Forget about prestige drama and comedy: it turned out all NBC needed was some dining on bugs.
NBC: FEAR FACTOR returned to the airwaves with a tremendous 3.4 average over 2 hours. This is great news for a network that sorely needs some, but it's worth noting that in this same holiday period last year, against mostly specials and repeats, The Sing-Off did a 3.6, a level that prompted the network to bring the show back as a fall series... and we all know how that worked out. So Fear Factor may be more of a seasonal curiosity than an enduring hit. Still: success! It turns out the cow blood audience doesn't overlap that much with the newsmagazine crowd (who knew?), so the glad tidings didn't extend to ROCK CENTER.
FOX: The positive spin on TERRA NOVA matching or setting a season low (depending on football adjustment) is that it was facing much more powerful competition on NBC than it's had all season. Well, maybe--but it was also yet another lousy (and almost dinosaur-free) episode, as the series prepares next week for its season, and possibly series, finale. Nobody showed up for the HOUSE repeat at 9PM.
CBS: The 8PM experiment of putting 2 BROKE GIRLS in HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER's slot wasn't a huge success, scoring a few tenths below Mother's usual number. On the other hand, most networks would drool for a slot-winning 4.1 rating at 8PM, so the test was hardly an abject failure. The combination of a Broke Girls repeat at 9:30 and the strong male-oriented competition on NBC hurt 2 1/2 MEN and MIKE & MOLLY; the former set a new season low, and the latter was just a bit above its low. HAWAII 5-0 was also near the bottom of its range, despite facing a repeat on ABC.
ABC: Barely present, with ratings for yet another Charlie Brown Xmas special, the flop game-show YOU DESERVE IT and a CASTLE repeat all below a 1.5.
CW: Repeats, repeats.
Tonight CBS and FOX air new regular-series episodes, while NBC tries a Prince William & Kate special at 8PM, and ABC, oddly, has a new LAST MAN STANDING leading into a night otherwise in repeats.
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