Critics deemed the prior few episodes of NBC’s “The Office” signs of a creative slump, but the ratings remain fairly steady. Thursday’s “WUPHF.com” episode, which received markedly better reviews, dipped only slightly from the prior week’s heavily-hyped “Viewing Party” for a 3.7 adults 18-49 rating.
Viewership for the episode came in at 7.24 million.
Leading out of “The Office” was “Outsourced,” which fell by the same adults 18-49 tenth to a 2.7. The freshman comedy, which moves to 10:30PM in January, averaged 5.49 million viewers.
Earlier in the evening, NBC’s low-rated, critically-acclaimed tandem of “Community” and “30 Rock” landed in fourth place for the 8PM hour. “Community” was good for a mere 1.9 rating and 4.40 million viewers, while “Rock,” soon to move to 10PM, scored a 2.3 and 5.16 million.
“The Apprentice,” as usual, was a dud with a 1.2 and 3.57 million viewers.
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With NBC’s “The Office” in its usual territory, usual Thursday leaders “The Big Bang Theory” and “Grey’s Anatomy” shared the nightly crown. “The Big Bang Theory” opened CBS’ evening with a 4.3 and 13.1 million viewers, while “Grey’s Anatomy” offered ABC a 4.3 with 11.40 million viewers at 9PM.
Also on CBS: “$#*! My Dad Says” (10.28 million, 3.1), “CSI” (14.16 million, 3.1) and “The Mentalist” (14.66 million, 3.0)
Also on ABC: “Charlie Brown Thanksgiving” (7.44 million, 2.2) and “Private Practice” (8.10 million, 2.9)
FOX offered its combination of reliable “Bones” (9.41 million, 2.7) and struggling “Fringe” (4.93 million, 1.9).
