FOX easily won the night across the major demographics and total viewing on the strength of an hour of American Idol which has remained very strong, dropping only around 5 percent versus the same night last season. Idol was up 22 percent versus last Wednesday (though last Wednesday was a “Road to Hollywood” special).
Human Target was up very slightly from a 2.4 last week to a 2.5 last night.
CBS was second for the night with both adults 18-49 and viewers. Its 8pm comedy block was resoundingly bested by a Charlie Brown Valentine special and The Middle, but Criminal Minds stood tall even against a strong American Idol, and CSI: NY won the 10pm hour increasing from last week by about 5 percent.
ABC’s sitcoms The Middle and Modern Family saw increases from last week, with The Middle reaching a 3.0 rating with adults 18-49, a series high. Modern Family matched it previous highs with adults 18-49. Cougar Town saw a steep drop (4.2 to 2.8).
Ugly Betty saw growth to a 1.7 rating at 10pm, its best numbers of the season, but it still lost to a repeat of Law & Order: SVU (which did about 18% better than the average for The Jay Leno Show in the timeslot).
In Late-Night:
* Conan O’Brien (0.8/4 in 18-49 in local people meters with an encore telecast) trailed CBS’s first-run LATE SHOW (1.2/5) in Nielsen’s 25 local markets with People Meters.
* At 12:35 a.m., Jimmy Fallon (0.4/3 in 18-49 in local people meters ) trailed CBS’s LATE LATE SHOW (0.6/4).
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