'Brother' tops Large Four on Thursday

MTV's return of ''Jersey Shore'' figures to become the very best-ranked enter in demos on Thursday, however it would be a bigger-than-usual ''Big Brother'' that paced the tv stations and brought CBS to victory. Based on preliminary national estimations from Nielsen, ''Big Brother'' averaged a couple.7 rating/8 be part of grown ups 18-49 and 7.3 million audiences overall , up a little versus. a week ago and also the top broadcast program from the evening. Also for CBS, ''The Large Bang Theory'' (1.6/6 in 18-49, 6.3 million audiences overall) and ''Rules of Engagement'' (1.4/5 in 18-49, 5.3 million audiences overall) still publish solid amounts and simply top the comedy competition on NBC. And shutting the evening, a repeat of ''The Mentalist'' averaged single.1/3 in 18-49 and 5.9 million audiences overall. CBS brought the evening in 18-49, 25-54 and total audiences. ABC went second using its all-original selection of ''Wipeout'' (2./7 in 18-49, 6.six million audiences overall), ''Expedition Impossible'' (1.4/4 in 18-49, 4.8 million audiences overall) and ''Rookie Blue'' (1.3/4 in 18-49, 4.9 million audiences overall), using the latter holding steady week to week and leading its broadcast rivals in 18-49 regardless of the added cable competition from MTV's ''Jersey Shoreline.'' Fox was lower a tad versus. a week ago with ''So You Believe You Are Able To Dance'' (1.6/6 in 18-49, 5.two million audiences overall) along with a repeat of ''Glee'' (.8/2 in 18-49, 2.9 million audiences overall). NBC battled using its repeats of ''Community'' (.6/2 in 18-49, 2.a million audiences overall), ''Parks and Recreation'' (.7/2 in 18-49, 2. million audiences overall), ''The Office'' (1./3 in 18-49, 2.4 million audiences overall), ''30 Rock'' (.8/2 in 18-49, 2. million audiences overall) and ''Law and Order: SVU'' (1./3 in 18-49, 3.six million audiences overall). Rankings for that 4th-season premiere of ''Jersey Shore'' are required to become launched this mid-day. The show opened up last season having a 4.2 rating in grown ups 18-49 and peaked having a 4.7 a couple of days later. Preliminary 18-49 earnings for that evening: CBS, 1.8/6 ABC, 1.6/5 Univision, 1.3/4 Fox, 1.2/4 NBC, .9/3 CW, .3/1. As a whole audiences: CBS, 6.3 million ABC, 5.5 million Fox, 4. million Univision, 3.two million NBC, 2.six million. Contact Ron Kissell at ron.kissell@variety.com