Tuesday TV Show Ratings: The Taste debut; Private Practice and Parenthood finales

Tuesday, January 22, 2013 ratings — New episodes: The Taste, Private Practice, Betty White’s Off Their Rockers, Go On, The New Normal, Parenthood, Raising Hope, Ben And Kate, New Girl, The Mindy Project, Hart Of Dixie and Emily Owens, MD. Episode reruns: NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, and Vegas.

ABC
8pm – The Taste: (series debut) 2.2 in the demo with 6.04 million.
10pm – Private Practice: (series finale) 1.5 in the demo (+25% change) with 5.22 million.

CBS
8pm – NCIS: (rerun) 1.7 in the demo with 12.73 million.
9pm – NCIS: Los Angeles: (rerun) 1.7 in the demo with 11.66 million.
10pm – Vegas: (rerun) 1.1 in the demo with 7.01 million.

The CW:
8pm – Hart of Dixie: 0.7 in the demo (+17% change) with 1.54 million.
9pm – Emily Owens, MD: 0.5 in the demo (+67% change) with 1.39 million.

FOX
8pm – Raising Hope: 1.7 in the demo (+6% change) with 4.05 million.
8:30pm – Ben and Kate: 1.2 in the demo (+9% change) with 2.64 million.
9pm – New Girl: 2.1 in the demo (+11% change) with 4.05 million.
9:30pm – The Mindy Project: 1.5 in the demo (0% change) with 2.99 million.

NBC
8pm – Betty White’s Off Their Rockers: 1.6 in the demo (-11% change) with 5.60 million.
8:30pm – Betty White’s Off Their Rockers: 1.8 in the demo (+13% change) with 5.96 million.
9pm – Go On: 1.3 in the demo (-24% change) with 3.98 million.
9:30pm – The New Normal: 1.2 in the demo (-14% change) with 3.27 million.
10pm – Parenthood: (season finale) 1.7 in the demo (-11% change) with 4.79 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 premiere of The Taste, the finale of Private Practice or Parenthood, other new episodes, reruns, or something better?