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Preliminary Ratings for Prime Time
Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Please Note: Due to Superstorm Sandy, Fast Affiliate Ratings for Tuesday include more pre-emptions than usual and are likely impacted by power outages. Final National numbers for Tuesday night are expected to be released later today.

Viewers
CBS 15.062 million
NBC 10.809 million
ABC 6.885 million
FOX 3.789 million
CW 1.194 million

Adults 18-49
NBC 4.0/10
CBS 2.6/7
FOX 1.7/5
ABC 1.5/4
CW 0.5/1

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From Marc Berman:

http://www.tvmediainsights.com/2012/10/wednesday-october-31-2012/

-Winners:
NCIS (CBS), The Voice (NBC), Dancing With the Stars (ABC), NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS)

-Losers (excluding repeats):
Raising Hope (Fox), Ben and Kate (Fox), Hart of Dixie (CW), Happy Endings (ABC), The B____ in Apartment 23 (ABC), The Mindy Project (Fox), Emily Owens, M.D. (CW)

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ABC

8:00PM – Dancing with the Stars: All-Stars: The Results
Viewers: 11.463 million, A18-49: 1.9/5

8:30PM – Dancing with the Stars: All-Stars: The
Results
Viewers: 12.115 million, A18-49: 2.0/5

9:00PM – Happy Endings
Viewers: 4.716 million, A18-49: 1.4/4

9:30PM – Don’t Trust the B____ in Apartment 23
Viewers: 3.368 million, A18-49: 1.2/3

10:00PM – 20/20: Superstorm Sandy
Viewers: 5.001 million, A18-49: 1.3/3

10:30PM – 20/20: Superstorm Sandy
Viewers: 4.645 million, A18-49: 1.2/3

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CBS

8:00PM – NCIS
Viewers: 18.009 million, A18-49: 3.3/9

8:30PM – NCIS
Viewers: 18.648 million, A18-49: 3.4/9

9:00PM – NCIS: Los Angeles
Viewers: 16.242 million, A18-49: 2.8/7

9:30PM – NCIS: Los Angeles
Viewers: 15.996 million, A18-49: 2.7/7

10:00PM – Vegas
Viewers: 11.212 million, A18-49: 1.8/4

10:30PM – Vegas
Viewers: 10.266 million, A18-49: 1.6/4

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NBC

8:00PM – The Voice
Viewers: 10.900 million, A18-49: 4.1/12

8:30PM – The Voice
Viewers: 11.811 million, A18-49: 4.6/12

9:00PM – The Voice
Viewers: 12.628 million, A18-49: 4.7/12

9:30PM – The Voice
Viewers: 12.881 million, A18-49: 4.9/12

10:00PM – NBC News Special: Sandy’s Fury
Viewers: 9.172 million, A18-49: 3.4/8

10:30PM – NBC News Special: Sandy’s Fury
Viewers: 7.462 million, A18-49: 2.5/7

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FOX

8:00PM – Raising Hope
Viewers: 4.091 million, A18-49: 1.7/5

8:30PM – Ben and Kate
Viewers: 3.071 million, A18-49: 1.4/4

9:00PM – New Girl
Viewers: 4.807 million, A18-49: 2.3/6

9:30PM – The Mindy Project
Viewers: 3.186 million, A18-49: 1.5/4

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CW

8:00PM – Hart of Dixie
Viewers: 1.500 million, A18-49: 0.6/2

8:30PM – Hart of Dixie
Viewers: 1.260 million, A18-49: 0.6/1

9:00PM – Emily Owens, M.D.
Viewers: 1.043 million, A18-49: 0.3/1

9:30PM – Emily Owens, M.D.
Viewers: 0.975 million, A18-49: 0.3/1

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Source: Nielsen Media Research data (R = repeat)

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The Voice did really well at 9PM (and this is WITH possible power outages in the North East). The finals yesterday didn’t damage the shows too much (except DWTS and Castle) will be interesting to see if ABC sees that occur again.

Looks like FOX screwed the pooch with Ben and Kate and the Mindy Project. Unless FOX is desperate, these shows don’t deserve a second season must less a full season order.

Emily Owens MD is so dead. Will probably track lower soon its in Nikita territory

All things considered, “Raising Hope” is holding its own on Tuesday, compared to freshman “Ben and Kate” and “The Mindy Project” (neither of which really deserve their additional episodes/full season order).

I also think that “Happy Endings” is doing as good as could be expected of it, since it really hasn’t aired outside of a protected or semi-protected time slot before moving to Tuesdays. I don’t know if the numbers are good enough to justify a fourth season or not, but “Apt. 23″ is in worse shape than “Endings” is right now, in my opinion.

I had earlier predicted that ABC, NBC, and Fox would be in a comedy horse race at 9:30 p.m. and so far that does seem to be the case, even though all three comedies have yet to face off against each other (Nov. 13 will be the earliest for that competition thanks to pre-emptions). Depending on how much NBC’s “Go On” is hurt by having an expected two-week hiatus (along with “The New Normal”), there could also be a photo finish in the race among the 9:00 p.m. comedies as well.

Quote from jay on October 31, 2012, 17:59
I also think that “Happy Endings” is doing as good as could be expected of it, since it really hasn’t aired outside of a protected or semi-protected time slot before moving to Tuesdays. I don’t know if the numbers are good enough to justify a fourth season or not, but “Apt. 23″ is in worse shape than “Endings” is right now, in my opinion.

No, I disagree. Happy Endings should be at least getting low 2′s. It was given a huge lead in last year, and was given that for a whole season. Most shows aren’t given that privilege. Happy Endings didn’t deserve another season and it was a waste of MF huge lead in. And sadly, it doesn’t look like MF will ever get the high ratings it got last season ever again.
ABC should learn from the way CBS treat their shows; the shows they put after TBBT still did better than Happy Endings, but CBS cancelled them anyway, because they knew that given the lead in, they could find a show that could do so much better. If ABC thought like this, then they wouldn’t be in the situation that they are in now.

Apt.23 was only behind MF for a short time, so I feel bad that it will be cancelled this season, but even last year when it was behind MF, its retention wasn’t good enough so even it didn’t deserve another season.

Quote from James31 on October 31, 2012, 18:30
ABC should learn from the way CBS treat their shows; the shows they put after TBBT still did better than Happy Endings, but CBS cancelled them anyway, because they knew that given the lead in, they could find a show that could do so much better. If ABC thought like this, then they wouldn’t be in the situation that they are in now.

Apt.23 was only behind MF for a short time, so I feel bad that it will be cancelled this season, but even last year when it was behind MF, its retention wasn’t good enough so even it didn’t deserve another season.

ABC and CBS are like comparing apples to oranges…it just isn’t the same. CBS can afford to cancel middling performing series (or at least they used to be able to), while the other networks don’t really have that luxury. And, not every show is like “Modern Family” or “The Big Bang Theory”. They are in a group all by themselves. Even a veteran show like “Two and a Half Men” struggles to maintain its “Big Bang” lead-in…really performing no better, retention-wise, than other shows in that time slot. Also, look at “Suburgatory”, which was actually doing better following “The Middle” last season than it is now following “Modern Family”.

ABC probably looks at “Happy Endings” as its version of “Friends”, and I would argue that its target audience is being cannablized by Fox’s competing “New Girl” and is also incompatible with its older-skewing (though still high rated) lead-in “Dancing With the Stars”.

I do agree that the renewal for “Apt. 23″ does boggle the mind. Nothing in its initial performance last season should have led to its renewal.

If ABC and all the other non-CBS networks thought like you want them to, they could very well be in much worse shape than they already are.

Quote from djgeneral on October 31, 2012, 18:32
Wow, Bitch did horrible.

There is something about that comment that just made me laugh.