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October 4, 2012
 

The Sked: Wednesday Week Two

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Written by: Mitch Metcalf
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The nightly averages below do not include the Presidential Debate from 9:00-10:30 pm ET — since it ran commercial-free (or “sustaining”) those 90 minutes will make it into the nightly, weekly or season averages.

WEDNESDAY

8-11 pm

Adult 18-49 Rating: Live+Same Day

ShowbuzzDaily Forecast

(issued May 2012)

Actual Results Fall 2012 Last Year Same Night
Sep-Dec Original Eps 9.19 9.26 10.3 10.10 10.17 10.24 9.27.2011
FOX 3.8 3.6 3.4 3.4 4.1
CBS 3.1 2.9 2.6 3.3
ABC 3.1 2.9 2.2 3.4
NBC 1.6 1.9 1.9 1.6

FOX scored a 3.4 in the preliminary fast nationals for X Factor, and a 2.8 for its Fox News coverage of the debate (which again will not count in the network averages).

FOX WEDNESDAY

Adult 18-49 Rating: Live+Same Day

ShowbuzzDaily Forecast

(issued May 2012)

Actual Results Fall 2012 Last Year Same Night
Sep-Dec Original Eps 9.19 9.26 10.3 10.10 10.17 10.24 9.28.2011
The X Factor 3.8 3.6 3.3 3.4 4.1

CBS scored a 2.9 for Survivor and a 2.0 from 10:30-11:00 for news analysis of the Debate. The 3.0 for the Debate itself will not count in the official ratings.

CBS WEDNESDAY

Adult 18-49 Rating: Live+Same Day

ShowbuzzDaily Forecast

(issued May 2012)

Actual Results Fall 2012 Last Year Same Night
Sep-Dec Original Eps 9.19 9.26 10.3 10.10 10.17 10.24 9.28.2011
Survivor 3.2 3.2 3.0 2.9 3.2
Criminal Minds 3.7 3.1 3.6
CSI 2.5 2.5 3.1

ABC languished with a 2.2 for The Middle and 2.0 for The Neighbors.  The debate itself scored a 3.0, like CBS, but alas they will get no credit for those numbers.  The ABC News analysis at 10:30, which did have commercials, scored a 2.2 rating.

ABC WEDNESDAY

Adult 18-49 Rating: Live+Same Day

ShowbuzzDaily Forecast

(issued May 2012)

Actual Results Fall 2012 Last Year Same Night
Sep-Dec Original Eps 9.26 10.3 10.10 10.17 10.24 9.28.2011
The Middle 2.8 2.9 (8-9pm) 2.2 2.7
The Neighbors 2.8* 3.2 (9:30) 2.0 3.3 (Suburg)
Modern Family 5.0 5.5 5.7
Suburgatory 3.0 3.1 (Happy Endings)
Nashville 2.5 1.5 (Revenge Recap) 2.7 (Revenge)

NBC aired Animal Practice (1.5) and Guys with Kids (1.8), but its highest-rated program that will count is the 2.5 for the NBC News analysis of the Debate.  NBC’s coverage of the Debate itself scored a 3.4 (tying X Factor as the biggest draw on any network) but will vanish in the official nationals.

NBC WEDNESDAY

Adult 18-49 Rating: Live+Same Day

ShowbuzzDaily Forecast

(issued May 2012)

Actual Results Fall 2012 Last Year Same Night
Sep-Dec Original Eps 9.26 10.3 10.10 10.17 10.24 9.28.2011
Animal Practice 1.8 1.4 1.5 2.1 (Up All Night)
Guys with Kids 1.5 1.6 1.8 1.0 (Free Agents)
L&O SVU 1.6 2.1 1.2 (Harry’s Law)
Chicago Fire 1.5 2.1 (SVU)


About the Author

Mitch Metcalf
MITCH METCALF has been tracking every US film release of over 500 screens (over 2300 movies and counting) since the storied weekend of May 20, 1994, when Maverick and Beverly Hills Cop 3 inspired countless aficionados to devote their lives to the art of cinema. Prior to that, he studied Politics and Economics at Princeton in order to prepare for his dream of working in television. He has been Head of West Coast Research at ABC, then moved to NBC in 2000 and became Head of Scheduling for 11 years.