Tuesday, February 5, 2013 ratings — New episodes: Smash, NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, Vegas, The Taste, The Bachelor, Raising Hope, New Girl, The Mindy Project, Hart Of Dixie and the series finale of Emily Owens, MD. Specials: Betty White’s 2nd Annual 90th Birthday Special.

ABC
8pm – The Taste: 1.8 in the demo (-11% change) with 5.28 million.
9pm – The Bachelor: 2.6 in the demo (+8% change) with 7.79 million.

CBS
8pm – NCIS: 3.7 in the demo (-3% change) with 21.49 million.
9pm – NCIS: Los Angeles: 3.1 in the demo (0% change) with 16.57 million.
10pm – Vegas: 1.6 in the demo (-16% change) with 10.22 million.

The CW:
8pm – Hart of Dixie: 0.6 in the demo (+20% change) with 1.44 million.
9pm – Emily Owens, MD: (series finale) 0.4 in the demo (0% change) with 1.49 million.

FOX
8pm – Raising Hope: 1.6 in the demo (0% change) with 3.98 million.
8:30pm – Raising Hope: 1.5 in the demo (-6% change) with 4.60 million.
9pm – New Girl: 2.5 in the demo (-4% change) with 4.81 million.
9:30pm – The Mindy Project: 1.9 in the demo (+12% change) with 3.60 million.

NBC
8pm – Betty White’s 2nd Annual 90th Birthday Special: (special) 1.5 in the demo with 5.97 million.
9pm – Smash: (season debut) 1.1 in the demo with 4.47 million.

Above are the fast affiliate ratings. The “demo” refers to the viewers in the 18-49 demographic. The percentages represent the change since the previous original episode. (Percentages aren’t given for reruns or specials.) “Million” refers to the total number of viewers.

To see past ratings for a particular show, click the show’s link. The show pages are updated with the daily final ratings when they become available. Those pages include percentage changes in both the demo and total viewership, in addition to season averages to date.

Here are the show season averages, grouped by network: ABC | CBS | CW | FOX | NBC

What were you watching last night? The series finale of Emily Owens, the return of Smash, the Betty White special, other new episodes, or something better?