American Idol dominated the night, beating the combined network competition by 36% in Adults 18-49 for the night averaging an 8.0 over its two-hour telecast. For those Idol haters out there, the show continues to hold remarkably well compared to last season, being down just 8% year-to-year in the demos, and actually up a bit in total viewers (24.2 million v 23.5 million).
CBS was up next, with its mostly new lineup of Survivor: Redemption Island (10.94m, 3.2), a repeat of Criminal Minds (8.22m, 1.8) and freshman spin-off Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior (9.06m, 2.2). Survivor, while down from previous cycles, is holding up very well against Idol, especially considering in its 22nd season, this is the first time the skein has faced off against the FOX juggernaut. With the original in repeat mode, Suspect Behavior didn't fare horribly, although the ratings at this level are solidly in the danger zone.
ABC served up two repeats of The Middle (5m, 1.4), a rerun of Modern Family (6.16m, 2.3), a quickly dimming Mr. Sunshine (4.8m, 1.8), and closed out the night with a fresh Off The Map (4.3m, 1.4). While fans of Mr. Sunshine will point out that the weaker lead in would obviously hurt the ratings, that 1.8 can't be explained away when a Family repeat came in at a 2.3. As far as Off The Map is concerned, the quickly-cancelled The Whole Truth was pulling a 1.5 most weeks last Fall in this slot, so draw your own conclusions there.
On NBC, a new Minute to Win It (3.5m, 1.0) lead into a double dose of Law & Order: SVU, the second of which beat ABC's Map in viewers and tied in the demos with 5.4m and 1.5 respectively.
The CW closed out the night with a new America's Next Top Model (2.33m, 1.1) followed by Shedding for the Wedding (1.05m, 0.5). ANTM continues to perform well (by CW standards) while Shedding will be lucky to still be on the air for the wedding.
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