OK start for ABC's 'Man Up'

A distinctive off-evening edition of ''The X Factor'' saved Fox on top of Tuesday among teens, because the CBS drama selection won within the target demo. ABC's Tim Allen comedy ''Last Guy Standing'' stood a good second-week showing, as well as the new show behind it, ''Man Up,'' did OK within the debut. According to preliminary national estimations from Nielsen, ''The X Factor'' averaged a 3.8 rating/10 share and 10.millions of audiences overall , lower in the season average but a lot better than all of its airings the other day in the frame that was disrupted by baseball. Fox introduced its two-hour block in grownups 18-49 in addition to assigned the three-hour earnings of ABC, CBS and NBC. The presence of ''X Factor'' had an effect around the truth shows opposite it, as both NBC's two-hour ''The Finest Loser'' (1.9/5 in 18-49, 5.2 million audiences overall) and ABC's 9 p.m. ''Dancing While using Stars'' results show (2.6/6 in 18-49, 13.5 million audiences overall) lower week to week. At ABC, ''Last Guy Standing'' (3./9 in 18-49, 10.2 million audiences overall) maintained nearly 90% of the 18-49 score inside the 8 o'clock half-hour the other day and again provided nice time-period improvements, placing third within the half-hour among 18-49ers. It absolutely was then your debut of ''Man Up'' (2.4/6 in 18-49, 7.8 million audiences overall), which did OK though a network usually likes to see better retention for just about any new 8:30 half-hour due to rising television usage in individuals days it absolutely was up slightly over ABC's performance at 8:30 on one evening this past year. CBS, the night's leader in 25-54 and total audiences, ruled Tuesday's opening hour with ''NCIS'' (3.8/10 in 18-49, 19. million audiences overall), which tied ''X Factor'' since the night's No. 1 show in 18-49 while standing alone since the top attract both grownups 25-54 (4.7/10) and total audiences. Because the original was lower slightly week to week, 9 p.m. spinoff ''NCIS: Los Angeles'' held steady (3.3/8 in 18-49, 15.3 million audiences overall), placing second in 18-49, tying ''X Factor'' in 25-54 (4.7/10) and winning in general audiences. At 10 p.m., CBS rookie ''Unforgettable'' (2.5/6 in 18-49, 11.9 million audiences overall) shown its first week-to-week gains in 18-49 but got closer to the delivery of ''The Good Wife'' inside the timeslot a year ago. It won the hour over NBC's ''Parenthood'' (2./5 in 18-49, 5. million audiences overall), which matched up up last week's score, and ''Body of Proof'' (1.9/5 in 18-49, 9.5 million audiences overall), which was also in line with its latest episode. Preliminary 18-49 earnings for your evening: Fox, 3.8/10 CBS, 3.2/8 ABC, 2.4/6 NBC, 1.9/5 Univision, 1.5/4 CW, .8/2. In general audiences: CBS, 15.4 million ABC, 10.7 million Fox, 10.millions of NBC, 5.millions of Univision, 3.3 million CW, 1.6 000 0000. Contact Ron Kissell at ron.kissell@variety.com