
With the biggest show on the night, Fox’s Glee, airing a rerun, CBS’ veteran 8 PM drama NCIS (4.2/12, 19.1 million viewers) got an 8% boost, which the network carried over to 9 PM where NCIS: Los Angeles (3.9/10, 16 million) was up 11% and 10 PM where The Good Wife (2.6/7, 12.2 million) was up 4%. All 3 dramas won their hours in 18-49 and total viewers and posted CBS’ highest 18-49 Tuesday tally since February. ABC’s new superhero family drama No Ordinary Family (2.2/6) didn’t get a boost from the weakened competition at 8 PM with a Glee repeat but may have found its comfort ratings zone, down just .1 from last week for a new low. At 9 PM, the Dancing with the Stars result show (3.1/8) was down 11% from last week to a season low. Freshman ABC drama Detroit (1.9/5) was up 12% but might have been inflated by a Dancing overrun. NBC’s The Biggest Loser (2.5/7) matched its lowest rating of the season, down a fraction from last week. Parenthood was also down .1 at 10 PM to a series low, tying Detroit 187 in the fast nationals. Following Glee (2.0/6) and Raising Hope (1.7/4) repeats, a new Running Wilde (1.2/3) on Fox was down 14%. At CW, One Tree Hill at 8 PM matched season high in women 18-34 (2.0/6).
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How did it all go so terribly wrong for Parenthood??? A few months ago it was beating The Good Wife with mid 2.5 in the demo and now it drops to 1.9? Is it the fact that the Biggest Loser is losing steam or what? I know that it tends to add something like 45% when 7-Day DVR is factored in, but those are alarming numbers either way you look at it.
I love THE GOOD WIFE and I do enjoy this season of PARENTHOOD very much also. But when it comes to must-see-now, have to know what’s going on with the characters, The Good Wife is it. It has the stronger throughlines. Parenthood is rather weak in that respect. I’m not dying to know when the wedding is or what issue the parents of the Asperger kid have to deal with this week. I want to know what’s going on with Lauren Graham’s character, but that one’s a bit confused, so I’m not counting on her delivering in each episode. Crosby proposed and instead of going forward, he needed an episode to propose again. I didn’t get that back and forth.
Don’t get me wrong, PARENTHOOD is now more enjoyable than the formerly great BROTHERS & SISTERS (currently in the toilet). B & S has become repetitious (Holly’s ilness – how many scenes do we need? Rebecca’s back and forth BS), the episodes seem disconnected and just when you think now grandma takes the radio gig, this could be cool – nothing happens in the next epi. Is this the last season? Might as well be.
Can’t wait for the day that the Nielsen system is dead and gone so we will have accurate ratings numbers. Hurry up web based tv!!!
BOO. Parenthood is not getting the recognition it deserves.
I love Parenthood!!!
Yeah Detroit 1-8-7!! Can anyone say: “Best new show on television?”
Parenthood is awesome! Craig T. Nelson with a hatchet in his head playing serious was hilarious. Why are the ratings down?
Oh No Ordinary Family. I want to like you so much. I really do. I love comics and superheroes and family dramas. But then you have to go and do an episode last week where the ‘black friend’ teaches Michael Chiklis’ character how to dance and be comfortable with his body. And it was SO cliche. And frankly borderline offensive.
And then there’s the teen daughter, a character who’s so selfish and self centered (yes, I know, all teens are, but still) that she blackmails her brother into doing all her schoolwork, and yells at every other member in the family on a regular basis. Is she running for most unlikeable character on TV?
Come on…help me guys, I want to keep watching, but seriously…
How much longer until a person is just a person and not always a representative of his race? I thought this scene was just lame. Call HITCH.
If you want to see offensive, watch last week’s BROTHERS & SISTERS. Breasts that look like empty socks and messed up faces. That’s what I need to be told b/c I’m not reading women’s magazines anymore. The message has to get to me somehow…
I like NO ORDINARY FAMILY, there’s plenty of ongoing conflict for each character, there are new developments every week, the story moves forward. More than can be said about a number of series…
Detroit 1-8-7: It’s not even worth dissing, it’s so bad.
Yes, the better version of this show (Detroit 187) was called HILL STREET BLUES, but when they did it back then it was fresh.