Season 5 Premiere Ratings Posted September 26 2013

Season 5 Premiere Ratings

Yesterday's hour-long season premiere of Modern Family finished first in the ratings for its time slot, despite dropping by over 2.50 million viewers from last season's premiere.

Last night's episodes, "Suddenly, Last Summer" and "First Days", had an audience of 11.68 million people, down from the fourth season premiere's 14.20m audience. This episode was still Modern Family's most-watched episode since January. Modern Family ranked first in its time slot in viewers, ahead of CBS's Criminal Minds with 11.27.

Modern Family continued to dominate the critical adults 18-49 demographic, scoring a 4.2/12 rating to easily dominate its time slot. Second-place Criminal Minds scored a 2.8/8, narrowly ahead of third-place Law & Order: SVU on ABC. This was Modern Family's best performance in the 18-49 demo since April.

More about the episode

Suddenly, Last Summer
Season 5, Episode 1 - Aired September 25, 2013

The family is in the throes of summer activities: Phil and Claire are trying to orchestrate a kid-free week by coordinating Luke's camp with Haley's beach trip and Alex's volunteering excursion; Jay and Gloria are getting Manny ready for his first solo trip back to Colombia; and Mitch and Cam make it a summer to remember.

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