TV show ratings: Wednesday, 04/13/11 [American Idol, Breaking In, Happy Endings]

There were mostly new episodes of sitcoms on ABC and they were all down. Happy Endings had a very unimpressive debut, well below Mr. Sunshine’s premiere (a 3.7 in the demo) and Cougar Town’s season-to-date average (a 2.9 in the demo).

FOX’s American Idol was pretty much the same as last week but new sitcom Breaking In dropped quite a bit. On CBS, Survivor and Criminal Minds were down a bit while Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior was up for a change.

The CW’s reality shows were both up but, especially in the case of Shedding for the Wedding, that’s not saying very much. Over on NBC, Minute to Win It had terrible numbers once again.

8pm
American Idol (90 min)
– 23.031 million viewers
– 12.7/20 HH
– 7.3/21 A18-49 (0%)

Survivor: Redemption Island
– 11.086 million viewers
– 6.6/11 HH
– 3.1/9 A18-49 (-3.1%)

The Middle
– 6.138 million viewers
– 3.9/7 HH
– 1.8/6 A18-49 (-10.0%)

Minute to Win It
– 3.272 million viewers
– 2.0/3 HH
– 0.9/3 A18-49 (-10.0%)

America’s Next Top Model
– 2.076 million viewers
– 1.4/2 HH
– 1.0/3 A18-49 (+11.1%)
– 1.0/4 A18-34
– 1.6/5 W18-34 (+14.3%)

8:30pm
Better with You
– 4.845 million viewers
– 3.2/5 HH
– 1.5/4 A18-49 (-11.8%)

9pm
Criminal Minds
– 13.585 million viewers
– 8.6/13 HH
– 3.5/9 A18-49 (-2.8%)

Modern Family
– 9.608 million viewers
– 5.8/9 HH
– 3.9/10 A18-49 (-11.4%)

Minute to Win It (r)
– 3.075 million viewers
– 1.8/3 HH
– 0.9/2 A18-49

Shedding for the Wedding
– 1.124 million viewers
– 0.8/1 HH
– 0.5/1 A18-49 (+66.7%)
– 0.5/2 A18-34
– 0.8/2 W18-34 (+60.0%)

9:30pm
Breaking In
– 7.790 million viewers
– 4.5/7 HH
– 2.6/7 A18-49 (-25.7%)

Happy Endings
– 7.301 million viewers
– 4.7/7 HH
– 2.8/7 A18-49 (new)