Ratings: Broadcast Finals for January 16, 2013
AMERICAN IDOL is back and it dominated the night. The king of talent programs pulled in 17.9 million viewers and a very strong 6.0 rating in Adults 18-49 to kick off it's 12th season. That was down 19% from the 11th season premiere, but up from last season's average.The CW was able to climb out of the basement with ARROW pulling in 3.13 million viewers and a 1.1 demo rating. The freshman series place third in the demo for the 8 p.m. hour, besting both NBC's comedy repeats and CBS' NCIS encore. ARROW also out drew NBC in total viewers for the hour.
For the night, The CW averaged a 1.0 demo rating and 2.5 million viewers. NBC averaged a 0.7 demo rating and an equal 2.5 million viewers. Not a good night for NBC, even with it being an all repeat night.
ABC and CBS were back to normal Wednesday levels. MODERN FAMILY was second for the night in the A18-49 ratings with 4.3. CRIMINAL MINDS posted a season in viewers with 12.64 million.
| Time | Net | Program | Viewers* | Demo | +/- |
| 8:00 | ABC | The Middle | 8.210 | 2.3 | |
| 8:30 | ABC | The Neighbors | 6.090 | 1.8 | -24.8% |
| 9:00 | ABC | Modern Family | 11.010 | 4.3 | 78.6% |
| 9:30 | ABC | Suburgatory | 6.060 | 2.3 | -55.0% |
| 10:00 | ABC | Nashville | 6.540 | 2.2 | 3.0% |
| 8:00 | CBS | NCIS [R] | 8.350 | 1.1 | |
| 9:00 | CBS | Criminal Minds | 12.640 | 2.9 | 49.5% |
| 10:00 | CBS | CSI | 11.140 | 2.3 | -11.4% |
| 8:00 | CW | Arrow | 3.060 | 1.1 | |
| 9:00 | CW | Supernatural | 1.990 | 0.9 | -33.9% |
| 8:00 | FOX | American Idol | 17.930 | 6.0 | |
| 8:00 | NBC | Whitney [R] | 2.500 | 0.8 | |
| 8:30 | NBC | Guys With Kids [R] | 2.260 | 0.8 | -11.3% |
| 9:00 | NBC | Law & Order: SVU [R] | 2.660 | 0.6 | 15.7% |
| 10:00 | NBC | Chicago Fire [R] | 3.000 | 1.0 | 26.4% |
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