Ratings Review: BEN AND KATE

Yesterday, January 23, 2013, FOX announced their new plans for Tuesday nights for the rest of the 2012-13 season and BEN AND KATE was not a part of it. For now, the last episode aired on January 22, 2013, but supposedly, the remainder of episodes will air "at a later date."

It is not surprising BEN AND KATE was pulled. In fact, I was wondering what took so long? The ratings were sub-par right off the bat, and only got worse with each week. After October 2012, it never reached 3 million viewers again. It was the one series that made other duds like THE NEW NORMAL and HAPPY ENDINGS actually look good.

So, for now, we say good-bye to BEN AND KATE. Perhaps we will see you this summer or late night Sundays.

BEN AND KATE (Tuesdays at 8:30 p.m., on FOX)

Date	Viewers*	A18-49	+/-
09/25/12	4.21	2.1		Premiere
10/02/12	3.32	1.6	-21.1%
10/09/12	3.23	1.5	-2.7%
10/16/12	2.70	1.2	-16.4%
10/23/12	2.99	1.4	10.7%
10/30/12	3.01	1.4	0.7%
11/06/12	Preemted
11/13/12	2.39	1.1	-20.6%
11/20/12	2.35	1.1	-1.7%
11/27/12	2.82	1.4	18.0%
12/04/12	2.60	1.1	-7.8%
12/11/12	2.19	0.8	-15.8%
12/18/12	1.80	0.8		R
12/25/12	Preempted
01/01/13	1.36	0.5		R
01/08/13	2.36	1.2	7.8%
01/15/12	2.20	1.1	-6.8%
01/22/12	2.53	1.2	15.0%

* - in millions