Ratings: The X Factor Debut Underwhelms

Geo Godley Ultimately the hype, Fox's The X Factor first demonstrated with a relatively underwhelming 12.14 million audiences together with a 4.2 rating among 18-to-49-year-olds, preliminary Nielsen data show - far shy of yank Idol's amounts due to its Season 10 opener. In comparison, that Idol debut attracted 26.2 million audiences together with a 9.7 inside the internet marketer-coveted demo. The X Factor finally premieres: Let's review it together! Being fair, the completely new show's Nielsens actually are somewhat a lot better than The Voice as well as the Sing-Off, which have been considered "hits" for NBC. But Cowell and network professionals were just asking for negative critiques to Idol by saying Factor might be "the finest show on television, the finest show in the world ..." On Thursday, Fox professionals were proclaiming that anticipation - they aided promote - were "absurd." Nevertheless, The X Factor really won prime time's first hour with 11.72 million, in the premiere of CBS' Survivor: South Off-shoreline, (10.35 million), ABC's The Middle (9.35 million), NBC's Up With The Evening (6.04 million) and Free Agents (3.86 million) as well as the CW's H8R (1.3 million). Who's A.J. Cook's dream Criminal Minds guest star? Nevertheless it was all downhill next. How bad managed to get happen get? The Simon Cowell-Paula Abdul reunion show, marked with the lowlight from the contestant submitting themselves on stage,showed up third within the second hour - to ABC's Emmy-winning Modern Family (14.29 million audiences, 6. demo rating -Up 18 percent from this past year) and CBS' Criminal Minds (14.07 million, 4.1). Rounding in the hour were the second-season opener of NBC's Harry's Law (7.Thirty Dollars million, 1.2) and America's Next Top Model round the CW (1.56 million, .7). Fall Preview: Get scoop inside your favorite returning shows Ted Danson's debut since the new supervisor on CSI: Crime Scene Analysis won the ultimate hour of prime in time total viewership with 12.59 million together with a 3.one out of the demo. Demo rating boasting rights, though, visited Emily VanCamp's return to television on ABC's Revenge (10.15 million, 3.4 demo). The thirteenth season debut of Law & Order: Special Sufferers Unit finished third inside the three-way race (7.60 million, 2.3).