Tuesday ratings: New Girl holds steady; Fox gives it a full season
Well, that was quick.
Well, that was quick.
Usually we're into October before someone pulls the trigger on the first show to exceed its initial 13-episode order and a get a full season. However, after a Tuesday night that saw Fox's new sitcom New Girl once again win the night in the key demo (pulling a 4.5 to NCIS' 4.2) and lose very few viewers (9.28 million, to last week's 10.08 million), Fox pulled the trigger and ordered not just nine additional episodes of the sitcom but 11, bringing the season one total to 24. (Most shows get a full season of 22 episodes. Every so often, a show will get a 26 episode order. But 24 should be seen as a sign of the network's obvious confidence in the show.) New Girl also proved to be popular enough to keep the night propped up for the network, as Glee slumped again (though mildly), falling to 8.6 million viewers and a 3.7 in the demo, while Raising Hope hangs on to enough of New Girl's lead-in to qualify as a success, pulling in a 2.9 and 6.14 million viewers, but doesn't seem likely to strike off on its own. (You can read quotes from Fox executives about just how much they love that Zooey Deschanel in this press release.)
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