Paul Reiser is bound to be mad about Thursday night’s ratings.
After landing the lowest ratings for an in-season comedy premiere in NBC’s history for its debut last week, “The Paul Reiser Show” slid further in the ratings for its second episode, according to preliminary numbers.
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NBC’s evening started out with a bright note with “Community” at 8, which scored a 1.5 rating/5 share in the adults 18-49 demographic, a 7 percent uptick from the previous week’s performance, and 3.2 million total viewers. “Reiser” followed at 8:30 with 0.9/3 in the demo, an 18 percent drop from last week’s premiere, and 2.5 million total viewers. “The Office” at 9 came down from last week’s Will Ferrell bump, scoring a 3.3/9 in the demo, down 15 percent from last week, with 6.8 million total viewers. “Parks and Recreation” at 9:30 and “30 Rock” at 10 performed flat compared to the previous week, with 2.5/7 and 2.2/6 in the demo, respectively. (The flat performance of "30 Rock" comes despite the fact that last night's episode was a star-packed, 100th show extravaganza.)
The evening, of course, belonged to Fox’s “American Idol” results show at 8, which took the night’s top ratings with a 5.6/18 in the demo and 19.6 million total viewers. “Bones” in the following hour had a 3.2/9 in the demo and 11 million total viewers.
ABC aired repeats, with “Winter Wipeout” at 8 taking 1.3/4 in the demo and 4.7 million total viewers, “Grey’s Anatomy at 9 scoring 1.2/3 in the demo and 3.8 million total viewers, and “Private Practice” the following hour nabbing 0.8/2 in the demo and 2.7 million total viewers.
CBS also went the rerun route throughout its primetime roster. At 8, a previously aired episode of “The Big Bang Theory” brought in 1.8/6 in the demo and 7 million total viewers. A “Rules of Engagement” repeat at 8:30 took 1.5/5 in the demo and 5.5 million total viewers, while “CSI” at 9 had 1.6/5 in the demo and 8.4 million total viewers. “The Mentalist” rounded out the night the following hour with 2.1/6 in the demo and 10.9 million total viewers.