Cue the jokes about how ABC’s “Happy Town” did not score a rating that lives up to its name. The mystery series, which was promoted identically to CBS’s 2009 disappointment “Harper’s Island,” opened with just a 1.7 adults 18-49 rating and 5.23 million viewers.<\/p>\n
With the ratings almost sure to drop next week, “Happy Town” joins “Eastwick” and “Ugly Betty” in furthering ABC’s struggle to build an audience for its 10PM hour on Wednesdays.<\/p>\n
The news was not all bad, however, as ABC’s flagship comedy posted a fantastic number. “Modern Family” made a big gain to a 4.1 rating with 9.82 million viewers.<\/p>\n
Lead-out “Cougar Town” was passable with a 2.8 and 6.45 million viewers, while “The Middle” led into “Family” with a 2.4 and 7.11 million viewers.<\/p>\n
Over on FOX, “American Idol” rose to a 6.5 and 19.39 million viewers. The telecast, which saw the elimination of Siobhan Magnus, showed a stronger ability to retain audience from Tuesday’s performance show (which drew 19.41 million viewers and a 6.9 Tuesday) than any other results show this season.<\/p>\n
The CW aired “America’s Next Top Model” (3.27 million, 1.4), “Fly Girls” (1.03 million, 0.4) and “High Society” (.91 million viewers, 0.4).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n