‘New Girl’ and ‘Glee’ provide Fox with ratings win

Fox’s Tuesday line-up of Glee, New Girl and Raising Hope had been all repeats for over a month, finally returning with new episodes Tuesday night. The shows helped Fox get the best rating in the key demographic, but CBS still drew the most viewers on an overall slow night.

CBS topped the night with an average of 9.9 million viewers, but only had a 1.8 18-49 rating, according to Zap2It. The network ran all repeats, starting off with NCIS, which drew 13.1 million viewers. NCIS: LA drew 9.3 million viewers, while Unforgettable finished the night with 7.3 million.

ABC actually came in second with 7.1 million viewers and a 2.0 18-49 rating. Reuters reports that a new Last Man Standing was up 24 percent from last week, drawing 8.5 million viewers and a 2.6 18-49 rating. A Last Man Standing repeat held on to more viewers than Work It! did, finishing with 6.5 million viewers. Celebrity Wife Swap drew 5.9 million, while Body of Proof actually topped the 10 p.m. hour with 7.9 million, notes HitFix.

Fox may have come in third with 6.75 million viewers, but it had the best overall 18-49 rating with a 2.9. Glee drew about the same as its last new episode, coming in with a 3.0 18-49 rating, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The show drew 7.5 million viewers. New Girl followed with 6.9 million viewers and a 3.4 18-49 rating, a 3 percent jump. Raising Hope had just 5.1 million viewers and a 2.3 18-49 rating.

NBC finished in fourth with 6.1 million viewers and a 2.1 18-49 rating. The first hour of The Biggest Loser drew 6.4 million viewers, but its second hour was up to 6.8 million. The show averaged a 2.3, tying the show’s season low. Parenthood finished with 4.9 million viewers.

The CW also had new shows, but neither did very well. 90210 drew just 1.3 million viewers while the series premiere of Remodeled drew a low 707,000.