RATINGS RECAP: 2/17/13

ABC
7:00 America's Funniest Home Videos
Viewers: 6.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5
8:00 Once Upon a Time
Viewers: 7.6 million, 18-49 demo: 2.4
9:00 Revenge
Viewers: 6.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.8
10:00 Zero Hour (Repeat)
Viewers: 2.9 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9

CBS
7:00 60 Minutes
Viewers: 9.7 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3
8:00 The Amazing Race
Viewers: 9.6 million, 18-49 demo: 2.5
9:00 The Good Wife
Viewers: 8.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3
10:00 The Mentalist
Viewers: 9.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6

NBC
7:00 Dateline NBC
Viewers: 5.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0
8:00 Betty White's Off Their Rockers (Repeat)
Viewers: 4.1 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9
8:30 Betty White's Off Their Rockers (Repeat)
Viewers: 4.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0
9:00 Saturday Night Live in the 90s (Repeat)
Viewers: 4.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4

FOX
7:00 The Simpsons (Repeat)
Viewers: 2.2 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9
7:30 The Cleveland Show
Viewers: 2.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1
8:00 The Simpsons
Viewers: 4.6 million, 18-49 demo: 2.0
8:30 Bob's Burgers
Viewers: 3.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.8
9:00 Family Guy
Viewers: 4.9 million, 18-49 demo: 2.4
9:30 American Dad!
Viewers: 4.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.9

Sunday night brought the return of some normalcy for one week before the Oscars but most numbers were down substantially from where they were before the many January and February Sunday events. On CBS, 60 Minutes started off the night down 1.3 million viewers and half a demo point. At 8pm, the 22nd edition of The Amazing Race premiered pretty much exactly where it was in the fall, which is good. It also was ahead of Survivor's season premiere which is pretty surprising and impressive for Race. The news was not as good for the dramas. At 9pm, The Good Wife was down a million viewers and two tenths in the demo for a series low while The Mentalist was down 1.1 million viewers and three tenths in the demo. It doesn't seem like CBS can keep both of these underperformers so which one stays - the critically acclaimed Wife or The Mentalist, which has more syndication possibilities? My money is on The Mentalist to stay.

On ABC, America's Funniest Home Videos was down seven tenths in viewers and three tenths in the demo. At 8pm, Once Upon a Time was up half a million viewers and two tenths in the demo from last week's series low. It did go up but didn't get nearly as much of a rise as it probably should have. At 9pm, Revenge rebounded a little bit better as it was up eight tenths in viewers and four tenths in the demo. FOX's animated shows were right around last week's levels or slightly down which is odd since the competition was lighter. This lineup is pretty weak without a football lead-in.

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