CBS continued to dominate Wednesday in the ratings, with CSI:NY and Criminal Minds standing as the evening’s most-watched programs, according to preliminary Nielsen numbers. The race for second place, however, is also something worth tuning in for: ABC averaged 7.3 million viewers, led by Modern Family, Cougar Town, The Middle, and Robin Roberts’ sit down with Janet Jackson; NBC averaged 7 million viewers, with freshman drama Mercy topping the 8 p.m. hour.
| Time | Show | Viewers (in millions) |
|---|---|---|
| 8 p.m. | Mercy (NBC) The New Adventures of Old Christine (CBS) Modern Family (ABC) So You Think You Can Dance (Fox) America’s Next Top Model (The CW) |
7.8 7.5 6.2 (repeat) 5.7 3.7 |
| 8:30 p.m. | Gary Unmarried (CBS) The Middle (ABC) |
7.2 7.1 |
| 9 p.m. | Criminal Minds (CBS) Modern Family (ABC) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC) Glee (Fox) America’s Next Top Model (The CW) |
13.5 9.2 8.4 7.3 1.8 |
| 9:30 p.m | Cougar Town (ABC) | 7.9 |
| 10 p.m. | CSI: NY (CBS) In the Spotlight with Robin Roberts (ABC) The Jay Leno Show (NBC) |
13.7 6.6 4.8 |
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Glee got good numbers! Glad Mercy is hanging around. I like that show too! Love Criminal Minds (but I DVR it).
wow, top model did almost as well as jay leno…
YAY for Criminal Minds, yesterday´s episode rocked and the upcoming one is going to be awsome : 100th episode!!!!
I wish that they would put the cable shows on this list too…. Would LOVE to see how many people are tuning into SONS OF ANARCHY.
Try TV by the numbers.com – they usually have those numbers…
Another week of ‘Glee’ underperforming. Please stop referring to this show as a ‘hit’. It’s not.
hey FOX, why don’t you put GLEE on Thursdays and bring Fringe back to life on Wednesday?!?!? Thanks
@Tim – it’s a hit for Fox. Other than AI and that dance show I don’t think they get great numbers on anything else.
umm…House, Bones, Lie to Me, 24 when that’s on bring in strong numbers.
As far as ratings go, Glee is a big hit in the demo their advertisers want. Plus, the ancillary revenue from other sources (song downloads, potential concerts, etc) probably make more for Fox than the show itself.
Bring Back Eastwick!!!!
I find it strange that it got cancelled when it had the same ratings (or close to) alot of what I see above.
ABC sux. I am no longer watching ANYTHING on ABC – I’m downloading it if I need to….
ummm i could be wrong but im pretty sure Eastwick’s numbers by the end were lower or maybe equal to leno’s. Which are far lower than almost everything up there sorry.
You may be right Steve but I tire of the same old doctor/CSI/reality shows that have taken over TV. Some variety would be nice.
Yeah thats very true.
Great numbers for Old Christine, Modern Family, and Cougar Town! Deservedly so!
Does anyone know what the second hour of ANTM was? I found out who won, but I usually watch later. Did they do a reunion? I can’t recall a two hour finale ever before.
Great catch, Tim. Glee and SYTYCD often get labeled winners for having mediocre at best numbers. SYTYCD even got beat by a repeat of Modern Family which is a bonafied hit. Meanwhile the morons that label these shows hits trash DWTS and DWTS: Results Show for bringing in 19 and 16 million viewers respectively. And you can’t even argue demo numbers because both segments of DWTS consistently average above 3.0, while SYTYCD is struggling in the 2.0- 2.5 range and Glee has never had a show above a 3.5. So unless you are a complete idiot neither Glee nor SYTYCD is a hit