RATINGS RECAP: 2/20/13

ABC
8:00 The Middle
Viewers: 8.3 million, 18-49 demo: 2.3
8:30 The Neighbors
Viewers: 6.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.9
9:00 Modern Family
Viewers: 10.6 million, 18-49 demo: 4.0
9:30 Suburgatory
Viewers: 5.7 million, 18-49 demo: 2.0
10:00 20/20: Mad About Oscar with Katie Couric
Viewers: 5.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3

CBS 
8:00 Survivor
Viewers: 9.3 million, 18-49 demo: 2.4
9:00 Criminal Minds
Viewers: 10.7 million, 18-49 demo: 2.6
10:00 CSI
Viewers: 10.7 million, 18-49 demo: 2.3

NBC
8:00 Whitney
Viewers: 3.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1
8:30 Guys with Kids
Viewers: 2.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0
9:00 Law & Order: SVU
Viewers: 5.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6
10:00 Chicago Fire
Viewers: 6.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.9

FOX
8:00 American Idol
Viewers: 14.4 million, 18-49 demo: 4.1

Wednesday night brought pretty usual numbers but ABC had mostly reasons to smile. At 8pm, The Middle was up six tenths in viewers and four tenths in the demo as it rebounded nicely from last week's season low. The Neighbors followed suit as it was up four tenths in viewers and two tenths in the demo. At 9pm, Modern Family was up half a million viewers and two tenths in the demo as it got back to a 4 in the demo after a couple down weeks. At 9:30pm, Suburgatory was down two tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo despite the lead-in being up. It also finished just a tenth ahead of The Neighbors despite a much better lead-in. This is the biggest problem in the block right now.

On CBS, Survivor followed up last week's very low premiere by holding steady in week two which is better news for CBS. It was up four tenths in viewers and even in the demo. The worse news came at 9pm though where Criminal Minds fell 1.3 million and two tenths in the demo to a new series low. It seems like one of these shows underperforms every week. At 10pm, CSI rebounded as well as it was up 2.2 million viewers and four tenths in the demo. On FOX, American Idol was up nine tenths in viewers but down two tenths in the demo.


Finally on NBC, Whitney was down half a million viewers and a tenth in the demo and Guys with Kids was down a tenth in viewers and even in the demo. These are terrible numbers but they're pretty comparable to the Tuesday sitcoms. So does NBC cancel all four sitcoms, not to mention Community and 1600 Penn? They should but who knows if they will. At 9pm, Law & Order: SVU was down six tenths in viewers but up a tenth in the demo despite competition from Criminal Minds this week. At 10pm, Chicago Fire was down two tenths in viewers and even in the demo. It didn't come close to CSI this week because CSI was up but it was steady which is another good sign for this show.