An improved edition of CBS’ “The Big Bang Theory” managed to win the nightly ratings race, but the big story Thursday was the strong premiere for ABC’s “Winter Wipeout.”<\/p>\n
Previously a strong summer performer for ABC, “Wipeout” finally gave the network a strong performance in the difficult Thursday at 8PM slot with a 3.7 adults 18-49 rating and 11.59 million viewers. Combined with the always-solid “Grey’s Anatomy” (4.2 rating, 11.66 million) and “Private Practice” (2.7, 7.78 million), “Wipeout” helped give ABC the nightly demo victory over CBS.<\/p>\n
CBS’ “Theory” was nonetheless the night’s best performer, responsible for a 4.4 rating with 14.02 million viewers. “$#*! My Dad Says” followed with a mediocre 2.9 rating and 10.86 million viewers; though solid in a vacuum, turning away 34% of “Big Bang”‘s demo audience is simply disappointing, especially since fall timeslot competitor “30 Rock” did not air an original Thursday night.<\/p>\n
“CSI” followed with a 3.4 and 14.22 million viewers, while “The Mentalist” ended the evening at a 3.0 and 14.81 million.<\/p>\n
FOX’s “Million Dollar Money Drop,” the only other original Thursday, averaged a poor 1.4 with 4.61 million viewers.<\/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