RATINGS RECAP: 11/7/13

ABC
8:00 Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
Viewers: 3.6 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9
9:00 Grey's Anatomy
Viewers: 8.7 million, 18-49 demo: 2.7
10:00 Scandal
Viewers: 8.7 million, 18-49 demo: 2.8

CBS
8:00 The Big Bang Theory
Viewers: 16.9 million, 18-49 demo: 4.9
8:30 The Millers
Viewers: 10.4 million, 18-49 demo: 2.6
9:00 The Crazy Ones
Viewers: 8.0 million, 18-49 demo: 2.1
9:30 Two and a Half Men
Viewers: 8.3 million, 18-49 demo: 2.0
10:00 Elementary
Viewers: 8.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.8

NBC
8:00 The Voice
Viewers: 9.7 million, 18-49 demo: 2.5
9:00 Sean Saves the World
Viewers: 4.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4
9:30 The Michael J. Fox Show
Viewers: 3.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0
10:00 Parenthood
Viewers: 3.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3

FOX
8:00 The X Factor
Viewers: 3.7 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2
9:00 Glee
Viewers: 4.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5

On Thursday night, NBC aired The Voice results at 8pm which was a major improvement over everything in this time period for NBC all season even though it didn't come close to its Monday and Tuesday numbers. The special episode of The Voice helped Sean Saves the World rise nine tenths in viewers and three tenths in the demo for its best numbers since the series premiere. This rise was most likely a mirage but NBC showed faith in the show by ordering five additional episodes of Sean on Friday. At 9:30pm, The Michael J. Fox Show didn't benefit at all. It was up two tenths in viewers but down a tenth in the demo for a series low. NBC has a 22 episode order for this show and it's at cancellation levels. My suggestion is to bag it after 13 episodes and make a new pilot with better writing that's a better vehicle for FOX and relaunch it next fall. At 10pm, Parenthood was up two tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo. 

On CBS, The Big Bang Theory was down a tenth in viewers and three tenths in the demo from its last new episode two weeks ago. It is a season low but it also had to face The Voice this week. At 8:30pm, The Millers was up seven tenths in viewers and half a demo point from last week when it had to follow a repeat. It was down a tenth in the demo from the last time it followed a new Big Bang. As usual, raw numbers are decent but retention is terrible. At 9pm, The Crazy Ones was down a tenth in viewers and two tenths in the demo. Last week it's drop wasn't horrible when The Millers took a big drop. This week The Millers had a big rise but Crazy didn't rise as much. It looks like it may have a more independent audience. At 9:30pm, Two and a Half Men was down two tenths in viewers and three tenths in the demo for a series low. It will certainly fall below a 2.0 demo for the first time ever this season. At 10pm, Elementary was down six tenths in viewers and even in the demo. 

Over on ABC, Once Upon a Time in Wonderland was down eight tenths in viewers and two tenths in the demo for another series low. This show is done but ABC will probably let it ride out its 13 episodes. Three of the four new ABC dramas have now fallen below a 1.0 demo. Yikes. At 9pm, Grey's Anatomy was down two tenths in viewers but up a tenth in the demo. At 10pm, Scandal was down half a million viewers and a tenth in the demo for a season low. This show is of course still a huge draw but it looks like the early episodes were maybe a bit of a mirage with its demo being well over a 3. FOX has a major problem with The X Factor as it was down a huge 2.8 million viewers and eight tenths in the demo from its last Thursday airing for weeks ago. This show was falling apart anyway and the baseball hiatus has completely killed it. The Voice only accounts for a little bit of this horrible number, I think. Glee returned down a mammoth 3.4 million viewers and 1.4 demo points from its Cory Monteith tribute episode but it was down just a tenth in the demo from the episode before that.