RATINGS RECAP: 3/5/14

ABC
8:00 The Middle
Viewers: 7.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.9
8:30 Suburgatory
Viewers: 5.7 million, 18-49 demo: 1.7
9:00 Modern Family
Viewers: 9.2 million, 18-49 demo: 3.4
9:30 Mixology
Viewers: 4.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.7
10:00 Nashville
Viewers: 5.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5

CBS
8:00 Survivor
Viewers: 9.6 million, 18-49 demo: 2.4
9:00 Criminal Minds
Viewers: 11.4 million, 18-49 demo: 2.6
10:00 CSI
Viewers: 9.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.7 

NBC
8:00 Revolution
Viewers: 4.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3
9:00 Law & Order: SVU
Viewers: 6.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6
10:00 Chicago PD
Viewers: 6.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5 

FOX
8:00 American Idol
Viewers: 10.5 million, 18-49 demo: 2.7 

On Wednesday night, ABC recovered a little bit from last week's troubles. At 8pm, The Middle was up three tenths in viewers and two tenths in the demo. At 8:30pm, Suburgatory was up half a million viewers and three tenths in the demo. Hovering around a 1.7 demo like this week could get it renewed. Hovering around a 1.4 demo like last week is bad news. At 9pm, Modern Family was up seven tenths in viewers and three tenths in the demo. The good news for week two of Mixology was it was only down four tenths in viewers and even in the demo. While that's a good second week hold, it's still just so low and retention was even worse this week to a measly 50%. It may not get an instant hook with these numbers, but it's definitely not cutting it. At 10pm, Nashville was up three tenths in viewers and two tenths in the demo. It actually tied Chicago PD in the demo after being nearly a full demo point behind it last week. On FOX, American Idol was down three tenths in viewers and even in the demo.

On CBS, Survivor was up two tenths in viewers and even in the demo from last week's two hour premiere. This was a great showing for week two. At 9pm, Criminal Minds was up 2 million viewers and four tenths in the demo from last week, when it aired at 10pm. The good news did not continue at 10pm where CSI was down half a million viewers and three tenths in the demo from its last airing two weeks ago. NBC came crashing back to earth from 9-11pm. At 8pm, Revolution was up two tenths in viewers and even in the demo. At 9pm, Law & Order: SVU was down 1.8 million viewers and four tenths in the demo. Once again, SVU and Criminal Minds seem to share an audience. 10pm was even worse as Chicago PD collapsed from last week's series high, falling 1.9 million viewers and a troubling seven tenths in the demo. Last week may have been inflated thanks to the crossover, but this is still a huge drop.