“Harry Law” delivered NBC’s biggest audience in this time period on an in-season Wednesday since February 9.
At 8 p.m. ET, “Up All Night” (2.4/7 in adults 18-49, 6.0 million viewers overall) delivered NBC’s highest in-season results in this time period since December 15, 2010 despite intense time-period competition last night that included Fox’s premiere of “The X Factor,” CBS’s “Survivor” and ABC’s season premiere of “The Middle.” In the highly competitive time period, “Up All Night” is #2 in the half-hour among ABC, CBS and NBC in adults 18-34 and women 18-34.
“Up All Night” is up 85 percent versus the 1.3 rating NBC averaged in this time period last season (“live plus same day,” non-sports). In total viewers, “Up All Night” topped NBC’s slot average from last season by 26 percent (6.048 million vs. 4.804 million).
At 8:30 ET, “Free Agents” averaged a 1.3/6 in adults 18-49 and 3.9 million viewers overall against extraordinary slot competition that included the second half-hour of Fox’s “X Factor” premiere, a special second half-hour of ABC’s “The Middle” and the second half-hour of CBS’s “Survivor.”
At 9 p.m. ET, the second season debut of “Harry’s Law” averaged a 1.2/3 in adults 18-49 and 7.5 million viewers overall. In total viewers, “Harry Law” delivered NBC’s biggest audience in this time period on an in-season Wednesday since February 2. Versus NBC’s total-viewer average in the time period last season, “Harry’s Law” was up 31 percent (7.532 million vs. 5.752 million, “live plus same day,” non-sports).
At 10 p.m. ET, the 13th season premiere of “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” averaged a 2.4/6 in 18-49 and 7.6 million viewers overall. “SVU” built on its lead-in by 100 percent in 18-49 rating while competing dramas on ABC and CBS were down substantially versus their lead-ins.
(source: NBC)
