RATINGS RECAP: 5/23/13

ABC
8:00 Wipeout
Viewers: 4.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2
9:00 Motive
Viewers: 6.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3
10:00 Rookie Blue
Viewers: 6.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2

CBS 
8:00 The Big Bang Theory (Repeat)
Viewers: 9.1 million, 18-49 demo: 2.2
8:30 Two and a Half Men (Repeat)
Viewers: 7.7 million, 18-49 demo: 1.8
9:00 Person of Interest (Repeat)
Viewers: 6.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2
10:00 Elementary (Repeat)
Viewers: 4.7 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9

NBC
8:00 Save Me
Viewers: 3.2 million, 18-49 demo: 0.7
8:30 Save Me
Viewers: 2.9 million, 18-49 demo: 0.7
9:00 The Office (Repeat)
Viewers: 1.9 million, 18-49 demo: 0.6
9:30 Parks and Recreation (Repeat)
Viewers: 1.8 million, 18-49 demo: 0.7
10:00 Hannibal
Viewers: 2.7 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0 

FOX
8:00 Hell's Kitchen
Viewers: 5.6 million, 18-49 demo: 2.2
9:00 Does Someone Have to Go?
Viewers: 3.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3

On the first night of summer, numbers were predictably low. FOX had a decent showing from Hell's Kitchen in its new timeslot but the series premiere of reality show Does Someone Have to Go? flopped at 9pm. ABC was all new with Wipeout up slightly from last week. The timeslot premiere for Motive after a low sampling on Monday actually outperformed the fourth season premiere of Rookie Blue which is surprising. On NBC, the series premiere of burnoff summer series Save Me was predictably low. The only good news was that it basically held steady for its second episode at 8:30pm. At 10pm, Hannibal was down a tenth in the demo from last week. I don't think NBC is going to renew this show.