UPDATED: Early Ratings - River loses nearly half of week 1 viewers, Cougar Town starts worse than Work it and Man Up, Ringer sinks

UPDATED:
ABC has serious problems on tuesday:
Last Man Standing 2.2 adults 18-49 rating
Cougar Town 4.8 million viewers and a 1.8 adults 18-49 rating
The River 5.0 million, 1.7 adults 18-49 rating
Body of Proof 6.2 million, 1.2 adults 18-49 rating

Other adults 18-49 ratings:
Ringer 0.3!
New Girl 3.2
NCIS 3.9
NCIS: LA 3.2
Unforgettable 2.3
Glee 2.8
New Girl 3.2
Raising Hope 2.1
Biggest Loser 2.0
Parenthood 1.6



METERED MARKET TUESDAY RATINGS
CBS Wins; Cougar Town Return Flops on ABC

Tuesday 2/14/12
Metered Market Results

Household
Rating/Share
CBS 9.5/16
Fox 4.5/ 7
ABC 3.9/ 6
NBC 3.7/ 6
CW 0.8/ 1

-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Thursday 2/15/11
ABC: +11, CBS: -10, NBC: -18, Fox: -21, CW: -33

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-Winners:
NCIS (CBS), NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS)

-Honorable Mention:
Body of Proof (ABC)

Fading Fast:
The Biggest Loser (NBC), Glee (Fox)

-Losers (excluding repeats):
Cougar Town (ABC), The River (ABC). Raising Hope (Fox), Ringer (CW), Parenthood (NBC)

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-Ratings Breakdown:
It was another Tuesday overnight victory for CBS, which finished first in each of the six half-hours care of NCIS (11.8 rating/19 share), spin-off NCIS: Los Angeles (9.8/16) and freshman drama Unforgetabble (7.1/12). But Unforgettable, year-to-year, dropped by 16 percent from older-skewing year-ago occupant The Good Wife (8.5/14 on 2/15/11). NCIS, as always, was the top-rated show of the evening.

In season-premiere news, absence did not make the ratings grow stronger for Cougar Town. Season three of the Courteney Cox sitcom returned with a fourth-place 3.3/ 5 in the overnights at 8:30 p.m., which dipped by 28 percent from lead-in Last Man Standing (#3: 4.6/ 7 at 8 p.m.). Comparably, this was 21 percent below the debut of recent failed time period occupant Work It (4.2/ 6 on 1/03/12), and 37 percent below the premiere of failed fall occupant Man Up! (5.2/ 8 on 10/18/11). One year earlier, the second half of drama No Ordinary Family scored a 3.2/ 5 on 2/15/11.

In week two news, ABC drama The River lost considerable steam with a fourth-place 3.2/ 5 at 9 p.m. Comparably, that was off by 44 percent from its week-ago opener (5.7/ 9 on 2/07/12 from 9-10 p.m.). Since most new shows drop in the vicinity of 10 to 20 percent in week two, viewers, no doubt, did not like what they saw on The River last week. At 10 p.m., Body of Proof on ABC (#2: 4.6/ deserves positive mention for growing by 48 percent out of the 9:30 p.m. portion of The River (3.1/ 5).

Over at Fox, deteriorating Glee finished second in the overnights at 8 p.m., with a 5.3/ 8. Compared to one year earlier (8.0/12 on 2/16/11), that was down by 34 percent. And, yes, this is significant. New Girl, which is poised for time period victory among adults 18-49, followed with a 4.7/ 7 (#2) at 9 p.m. Sophomore Raising Hope, however, dropped to fourth at 9:30 p.m., with a 3.0/ 5. One year earlier, failed time period occupant Traffic Light scored a similar 2.6/ 4 on 2/16/11.

NBC’s tired The Biggest Loser, which should be pared down to one hour at this point, finished with a 3.9/ 6 in the overnights from 8-10 p.m. Compared to one year earlier (5.0/ 8 on 2/16/11), this is a loss of 22 percent. The Biggest Loser led into Parenthood, which closed the night for NBC was an uneventful (and third-place) 3.3/ 6 at 10 p.m. One year earlier, Parenthood scored a 3.6/ 6 on 2/16/11.

On The CW, a repeat of Hart of Dixie (#5: 0.7/ 1), led into an original installment of Ringer at a mere 0.9/ 1 at 9 p.m. One year earlier, short-lived Hellcats scored a 1.1/ 2 on 2/16/11.

Source: Nielsen Media Research data
Via Marc Berman