Daniel S Levine CBS won Wednesday night’s ratings overall, but Fox’s The X Factor actually managed to get a better rating in the 18-49 demographic than Survivor. In fact, if it was not for I Hate My Teenage Daughter, Fox may have actually beat out CBS for the best overall 18-49 rating. CBS had no problem coming in first, with its 11.86 million viewers overall and a 3.1 18-49 rating. First up was Survivor, which had 10.7 million viewers, a bigger audience than The X Factor, but its 3.1 18-49 rating was lower. Next was Criminal Minds, which was actually the most watched show of the night with 12.7 million viewers and a 3.4 18-49 rating, according to Hit Fix. CSI ended the night with 12.12 million viewers and a 3.0 18-49 rating. Fox came in a distant second with 9.33 million viewers and a 3.0 18-49 rating. In its first hour, The X Factor had 10.3 million viewers and a 3.2 18-49 rating, topping Survivor, notes The Hollywood Reporter. The 8:00 p.m. half-hour of the show drew 11.4 million viewers and a huge 3.7 18-49 rating, but I Hate My Teenage Daughter erased those great numbers, drawing just 5.2 million viewers with a 1.9 18-49 rating. ABC returned to third place after a dismal Tuesday, drawing an average of 7.16 million viewers with a 2.1 18-49 rating. The network started the night with repeats of The Middle, Suburgatory and Modern Family, but Barbara Walters’ special, Barbara Walters Presents The 10 Most Fascinating People of 2011 was a big draw. The first half-hour at 9:30 p.m. drew 8.1 million viewers and a 2.3 18-49 rating, while the full hour at 10 p.m. had 8.45 million and the same rating. Still, it was down nearly a third in the ratings from 2010, reports TV Line. NBC’s line-up of repeats kept the network in fourth place with 3.97 million viewers and a 1.0 18-49 rating. Repeats of Up All Night, Whitney, Harry’s Law and Law & Order: SVU all received low numbers. Law & Order: SVU did the best, though, drawing 4.36 million viewers and a 1.2 18-49 rating.
