THE NEIGHBORS Shows Strong Lead-in Rentention for ABC
By: Caryn Robbins Oct. 04, 2012
ABC's new comedy series THE NEIGHBORS showEd Strong lead-in retention last night as the 8 -9 pm comedies aired on Wednesday.
At 8pm opposite Fox's The X Factor and CBS' Survivor: Philippines, ABC's The Middle beat out its NBC comedy competition (Animal Practice) by 2.7 million viewers and by 47% in Adults 18-49. In addition the ABC comedy bested Survivor in both Adults 18-34 (+7%) and Women 18-34 (+13%).Retaining an impressive 91% of its Adult 18-49 lead-in at 8:30pm and 94% in Women 18-34, against the second half-hours of X Factor and Survivor, ABC's The Neighbors defeated its freshman comedy competition (NBC's Guys with Kids) by double digits in Total Viewers (+20%) and young adults (+11%).Videos