>Last night CBS was the only network to top a 2 rating with Adults 18-49, showing substantial growth from the same night last year. The other networks were closer to a 1 rating on the final Wednesday of 2011. Complete program ratings tracks follow and read more at the Wednesday Network Scorecard.
Nightly Adult 18-49 Rating
Wednesday CBS ABC FOX NBC
12.28.2011 2.1 1.2 1.0 0.8
12.29.2010 1.6 1.6 0.9 1.2
CBS Wednesday topped the broadcast networks with a 2.1 rating in Adults 18-49. At 8 pm a special repeat of NCIS: Los Angeles scored a 1.8 rating in the Survivor time period, followed by 2+-rated repeats of the 9 and 10 pm dramas. Last year on this night (Wednesday, December 29, 2010): NCIS: Los Angeles (1.3), Criminal Minds (2.0) and The Defenders (1.4).
Season Last Six Weeks
CBS Wed High Low 1123 1130 12.7 1214 1221 1228
Survivor 3.6 3.1 1.9R 3.1 3.3 3.1 — —
Criminal Min 4.1 3.4 1.8R 2.1R 3.4 3.4 1.5R 2.3R
CSI 3.2 2.5 1.6R — 2.5 2.9 1.6R 2.1R
ABC repeated its entire Wednesday lineup last night and finished with a weak second-place 1.2 rating from 8-11 pm. On this night last year, ABC averaged a 1.6 rating with six comedy repeats: The Middle (1.6), Better with You (1.5), Modern Family (2.0), Modern Family (2.2), Cougar Town (1.4) and Cougar Town (1.2).
Season Last Six Weeks
ABC Wed High Low 1123 1130 12.7 1214 1221 1228
The Middle 3.2 2.5 2.5 1.8R 2.8 1.6R 1.4R 1.3R
Suburgatory 3.4 2.5 2.5 1.7R 2.8 1.6R 1.5R 1.4R
Modern Fami 6.1 4.5 4.5 2.6R 5.1 2.3R 2.2R 1.9R
Happy Ending 3.5 2.7 2.7 2.1R 2.8 — 1.4R 1.2R
Revenge 3.4 2.1 2.1 1.2R 2.4 — 0.9R 0.6R
FOX tried four comedies last night and averaged only a 1.0 rating: Raising Hope (0.9), Raising Hope (0.9), New Girl (1.0) and New Girl (1.1). Last year on this night: two Human Target repeats (both 0.9).
Season Last Six Weeks
FOX Wed High Low 1123 1130 12.7 1214 1221 1228
X Factor 4.4 2.5 2.5 3.7 3.4 3.4 3.3 —
Hate Teenage 2.8 1.8 2.8 2.1 1.8 2.0 —
NBC pulled into fourth place with a 0.8 rating for the night with repeats of its regular schedule and a special Whitney repeat at 8:30 (0.8). The time periods will be stone cold when the new lineup of Whitney, Are There, Chelsea?, a relocated Rock Center try to support Law & Order: SVU in the new year. Last year on this night: Undercovers (0.9), Law & Order SVU (1.0) and Law & Order SVU (1.6).
Season Last Six Weeks
NBC Wed High Low 1123 1130 12.7 1214 1221 1228
Up All Night 2.4 1.5 1.5 — 1.9 1.1R — 1.0R
Free Agents 1.3 1.0
Harry’s Law 1.4 1.1 — 1.4 1.2 0.7R — 0.5R
L&O SVU 2.4 1.9 — 2.2 1.9 1.1R 1.0R 0.9R
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