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RATINGS RECAP: 1/22/13

ABC
8:00 The Taste
Viewers: 5.8 million, 18-49 demo: 2.1
10:00 Private Practice
Viewers: 5.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5

CBS
8:00 NCIS (Repeat)
Viewers: 12.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.7
9:00 NCIS: Los Angeles (Repeat)
Viewers: 11.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.7
10:00 Vegas (Repeat)
Viewers: 6.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0

NBC
8:00 Betty White's Off Their Rockers
Viewers: 5.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6
8:30 Betty White's Off Their Rockers
Viewers: 5.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.8
9:00 Go On
Viewers: 4.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3
9:30 The New Normal
Viewers: 3.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2
10:00 Parenthood
Viewers: 4.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.8 

FOX
8:00 Raising Hope
Viewers: 4.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.7
8:30 Ben and Kate
Viewers: 2.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2
9:00 New Girl
Viewers: 4.1 million, 18-49 demo: 2.2
9:30 The Mindy Project
Viewers: 3.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5

Tuesday night was a night of beginnings and endings for ABC. At 8pm was the series premiere of new reality cooking series The Taste. The show had a very respectable sampling and outperformed many predictions with a 2.1 demo premiere. It's nothing amazing but a solid start. At 10pm was the series finale of Private Practice which ended after six seasons. It was up 1.2 million viewers and three tenths in the demo for the series finale. This show lost a ton of momentum when it moved away from the Grey's Anatomy lead-in it had for many years and disappeared relatively quietly less than a year later.

NBC had a rough night as nothing cracked a 2 in the demo. At 8pm, Betty White's Off Their Rockers was up a tenth in the demo while the 8:30pm airing was even. The hope of a rebound from the 9pm comedies last week was shattered when Go On and The New Normal plummeted to series lows as Go On was down half a million viewers and a rough four tenths in the demo while The New Normal was even in viewers but down two tenths in the demo. These comedies have completely fallen apart. How far down will they go before The Voice comes back? At 10pm, the season finale of Parenthood dropped a tenth in viewers and the demo. While the ratings were down for the finale, I'd be shocked if this show was not renewed for a fifth season after it won its timeslot most weeks.

Finally on FOX, Raising Hope was up four tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo. Considering everything with this lineup, it's not doing horrible. At 8:30pm, Ben and Kate was up three tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo but that was not enough to get it yanked from the lineup as FOX announced Wednesday. At 9pm, New Girl rebounded from its series low as it was up four tenths in viewers and three tenths in the demo for its best demo since November. Finally at 9:30pm, The Mindy Project was up three tenths in viewers and even in the demo.
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