RATINGS RECAP: 10/21/12

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 were up. At 7pm though America's Funniest Home Videos was even in viewers but down a tenth in the demo. The news was better at 8pm where Once Upon a Time recovered some from last week's fall as it was up four tenths in viewers and a good three tenths in the demo. That was good enough to tie Revolution for the second best drama demo performance of the week (a tenth behind leader Grey's Anatomy). At 9pm, Revenge was up four tenths in viewers and two tenths in the demo for the best performance since the season premiere. The good news even extended to 10pm where 666 Park Avenue was even in viewers and up two tenths in the demo. The show got additional scripts but this is still entirely too low.

CBS's lineup was thrown for a loop as the NFL overrun which is scheduled until 7:30pm lasted all the way until 7:56pm with an overtime Patriots-Jets game. This meant the shows started nearly half an hour later than scheduled and The Mentalist didn't start until nearly 11pm. Still, the news was good for shows except for The Mentalist. 60 Minutes was up a huge 4.3 million viewers and 1.6 demo points with a football lead-in this week. The Amazing Race was up four tenths in viewers and even in the demo while The Good Wife rebounded some as it was up nine tenths in viewers and two tenths in the demo. The only drop came from The Mentalist which was down 2.6 million viewers and six tenths in the demo. That's not really concerning though considering it started 56 minutes later than last week.

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