As I expected, the 3 week baseball hiatus was not kind to the FOX comedy line-up, including Glee. (Via TVByTheNumbers)
After a four week hiatus, Fox’s New Girl returned to a 3.5 adults 18-49 rating, that’s down 19% from the 4.3 adults 18-49 rating in its last original on October 4. Raising Hope was also back after a four week break and was down 14% to a 2.5 adults 18-49 rating vs its last Tuesday orginal which drew a 2.9 adults 18-49 rating on October 4 (Raising Hope’s last original was a special Wednesday airing on October 5 that drew a 2.3 adults 18-49 rating). Earlier in the night Glee slipped below the 3.0 threshold to a 2.9 adults 18-49 rating, down 18% from its last original. To quote Fox’s kinda sorta anonymous scheduling chief, “Baseball giveth Baseball taketh away.”
Ugh. Glee is definitely losing ground. Ryan Murphy’s efforts to bring the show back to basics may be too little too late. I expect Murphy to be promoting the hell out of next week’s show, which has 2 of the show’s most beloved characters losing their virginity. How’s that for a sweeps month stunt? Also don’t expect FOX to be peeling off popular characters for a spin-off if the ratings don’t improve.
There was some good news for DWTS:
On ABC, Last Man Standing drew a 2.6 adults 18-49 rating, down two tenths from last week and Man Up also dropped two tenths to a 1.8 adults 18-49 rating. DWTS results were up two tenths to a 2.8 adults 18-49 rating and Body Of Proof was also up two tenths to a 2.0 adults 18-49 rating.
8:00
CBS NCIS 3.9/11 19.38
FOX Glee 2.9/8 7.43
ABC Last Man Standing 2.6/8 9.30
NBC The Biggest Loser 2.2/6 6.48
CW 90210 0.7/2 1.50
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ABC Man Up 1.8/5 6.41
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FOX New Girl 3.5/9 7.53
CBS NCIS: Los Angeles 3.4/9 15.59
ABC Dancing with the Stars Results 2.8/7 15.21
NBC The Biggest Loser 2.4/6 6.28
CW Ringer 0.8/2 1.80
9:30 FOX Raising Hope 2.5/6 5.49
10:00 CBS Unforgettable 2.3/6 11.27
NBC Parenthood 2.2/6 5.29
ABC Body Of Proof 2.0/5 10.06
