ABC's 'Suburgatory' solid in week two

ABC's new comedy ''Suburgatory'' organized well in 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 grown ups 18-49, edging the three-hour earnings of CBS and ABC, as the Eye been with them both in grown ups 25-54 and total audiences, using its ''Criminal Minds'' standing as Wednesday's most-viewed program overall the very first time this fall. Based on preliminary national estimations from Nielsen, Fox continued to be strong around the evening having a 90-minute edition of ''The X Factor'' (3.9 rating/11 in 18-49, 11.5 million audiences overall), that was on componen with last week's performance and again won the 8 o'clock hour. Closing the evening, Fox broadcast a unique original episode of Tuesday comedy ''Raising Hope'' (2.3/6 in 18-49, 6.two million audiences overall), placing third in 18-49. At ABC, ''The Middle'' started things off (steady at 2.7/9 in 18-49, 9. million audiences overall), then the 2nd week of ''Suburgatory'' (3./8 in 18-49, 9.a million audiences overall), that was lower 9% week to week however was up in 18-49 rating over its lead-in along with a nice improvement over last year's ''Better Along 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.a million audiences overall), using the internet then losing nearly 1 / 2 of that audience by 9:30 p.m. with ''Happy Endings'' (2.9/7 in 18-49, 6.9 million audiences overall). And also at 10, new drama ''Revenge'' is constantly on the perform reasonably well (2.5/7 in 18-49, 7.7 million audiences overall), lower 7% week to week but nonetheless second in in demos for that hour along with a good improvement within the net's performance within the slot last fall. CBS continued to be solid through the evening, beginning with ''Survivor'' (3.1/9 in 18-49, 10.5 million audiences overall), that was second to ''X Factor'' for that 8 o'clock hour. ''Criminal Minds'' was up at 9 p.m. (3.8/10 in 18-49, 13.3 million audiences overall), apparently benefiting from Fox's change from ''X Factor'' to comedy at 9:30. And also at 10, ''CSI'' continued to be the hour's leader (2.9/8 in 18-49, 11.8 million audiences overall), but was lower a little week to week. NBC began the evening on an optimistic 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 internet as time passes period improvement. But ''Free Agents'' held at its low-level (1./3 in 18-49, 3.3 million audiences overall), and does not figure to stay within the 8:30 p.m. timeslot for considerably longer. The comedy hour was then ''Harry's Law'' (1.2/3 in 18-49, 8.two million audiences overall), which held steady within the demo while growing as a whole audiences. And also 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 on the struggle Wednesdays at 8 p.m. with ''Hater'' (.4/one in 18-49, 1.a million 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 that evening: Fox, 3.5/10 CBS, 3.3/9 ABC, 3.2/9 Univision, 1.7/4 CW, .6/2. As a whole audiences: CBS, 11.9 million Fox, 10.two 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