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Week 22 (Feb. 18-24) Analysis: It's been a normal week so far but that changes tonight with The Oscars. Right now, through the first four nights, we see Fox with the edge so far over CBS in 18-49. But it won't hang on to first place after tonight after ABC's coverage of The Oscars. We don't have final Thursday network averages (we only have program averages), but we will project what is happening through the first four nights.  We can project CBS has the lead in HH/total viewers, while Fox is on top in adults 18-49. CBS is a close second place in 18-49, followed closely by ABC, then NBC is a very distant fourth. Fox is second in HH/viewers, followed by ABC. Then NBC is a distant fourth and it continues to be a long winter for them. It's basically similar to previous week. When the week is done, ABC will come back and take the week in 18-49. More on that later. As for last week, week 21, Fox took home first in adults 18-49 thanks just getting by CBS and ABC. CBS was a close second behind Fox only two tenths behind while ABC was only  a tenth behind CBS. NBC was way back there. Among total viewers, it was of course CBS on top easily over Fox and ABC. ABC was a close third (it tied Fox in HH rating) and NBC was way back behind in fourth.

Monday saw ABC tie CBS. Starting with ABC, a two-hour The Bachelor from 8-10pm did 9.26 million and a 3.0 18-49 rating, which is up another three tenths in 18-49 from previous week and another season high. This has been a solid season because we have seen the growth each week and I could tell this was going to happen after just 2-3 weeks. At 10pm, Castle was new with a big 2-part episode and part one did 9.85 million and a 2.3 18-49 rating, up three tenths in 18-49 from previous week for a season high. It might do even better tomorrow night for the conclusion. Great stuff. For NBC, they had a two-hour The Biggest Loser from 8-10pm doing 5.65 million and a 2.1 18-49 rating, which is back up a tenth in 18-49 from previous week's season low. At 10pm, week seven of new drama dud Deception didn't do much with 3.13 million and a 1.2 18-49 rating, which was on par in 18-49 with previous week. CBS was all-new with its comedies, as a new How I Met Your Mother did 8.86 million and a 3.4 18-49 rating, which was up two tenths in 18-49 from previous week. A new Rules of Engagement at 8:30pm did 8.19 million and a 2.9 18-49 rating, which is solid and up a tenth in 18-49 from previous week. At 9pm, a new 2 Broke Girls followed with 10.25 million and a 3.5 18-49 rating, down another tenth in 18-49 from previous week and not nearly as strong as a CBS Monday anchor should be. Next, a new Mike & Molly did 10.33 million (building from its lead-in)  and a 3.2 18-49 rating, up two tenths in 18-49 week-to-week. A new Hawaii Five-0 at 10pm did 9.11 million and a 2.0 18-49 rating, which was down a tenth in 18-49 from previous week and was second place, like I thought it would be. Fox aired an all-new episode of Bones at 8 and it did 8.47 million and a 2.2 18-49 rating, which was on par in 18-49 with previous week. At 9pm, week five of new drama The Following at 9pm did 8.39 million and a 2.9 18-49 rating, which was back up five tenths in 18-49 from previous week's season low. A sigh of relief. The CW aired week six of The Carrie Diaries at 8 and did 1.08 million and a 0.4 18-49 rating, which is down a tenth in 18-49 from the previous week for a series low.  At 9, 90210 was new and did only 0.55 million and a 0.2 18-49 rating, down another tenth from previous week in 18-49 and a series low. This is horrible! If it's not canceled, then I have no idea what The CW is doing.

On Tuesday, it was CBS with the win as they beat second place ABC by a good margin. On CBS, NCIS was new and did 21.08 million and a 3.5 18-49 rating, which is solid. At 9pm, a new NCIS: Los Angeles did 16.27 million and a 2.7 18-49 rating, just getting by ABC for first place. At 10pm, the struggling Vegas did 9.52 million and a 1.5 18-49 rating, but actually that was good enough to win the hour...sad. Onto ABC, at 8pm week five of The Taste did 4.76 million and a 1.6 18-49 rating, up a tenth in 18-49 from previous week. It will be moving to 9pm this week. At 9, ABC aired the special The Bachelor: Sean Tells All that did very well with 8.11 million and a 2.6 18-49 rating, as it was smart to air this on Tuesday. ABC will air the three-week event Celebrity Wife Swap at 8pm starting this week. The season premiere of Body of Proof aired at 10pm and did 6.75 million and a 1.2 18-49 rating, which was not good in 18-49. I think it will be better once Dancing comes as a lead-in. NBC aired Betty White's Off Their Rockers from 8-9pm as the first half-hour did 4.59 million and a 1.3 18-49 rating, which was up two tenths in 18-49 from previous week's repeat. Another new episode followed at 8:30pm and did 4.64 million and a 1.4 18-49 rating, up a tenth in 18-49 from previous week. At 9pm, Go On was all-new but NBC wishes it wasn't airing as it only did 3.3 million and a 1.1 18-49 rating for series lows. At 9:30pm, it was more bad news as The New Normal did a horrible 2.8 million and a 0.9 18-49 rating. Ouch. At 10pm, it was just as bad with a new Smash doing 3.29 million and am embarrassing 0.9 18-49 rating. I bet they wished they had more Parenthood episodes now right? Fox aired comedies as a new Raising Hope at 8pm did 3.65 million and a 1.5 18-49 rating, which is a bit below what it could do. A repeat of New Girl followed at a special time of 8:30pm doing 2.7 million and a 1.2 18-49 rating, up a tenth in 18-49 week-to-week. A new episode followed at 9pm and did a below normal 4.31 million and a 2.2 18-49 rating. At 9:30pm was a new episode of The Mindy Project that did an uneventful 3.05 million and a 1.6 18-49 rating. The CW aired a new Hart of Dixie and did just 1.37 million and a 0.5 18-49 rating. New series Cult premiered at 9 and was ignored with just 0.86 million and a 0.3 18-49 rating, ouch!

Wednesday of course means American Idol and it took the night of course since its two-hours every week and Fox only programs 2 hours a night. But first, CBS started the night off with a new Survivor: Caramoan at 8 doing 9.32 million and a 2.4 18-49 rating, which is on par in 18-49 with previous week's 90-minute season premiere. Criminal Minds was new at 9 and did 10.69 million and a 2.6 18-49 rating, which is below normal. At 10pm, a new CSI did 10.65 million and a 2.3 18-49 rating, up four tenths in 18-49 from previous week, as it was up because it had a compatible lead-in.  ABC kicked off the night with a new The Middle doing 8.27 million and a 2.3 18-49 rating, which is back up four tenths in 18-49 from previous week's season low. At 8:30pm a new episode of The Neighbors did 6.34 million and a 1.9 18-49 rating, up two tenths in 18-49 from previous week. At 9pm, a new Modern Family did the best of the block with 10.62 million and a 4.0 18-49 rating, which was up two tenths in 18-49 from previous week. It has gone up slowly each week the past three weeks. Suburgatory followed at 9:30pm with a new episode doing 5.74 million and a 2.0 18-49 rating, down a tenth in 18-49 from previous week. Perhaps it is better suited to air at 8:30pm. At 10pm, Nashville was preempted for A Special Edition of 20/20: Mad About OSCAR with Katie Couric doing 5.02 million and a 1.3 18-49 rating, five tenths below in 18-49 from previous week's Nashville. On Fox, a two-hour American Idol did a solid 14.37 million and a 4.1 18-49 rating, but down two tenths in 18-49 from previous week as it keeps going down each week. Onto NBC a new episode of Whitney started it off at 8pm with 3.14 million and a 1.1 18-49 rating, down a tenth in 18-49 from previous week. At 8:30pm, a new Guys with Kids did 2.83 million and a 1.0 18-49 rating, on par in 18-49 with previous week, tying a series low. Season finale for the latter is this week with Keshia Knight Pulliam guest starring!  Law & Order: SVU followed at 9pm with a new airing as well that did only 5.61 million and only a 1.6 18-49 rating, up a tenth in 18-49 from previous week. At 10pm, a new Chicago Fire did 6.5 million and a 1.9 18-49 rating, which is solid and on par in 18-49 with previous week once again. It's not a hit, but it's consistent and doing well enough for NBC. The CW aired a new airing of its new hit Arrow and did 3.15 million and a 0.9 18-49 rating, but down two tenths from previous week in 18-49. At 9pm, a new Supernatural did 2.1 million and a 0.9 18-49 rating, down a tenth in 18-49 week-to-week. 

On Thursday, saw Fox with the win thanks to an expanded Idol. Starting with ABC, week two of Zero Hour did 5.39 million and a 1.1 18-49 rating, down three tenths in 18-49 from its series premiere. Not really a good show either. At 9pm, Grey's Anatomy was new and did a solid 8.75 million and a 3.1 18-49 rating, back up three tenths in 18-49 from previous week. An excellent season of storytelling, too. The surging Scandal at 10pm was all-new doing 7.68 million and a 2.7 18-49 rating, on par in 18-49 with previous week. The #1 series at 10pm on all of network TV, people! CBS had a night of new episodes and opened with a new The Big Bang Theory doing 17.62 million and a 5.6 18-49 rating, which is great and up tenth in 18-49 from previous week. No drastic ups and downs this week. A new Two and a Half Men was up next and benefited with 13.41 million and a 3.9 18-49 rating, also up a tenth in 18-49 from previous week. At 9pm, a new showing of older-skewing Person of Interest followed with 14.22 million and a 2.9 18-49 rating, down a tenth in 18-49 week-to-week. Still, should CBS opt for younger-skewing comedies next season, this series would be perfect on Tuesdays at 9 or 10 following older NCIS. They would make a better match. At 10pm, a new showing of freshman Elementary closed the night with 11.19 million and a 2.4 18-49 rating, up a tenth from previous week in 18-49. It is doing decent for 10pm, but still a waste to air it following the Super Bowl as it has gotten no bump. Fox had a two-hour American Idol from 8-10 that did 13.66 million and a 3.9 18-49 rating, which was up two tenths in 18-49 from previous week when it was one-hour. Finally went up. Glee was preempted. NBC aired new episodes of its comedies, as week three of Community did just 3.08 million and a 1.1 18-49 rating, down a tenth in 18-49 from previous week but still skewed young. Parks & Recreation was new at 8:30pm and did 3.07 million and a 1.4 18-49 rating, down a tenth in 18-49 from previous week. I don't think this series can anchor a night at 9pm next season, if they go that route as a new episode also aired at 9pm and did 2.95 million and a 1.4 18-49 rating, six tenths lower in 18-49 than previous week's episode of The Office which was preempted. Not good news. At 9:30m a new 1600 Penn, which is doing horrible, did only 2.34 million and a 1.0 18-49 rating. It's time to pull it. At 10pm, NBC had a repeat of Law & Order: SVU doing 3.88 million and a 1.1 18-49 rating, as that was up two tenths in 18-49 from previous week. The CW's big gun Vampire Diaries aired at 8 and did 2.91 million and a 1.3 18-49 rating, which is great and up three tenths in 18-49 from previous week topping both ABC and NBC. At 9, Beauty and the Beast was new and did 1.52 million and a 0.5 18-49 rating, losing more than half of its lead-in's 18-49 rating and on par in 18-49 with previous week. If they bring it back, it shouldn't be on Thursdays.

Now, final numbers for Friday and Saturday are not available, as ABC took Friday in 18-49 again. CBS returned Undercover Boss at 8, but still sneaked out a win.  Kitchen Nightmares was fourth for Fox as ABC's Last Man Standing and Malibu Country and NBC's Dateline battled.  ABC was back to first at 9pm by a lot with a new Shark Tank easily beating the season finale of CSI: NY at 9. From 8-10pm Dateline did OK for NBC, as Rock Center was last place at 10pm again.  CBS was tied for first at 10pm with a new Blue Bloods tying ABC 20/20. which focused on Robin Roberts' journey. Fox struggled badly with Touch at 9.
Saturday had Fox and ABC tie for the win on a very slow night. Fox took the 8pm hour with Cops, but struggled at 9 with a repeat of The Following, while CBS took 9pm with a special time period of 48 Hours. NBC settled for repeats of American Ninja Warrior, Chicago Fire and SNL which all struggled. The CBS special Vanity Fair's Hollywood was dead last at 10. ABC aired the Dreamgirls film from 8-11pm and was good enough to tie for the lead for the night.

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