Vice Dean Layborne is expected back next week, presumably to reap what he has sown. In the meantime:
Returning tonight:
Cold Blood (9pm ID)
Truck Stop (8pm Travel)
Sand Masters (9pm Travel)
Premiering tonight:
Not Safe For Work (9pm Tru) “offers its own unique spin on stunts gone wrong, dumb criminal fails and countless embarrassing moments caught on tape.”
Scandal (10pm ABC), from writer-producer Shonda Rhimes (“Grey’s Anatomy,” “Private Practice,” “Off The Map”), follows a D.C.-based crisis-management firm.
* Tim Kring’s “Touch” fell to a new low last week even though lead-in “American Idol” was up and “Grey’s Anatomy” and “The Office” were repeats.
* “The Pauly D Project” is not attracting the audience “Jersey Shore” did. Is JWOWW the true key to “Shore” success?
* With “The Office” in repeats, “Community” was again NBC’s top Thursday show despite having to compete with a new “Big Bang Theory.”
* “Awake” fell to a 1.0, below “Vampire Diaries” and barely ahead of “Mudcats.” “Prime Suspect” and “The Firm” both hit lower lows though.
* “The Office” returns with new episodes next week; “Parks and Recreation” returns the following week.
Thursdays, Feb. 2-March 29, 2012
(18-49 finals; repeats in grey; prior weeks in parentheses)
4.7 (---) (---) (5.1) (3.2) (5.3) (5.1) (5.6) (5.5) Big Bang Theory
4.4 (4.2) (4.6) (4.9) (5.4) (4.5) (5.1) (5.8) (5.5) American Idol
3.3 (---) (---) (3.4) (1.8) (3.1) (2.8) (3.3) (3.3) Person of Interest
2.7 (---) (---) (2.8) (1.7) (2.6) (2.7) (3.0) (2.9) The Mentalist
2.7 (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) Rules of Engagement
2.7 (3.3) (2.2) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (3.9) Touch
--- (---) (---) (---) (2.6) (2.9) (3.2) (3.3) (3.3) Rob
1.7 (1.7) (2.2) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) Community
--- (1.7) (2.7) (2.8) (2.7) (2.9) (2.9) (3.0) (3.2) Jersey Shore
1.7 (---) (1.5) (0.9) (1.0) (2.2) (0.9) (1.2) (0.9) NBA Basketball
1.6 (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) Pauly D Project
1.6 (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) Punk’d
1.6 (0.8) (2.0) (1.9) (1.8) (1.7) (1.6) (1.9) (---) Swamp People
1.5 (1.6) (2.1) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) Missing
1.5 (1.6) (2.0) (1.4) (1.4) (1.5) (1.5) (1.6) (1.3) 30 Rock
1.3 (1.5) (1.7) (1.7) (1.6) (1.7) (1.5) (1.7) (1.8) Up All Night
1.2 (1.2) (3.0) (1.4) (1.1) (3.1) (3.2) (4.0) (3.6) Grey’s Anatomy
1.2 (---) (2.4) (2.6) (2.5) (2.6) (2.3) (2.5) (2.8) The Office
1.2 (1.3) (1.2) (0.4) (0.4) (0.5) (1.4) (1.3) (1.2) Vampire Diaries
1.0 (1.2) (1.6) (1.6) (2.0) (---) (---) (---) (---) Awake
0.9 (---) (1.1) (1.0) (1.0) (0.9) (0.9) (1.1) (---) Mudcats
0.8 (0.8) (2.1) (---) (---) (2.1) (2.6) (2.2) (2.3) Private Practice
0.7 (0.4) (0.7) (0.5) (0.7) (0.8) (0.6) (0.4) (0.8) The Daily Show
0.6 (---) (0.5) (0.5) (0.5) (0.7) (0.4) (---) (0.7) Colbert Report
0.6 (0.7) (0.6) (0.8) (0.5) (0.4) (0.5) (0.4) (0.6) The First 48
0.6 (0.6) (0.6) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) First 48: MP
0.6 (0.7) (0.7) (---) (---) (---) (0.7) (0.8) (0.7) Secret Circle
0.5 (0.4) (---) (0.5) (0.6) (0.6) (0.6) (0.6) (0.6) Conan
0.5 (0.5) (0.4) (0.4) (0.4) (0.3) (0.3) (0.3) (0.4) House Hunters
0.4 (0.4) (0.4) (0.4) (0.4) (0.3) (0.3) (0.4) (---) House Hunters Intl
0.4 (0.5) (0.5) (0.5) (0.5) (0.5) (0.5) (0.5) (0.5) Impact Wrestling
0.4 (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) Mary Mary
0.4 (0.3) (0.3) (0.3) (0.4) (0.4) (---) (0.3) (0.4) Selling New York
0.4 (0.5) (0.4) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) Sweet Genius
0.3 (0.2) (---) (0.2) (0.2) (---) (---) (0.3) (0.2) Hannity
0.3 (0.3) (0.2) (0.4) (0.3) (0.2) (0.3) (0.4) (0.3) O’Reilly Factor
0.3 (0.3) (---) (0.3) (---) (0.3) (0.3) (0.4) (0.3) Selling L.A.
0.2 (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (0.2) (---) (---) Fox Report
