Ratings: Broadcast Finals for March 12, 2014

FOX and CBS were neck & neck Wednesday night, as each collected just over 10 million viewers and a mid two in the A18-49 ratings. AMERICAN IDOL was just strong enough to help FOX edge out CBS in the demo ratings, but my, how the mighty have fallen. IDOL is topped by SURVIVOR in the A18-49 ratings and, depending on finals, could also be passed by CRIMINAL MINDS. Make you wonder if FOX would really give IDOL the same fate it did THE X FACTOR.

ABC edged out NBC for the #3 spot of the night, topping the NBC in two of the three hours. MODERN FAMILY was the top show of the night, by far, in the demo ratings. It is a sad state of affairs that not only did just one show pulling a demo rating over a 3.0, but just six of the 14 programs of the whole night could manage a demo rating over a 2.0.
 

Preliminary Network Averages:

ABC - 6.1 million viewers, 1.9 rating in Adults 18-49

CBS - 10.2 million viewers, 2.3 rating in Adults 18-49

CW - 0.9 million viewers, 0.3 rating in Adults 18-49

FOX - 10.3 million viewers, 2.4 rating in Adults 18-49

NBC - 5.6 million viewers, 1.5 rating in Adults 18-49

Time	Net	Program	Viewers*	A18-49	+/-
8:00	ABC	The Middle	7.48	2.0
8:30	ABC	Suburgatory	5.39	1.6	-28%
9:00	ABC	Modern Family	9.39	3.4	74%
9:30	ABC	Mixology	4.29	1.5	-54%
10:00	ABC	Nashville	5.07	1.4	18%
8:00	CBS	Survivor	9.66	2.5
9:00	CBS	Criminal Minds	10.74	2.3	11%
10:00	CBS	CSI	10.15	2.0	-5%
8:00	CW	Arrow [R]	1.11	0.3
9:00	CW	The Tomorrow People [R]	0.69	0.2	-38%
8:00	FOX	American Idol	10.27	2.4
8:00	NBC	Revolution	4.63	1.3
9:00	NBC	Law & Order: SVU	6.28	1.6	36%
10:00	NBC	Chicago PD	5.84	1.6	-7%

* - in millions