RATINGS RECAP: 1/17/13

ABC
8:00 Last Resort
Viewers: 5.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0
9:00 Grey's Anatomy
Viewers: 8.8 million, 18-49 demo: 3.0
10:00 Scandal
Viewers: 7.9 million, 18-49 demo: 2.6

CBS
8:00 The Big Bang Theory (Repeat)
Viewers: 11.6 million, 18-49 demo: 3.2
8:30 Two and a Half Men (Repeat)
Viewers: 9.0 million, 18-49 demo: 2.3
9:00 Person of Interest (Repeat)
Viewers: 9.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6
10:00 Elementary (Repeat)
Viewers: 7.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4

NBC
8:00 30 Rock
Viewers: 3.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3
8:30 Parks and Recreation
Viewers: 3.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.9
9:00 The Office
Viewers: 4.2 million, 18-49 demo: 2.1
9:30 1600 Penn
Viewers: 3.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2
10:00 Rock Center with Brian Williams
Viewers: 4.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1 

FOX
8:00 American Idol
Viewers: 16.3 million, 18-49 demo: 5.6

On Thursday night, night two of American Idol was slightly down from Wednesday's premiere and closer in numbers to last year than Wednesday night. After a disappointing premiere night, this has to be considered a more promising night two for the reality franchise. Over on ABC, Last Resort was down seven tenths in viewers and two tenths in the demo. At 9pm, Grey's Anatomy was down half a million viewers and also two tenths in the demo. It may have been impacted by Idol but it also didn't have a new Person of Interest to compete with. Scandal followed the pattern of the earlier two dramas as it was down half a million viewers and two tenths in the demo from last week's series high.

Over on NBC, 30 Rock started off the night down four tenths in viewers and two tenths in the demo with just two weeks remaining. Parks and Recreation moved to its new timeslot at 8:30pm. Despite having a weaker lead-in, it posted its best number since October 4 which is a good showing for the new time. At 9pm, The Office was down three tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo. At 9:30pm, the third episode of 1600 Penn plummeted nine tenths in viewers and four tenths in the demo to a very low 1.2. This show seems to be pretty much dead already. At 10pm, Rock Center was up six tenths in viewers and even in the demo. CBS was in repeats but its worth noting that the repeat of The Big Bang Theory posted the night's second best demo behind Idol.