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RATINGS RECAP: 1/8/13

ABC
8:00 Modern Family (Repeat)
Viewers: 5.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.7
8:30 The Middle (Repeat)
Viewers: 4.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5
9:00 Happy Endings
Viewers: 3.7 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4
9:30 Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23
Viewers: 3.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1
10:00 Private Practice
Viewers: 4.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1

CBS
8:00 NCIS
Viewers: 21.1 million, 18-49 demo: 3.5
9:00 NCIS: Los Angeles
Viewers: 17.9 million, 18-49 demo: 3.0
10:00 Vegas
Viewers: 10.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6

NBC
8:00 Betty White's Off Their Rockers
Viewers: 5.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6
8:30 Betty White's Off Their Rockers
Viewers: 6.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.9
9:00 Go On
Viewers: 4.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5
9:30 The New Normal
Viewers: 3.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3
10:00 Parenthood
Viewers: 5.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.9

FOX
8:00 Raising Hope
Viewers: 3.7 million, 18-49 demo: 1.7
8:30 Ben and Kate
Viewers: 2.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2
9:00 New Girl
Viewers: 3.8 million, 18-49 demo: 2.1
9:30 The Mindy Project
Viewers: 2.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5 

On Tuesday night, NBC premiered its post-Voice Tuesday lineup. It started ok at 8pm where Betty White's Off Their Rockers did decently enough for an unscripted prank show. The 8:30pm episode had a nice bump from the 8pm episode. The bad news came at 9pm though where the freshman comedies plummeted without the lead-in from The Voice. Go On was down a horrible 2.4 million viewers and nine tenths in the demo while The New Normal was down 1.4 million viewers and four tenths in the demo. This is a really terrible drop and it shows that these shows were incredibly lead-in dependent. Tuesdays could be tough sledding for NBC until The Voice comes back and now they will be a very weak lead-in for Smash. Despite the drops, there was better news at 10pm where Parenthood didn't seem to be affected as it was down a tenth in viewers but up a tenth in the demo. Parenthood has already been overperforming this season but this is arguably its most impressive showing yet this season and it should assure itself another season with this performance. 

CBS benefited the most from The Voice not airing as NCIS was up 1.5 million viewers and two tenths in the demo for a season high in total viewers and the best demo since the second week of the season. At 9pm, NCIS: Los Angeles was up a strong 2.4 million viewers but even in the demo, skewing older this week. At 10pm, Vegas was up 1.1 million viewers but also even in the demo. There is no way this is coming back on Tuesdays next season. The only question is whether it gets cancelled or gets a chance on Fridays.

On FOX, the comedy lineup was back right around its levels before Christmas. Raising Hope was down three tenths in viewers and even in the demo. All things considered, it does decently in a lead-off position and will almost certainly get a renewal. At 8:30pm, Ben and Kate was down two tenths in viewers and up a tenth in the demo. At 9pm, New Girl was down four tenths in viewers but up a tenth in the demo as it beat Go On in the demo for the first time in awhile. At 9:30pm, The Mindy Project was down two tenths in viewers and even in the demo.

Finally on ABC, repeats of The Middle and Modern Family on a special night were the top performers for the alphabet network. The regular programming from 9-11pm was horribly low as usual. Both Happy Endings and Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 were up slightly from their last Tuesday airing and definitely up from the low rated Sunday 10pm airings. The first of the final three episodes of Private Practice and it doesn't seem to be sprinting towards the finish line as it was up two tenths in viewers but down a tenth in the demo.
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