ABC's 'Suburgatory' solid in week two

ABC's new comedy ''Suburgatory'' organized well within the second outing, again building on its lead-in ''The Middle.'' The net's ''Modern Family'' was the night's top show in demos, while CBS' ''Criminal Minds'' and Fox's ''The X Factor'' also shined. Fox won the evening among grownups 18-49, edging the 3-hour earnings of CBS and ABC, because the Eye been there in grownups 25-54 and total audiences, having its ''Criminal Minds'' standing as Wednesday's most-seen program overall the first time this fall. According to preliminary national estimations from Nielsen, Fox ongoing to become strong round the evening getting a 90-minute edition of ''The X Factor'' (3.9 rating/11 in 18-49, 11.5 million audiences overall), which was on componen with last week's performance and again won the 8 o'clock hour. Closing the evening, Fox broadcast a distinctive original episode of Tuesday comedy ''Raising Hope'' (2.3/6 in 18-49, 6.2 million audiences overall), placing third in 18-49. At ABC, ''The Middle'' began things off (steady at 2.7/9 in 18-49, 9. million audiences overall), then your second week of ''Suburgatory'' (3./8 in 18-49, 9.millions of audiences overall), which was lower 9% week to week however was up in 18-49 rating over its lead-in together with a pleasant improvement over last year's ''Better Together With You.'' ''Modern Family'' adopted at 9 and was again the night's No. 1 show in demos (5.6/14 in 18-49, 13.millions of audiences overall), online then losing nearly half of this audience by 9:30 p.m. with ''Happy Endings'' (2.9/7 in 18-49, 6.9 million audiences overall). At 10, new drama ''Revenge'' is constantly perform reasonably well (2.5/7 in 18-49, 7.7 million audiences overall), lower 7% week to week but nevertheless second in in demos for your hour together with a great improvement inside the net's performance inside the slot last fall. CBS ongoing to become solid with the evening, starting with ''Survivor'' (3.1/9 in 18-49, 10.5 million audiences overall), which was second to ''X Factor'' for your 8 o'clock hour. ''Criminal Minds'' was up at 9 p.m. (3.8/10 in 18-49, 13.3 million audiences overall), apparently reaping helpful benefits from Fox's vary from ''X Factor'' to comedy at 9:30. At 10, ''CSI'' ongoing to become the hour's leader (2.9/8 in 18-49, 11.8 million audiences overall), but was lower just a little week to week. NBC started the evening with an positive note as ''Up All Night'' (2.2/7 in 18-49, 5.7 million audiences overall) was up a tick week to week and again provided the web after a while period improvement. But ''Free Agents'' held at its low-level (1./3 in 18-49, 3.3 million audiences overall), and doesn't figure to remain inside the 8:30 p.m. timeslot for substantially longer. The comedy hour ended up being ''Harry's Law'' (1.2/3 in 18-49, 8.2 million audiences overall), which held steady inside the demo while growing in general audiences. At 10, ''Law and Order: SVU'' (2.1/5 in 18-49, 7.9 million audiences overall) was flat while its drama rivals were both lower. CW is constantly struggle Wednesdays at 8 p.m. with ''Hater'' (.4/one out of 18-49, 1.millions of audiences overall), while ''America's Next Top Model'' held at its sub-componen level (.8/2 in 18-49, 1.7 million audiences overall). Preliminary 18-49 earnings for your evening: Fox, 3.5/10 CBS, 3.3/9 ABC, 3.2/9 Univision, 1.7/4 CW, .6/2. In general audiences: CBS, 11.9 million Fox, 10.2 million ABC, 8.9 million NBC, 6.9 million Univision, 3.7 million CW, 1.4 million. Contact Ron Kissell at ron.kissell@variety.com