In a night dominated by reruns and midterm election returns, ABC got an easy victory, while most networks sank to their lowest Tuesday numbers of the season. ABC averaged a 2.4 adults 18-49 rating and
7 share, according to Nielsen's fast affiliate ratings, buoyed by a 90-minute "Dancing with the Stars," easily the night's top show with a 3.1 rating from 8 to 9:30 p.m.
CBS and Fox both
aired repeats before their one hour of election coverage, while NBC and ABC both had more than an hour of low-rated election results. That led to depressed results for the last hour or two of the
night especially, as adults 18-49 seemingly had much less interest in the election than in their usual scripted fare. For the night, NBC was second at 2.1/6, CBS third at 2.0/5,
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