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Another night of atypical FOX programming as we head to the World Series endgame(s).
ABC: The real test for the network’s new sitcoms will be next week when Glee returns, but ABC can’t be happy with the preliminary results: the very expensive, hugely-promoted LAST MAN STANDING is a passable sub-3, while MAN UP! is already (mercifully) in trouble, with a lousy 1.9. That lead-in did DANCING WITH THE STARS no favor, and even with significantly reduced competition on NBC, BODY OF PROOF couldn’t reach a 2.
FOX: X FACTOR may not be a blockbuster, but it’s doing nothing but good for FOX. Filling in on Tuesday for World Series week, it tied its season high and easily won the night for the network.
CBS: As usual, largely unaffected by the outside world. The only off note was that despite a big promotional push, UNFORGETTABLE was still at a blah 2.5. However, that’s good enough to win the hour, and seems to be sufficient for the network, which rewarded the show with a full season back order.
NBC: BIGGEST LOSER continues to show no signs of life, and is a 2-hour block of trouble for the network. The PRIME SUSPECT repeat didn’t do more than a Parenthood repeat would have, but presumably a few viewers watched who hadn’t seen the show before, and that was the goal.
CW: Out of the game with 2 RINGER repeats.
Tonight’s edge-of-the-seat suspense is whether there will or won’t be a World Series game played due to rain.. Since FOX will air repeats in case of a rain-out, that will obviously make a huge difference to their rating. The other networks, however, had already largely scheduled repeats for this last pre-Sweeps night (ABC is all new except for a rerun Modern Family), so it won’t matter much in the big picture.
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