOD WEEK: TV'S TOP TWO COMEDIES Last fall was dubbed the "year of the comedy" as the veteran shows were up and new shows such as New Girl, Suburgatory, and 2 Broke Girls were breaking out. This year hasn't been as strong. None of the new comedies are mass hits and second year shows are not soaring. But there are two shows that just continue to dominate the ratings - ABC's Modern Family and CBS' The Big Bang Theory are far and away the biggest hits on TV. Big Bang had a 5.0 demo this week and Modern had a 4.9. By comparison, no drama was above a 3.4 last week and the next closest show was The Voice at a 4.3. Two comedies continue to fly high even as broadcast networks are having tough sledding this season. BAD WEEK: "VEGAS" Vegas ' week started on a good note. It's most recent episode had stabilized even though it was skewing old and then it got a full season renewal alongside Elementary . But then Tuesday night happened. Vegas stumb...

ABC   8:00 Shark Tank Viewers: 6.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.8 9:00 20/20: All Access Nashville with Katie Couric Viewers: 5.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3 10:00 20/20 Viewers: 5.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4 CBS   8:00 NCIS (Repeat) Viewers: 7.2 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9 9:00 CSI: NY Viewers: 10.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5 10:00 Blue Bloods Viewers: 11.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5 NBC   8:00 Mockingbird Lane Viewers: 5.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5 9:00 Grimm Viewers: 6.1 million, 18-49 demo: 2.0 10:00 Dateline NBC Viewers: 4.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4 FOX   8:00 Kitchen Nightmares Viewers: 2.7 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9 9:00 Fringe Viewers: 2.6 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9 On Friday night, NBC offered up the pilot to planned series Mockingbird Lane , a reboot of The Munsters . The special airing did better than NBC has done in the slot in quite awhile but I don't think it did enough to make NBC decide to pick it up as a series. I do wish networks would s...

ABC 8:00 Last Resort Viewers: 6.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3 9:00 Grey's Anatomy Viewers: 8.8 million, 18-49 demo: 3.0 10:00 Scandal Viewers: 6.1 million, 18-49 demo: 2.0 CBS 8:00 The Big Bang Theory Viewers: 15.8 million, 18-49 demo: 5.0 8:30 Two and a Half Men Viewers: 12.9 million, 18-49 demo: 3.7 9:00 Person of Interest Viewers: 14.0 million, 18-49 demo: 2.9 10:00 Elementary Viewers: 10.3 million, 18-49 demo: 2.2 NBC 8:00 30 Rock Viewers: 3.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2 8:30 Up All Night Viewers: 3.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4 9:00 The Office Viewers: 4.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.9 9:30 Parks and Recreation Viewers: 3.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.7 10:00 Rock Center with Brian Williams Viewers: 3.7 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1 FOX 8:00 MLB World Series Game 2 Viewers: 12.3 million, 18-49 demo: 3.5   CBS had good and bad news on Thursday night. The good news started at 8pm where The Big Bang Theory was up a tenth in viewers and two tenths in the demo from las...

ABC 8:00 The Middle Viewers: 8.8 million, 18-49 demo: 2.6 8:30 The Neighbors Viewers: 7.0 million, 18-49 demo: 2.0 9:00 Modern Family Viewers: 12.5 million, 18-49 demo: 4.9 9:30 Suburgatory Viewers: 7.4 million, 18-49 demo: 2.7 10:00 Nashville Viewers: 6.5 million, 18-49 demo: 2.0 CBS 8:00 Survivor Viewers: 10.2 million, 18-49 demo: 2.8 9:00 Criminal Minds Viewers: 11.6 million, 18-49 demo: 3.1 10:00 CSI Viewers: 10.0 million, 18-49 demo: 2.4 NBC 8:00 Animal Practice Viewers: 3.7 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2 8:30 Guys with Kids Viewers: 3.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4 9:00 Law & Order: SVU Viewers: 6.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.9 10:00 Chicago Fire Viewers: 6.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.8 FOX   8:00 MLB World Series Game 1 Viewers: 12.2 million, 18-49 demo: 3.6 On Wednesday night, ABC was mostly up with its lineup of Halloween themed sitcoms and Nashville . At 8pm, The Middle was up four tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo for its best numbers sinc...

ABC 8:00 Dancing with the Stars Viewers: 12.9 million, 18-49 demo: 2.3 9:00 Happy Endings Viewers: 5.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.8 9:30 Don't Trust the B--- in Apartment 23 Viewers: 4.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.7 10:00 Private Practice Viewers: 4.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4 CBS 8:00 NCIS Viewers: 17.8 million, 18-49 demo: 3.2 9:00 NCIS: Los Angeles Viewers: 16.5 million, 18-49 demo: 2.8 10:00 Vegas Viewers: 10.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6 NBC 8:00 The Voice Viewers: 11.2 million, 18-49 demo: 4.3 9:00 Go On Viewers: 6.1 million, 18-49 demo: 2.4 9:30 The New Normal Viewers: 4.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.7 10:00 Parenthood Viewers: 4.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.9 FOX 8:00 Raising Hope Viewers: 4.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.7 8:30 Ben and Kate Viewers: 3.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4 9:00 New Girl Viewers: 5.2 million, 18-49 demo: 2.7 9:30 The X Factor Viewers: 5.7 million, 18-49 demo: 2.3 On Tuesday night, ABC finally had its 9pm comedies premiere to compete with c...

As the full season renewals keep coming for freshman, CBS has picked up two of its dramas after axing their third new one ( Made in Jersey ). New Tuesday period drama Vegas was given a full season meaning it will last longer than last year's 1960s set dramas, The Playboy Club and Pan Am . Vegas was highly touted leading up to the season thanks to the star power of Dennis Quaid, Michael Chiklis, and Carrie-Anne Moss. The show has delivered solid total viewer numbers but has skewed really old and hasn't been a better option for Tuesday at 10pm than last year's occupant, Unforgettable . Still, CBS will be patient with the show and it might be a future Friday contender considering its audience is so old. I thought CBS should have put their new Tuesday drama at 9pm and split the NCIS twins but they did not do that and 10pm is a tough time to launch a drama. A full season was also given to the new Thursday Sherlock Holmes drama Elementary . Like Vegas, Elementary was a hi...

ABC 8:00 Dancing with the Stars Viewers: 13.3 million, 18-49 demo: 2.4 9:00 ABC News: Presidential Debate N/A 10:30 ABC News: Post Debate Analysis Viewers: 8.1 million, 18-49 demo: 2.1 CBS 8:00 The Big Bang Theory (Repeat) Viewers: 7.7 million, 18-49 demo: 2.2 8:30 2 Broke Girls (Repeat) Viewers: 6.8 million, 18-49 demo: 2.1 9:00 CBS News: Presidential Debate N/A 10:30 CBS News: Post Debate Analysis Viewers: 6.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.8   NBC 8:00 The Voice Viewers: 12.0 million, 18-49 demo: 4.3 9:00 NBC News: Presidential Debate N/A 10:30 NBC News: Post Debate Analysis Viewers: 9.3 million, 18-49 demo: 3.2 FOX   8:00 MLB NLCS Playoffs Game 7 Viewers: 8.1 million, 18-49 demo: 2.4 The third and final presidential debate caused more change among broadcast networks. It's not worth going into too much ratings detail on a night like this but a few things to note: Dancing with the Stars was down three tenths in viewers but up three tenths in the demo...

ABC 7:00 America's Funniest Home Videos Viewers: 5.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3 8:00 Once Upon a Time Viewers: 9.9 million, 18-49 demo: 3.3 9:00 Revenge Viewers: 8.7 million, 18-49 demo: 2.8 10:00 666 Park Avenue Viewers: 4.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.7 CBS 7:00 NFL Overrun Viewers: 23.0 million, 18-49 demo: 8.2 7:56 60 Minutes Viewers: 15.9 million, 18-49 demo: 3.6 8:56 The Amazing Race Viewers: 9.5 million, 18-49 demo: 2.6 9:56 The Good Wife Viewers: 10.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.9 10:56 The Mentalist Viewers: 8.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5   NBC 7:00 Football Night in America Viewers: 3.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1 8:00 NFL Pregame Viewers: 9.5 million, 18-49 demo: 3.6 8:30 Sunday Night Football Viewers: 17.5 million, 18-49 demo: 6.7 FOX 7:00 MLB Pregame Viewers: 2.3 million, 18-49 demo: 0.7 7:30 MLB NLCS Game 6 Viewers: 7.6 million, 18-49 demo: 2.2 On a night when NBC and FOX both carried sports, ABC had a good night as all three of their dramas w...

In an unsurprising move, FOX has renewed competition series The X Factor for a third season that will air next fall. Featuring former American Idol judge Simon Cowell, The X Factor was FOX's "next big thing" when it launched last fall. Simon Cowell predicted 20 million viewers for the show. Though it vastly improved FOX's fall numbers, it came in well below expectations and seemed like the third option behind Idol and The Voice . The show was retooled as Britney Spears and Demi Lovato were brought on as judges this season. The show has continued to do well but not spectacular and it isn't getting the numbers The Voice . But again, FOX would be in dire straits without it. The positive side is that it boosts FOX's numbers. The downside is that FOX has limited space to launch new shows without it taking up three hours and the ones they are launching aren't working. The X Factor joins FOX's cartoons American Dad!, Bob's Burgers, The Simpsons, and F...

ABC   8:00 College Football Viewers: 4.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.8 CBS 8:00 CSI (Repeat) Viewers: 4.5 million, 18-49 demo: 0.6 9:00 Person of Interest (Repeat) Viewers: 4.4 million, 18-49 demo: 0.6 10:00 48 Hours Viewers: 5.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0 NBC 8:00 Revolution (Repeat) Viewers: 1.9 million, 18-49 demo: 0.5 9:00 Chicago Fire (Repeat) Viewers: 2.8 million, 18-49 demo: 0.7 10:00 Law & Order: SVU (Repeat) Viewers: 3.7 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9 FOX   8:00 College Football Viewers: 2.5 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8

GOOD WEEK: "REVOLUTION" NBC placed all its major marketing muscle behind Revolution this summer and it paid off with the best drama debut in years. Still, most people thought it would drop quickly even with the big lead-in of The Voice . After all, Smash couldn't keep the ratings going with the same huge lead-in. And for awhile it looked like the critics were right. Revolution went dropped in weeks two, three, and four. But then in week five, it suddenly popped back up three tenths in the demo to a very impressive 3.3. This was in spite of the lead-in staying the same. Revolution has definitely won fans over on NBC, I did not think it would be anywhere close to a 3.3 demo by episode five and to be honest, I don't quite see the appeal of the show as I've gotten bored with it. But it's NBC's best hope in the drama department in years. This week, it was second only to Grey's Anatomy among drama demos. It is off this week for a debate which will be a t...

In an unsurprising move, series creator Shonda Rhimes announced that the sixth and current season of Private Practice will be the last for the veteran medical drama. The show narrowly snagged a 13 episode renewal for this season as the ratings were declining and series star Kate Walsh announced that she would leave the show after the 13 episodes regardless of whether or not the season was extended. They made the decision to end the show after the half season which will put the grand total of episodes at 113. A spinoff of Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice premiered in Fall 2007 in a completely new Wednesday drama lineup that also included Pushing Daisies and Dirty Sexy Money . The lineup was doing well but then the writer's strike hit which severely impacted the new drama lineup. All three shows aired less than 10 episodes that season and ABC made the decision to not continue the season when the long strike ended and instead start fresh in Fall 2008. The lineup returned that ...

ABC   8:00 Shark Tank Viewers: 7.1 million, 18-49 demo: 2.0 9:00 Primetime: What Would You Do? Viewers: 4.7 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5 10:00 20/20 Viewers: 5.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4 CBS 8:00 Hawaii Five-0 (Repeat) Viewers: 5.9 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8 9:00 CSI: NY Viewers: 9.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2 10:00 Blue Bloods Viewers: 10.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3 NBC 8:00 Grimm (Repeat) Viewers: 2.6 million, 18-49 demo: 0.6 9:00 Grimm Viewers: 5.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5 10:00 Dateline NBC Viewers: 5.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3 FOX   8:00 MLB NLCS Playoffs Viewers: 7.1 million, 18-49 demo: 2.0 On Friday night, ABC's Shark Tank continued its Friday dominance as it was up six tenths in viewers and two tenths in the demo for a series high. This show is continuing to go up on a night where series have a real hard time gaining steam. Later in the night for ABC, Primetime: What Would You Do was up a tenth in viewers and a tenth in the demo while 20/20 was...

ABC 8:00 Last Resort Viewers: 7.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.7 9:00 Grey's Anatomy Viewers: 9.7 million, 18-49 demo: 3.4 10:00 Scandal Viewers: 6.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.9 CBS 8:00 The Big Bang Theory Viewers: 15.7 million, 18-49 demo: 4.8 8:30 Two and a Half Men Viewers: 13.6 million, 18-49 demo: 4.0 9:00 Person of Interest Viewers: 13.9 million, 18-49 demo: 2.8 10:00 Elementary Viewers: 10.9 million, 18-49 demo: 2.3 NBC 8:00 30 Rock Viewers: 3.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2 8:30 Up All Night Viewers: 3.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3 9:00 The Office Viewers: 4.3 million, 18-49 demo: 2.1 9:30 Parks and Recreation Viewers: 3.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6 10:00 Rock Center with Brian Williams Viewers: 3.5 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9   The 8pm hour was kind to CBS on Thursday night as The Big Bang Theory was up 1.5 million viewers and three tenths in the demo while Two and a Half Men featuring guest star Miley Cyrus was up a big 2.2 million viewers and four tenths in t...

The second cancellation of the season has happened and it is NBC's Animal Practice . The odd comedy, set in a veterinary hospital was the subject of criticism when NBC interrupted the Closing Ceremonies of the 2012 London Olympics to air a commercial free preview episode. The numbers were ok then given the huge lead-in but it was DOA when it returned in September to 5.2 million viewers and a 1.4 demo. The show was critically panned and the ratings only dropped from the timeslot premiere numbers. As many, including me , predicted , Animal Practice will be replaced by season two of Whitney which was originally slotted for Friday nights. That gives the Wednesday companion Guys with Kids a multicam comedy as a lead-in. Guys hasn't been getting good ratings but it has built on Animal Practice every week so NBC is giving it some more time. Whitney won't premiere until November 14 though so the fans of Animal Practice (wherever you are) can see three more episodes. I hated the p...

ABC 8:00 The Middle Viewers: 8.4 million, 18-49 demo: 2.5 8:30 The Neighbors Viewers: 6.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.9 9:00 Modern Family Viewers: 12.3 million, 18-49 demo: 4.7 9:30 Suburgatory Viewers: 7.5 million, 18-49 demo: 2.8 10:00 Nashville Viewers: 6.7 million, 18-49 demo: 2.0 CBS   8:00 Survivor Viewers: 10.4 million, 18-49 demo: 2.8 9:00 Criminal Minds Viewers: 11.8 million, 18-49 demo: 3.1 10:00 CSI Viewers: 10.6 million, 18-49 demo: 2.3 NBC 8:00 Animal Practice Viewers: 3.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1 8:30 Guys with Kids Viewers: 4.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4 9:00 Law & Order: SVU Viewers: 6.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6 10:00 Chicago Fire Viewers: 5.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5 FOX 8:02 Ben and Kate (Repeat) Viewers: 3.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2 8:40 The X Factor Viewers: 6.3 million, 18-49 demo: 2.3 9:47 The Mindy Project (Repeat) Viewers: 4.7 million, 18-49 demo: 1.7 Wednesday night was not kind to the newest shows but more on that i...

ABC 8:00 Dancing with the Stars Viewers: 12.9 million, 18-49 demo: 2.0 9:00 ABC News: Presidential Debate N/A 10:30 ABC News: Post Debate Analysis Viewers: 9.5 million, 18-49 demo: 2.5 CBS 8:00 NCIS: Los Angeles (Repeat) Viewers: 8.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4 9:00 CBS News: Presidential Debate N/A 10:30 CBS News: Post Debate Analysis Viewers: 7.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.9 NBC 8:00 The Voice Viewers: 12.0 million, 18-49 demo: 4.6 9:00 NBC News: Presidential Debate N/A 10:30 NBC News: Post Debate Analysis Viewers: 11.4 million, 18-49 demo: 4.0 FOX 8:00 Raising Hope Viewers: 4.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.7 8:30 Ben and Kate Viewers: 2.7 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2 9:00 FOX News: Presidential Debate N/A   NBC had the best results of the night as The Voice was down two tenths in viewers but up a tenth in the demo and led into many eyeballs to their coverage of the debates. On ABC, Dancing with the Stars was down four tenths in viewers and two tenths in the dem...

FOX has renewed Bob's Burgers for a fourth season. As is the case with all of FOX's animated sitcoms, decisions need to be made early to have seasons ready on time with the massive time it takes to produce them. So, FOX has added Burgers to the already renewed toons The Simpsons, Family Guy, and American Dad! FOX launched Bob's Burgers at midseason 2010 and it did so-so in the ratings but it got a boost when it returned last spring for a second season after Allen Gregory bombed and Napoleon Dynamite did nearly as bad. When FOX made the decision to cancel both those shows, Bob's gained some traction and now it appears headed to a healthy run like the others. The only cartoon with the jury still out is The Cleveland Show but I wouldn't be shocked to hear an announcement for a renewal within a couple weeks.

ABC 8:00 Dancing with the Stars Viewers: 13.6 million, 18-49 demo: 2.1 10:00 Castle Viewers: 10.9 million, 18-49 demo: 2.0 CBS 8:00 How I Met Your Mother Viewers: 7.9 million, 18-49 demo: 3.2 8:30 Partners Viewers: 6.1 million, 18-49 demo: 2.1 9:00 2 Broke Girls Viewers: 9.3 million, 18-49 demo: 3.4 9:30 Mike & Molly Viewers: 9.1 million, 18-49 demo: 3.0 10:00 Hawaii Five-0 Viewers: 8.7 million, 18-49 demo: 2.1 NBC 8:00 The Voice Viewers: 13.0 million, 18-49 demo: 4.8 10:00 Revolution Viewers: 8.6 million, 18-49 demo: 3.3   FOX 8:00 MLB Playoffs NLCS Game 2 Viewers: 5.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6 Monday night saw growth from CBS but nothing spectacular for its once dominating lineup. At 8pm, How I Met Your Mother was up a tenth in both viewers and the demo while Partners grew for the first time as it was up four tenths in viewers and two tenths in the demo. That surely buys it some time but I don't think it's a long term answer by any means. At ...

ABC 7:00 America's Funniest Home Videos Viewers: 5.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4 8:00 Once Upon a Time Viewers: 9.5 million, 18-49 demo: 3.0 9:00 Revenge Viewers: 8.3 million, 18-49 demo: 2.6 10:00 666 Park Avenue Viewers: 4.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5 CBS 7:00 60 Minutes Viewers: 11.6 million, 18-49 demo: 2.0 8:00 The Amazing Race Viewers: 9.1 million, 18-49 demo: 2.6 9:00 The Good Wife Viewers: 9.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.7 10:00 The Mentalist Viewers: 10.7 million, 18-49 demo: 2.1   NBC 7:00 Football Night in America Viewers: 6.3 million, 18-49 demo: 2.3 8:00 NFL Pregame Viewers: 11.8 million, 18-49 demo: 4.5 8:30 Sunday Night Football Viewers: 19.9 million, 18-49 demo: 7.7 FOX 7:00 NFL Overrun Viewers: 22.3 million, 18-49 demo: 8.2 7:30 The OT Viewers: 11.0 million, 18-49 demo: 4.4 8:00 MLB Playoffs: NLCS Game 1 Viewers: 6.8 million, 18-49 demo: 2.1 On Sunday night, baseball and football occupied two of the four broadcast networks and saw goo...

ABC 8:00 College Football Viewers: 5.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3 CBS   8:00 NCIS: Los Angeles (Repeat) Viewers: 3.7 million, 18-49 demo: 0.6 9:00 Hawaii Five-0 (Repeat) Viewers: 3.8 million, 18-49 demo: 0.6 10:00 48 Hours Viewers: 5.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0 NBC 8:00 Revolution (Repeat) Viewers: 2.3 million, 18-49 demo: 0.5 9:00 Chicago Fire (Repeat) Viewers: 3.2 million, 18-49 demo: 0.7 10:00 Law & Order: SVU (Repeat) Viewers: 3.8 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9 FOX 8:00 College Football Viewers: 2.5 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8

I realized I never put up a ratings recap for last Sunday! My apologies - here it is briefly (sorry, no commentary) ABC 7:00 America's Funniest Home Videos Viewers: 6.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5 8:00 Once Upon a Time Viewers: 9.8 million, 18-49 demo: 3.4 9:00 Revenge Viewers: 8.4 million, 18-49 demo: 2.6 10:00 666 Park Avenue Viewers: 5.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.7 CBS 7:00 NFL Overrun Viewers: 24.5 million, 18-49 demo: 8.8 7:30 60 Minutes Viewers: 16.0 million, 18-49 demo: 3.6 8:30 The Amazing Race Viewers: 9.7 million, 18-49 demo: 2.6 9:30 The Good Wife Viewers: 9.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.7 10:30 The Mentalist Viewers: 9.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6 NBC 7:00 Football Night in America Viewers: 7.2 million, 18-49 demo: 2.9 8:00 NFL Pregame Viewers: 10.4 million, 18-49 demo: 4.2 8:30 Sunday Night Football Viewers: 18.3 million, 18-49 demo: 7.2 FOX 7:00 The Simpsons (Repeat) Viewers: 2.7 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3 7:30 The Cleveland Show Viewers: 4.5 m...

GOOD WEEK: NBC AT 10PM Many networks have gone with new shows at 10pm this year and that might be one reason that ratings have been underwhelming as 10pm is a hard time to launch a new show in general. But this week has been pretty kind to NBC at 10pm. Though it has dropped, Revolution continues to dominate the 10pm Monday hour against established veterans Hawaii Five-0 and Castle . The biggest surprise came on Tuesday where Parenthood made a big week-to-week jump and tied the new but slumping Vegas on CBS for a demo win in the hour. Even on Wednesday, the series premiere of Chicago Fire did not do too badly and held up well across the hour. It might narrow the gap with ABC's Nashville this coming week if it doesn't take a big second week dive. If NBC can continue to make 10pm strong, it will help their overall revitalization. BAD WEEK: "ANIMAL PRACTICE" With the cancellation of Made in Jersey , all eyes are turned to what will be the next cancelled show. Many ...

ABC 8:00 Shark Tank Viewers: 6.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.8 9:00 Primetime: What Would You Do? Viewers: 4.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4 10:00 20/20 Viewers: 4.7 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4 CBS   8:00 NCIS (Repeat) Viewers: 7.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1 9:00 CSI: NY Viewers: 9.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4 10:00 Blue Bloods Viewers: 10.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4 NBC 8:00 The Voice (Repeat) Viewers: 3.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1 9:00 Grimm Viewers: 5.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6 10:00 Dateline NBC Viewers: 4.7 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3   FOX 8:00 The X Factor Viewers: 2.4 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8 9:00 Fringe Viewers: 2.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0   The first CBS Friday without the cancelled Made in Jersey was a positive one. A repeat of NCIS at 8pm did about what a new CSI: NY did in the same slot last week. But at 9pm, CSI: NY was up 1.1 million viewers and two tenths in the demo from its performance last week and way up from Made in Jersey 's numbers a ...

ABC 8:00 Last Resort Viewers: 6.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6 9:00 ABC News: 2012 Vice Presidential Debate N/A 10:30 ABC News: Post Debate Coverage Viewers: 6.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4 CBS 8:00 The Big Bang Theory Viewers: 14.2 million, 18-49 demo: 4.5 8:30 Two and a Half Men Viewers: 11.4 million, 18-49 demo: 3.5 9:00 CBS News: 2012 Vice Presidential Debate N/A 10:30 CBS News: Post Debate Coverage Viewers: 5.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6   NBC 8:00 30 Rock Viewers: 3.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3 8:30 Up All Night Viewers: 2.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1 9:00 NBC News: 2012 Vice Presidential Debate N/A 10:30 NBC News: Post Debate Coverage Viewers: 6.7 million, 18-49 demo: 2.0 FOX 8:00 The X Factor Viewers: 8.4 million, 18-49 demo: 2.9 9:00 FOX News: 2012 Vice Presidential Debate N/A On Thursday night, the Vice Presidential debate took over the 9-11pm hours so it was only the 8pm shows that were around but CBS was on top as usual as The Big Bang Theory was...