CBS repeats impress

Fox had mixed results using its first evening of the four-comedy Tuesday block, edging in front of the competition around the evening among teenagers. Still, a evening of repeat dramas had CBS competitive in 18-49 as the internet won easily in the core groups.Based on preliminary national estimations from Nielsen, Fox rested ''Glee'' to create a two-hour comedy block, faring best not surprisingly at 9 p.m. with ''New Girl'' (3./8 in 18-49, 6. million audiences overall), that was low but pretty good given its soft lead-in from ''I Hate My Teenage Daughter'' (1.6/4 in 18-49, 3.8 million audiences overall), an initial-year half-hour that broadcast on four Wednesdays at the end of fall. Best news for that internet needed to function as the time-period premiere of ''Raising Hope'' at 8 (2.1/6 in 18-49, 4.8 million audiences overall), which did comparable as it absolutely was at 9:30 p.m. following ''New Girl.'' And shutting the block was ''Breaking In'' (1.7/4 in 18-49, 3.six million audiences overall), the Christian Slater reveal that broadcast seven occasions in spring of this past year it went third one of the tv stations in 18-49, retaining 57% of their 18-49 lead-in from ''New Girl'' and outperforming its final original episode last May (1.3/3 in 18-49).CBS impressed, tying Fox for that 18-49 lead within their common hrs and simply topping the evening among grown ups 25-54 and total audiences. Within the opening hour, ''NCIS'' (2.4/7 in grown ups 18-49, 14.4 million audiences overall) won its timeslot by having an 18-49 score which was greater than basically two firstrun hrs on ABC, NBC and Fox a week ago. It had been then ''NCIS: Los Angeles'' (1.9/5 in 18-49, 11.9 million audiences overall) and ''Unforgettable'' (1.4/4 in 18-49, 8.two million audiences overall), each of which brought their periods of time in 25-54.At NBC, ''The Greatest Loser'' hit a minimal (1.9/5 in 18-49, 5.7 million audiences overall), although the network disrupted its selection in multiple metropolitan areas for coverage of Super Tuesday, plus some stations broadcast the load-loss competition from 9 to 11 it's expected that ''Loser'' should improve a tick or two within the excellent. Also murky was the performance from the NBC News special ''Decision 2012,'' which broadcast at 10 p.m. in much of the nation but at 8 p.m. in the western world.Mastening numbers broadcast a repeat ''Last Guy Standing'' (1.4/4 in 18-49, 5.5 million audiences overall), then ''Cougar Town'' (1.5/4 in 18-49, 4.4 million audiences overall), that was consistent with Fox's ''Teenage Daughter'' in 18-49 at 8:30. Drama ''The River'' appears to possess found its core audience (1.5/4 in 18-49, 4.two million audiences overall), holding steady versus. a week ago, and also the evening wrapped having a repeat ''Body of Proof'' (.9/2 in 18-49, 4.7 million audiences overall). For that evening, ABC needed to be satisfied with a fifth-place finish one of the tv stations in 18-49, falling a tick lacking 4th-place Univision.At CW, ''90210'' came back using its first original episode inside a month (.7/2 in 18-49, 1.3 million audiences overall), then ''Ringer'' (.5/one in 18-49, 1.two million audiences overall), which published its best women 18-34 score (.8/2) since late November.Preliminary 18-49 earnings for that evening: Fox, 2.1/6 CBS, 1.9/5 NBC, 1.6/4 Univision, 1.4/4 ABC, 1.3/4 CW, .6/2.As a whole audiences: CBS, 11.5 million NBC, 4.9 million ABC, 4.six million Fox, 4.5 million Univision, 3.3 million CW, 1.3 million. Contact Ron Kissell at ron.kissell@variety.com