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TV ratings: 'NCIS' leads CBS Tuesday, 'Glee' improves a little
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Fast National ratings for Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010"NCIS" and CBS once again grabbed the biggest audience Tuesday, beating its closest competition by better than 5 million viewers. Elsewhere, "Glee" was up a bit from last week, new shows "No Ordinary Family" and "Running Wilde" fell and "Life Unexpected" got a small bump from a crossover with "One Tree Hill."
CBS averaged 15.6 million viewers and a 9.6 rating/15 share among households Tuesday night. ABC (10.3 million, 6.6/10) finished second, while FOX (8 million, 4.8/7) came in third. NBC's 6.2 million viewers and 3.9/6 were good for fourth. The CW drew 1.8 million viewers and a 1.1/2.
Thanks to "Glee," FOX tied CBS for the lead among adults 18-49 with a 3.3 rating. ABC, 2.5, edged out NBC, 2.4, for third place. The CW posted a 0.9 in the demographic.
Tuesday hour by hour:
8 p.m.
CBS: "NCIS" (19 million viewers, 11.5/18 households)
FOX: "Glee" (11.1 million, 6.6/10)
ABC: "No Ordinary Family" (7.7 million, 4.8/7)
NBC: "The Biggest Loser" (6.6 million, 4.2/7)
The CW: "One Tree Hill" (1.9 million, 1.2/2)
18-49 leader: "Glee" (4.6)
9 p.m.
CBS: "NCIS: Los Angeles" (16.1 million, 9.8/15)
ABC: "Dancing With the Stars" results (15.7 million, 10.0/15)
NBC: "The Biggest Loser" (7.4 million, 4.5/7)
FOX: "Raising Hope" (6.35 million, 3.8/6)/"Running Wilde" (3.5 million, 2.3/4)
The CW: "Life Unexpected" (1.7 million, 1.0/2)
18-49 leader: "NCIS: Los Angeles" (3.5)
10 p.m.
CBS: "The Good Wife" (11.8 million, 7.6/13)
ABC: "Detroit 1-8-7" (7.4 million, 5.0/8)
NBC: "Parenthood" (4.7 million, 3.1/5)
18-49 leader: "The Good Wife" (2.7)
Ratings information includes live and same-day DVR viewing. All numbers are preliminary and subject to change. Source: The Nielsen Company.
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Glee was fantastic last night. Everything about the episode was spot on perfect and I would not have changed a thing. I've attempted to watch No Ordinary Family two times now and I find it to be a completely horrid show. I won't watch again. The writing is stale, the stories are unoriginal and the special effects are embarassing. They need to do some major retooling to make that show worth caring about.
I wrongly predicted that NOF would be a hit. It has the ingredients for a quality family hour but obviously not mixed properly. Well now that ABC has NO new hits this this fall they better have some serious mid-season replacements. NBC's Parenthood is certainlyno Brother's and Sisters, this should be the last season.
Wow.. only five articles about Glee on your main page. I'm suprised it's not more.
The One Tree Hill Life Unexpected crossover episode was alright with me for one night guess I don't want to watch both shows again. But the Glee NCIS battle at 8 p.m. still remains the same just like the CSI Grey's Anatomy battle on Thursdays.
Oh my gosh. I feel so sad for "Parenthood". Such an amazing show, but it doesn't look like it will last very much longer...
NCIS still ruled the night & its ratings were probably much higher since its demo is under represented.
"Parenthood" is miles ahead of "Brothers and Sisters", which has completely sunk into itself lately. "No Ordinary Family" is quite entertaining, not horrid at all.
Glee was actually pretty good last night. It went through a couple of bad episodes before this one, so glad to see it's righting the ship. Honestly, though, all the good shows these days are on HBO and Showtime, and perhaps AMC. The traditional networks have generated very little quality on average. I would say the only new show this year deserving any real praise is Blue Bloods, and even that gets only a B+ from me. Now off to yoda, I mean yoga. ;)
All networks rip off other shows, but NBC is easy to pick on: Event is a Lost/24/V hybrid. Parenthood is similar to Brother's and Sisters but w/o the great Sally Field. Law & Order LA is well Law & Order set in LA. AGT is like AI but more boring. The list goes on and on. If it wasn't for the NFL, NBC would be in 4th place guaranteed. Crazy thing is that NBC may still be in 4th place by the end of the season, even with football!
CBS on the other hand is the most boring of all networks. I don't watch anyting there. They air endless variations of procedurals. CRIME BROADCASTING STATION has some stupid sitcoms and reality fare in the mix but a very boring lineup. CBS does not deserve to be #1 that status belongs to ABC. They may not be perfect (My Genration good riddance) but ABC knows how to generate excitement. Looking forward to the Return of V and Dana Delany. BTW I LOVE the beautiful Vanessa Williams on DH.