Interest growing in CBS drama 'Person'

CBS' rookie drama 'Person of Interest' came 14.4 million audiences Thursday, up 10% from a week ago.Cbs television studios rookie drama ''Person of Interest'' continues to be obtaining steam in the rookie season, tying ABC's ''Grey's Anatomy'' for Thursday's demo lead within the 9 o'clock hour and enhancing the internet go ahead and take evening. Fox's ''American Idol,'' meanwhile, fell further but was still being the night's No. 2 show.Fox won just one half-hour but gained a tie for that evening with CBS in grown ups 18-49 as the Eye won easily in grown ups 25-54 and total audiences.Based on preliminary national estimations from Nielsen, ''Person of Interest'' averaged a 3.1 rating/8 be part of grown ups 18-49 and 14.4 million audiences overall, rising 10% from a week ago if this faced atypical competition from ''American Idol.'' ''Person'' tied ABC's ''Grey's Anatomy'' for that middle hour's lead among teenagers , its best finish up to now (even when ''Grey's'' edges as much as beat ''Person'' within the excellent). ''Person'' also held a tenPercent edge on the ABC drama in grown ups 25-54 (4.2/10 to three.8/9).CBS continued to be strong starting off the evening with ''The Large Bang Theory'' (5.2/15 in 18-49, 16.a million audiences overall), that was up a little week to week and opened up up its greatest advantage yet over ''American Idol'' (5.two to four. in 18-49, 6.6 to five.3 in grown ups 25-54 and 16.a million to 14. million as a whole audiences). It had been then ''Rob'' (3./8 in 18-49, 10.six million audiences overall), which published its cheapest score up to now but nonetheless gained a good second-place finish to Fox's ''Idol.''The night's 10 o'clock hour was won overall, a minimum of around the broadcast side, by CBS' ''The Mentalist'' (2.5/7 in 18-49, 13.two million audiences overall), that was lower a little week to week. It capped ABC's ''Private Practice'' (2.2/6 in 18-49, 6.4 million audiences overall), that was also lower, and NBC's special off-evening repeat of ''Grimm'' (.9/3 in 18-49, 2.two million audiences overall).At Fox, ''American Idol'' (4.4/13 in 18-49, 15.4 million audiences overall) was lower a lot more than 10% week to week for any season lower in its other half-hour, its 4.9 demo score beat the combined shipping from the next two nearest tv stations (CBS and NBC). Following ''Idol,'' first-year drama ''The Finder'' had another soft showing (2./5 in 18-49, 6.two million audiences overall).NBC was on componen using its week-earlier scores within the night's opening hour with ''30 Rock'' (1.5/4 in 18-49, 3.7 million audiences overall) and ''Parks and Recreation'' (1.7/5 in 18-49, 3.4 million audiences overall). And from 9 to 10, ''The Office'' (2.6/7 in 18-49, 5. million audiences overall) and ''Up All Night'' (1.8/4 in 18-49, 3.5 million audiences overall) returned back using their lows of a week ago opposite ''American Idol'' as well as were up a tick versus. two days ago once they faced exactly the same competition as last evening.ABC opened up decently with ''Wipeout'' (1.5/4 in 18-49, 5. million audiences overall) after which acquired at 9 with ''Grey's Anatomy'' (3.1/8 in 18-49, 8.9 million audiences overall), that was around the low finish but nonetheless tied with ''Person of Interest'' as Thursday's No. 1 drama in 18-49. CW broadcast repeats of ''The Vampire Diaries'' (.5/one in 18-49, 1.3 million audiences overall) and ''Supernatural'' (.3/one in 18-49, .9 million audiences overall).Additionally to MTV's tough ''Jersey Shore'' at 10, Thursday's cable competition earlier at night incorporated a buzzed-about National basketball association the game of basketball on TNT between your Miami Warmth and NY Knicks, that was viewed in 3.4% of U.S. homes, based on preliminary Nielsen data from TNT. The overall game (roughly 7-9:30 p.m. ET) would be a large draw from our marketplaces, scoring a 9.4 household rating in Miami along with a 15.3 in Miami-Foot. Lauderdale.Preliminary 18-49 earnings for that evening: CBS and Fox, 3.2/9 ABC, 2.3/6 NBC, 1.6/4 Univision, 1.3/4 CW, .4/1.As a whole audiences: CBS, 13.7 million Fox, 10.8 million ABC, 6.8 million Univision, 3.5 million NBC, 3.3 million CW, 1.a million. Contact Ron Kissell at ron.kissell@variety.com