THE SKED'S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD

It was ABC's turn for some post-preemption malaise.

ABC:  The network's Wednesday schedule returned from its CMA Awards break to drops across the board.  The 2 new shows were hit hardest, as SUBURGATORY dipped 0.3 and REVENGE 0.4.  Neither of the declines were anything to worry about (Revenge still tied for 1st place in its hour), but as we enter the holiday season with its frequent repeats and specials, the night suggests how difficult it is for networks to fill roughly 36 in-season weeks of programming with (usually) 22 episodes of regular series, while managing not to lose the attention of viewers.

FOX:  X FACTOR didn't return to its pre-baseball level, but it's stabilized at a 3.8 that was easily good enough to win the night.

CBS:  Without the CMA Awards as competition, all the network's shows were up, especially CRIMINAL MINDS, which had a nice 0.3 bump from last week.  

NBC:  Is there an emoticon for "Oy"?  UP ALL NIGHT was up a tick but still under a 2, while SVU's 1.9 was below last year's average of Law & Order:  LA--which, as you'll recall, was cancelled.  Worst of all was HARRY'S LAW, which managed to hit a season low 1.1.  (Soon to be a star of your post-football Sunday night programming!)

CW:  AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL was steady at 0.8.

Tonight's big event will be a heavily-promoted 2-hour "intervention" episode of PRIVATE PRACTICE on ABC.