* The “Dancing With The Stars” finale should easily emerge as the week’s top non-football daypart. Despite the Tuesday edition’s huge surge, lead-in “No Ordinary Family” remained stuck in fourth place, barely up from last week’s all-time personal low.
* “Glee,” which did not air opposite “Dancing,” inexplicably hit its lowest score of the season, barely edging out “NCIS” as top 8 p.m. show.
How it compares to other top series:
18-49 finals (prior weeks in parentheses; repeats in gray):
5.3 (3.4) (3.4) (3.2) (3.1) (3.2) (3.5) (3.3) (3.8) (3.5) (----) Dancing With The Stars (Tu)
4.9 (4.0) (4.0) (4.0) (4.3) (4.0) (4.0) (4.3) (4.8) (5.1) (----) Dancing With The Stars (Mo)
4.8 (----) (4.8) (5.1) (4.7) (4.8) (4.6) (4.6) (5.1) (1.5) (1.7) Modern Family
4.5 (4.5) (4.3) (4.7) (4.4) (4.4) (4.5) (4.5) (4.8) (4.9) (2.3) 2½ Men
4.3 (4.2) (4.7) (4.2) (4.1) (4.3) (4.1) (4.4) (4.9) (2.4) (----) Big Bang Theory
4.3 (4.0) (4.3) (3.9) (4.0) (4.6) (4.6) (4.6) (5.4) (1.8) (----) Grey’s Anatomy
4.0 (5.0) (4.6) (1.9) (4.9) (2.1) (4.7) (4.6) (5.9) (5.6) (1.7) Glee
4.0 (3.7) (3.5) (3.6) (3.7) (3.5) (3.5) (3.9) (3.7) (3.9) (----) Mike & Molly
How it compares to other Fox series:
18-49 finals (prior weeks in parentheses; repeats in gray):
4.0 (5.0) (4.6) (1.9) (4.9) (2.1) (4.7) (4.6) (5.9) (5.6) (1.7) Glee
3.4 (4.0) (3.7) (----) (1.4) (3.6) (3.6) (4.0) (3.8) (4.2) (1.2) House
3.3 (3.4) (3.8) (----) (2.0) (----) (3.4) (4.0) (4.5) (2.4) (2.1) Family Guy
2.9 (3.9) (3.7) (----) (1.7) (----) (3.0) (4.2) (3.7) (2.2) (2.9) The Simpsons
2.7 (2.6) (2.5) (----) (----) (2.6) (2.7) (2.5) (2.7) (----) (1.0) Bones
2.6 (2.7) (1.4) (----) (----) (3.1) (3.0) (2.9) (2.9) (----) (----) Hell’s Kitchen
2.5 (2.7) (2.5) (----) (2.4) (1.6) (2.5) (2.5) (3.1) (3.1) (----) Raising Hope
2.4 (3.1) (3.0) (----) (1.2) (----) (2.6) (3.1) (3.1) (----) (1.9) Cleveland Show
2.3 (2.5) (2.9) (----) (1.7) (----) (2.5) (3.0) (----) (----) (----) American Dad
1.9 (1.7) (1.8) (----) (----) (2.0) (2.0) (1.9) (2.1) (0.7) (0.8) Fringe
1.8 (1.5) (1.4) (----) (----) (----) (1.3) (1.3) (1.5) (1.3) (----) Cops
1.8 (----) (----) (----) (----) (----) (----) (----) (----) (----) (----) Human Target
1.7 (1.4) (1.5) (----) (----) (----) (1.7) (1.4) (1.6) (1.6) (----) America’s Most Wanted
1.7 (1.9) (1.8) (----) (1.6) (1.9) (1.9) (2.1) (----) (----) (1.6) Lie To Me
0.7 (0.7) (0.8) (0.7) (0.6) (0.8) (0.7) (0.7) (0.9) (0.5) (----) The Good Guys
* No doubt hurt by the “Dancing” finale, CBS’ “NCIS LA” and “The Good Wife” hit season lows (but not series lows; “Wife’s” first season finale hit a 2.0; “NCIS LA” hit a 2.7 last season).
* “The Biggest Loser,” which only competed with the weaker first half of the “Dancing” finale, hit its lowest score since I started keeping track about 15 months ago.
* But “Parenthood,” which had to compete against the second, stronger hour of “Dancing,” actually rose from the all-time low it hit last week.