The night’s TV programming offered some great viewing and since it is American Idol night, 18.1 Million viewers were taken from the other stations as they moved on to Portland, Oregon. However, of course this is not the only show that got a fair following. Criminal Minds was watched on CBS along with the Greatest of the Super Bowl commercials with fair ratings to add to their numbers. The ratings for Wednesday, February 1, 2012 are:
ABC
Modern Family (9:00 PM)……..........................................……7.66m total viewers, 2.7m 18-49, 7% Share
Suburgatory (8:30 PM)………........................................……..4.21m total viewers, 1.2m 18-49, 3% Share
Middle (8:00 PM)….............................................……………….4.90m total viewers, 1.2m 18-49, 4% Share
CBS
Criminal Minds (9:00 PM)…………..........................................8.23m total viewers, 2.1m 18-49, 5% Share
Super Bowl's Greatest Commercials (8:00 PM)………............8.66m total viewers, 2.1m 18-49, 6% Share
NBC
Whitney (8:00 PM)……………….........................................….4.44m total viewers, 1.7m 18-49, 5% Share
Are You There, Chelsea? (8:30 PM)…………..........................4.08m total viewers, 1.7m 18-49, 5% Share
Law & Order: SVU (9:00 PM)….................................…………4.79m total viewers, 1.1m 18-49, 3% Share
FOX
Mobbed (9:00 PM)…………………….....................................…7.94m total viewers, 2.9m 18-49, 7% Share
American Idol (8:00 PM)……................................………….18.19m total viewers, 5.9m 18-49, 17% Share
CW
Remodeled (9:00 PM)…………………................................…..0.75m total viewers, 0.3m 18-49, 1% Share
One Tree Hill (8:00 PM)……………….................................…..1.47m total viewers, 0.7m 18-49, 2% Share
That’s it for the ratings for the night! The night fared well and there are a lot of interesting shows that are sadly going to have to call it quits after the season. What do you think of them? Is American Idol losing their grip on getting the competition out?
Source: Nielson Media