'Super Fun Night' starts off strong in TV ratings, 'Ironside' soft

Rebel Wilson's Super Fun Night has started off strong in ratings, while Ironside saw weak numbers.

ABC's new comedy's season premiere was watched by 8.2 million viewers, with a rating of 3.2 in the 18-49 demographic, Los Angeles Times reports.

Super Fun Night was helped by its lead-in, Modern Family, which had 10.9 million viewers and a 4.2 rating. The popular show managed to stay strong after its season premiere last week. The rest of the network's shows were down. Back in the Game dropped 18 percent to a 1.8 in the demo. The Middle was down to a 2.2 and Nashville dropped to a 1.9.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, ABC and CBS tied Wednesday in the key demo with a 2.5 average rating.

CBS, however, averaged more viewers with 10.2 million for the night compared to 7.6 from ABC. Survivor was up slightly in the ratings with a 2.6. Criminal Minds dropped slightly to a 2.7 and CSI improved to a 2.1.

Fox averaged 7.6 million viewers for the night with The X Factor. The music competition saw a 2.4 rating from the 18-49 demo for the two hour show.

NBC brought up the rear in ratings among the big networks, averaging 6.3 million viewers. Its new show Ironside only premiered to a 1.4 in the demo. Revolution was down to a 1.5 and Law & Order: SVU was down slightly from last week to a 2.0.

image: ABC

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