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Somewhere, Edward R. Murrow weeps.
CBS: The attempt to resurrect Murrow’s 59-year old celebrity interview vehicle PERSON TO PERSON with Charlie Rose and Lara Logan flopped badly with a 1.1 (wait, people didn’t want to see the inside of Warren Buffet’s house?). But Survivor will be back next week, so no long-term damage done. CRIMINAL MINDS was in its recent neighborhood (its lead over Mobbed on FOX will likely look better when final ratings are released and the Idol overrun into Mobbed‘s hour is removed). As expected, CSI took a big hit from the last new episode, which was Marg Helgenberger’s finale, but still won its hour. Next week Elisabeth Shue debuts as the show’s new female lead, and we’ll see if that does anything for the show.FOX: AMERICAN IDOL held at a 6.0, which naturally destroyed the competition but was still down almost 30% from last year at this time–and was also about 10% below Monday’s number for The Voice. MOBBED was purportedly up for the night, but again that may well change once the Idol overrun is removed.
ABC: THE MIDDLE and SUBURGATORY were basically even with their earlier numbers against Idol, while MODERN FAMILY and HAPPY ENDINGS, which had last aired new episodes against a 2-hour Idol, predictably did better against Mobbed. REVENGE matched its last few originals–we’ll see if next week’s arc finale gives the show a bump.
NBC: Even though Idol was stable, its NBC competition of WHITNEY and ARE YOU THERE, CHELSEA? managed to be down to a pair of 1.5s, which is even with the series low that Up All Night had when it aired on Wednesdays. ROCK CENTER unsurprisingly was slaughtered in its new 9PM timeslot, with a 1.1 against 3 networks that all averaged a 3.0 or more in the hour. SVU was in last place at 10PM, although considering the difference in lead-ins, a 2.2 (only 0.5 behind CSI) was almost a moral victory.
CW: ONE TREE HILL continues to hold nicely with a 0.7, while REMODELED continues to need one of its own with a 0.4.
Virtually all new sweeps episodes on every network tonight. NBC will air a 1-hour 30 ROCK at 8PM, preempting PARKS & RECREATION, which should have little effect on the ratings, and while the network waits to launch AWAKE after sweeps, it’ll re-air the post-Super Bowl edition of THE VOICE at 10PM.
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