Wednesday, May 9, 2012

"The Middle" fell to a new season low. "America's Next Top Model" fell to a new series low. "Rock Center" was pulled for the rest of sweeps after posting a 0.7 rating. "Modern Family" rose three tenths.

rating	show	slot	network	last week	season low	series low
0.4	America's Next Top Model "Nicholas Tse"	9pm	CW	0.5	0.4	0.4
0.7	Rock Center soccer concussions	9pm	NBC	1.0	0.5 (April 11)
1.4	Off Their Rockers	8:30	NBC	1.4	1.3
1.5	Off Their Rockers	8pm	NBC	1.3	1.3
1.8	Law & Order: SVU "Learning Curve"	10pm	NBC	1.9	1.6 (3)	1.6 (3)
1.9	The Middle "The Clover"	8pm	ABC	2.0	1.9	1.7 (2009)
2.1	Suburgatory "The Great Compromise"	8:30	ABC	2.0	2.0 (2)
2.2	Revenge "Legacy"	10pm	ABC	2.1	2.1 (3)
2.3	Don't Trust the Bitch in Apartment 23 "Making Rent..."	9:30	ABC	2.3	2.0
2.4	CSI "Homecoming"	10pm	CBS	2.3	2.3	2.3 (2)
2.8	Survivor "It's Human Nature"	8pm	CBS	2.6	2.6	2.6
2.9	Criminal Minds "Profiling 101"	9pm	CBS	3.0	2.8	2.8
4.4	Modern Family "Disneyland"	9pm	ABC	4.1	4.0	2.5 (2009)
4.5	American Idol	8-10pm	FOX	4.7	3.9	3.9
0.3	rerun - America's Next Top Model "Barney Cheng"	8pm	CW

sources: spotted ratings and tv by the numbers

NBC Renews Community, 30 Rock, Parenthood, SVU

"30 Rock" gets a final season of 13 episodes, while "Parenthood" gets 15, and "Community" gets 13 too. "Law & Order: SVU" got a full season. "Fashion Star" also got renewed. FOX renewed "Touch" yesterday. Variety has recapped the last two days of renewal and pilot buzz.

ABC Renews Popular Television Series

ABC took care of its easy renewals too: "Modern Family," "Grey's Anatomy," "Once Upon a Time," "The Middle," "Castle," "Revenge," and "Suburatory," as well as Dancing with the Stars," "The Bachelor," and "Shark Tank."

Cougar Town Moves to TBS

TBS is spending some of those "Big Bang" bucks, ordering 15 new episodes of "Cougar Town" and buying the rights to air the other 61 episodes.