Ratings: ABC Line-Up Enjoys a Big Night Due to Rainout

Wednesday was a good night for ABC, as comedies The Middle, Suburgatory  and Happy Endings all hit series highs in total viewers and in the 18-49 demo by which broadcasters measure their success.

To boot, freshman series Revenge posted its second-highest numbers with viewers and young adults.

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There's an old baseball adage, "Spahn and Sain, and pray for rain ..." Answered prayers or not, ABC particularly benefited from the rainout of World Series Game 6 between the St. Louis Cardinals and Texas Rangers since it was the only network that didn't treat Wednesday night as a 9-0 forfeit. Unlike the other networks, it ran mostly fresh episodes.

Fox's rain check to viewers — back-to-back encores of Glee — notched 2.48 million (0.7 demo rating) and 2.3 million (0.7), respectively.

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At 8/7, The Middle grabbed 10.19 million (up from 9.03 million last week) and tied its series high with a 3.1 demo rating, though it still finished second to CBS' Survivor: South Pacific, which pulled in 11.57 million viewers (3,4 demo rating. A repeat of NBC'sUp All Night managed 3.81 million (1.1).

In the next half-hour, Suburgatory lured 9.83 million (up from 8.79 million a week ago) with a 3.4 rating. A Whitney rerun totaled 4.11 million (1.2).

Yet another repeat of The CW's Ringergot 1.29 million. America's Next Top Model, which followed, got 2.23 million (and a 1.0 demo rating that was a season high).

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Criminal Minds, typically Wednesday night's most-watched show, was a rerun and entertained nearly 11.357 million people in prime time's middle hour — a mere 4,000 behind the Modern Family Halloween episode repeat, which took the demo competition, 4.4 to 2.8. A rerun of NBC's Harry's Law enticed 4.42 million (compared last week's first-run 8.18 million).

Happy Endings had 8.34 million people tuning in at 9:30/8:30c — way up from last week's 6.89 million. Its demo rating was 3.5.

In the final prime-time hour, ABC's Revenge scored 8.71 million (after two weeks of 7.94 million) and 2.8 demo rating vs. repeats of CBS' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (9.01 million/2.0) and NBC'sLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit (3.51 million/0.8).