Episode 5.17 Ratings Posted March 13 2014

Episode 5.17 Ratings

Yesterday's episode of Modern Family ranked first in the ratings for the key adults 18-49 demographic, and a solid third place in total viewers.

This week's episode, "Other People's Children" with returning guest star Adam DeVine, had an audience of 9.74 million people, up by 520,000 people from the previous episode. Modern Family finished third in total viewers, behind CBS's Criminal Minds and Fox's American Idol.

Modern Family rose to first place in the key 18-49 demographic with a 3.4/10 rating, flat on last week. Modern Family had a lead of an entire point over Idol and Minds, which scored 2.4/7 and 2.3/7 respectively. Modern Family was the night's highest-rated show in the demo.

More about the episode

Other People's Children
Season 5, Episode 17 - Aired March 12, 2014

It's male-bonding day when Jay takes Luke into the garage to show him the way around tools and impart some manly wisdom, and Gloria goes with Claire and Lily to shop for Lily's flower girl dress. Elsewhere, Mitch, Cam, Alex and Manny go for a cultured day at the museum but it eventually becomes survival of the smartest. And Phil enthusiastically offers to help Andy with his anniversary gift to his girlfriend, which is an elaborate video expression of his love.

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