“Glee” remained comfortably above the season low set by pre-Thanksgiving episode “Furt,” but its Christmas special episode achieved underwhelming viewership Tuesday.
Despite facing weaker competition than the prior week’s “Special Education,” which went head-to-head with demographic standout “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” this week’s episode slipped slightly to a 4.4 with 11.04 million viewers.
No one at FOX will complain about “Glee” again winning the night in the demo and coming in second place among total viewers, but it has become abundantly clear that the show has lost some of the sparkle shown earlier in the season. The hope is that the upcoming Super Bowl episode will produce another ratings stimulus.
Even as “Glee” slightly slipped, lead-out “Raising Hope” managed to rise again. Up to a 2.9 rating with 7.06 million viewers, “Hope” is not yet a hit, but it is proving to be a solid companion piece for “Glee.”
“Running Wilde” cannot say the same. Though it was up over last week, a 9:30 comedy should not follow “Hope”‘s 2.9 with a 1.7 rating and 4.06 million viewers.