Ratings News - 13th October 2011 *Full Tables Added*

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Wednesday Overnight Results

Household
Rating/Share
CBS 7.5/12
Fox 7.0/11
ABC 6.6/11
NBC 5.0/ 8
CW 1.5/ 2

-Percent Change from the Year-Ago Evening (Thursday 10/13/10):
Fox: +56, Fox: +27, CBS: + 1, NBC: - 2, CW: -29

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-Winners:
Survivor: South Pacific (CBS), The Middle (ABC), Suburgatory (ABC), MLB, ALCS, Game 4 (Fox), Modern Family (ABC), Criminal Minds (CBS)

-Honorable Mention:
Harry’s Law (NBC), Revenge (ABC)

-Losers (excluding repeats):
Happy Endings (ABC), America’s Next Top Model (CW)

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-Ratings Breakdown:
CBS led this fourth Wednesday of the 2011-12 season in the overnights, beating baseball populated Fox (which pre-empted The X Factor) by seven percent. The network fared at now typical midweek levels with its combination of Survivor: South Pacific (#1: 6.9 rating/11 share), Criminal Minds (#1: 8.4/13) and relocated CSI (7.1/12). Note: Results for baseball in the 10 p.m. hour were not available at press time (which is why nothing on The Big 3 in the 10 p.m. hour will be ranked). Year-to-year, CSI built from failed year-ago occupant The Defenders (6.3/11 on 10/13/10) by 13 percent.

Game four of The American League Championship Series (Detroit Tigers vs. Texas Rangers) on Fox scored a 7.0/11 in the overnights from 8-10 p.m., with the half-hour breakdown as follows:

ALCS, Game 4
8:00 p.m.: 6.5/11 (#2)
8:30 p.m.: 6.5/10 (#2t)
9:00 p.m.: 7.1/11 (#3)
9:30 p.m.: 7.9/12 (#2)
(As a reminder, results in the 10 p.m. hour are not available)

Third overall in the overnights was ABC, which is poised for victory among adults 18-49, followed by NBC and distant The CW.

ABC’s biggest Wednesday performer, of course, is 9 p.m. sitcom Modern Family (9.5/15), which led the evening in the overnights and will win the night among adults 18-49. But the problem remains sophomore lead-out Happy Endings (#4: 5.1/ 8), which dropped by 46 percent. One year earlier, former Wednesday 9:30 p.m. occupant Cougar Town (5.0/ 8 on 10/13/10) dropped by 36 percent out of Modern Family (7.8/12 on 10/13/10).

Leading out of Happy Endings was week four of drama Revenge (6.2/10), which built by 22 percent out of Happy Endings and is likely to land a full season episode order. Four-week overnight track for Revenge:

9/21/11: 7.0/12
9/28/11: 6.2/10
10/05/11: 5.8/10
10/12/11: 6.2/10

Earlier in the evening on ABC was consistent The Middle (#3: 6.2/10 at 8 p.m.), which is up by 19 percent year-to-year, followed by week three of Suburgatory tied for No. 2 with a 6.5/10 at 8:30 p.m. Compared to one week earlier (6.3/10 on 10/05/11), Suburgatory grew by three percent and it built from from failed year-ago occupant Better With You (4.1/ 6 on 10/13/10) by 59 percent. Like Revenge, Suburgatory is a shoo-in for a full season renewal.

Elsewhere, NBC finished in the distant No. 4 spot with its line-up of Up All Night (#4: 4.1/ 7), which continues to show promise in a particularly competitive time period, a repeat of Whitney (#4: 2.9/ 5), which has stepped in for canceled Free Agents, older-skewing Harry’s Law (#4: 5.8/ 9 at 10 p.m.) and veteran Law & Order: SVU (5.7/10). Harry’s Law, of course, will not have the same advantage among adults 18-49, but overnight growth out of the Whitney encore was notable at100 percent. As a reminder, NBC has picked-up Harry’s Law for an additional six episodes.

Over at The CW, a repeat of Ringer, which just received a full season episode order, scored a 1.1/ 2 (#5) in the overnights at 8 p.m. That led into tired America’s Next Top Model at a 1.9/ 3 (#5), which remained down by 27 percent year-to-year (2.6/ 4 at 8 p.m. on 10/13/10) despite hitting a season high.

Source: Nielsen Media Research

Source: Marc Berman@TVMediaInsights