Sunday, March 09, 2014
Week 24 TV Ratings and Analysis; How the Sitcoms Did; Episodic Review: Family Guy - "Mom's the Word" Airing Tonight on Fox
2013-14 Week 24 TV Ratings (first four nights, Mon-Thu):
Sitcoms in green did excellent for the week, while yellow indicates OK showings and red is not good! This is sorted by adults 18-49:
SOURCE: Nielsen Media Research
On the next...Family Guy (Fox, Sun 8:30pm):
By: Skees
After several weeks of reruns, Family Guy returns tonight at a special time of 8:30pm (leading into the premiere of the Fox miniseries Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey at 9:00pm) with the new episode "Mom's the Word." As the series has progressed over the years, we've met Peter's father, Frances Griffin, who was voiced by the late Charles Durning; that character was voiced by the late Charles Durning, and the character was killed off several years before Durning's death. Peter's mother, Thelma Griffin, was briefly voiced by Florence Stanley and later by Phyllis Diller. With both of those actresses now deceased, the series is now taking the opportunity to deal with the death of the character voiced by Diller in the latest episode, "Mom's the Word."
The episode begins Peter having an "accident" at work after eating raw foods at home. Following the accident, he returns home, where his family and all of his friends are waiting for him. Convinced that this is some sort of "intervention" to deal with his embarrassment from his accident, he reveals several embarrassing things that he has done recently. But when Lois finally gets a chance to reveal the real reason everybody is there, he becomes very sad: his mother has just passed away. Now, Peter has to cope with the death of his mother, including removing her belongings from her retirement home. It is at the retirement home where he gets to meet Evelyn (voiced by another legendary actress, Lauren Bacall). As it turns out Evelyn was a good friend of Thelma's, and understands the pain that Peter is going through. It doesn't take long for a special bond to develop between Peter and Evelyn, one that both of them seem to be happy with... except Evelyn decides that she would rather take that bond to a whole new level that will make Peter incredibly uncomfortable. Meanwhile, at home, Stewie begins to start worrying about his own death and tries to get answers about what happens after he dies. Brian is there to help him Stewie find his own answers, but it just leads to even more confusion after Brian reveals his own atheistic beliefs of the afterlife.
One thing that I like about Family Guy is how the series occasionally disrupts the flow of the traditional cartoon by killing off characters, adding them in, giving them new jobs, etc. I also like how they dealt with the death of Peter's mother in this episode. Rather than focusing the episode on her dying in some really dumb way (as they did when Peter's father died), they just explained that she died, without going into details, and when on to the next phase. However, while Lauren Bacall's character on the episode was a great character to watch, the plot seemed to change too quickly. Most of the time spent on the plot was about Peter meeting Evelyn, and it quickly and abruptly turned to her trying to seduce Peter in the last few minutes of the episode. Maybe there wasn't enough material to add in about her trying to seduce him, but it seemed to move too quickly. The subplot of the episode, about Stewie looking into the question of life after death, was even more troubling. Stewie Griffin's character was intended to be "evil." Now, however, he is scared of death and wants to know the answers about death. It seems that Stewie becomes less evil and more childlike all the time. In the end, though, this was a reasonably episode of the series, though not one of the best ones of the season and certainly not as good as I would have liked to have seen for an episode that deals with a critical plot turn for the series. B-
Households: #1. CBS 6.7/11 rating/share (+3% from first four nights Week 23); #2. NBC 5.0/8 (-4%); #3. ABC 4.0/6 (-17%); #4. Fox 3.9/6 (-3%); #5. The CW 1.1/2 (even)
Total Viewers: #1. CBS 10.69 million (+4% from first four nights Week 23); #2. NBC 8.21 million (-2%); #3. ABC 6.04 million (-16%); #4. Fox 6.31 million (-1%); #5. The CW 1.64 million (+1%).
Adults 18-49: #1. NBC 2.3/7 rating/share (-4% from first four nights Week 23); #2. CBS 2.3/7 (even); #3. ABC 1.8/5 (-14%); #4. Fox 1.7/5 (-6%) #5. The CW 0.7/2 (+17%)
For previous week's final ratings, Week 23 (2/24/14-3/2/14) had ABC win the week in 18-49 for the first time this season with a 3.3 rating lead by The Oscars, followed by NBC's 1.8, CBS' 1.7 and Fox's 1.3. In total viewers, ABC also lead with 11.55 million, beating CBS which did 8.48 million, NBC followed also with 6.3, and Fox trailed with 4.41 million.
Season to-date (9/23/13-3/2/14) in 18-49, NBC is on top with a 3.1, over Fox's 2.8, CBS is next with a 2.4, and ABC at a 2.1. In total viewers, CBS is still on top with 10.87 million, then NBC is creeping in with 10.31, Fox is at 8.18 and ABC is at 7.43.
Back to week 24, read our full night-by-night analysis followed by how the sitcoms did! GREAT showings are in BOLD. If they are in bold in both total viewers and 18-49, then it is very impressive:
Total Viewers: #1. CBS 10.69 million (+4% from first four nights Week 23); #2. NBC 8.21 million (-2%); #3. ABC 6.04 million (-16%); #4. Fox 6.31 million (-1%); #5. The CW 1.64 million (+1%).
Adults 18-49: #1. NBC 2.3/7 rating/share (-4% from first four nights Week 23); #2. CBS 2.3/7 (even); #3. ABC 1.8/5 (-14%); #4. Fox 1.7/5 (-6%) #5. The CW 0.7/2 (+17%)
For previous week's final ratings, Week 23 (2/24/14-3/2/14) had ABC win the week in 18-49 for the first time this season with a 3.3 rating lead by The Oscars, followed by NBC's 1.8, CBS' 1.7 and Fox's 1.3. In total viewers, ABC also lead with 11.55 million, beating CBS which did 8.48 million, NBC followed also with 6.3, and Fox trailed with 4.41 million.
Season to-date (9/23/13-3/2/14) in 18-49, NBC is on top with a 3.1, over Fox's 2.8, CBS is next with a 2.4, and ABC at a 2.1. In total viewers, CBS is still on top with 10.87 million, then NBC is creeping in with 10.31, Fox is at 8.18 and ABC is at 7.43.
Back to week 24, read our full night-by-night analysis followed by how the sitcoms did! GREAT showings are in BOLD. If they are in bold in both total viewers and 18-49, then it is very impressive:
| Week 24 (March 3-9) Analysis | |||||||||
| Last Sunday (Mar. 2) | (Week 23) | This Wk | Prev Week | Wk-to-Wk +/- | This Wk | Prev Week | Wk-to-Wk +/- | ||
| Title | Network | Time | Total Viewers | 18-49 Rtg | Notes | ||||
| 60 Minutes | CBS | 7:00PM | 9,273,000 | 8,985,000 | 288,000 | 1.41 | 1.32 | 0.09 | |
| Oscars Red Carpet | ABC | 7:00PM | 14,757,000 | 14,757,000 | 3.13 | 3.13 | |||
| America's Funniest Videos | ABC | 7:00PM | 6,126,000 | (6,126,000) | 1.43 | (1.43) | |||
| Dateline | NBC | 7:00PM | 4,213,000 | 12,723,000 | (8,510,000) | 0.89 | 2.63 | (1.74) | REPEAT 7-9P vs. Sochi Gold 7-830 |
| Animation Domination | Fox | 7:00PM | 1,971,000 | 3,260,000 | (1,289,000) | 0.72 | 1.10 | (0.38) | REPEAT |
| Oscars Red Carpet | ABC | 7:30PM | 18,715,000 | 18,715,000 | 4.52 | 4.52 | |||
| Animation Domination | Fox | 7:30PM | 1,748,000 | 2,878,000 | (1,130,000) | 0.69 | 1.10 | (0.41) | REPEAT |
| The Amazing Race | CBS | 8:00PM | 6,098,000 | 6,709,000 | (611,000) | 1.50 | 1.53 | (0.03) | vs. premier |
| Oscars Red Carpet | ABC | 8:00PM | 26,922,000 | 26,922,000 | 6.94 | 6.94 | |||
| ABC Movie | ABC | 8:00PM | 5,131,000 | (5,131,000) | 1.52 | (1.52) | |||
| The Simpsons | Fox | 8:00PM | 2,541,000 | 2,541,000 | 1.07 | 1.07 | |||
| Academy Awards | ABC | 8:30PM | 43,741,000 | 43,741,000 | 13.12 | 13.12 | 830-1141P | ||
| 2014 Winter Olympics | NBC | 8:30PM | 15,117,000 | (15,117,000) | 3.23 | (3.23) | |||
| Bob's Burgers | Fox | 8:30PM | 2,341,000 | 2,341,000 | 1.07 | 1.07 | REPEAT | ||
| The Mentalist | CBS | 9:00PM | 3,420,000 | 3,028,000 | 392,000 | 0.53 | 0.51 | 0.02 | REPEAT |
| The Voice | NBC | 9:00PM | 3,387,000 | 3,387,000 | 1.06 | 1.06 | 9-11P REPEAT | ||
| Family Guy | Fox | 9:00PM | 2,670,000 | 2,670,000 | 1.26 | 1.26 | REPEAT | ||
| American Dad! | Fox | 9:30PM | 2,407,000 | 2,407,000 | 1.13 | 1.13 | |||
| The Good Wife | CBS | 10:00PM | 2,863,000 | 3,240,000 | (377,000) | 0.41 | 0.46 | (0.05) | REPEAT |
| Growing Up Fisher | NBC | 10:30PM | 8,862,000 | (8,862,000) | 1.95 | (1.95) | |||
| Castle | ABC | 10:00PM | 4,118,000 | (4,118,000) | 0.89 | (0.89) | |||
| Monday | This Wk | Prev Week | Wk-to-Wk +/- | This Wk | Prev Week | Wk-to-Wk +/- | |||
| Title | Network | Time | Total Viewers | 18-49 Rtg | Notes | ||||
| How I Met Your Mother | CBS | 8:00PM | 9,105,000 | 9,276,000 | (171,000) | 3.35 | 3.60 | (0.25) | |
| The Bachelor | ABC | 8:00PM | 8,146,000 | 8,171,000 | (25,000) | 2.29 | 2.46 | (0.17) | 8-930 vs. 8-10P |
| The Voice | NBC | 8:00PM | 15,620,000 | 15,858,000 | (238,000) | 4.50 | 4.70 | (0.20) | 8-10P, vs. premiere |
| Almost Human | Fox | 8:00PM | 5,634,000 | 5,724,000 | (90,000) | 1.50 | 1.61 | (0.11) | |
| Star Crossed | CW | 8:00PM | 1,121,000 | 1,138,000 | (17,000) | 0.37 | 0.34 | 0.03 | |
| 2 Broke Girls | CBS | 8:30PM | 8,443,000 | 7,961,000 | 482,000 | 2.59 | 2.52 | 0.07 | |
| Mike & Molly | CBS | 9:00PM | 8,914,000 | 8,161,000 | 753,000 | 2.18 | 2.11 | 0.07 | |
| The Following | Fox | 9:00PM | 5,164,000 | 4,613,000 | 551,000 | 1.65 | 1.58 | 0.07 | |
| Beauty & the Beast | CW | 9:00PM | 868,000 | 589,000 | 279,000 | 0.30 | 0.17 | 0.13 | vs. REPEAT |
| Mom | CBS | 9:30PM | 8,421,000 | 7,249,000 | 1,172,000 | 2.04 | 1.87 | 0.17 | |
| Mixology | ABC | 9:30PM | 3,642,000 | 3,642,000 | 1.14 | 1.14 | REPEAT | ||
| Intellgence | CBS | 10:00PM | 5,355,000 | 5,413,000 | (58,000) | 1.21 | 1.19 | 0.02 | |
| Castle | ABC | 10:00PM | 8,382,000 | 8,689,000 | (307,000) | 1.62 | 1.71 | (0.09) | |
| The Blacklist | NBC | 10:00PM | 11,012,000 | 11,179,000 | (167,000) | 2.69 | 3.09 | (0.40) | |
| Tuesday | This Wk | Prev Week | Wk-to-Wk +/- | This Wk | Prev Week | Wk-to-Wk +/- | |||
| Title | Network | Time | Total Viewers | 18-49 Rtg | Notes | ||||
| NCIS | CBS | 8:00PM | 17,854,000 | 17,031,000 | 823,000 | 2.46 | 2.65 | (0.19) | |
| The Bachelor | ABC | 8:00PM | 8,133,000 | (8,133,000) | 2.45 | (2.45) | |||
| Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | ABC | 8:00PM | 5,464,000 | 5,464,000 | 1.85 | 1.85 | |||
| The Voice | NBC | 8:00PM | 14,533,000 | 13,045,000 | 1,488,000 | 4.07 | 3.74 | 0.33 | vs. premier |
| Glee | Fox | 8:00PM | 2,580,000 | 2,989,000 | (409,000) | 0.98 | 1.19 | (0.21) | |
| The Originals | CW | 8:00PM | 1,804,000 | 1,831,000 | (27,000) | 0.82 | 0.80 | 0.02 | |
| NCIS: LA | CBS | 9:00PM | 14,369,000 | 13,155,000 | 1,214,000 | 2.07 | 2.27 | (0.20) | |
| The Goldbergs | ABC | 9:00PM | 4,157,000 | 4,157,000 | 1.53 | 1.53 | |||
| About a Boy | NBC | 9:00PM | 8,355,000 | 8,085,000 | 270,000 | 2.47 | 2.35 | 0.12 | vs. REPEAT |
| New Girl | Fox | 9:00PM | 2,925,000 | 2,837,000 | 88,000 | 1.45 | 1.37 | 0.08 | |
| Supernatural | CW | 9:00PM | 1,928,000 | 2,120,000 | (192,000) | 0.93 | 0.96 | (0.03) | vs. Star-Crossed (R) |
| Trophy Wife | ABC | 9:30PM | 2,639,000 | 2,639,000 | 0.80 | 0.80 | |||
| Growing Up Fisher | NBC | 9:30PM | 6,912,000 | 7,050,000 | (138,000) | 1.92 | 1.95 | (0.03) | vs. REPEAT |
| Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Fox | 9:30PM | 2,609,000 | 2,661,000 | (52,000) | 1.26 | 1.29 | (0.03) | |
| Person of Interest | CBS | 10:00PM | 10,644,000 | 10,999,000 | (355,000) | 1.68 | 1.80 | (0.12) | |
| Mind Games | ABC | 10:00PM | 2,391,000 | 3,581,000 | (1,190,000) | 0.64 | 1.05 | (0.41) | vs. premier |
| Chicago Fire | NBC | 10:00PM | 7,067,000 | 7,063,000 | 4,000 | 1.88 | 1.79 | 0.09 | |
| Wednesday | This Wk | Prev Week | Wk-to-Wk +/- | This Wk | Prev Week | Wk-to-Wk +/- | |||
| Title | Network | Time | Total Viewers | 18-49 Rtg | Notes | ||||
| Survivor Blood v Water | CBS | 8:00PM | 9,584,000 | 9,399,000 | 185,000 | 2.38 | 2.38 | 0.00 | vs. 8-10P |
| The Middle | ABC | 8:00PM | 7,323,000 | 6,977,000 | 346,000 | 1.94 | 1.75 | 0.19 | |
| Suburgatory | ABC | 8:30PM | 5,723,000 | 5,222,000 | 501,000 | 1.67 | 1.44 | 0.23 | |
| Revolution | NBC | 8:00PM | 4,755,000 | 4,629,000 | 126,000 | 1.34 | 1.29 | 0.05 | |
| American Idol | Fox | 8:00PM | 10,533,000 | 10,785,000 | (252,000) | 2.74 | 2.70 | 0.04 | 8-10P |
| Arrow | CW | 8:00PM | 2,211,000 | 2,449,000 | (238,000) | 0.74 | 0.85 | (0.11) | |
| Criminal Minds | CBS | 9:00PM | 11,422,000 | 11,422,000 | 2.58 | 2.58 | |||
| Modern Family | ABC | 9:00PM | 9,255,000 | 8,523,000 | 732,000 | 3.39 | 3.11 | 0.28 | |
| Law & Order: SVU | NBC | 9:00PM | 6,014,000 | 7,782,000 | (1,768,000) | 1.57 | 2.01 | (0.44) | |
| Mixology | ABC | 9:30PM | 4,637,000 | 4,977,000 | (340,000) | 1.65 | 1.72 | (0.07) | vs. premier |
| Tomorrow People | CW | 9:00PM | 1,242,000 | 1,485,000 | (243,000) | 0.38 | 0.54 | (0.16) | |
| CSI | CBS | 10:00PM | 9,287,000 | 9,417,000 | (130,000) | 1.73 | 2.20 | (0.47) | vs. Crim Minds |
| Nashville | ABC | 10:00PM | 5,094,000 | 4,772,000 | 322,000 | 1.49 | 1.26 | 0.23 | |
| Chicago P.D. | NBC | 10:00PM | 6,051,000 | 8,003,000 | (1,952,000) | 1.54 | 2.19 | (0.65) | |
| Thursday | This Wk | Prev Week | Wk-to-Wk +/- | This Wk | Prev Week | Wk-to-Wk +/- | |||
| Title | Network | Time | Total Viewers | 18-49 Rtg | Notes | ||||
| The Big Bang Theory | CBS | 8:00PM | 18,086,000 | 17,725,000 | 361,000 | 5.29 | 5.00 | 0.29 | |
| Once: Wonderland | ABC | 8:00PM | 3,267,000 | 4,729,000 | (1,462,000) | 0.88 | 0.97 | (0.09) | vs. Oscar Countdown |
| Community | NBC | 8:00PM | 2,791,000 | 2,562,000 | 229,000 | 0.99 | 0.99 | 0.00 | |
| American Idol | Fox | 8:00PM | 9,762,000 | 10,008,000 | (246,000) | 2.18 | 2.41 | (0.23) | |
| Vampire Diaries | CW | 8:00PM | 2,190,000 | 2,034,000 | 156,000 | 1.00 | 0.94 | 0.06 | |
| The Millers | CBS | 8:30PM | 11,580,000 | 11,037,000 | 543,000 | 2.86 | 2.75 | 0.11 | |
| Parks & Recreation | NBC | 8:30PM | 2,955,000 | 2,521,000 | 434,000 | 1.27 | 1.08 | 0.19 | |
| Two and a Half Men | CBS | 9:00PM | 10,381,000 | 10,025,000 | 356,000 | 2.65 | 2.49 | 0.16 | |
| Grey's Anatomy | ABC | 9:00PM | 8,213,000 | 9,417,000 | (1,204,000) | 2.60 | 3.07 | (0.47) | |
| Hollywood Game Night | NBC | 9:00PM | 3,325,000 | 3,416,000 | (91,000) | 1.10 | 1.19 | (0.09) | |
| Rake | Fox | 9:00PM | 3,533,000 | 3,448,000 | 85,000 | 0.83 | 0.76 | 0.07 | |
| Reign | CW | 9:00PM | 1,745,000 | 1,323,000 | 422,000 | 0.69 | 0.51 | 0.18 | |
| The Crazy Ones | CBS | 9:30PM | 6,957,000 | 7,408,000 | (451,000) | 1.65 | 1.85 | (0.20) | vs. The Millers (R) |
| Elementary | CBS | 10:00PM | 8,544,000 | 8,660,000 | (116,000) | 1.75 | 1.58 | 0.17 | |
| Scandal | ABC | 10:00PM | 8,533,000 | 9,318,000 | (785,000) | 2.76 | 3.35 | (0.59) | |
| Parenthood | NBC | 10:00PM | 3,800,000 | 3,591,000 | 209,000 | 1.20 | 1.11 | 0.09 | |
| Friday | (PRELIMINARY #s) | This Wk | Prev Week | Wk-to-Wk +/- | This Wk | Prev Week | Wk-to-Wk +/- | ||
| Title | Network | Time | Total Viewers | 18-49 Rtg | Notes | ||||
| Undercover Boss | CBS | 8:00PM | 7,461,000 | 7,546,000 | (85,000) | 1.40 | 1.31 | 0.09 | |
| Last Man Standing | ABC | 8:00PM | 6,096,000 | 6,367,000 | (271,000) | 1.30 | 1.22 | 0.08 | |
| Dateline | NBC | 8:00PM | 7,457,000 | 6,232,000 | 1,225,000 | 1.50 | 1.18 | 0.32 | |
| Bones | Fox | 8:00PM | 3,290,000 | 3,415,000 | (125,000) | 0.70 | 0.76 | (0.06) | REPEAT |
| Whose Line Is It Anyway? | CW | 8:00PM | 1,387,000 | 1,344,000 | 43,000 | 0.50 | 0.42 | 0.08 | REPEAT |
| The Neighbors | ABC | 8:30PM | 3,557,000 | 4,246,000 | (689,000) | 0.90 | 0.97 | (0.07) | |
| Whose Line Is It Anyway? | CW | 8:30PM | 1,335,000 | 1,495,000 | (160,000) | 0.50 | 0.48 | 0.02 | REPEAT |
| Hawaii Five-0 | CBS | 9:00PM | 10,266,000 | 10,607,000 | (341,000) | 1.40 | 1.40 | 0.00 | |
| Shark Tank | ABC | 9:00PM | 7,486,000 | 7,789,000 | (303,000) | 2.00 | 2.07 | (0.07) | |
| Grimm | NBC | 9:00PM | 5,639,000 | 5,324,000 | 315,000 | 1.50 | 1.44 | 0.06 | |
| Star-Crossed | CW | 9:00PM | 537,000 | 568,000 | (31,000) | 0.20 | 0.15 | 0.05 | REPEAT |
| Enlisted | Fox | 9:00PM | 1,824,000 | 1,900,000 | (76,000) | 0.70 | 0.62 | 0.08 | |
| Raising Hope | Fox | 9:30PM | 1,581,000 | 1,798,000 | (217,000) | 0.50 | 0.57 | (0.07) | |
| Blue Bloods | CBS | 10:00PM | 11,870,000 | 11,959,000 | (89,000) | 1.40 | 1.38 | 0.02 | |
| 20/20 | ABC | 10:00PM | 7,597,000 | 7,319,000 | 278,000 | 1.80 | 1.76 | 0.04 | |
| Hannibal | NBC | 10:00PM | 2,636,000 | 3,266,000 | (630,000) | 0.80 | 1.06 | (0.26) | vs. premier |
| Saturday | (PRELIMINARY #s) | This Wk | Prev Week | Wk-to-Wk +/- | This Wk | Prev Week | Wk-to-Wk +/- | ||
| Title | Network | Time | Total Viewers | 18-49 Rtg | Notes | ||||
| Amazing Race | CBS | 8:00PM | 1,850,000 | 1,850,000 | 0.50 | 0.50 | REPEAT | ||
| Comedytime | CBS | 8:00PM | 3,332,000 | (3,332,000) | 0.60 | (0.60) | |||
| Jimmy Kimmel Oscars | ABC | 8:00PM | 1,980,000 | 1,980,000 | 0.40 | 0.40 | REPEAT | ||
| ABC Movie | ABC | 8:00PM | 2,449,000 | (2,449,000) | 0.87 | (0.87) | |||
| Dateline | NBC | 8:00PM | 4,020,000 | 2,759,000 | 1,261,000 | 0.90 | 0.84 | 0.06 | 8-10P vs. NHL Hockey |
| Almost Human | Fox | 8:00PM | 1,900,000 | 1,697,000 | 203,000 | 0.40 | 0.44 | (0.04) | REPEAT |
| Comedytime | CBS | 8:30PM | 2,317,000 | (2,317,000) | 0.44 | (0.44) | |||
| Amazing Race | CBS | 9:00PM | 2,090,000 | 3,501,000 | (1,411,000) | 0.60 | 0.48 | 0.12 | REPEAT vs. Crimetime |
| Once Upon a Time | ABC | 9:00PM | 1,250,000 | 1,250,000 | 0.30 | 0.30 | REPEAT | ||
| The Following | Fox | 9:00PM | 1,220,000 | 1,159,000 | 61,000 | 0.30 | 0.31 | (0.01) | REPEAT |
| 48 Hours Mystery | CBS | 10:00PM | 5,130,000 | 5,438,000 | (308,000) | 0.80 | 0.84 | (0.04) | |
| Once Upon a Time | ABC | 10:00PM | 1,370,000 | 1,370,000 | 0.30 | 0.30 | REPEAT | ||
| The Goldbergs | ABC | 10:30PM | 1,724,000 | (1,724,000) | 0.56 | (0.56) | |||
| SNL (R) | NBC | 10:00PM | 3,250,000 | 3,250,000 | 0.90 | 0.90 | preempted | ||
Sitcoms in green did excellent for the week, while yellow indicates OK showings and red is not good! This is sorted by adults 18-49:
| Week 24 (March 3-9) How the Sitcoms Did | ||||||
| (Sun comedies are previous week and Fri/Sat are prelim ratings) | ||||||
| Sorted by 18-49 Rtg | ||||||
| Title | Network | Time | Day | Total Viewers | 18-49 Rtg | Notes |
| The Big Bang Theory | CBS | 8:00PM | Thur | 18,086,000 | 5.29 | |
| Modern Family | ABC | 9:00PM | Wed | 9,255,000 | 3.39 | |
| How I Met Your Mother | CBS | 8:00PM | Mon | 9,105,000 | 3.35 | |
| The Millers | CBS | 8:30PM | Thur | 11,580,000 | 2.86 | |
| Two and a Half Men | CBS | 9:00PM | Thur | 10,381,000 | 2.65 | |
| 2 Broke Girls | CBS | 8:30PM | Mon | 8,443,000 | 2.59 | |
| About a Boy | NBC | 9:00PM | Tues | 8,355,000 | 2.47 | |
| Mike & Molly | CBS | 9:00PM | Mon | 8,914,000 | 2.18 | |
| Mom | CBS | 9:30PM | Mon | 8,421,000 | 2.04 | |
| The Middle | ABC | 8:00PM | Wed | 7,323,000 | 1.94 | |
| Growing Up Fisher | NBC | 9:30PM | Tues | 6,912,000 | 1.92 | |
| Suburgatory | ABC | 8:30PM | Wed | 5,723,000 | 1.67 | |
| The Crazy Ones | CBS | 9:30PM | Thur | 6,957,000 | 1.65 | |
| Mixology | ABC | 9:30PM | Wed | 4,367,000 | 1.65 | |
| The Goldbergs | ABC | 9:00PM | Tues | 4,157,000 | 1.53 | |
| New Girl | Fox | 9:00PM | Tues | 2,925,000 | 1.45 | |
| Last Man Standing | ABC | 8:00PM | Fri | 6,096,000 | 1.3 | |
| Parks & Recreation | NBC | 8:30PM | Thur | 2,955,000 | 1.27 | |
| Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Fox | 9:30PM | Tues | 2,609,000 | 1.26 | |
| Family Guy | Fox | 9:00PM | Sun | 2,670,000 | 1.26 | REPEAT |
| Mixology | ABC | 9:30PM | Mon | 3,642,000 | 1.14 | REPEAT |
| American Dad! | Fox | 9:30PM | Sun | 2,407,000 | 1.13 | REPEAT |
| Bob's Burgers | Fox | 8:30PM | Sun | 2,341,000 | 1.07 | REPEAT |
| The Simpsons | Fox | 8:00PM | Sun | 2,541,000 | 1.07 | REPEAT |
| Community | NBC | 8:00PM | Thur | 2,791,000 | 0.99 | |
| The Neighbors | ABC | 8:30PM | Fri | 3,557,000 | 0.9 | |
| Trophy Wife | ABC | 9:30PM | Tues | 2,639,000 | 0.80 | |
| Animation Domination | Fox | 7:00PM | Sun | 1,971,000 | 0.72 | REPEAT |
| Enlisted | Fox | 9:00PM | Fri | 1,824,000 | 0.7 | |
| Animnation Domination | Fox | 7:30PM | Sun | 1,748,000 | 0.69 | REPEAT |
| Raising Hope | Fox | 9:30PM | Fri | 1,581,000 | 0.5 | |
| Comedytime (R) | CBS | 8:00PM | Sat | preempted | ||
| Comedytime (R) | CBS | 8:30PM | Sat | preempted | ||
| The Mindy Project | Fox | 9:30PM | Tues | preempted | ||
| Dads | Fox | 8:00PM | Tues | completed | ||
| Super Fun Night | ABC | 9:30PM | Wed | completed | ||
| Sean Saves the World | NBC | 9:00PM | Thur | canceled | ||
| The Michael J. Fox Show | NBC | 9:30PM | Thur | canceled | ||
| We Are Men | CBS | 8:30PM | Mon | canceled | ||
| Welcome to the Family | NBC | 8:30PM | Thur | canceled | ||
| Back in the Game | ABC | 8:30PM | Wed | canceled | ||
SOURCE: Nielsen Media Research
On the next...Family Guy (Fox, Sun 8:30pm):
By: Skees
After several weeks of reruns, Family Guy returns tonight at a special time of 8:30pm (leading into the premiere of the Fox miniseries Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey at 9:00pm) with the new episode "Mom's the Word." As the series has progressed over the years, we've met Peter's father, Frances Griffin, who was voiced by the late Charles Durning; that character was voiced by the late Charles Durning, and the character was killed off several years before Durning's death. Peter's mother, Thelma Griffin, was briefly voiced by Florence Stanley and later by Phyllis Diller. With both of those actresses now deceased, the series is now taking the opportunity to deal with the death of the character voiced by Diller in the latest episode, "Mom's the Word."
The episode begins Peter having an "accident" at work after eating raw foods at home. Following the accident, he returns home, where his family and all of his friends are waiting for him. Convinced that this is some sort of "intervention" to deal with his embarrassment from his accident, he reveals several embarrassing things that he has done recently. But when Lois finally gets a chance to reveal the real reason everybody is there, he becomes very sad: his mother has just passed away. Now, Peter has to cope with the death of his mother, including removing her belongings from her retirement home. It is at the retirement home where he gets to meet Evelyn (voiced by another legendary actress, Lauren Bacall). As it turns out Evelyn was a good friend of Thelma's, and understands the pain that Peter is going through. It doesn't take long for a special bond to develop between Peter and Evelyn, one that both of them seem to be happy with... except Evelyn decides that she would rather take that bond to a whole new level that will make Peter incredibly uncomfortable. Meanwhile, at home, Stewie begins to start worrying about his own death and tries to get answers about what happens after he dies. Brian is there to help him Stewie find his own answers, but it just leads to even more confusion after Brian reveals his own atheistic beliefs of the afterlife.
One thing that I like about Family Guy is how the series occasionally disrupts the flow of the traditional cartoon by killing off characters, adding them in, giving them new jobs, etc. I also like how they dealt with the death of Peter's mother in this episode. Rather than focusing the episode on her dying in some really dumb way (as they did when Peter's father died), they just explained that she died, without going into details, and when on to the next phase. However, while Lauren Bacall's character on the episode was a great character to watch, the plot seemed to change too quickly. Most of the time spent on the plot was about Peter meeting Evelyn, and it quickly and abruptly turned to her trying to seduce Peter in the last few minutes of the episode. Maybe there wasn't enough material to add in about her trying to seduce him, but it seemed to move too quickly. The subplot of the episode, about Stewie looking into the question of life after death, was even more troubling. Stewie Griffin's character was intended to be "evil." Now, however, he is scared of death and wants to know the answers about death. It seems that Stewie becomes less evil and more childlike all the time. In the end, though, this was a reasonably episode of the series, though not one of the best ones of the season and certainly not as good as I would have liked to have seen for an episode that deals with a critical plot turn for the series. B-
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- Henry Winkler (Barry/Arrested Development/Out of Practice/Monty/Happy Days) - Watch Henry on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
- Tina Fey (The Four Seasons/Only Murders in the Building/30 Rock) - Tina appears on a repeat of Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
- Ronny Chieng (Young Rock/Ronny Chieng: International Student) - Ronny hosts Comedy Central's The Daily Show at 11pm.
- John Krasinski (The Office) - E! News has an interview with John at 11pm on E!.
- Kristin Davis (And Just Like That.../Bad Teacher/Sex and the City) - Kristin talks about And Just Like That... on ABC's Good Morning America sometime between 7-9am and on Live with Kelly and Mark, so check your local listings.
- Howie Mandel (Good Grief) - NBC's Today catches up with Howie in the 10am hour. He also talks about NBC's America's Got Talent on Access Hollywood with Mario & Kit, so check your local listings.
- Valerie Bertinelli (Hot in Cleveland/One Day at a Time) - It's Drew's big 50th birthday show an entire show filled with surprises as Drew celebrates this big milestone on a repeat of The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
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