RATINGS RECAP: 1/15/13

ABC
8:00 Modern Family (Repeat)
Viewers: 5.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6
8:30 Suburgatory (Repeat)
Viewers: 3.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0
9:00 Happy Endings
Viewers: 3.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3
9:30 Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23
Viewers: 2.7 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1
10:00 Private Practice
Viewers: 4.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2

CBS
8:00 NCIS
Viewers: 22.9 million, 18-49 demo: 3.9
9:00 NCIS: Los Angeles
Viewers: 17.6 million, 18-49 demo: 2.7
10:00 Vegas
Viewers: 11.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6

NBC
8:00 Betty White's Off Their Rockers
Viewers: 5.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5
8:30 Betty White's Off Their Rockers
Viewers: 6.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.8
9:00 Go On
Viewers: 4.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.7
9:30 The New Normal
Viewers: 3.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4
10:00 Parenthood
Viewers: 5.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.9 

FOX
8:00 Raising Hope
Viewers: 3.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6
8:30 Ben and Kate
Viewers: 2.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1
9:00 New Girl
Viewers: 3.7 million, 18-49 demo: 1.9
9:30 The Mindy Project
Viewers: 2.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5

On Tuesday night, just like Thursday night, another CBS veteran obliterated the competition. NCIS in its tenth season was up 1.8 million viewers and four tenths in the demo. The viewer total is the best in nearly two years. Two scripted shows on CBS are over 20 million viewers and soaring above the competition. At 9pm, NCIS: Los Angeles was down three tenths in viewers and the demo, showing much worse retention this week. Finally at 10pm, Vegas was up four tenths in viewers and even in the demo. The problem is that it was 2.3 demo points behind NCIS and aired just an hour later.

Over on FOX, every single show in the low rated comedy block has now gone below a 2.0. At 8pm, Raising Hope was down a tenth in viewers and the demo while Ben and Kate was down two tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo, tying a series low. At 9pm, New Girl was down a tenth in viewers and two tenths in the demo for a series low. This show has really tumbled this year though it still skews young. I do think it suffers from time shifted viewing more than most shows because such a huge percentage of its audience is certainly young adults. At 9:30pm, The Mindy Project was down a tenth in viewers and even in the demo. 

On NBC, two episodes of Betty White's Off Their Rockers were slightly down their respective episodes last week. At 9pm, Go On was up two tenths in viewers and the demo as it rebounded a little bit from last week's horrible tumble. At 9:30pm, The New Normal was up a tenth in viewers and the demo. Lastly, Parenthood was down three tenths in viewers ad even in the demo ahead of next week's season finale. Finally on ABC, Happy Endings was down six tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo while Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 was down four tenths in viewers and even in the demo. At 10pm, the next-to-last episode of Private Practice was up a tenth in viewers and the demo. Will it be able to jump more for the series finale next week?