Jackson tribute scores for 'Glee'

Fox's ''Glee'' got a little of of the groove back Tuesday getting a Michael Jackson-designed episode that brought to some ratings surge, joining with ''New Girl'' to lift the web to victory in key demos around the evening when CBS broadcast repeats.According to preliminary excellent from Nielsen, ''Glee'' (3.6 rating/10 participate grownups 18-49, 9. million audiences overall) enhanced by 16% over its latest episode on friday, standing as Tuesday's top-rated type in 18-49 and logging its best score inside the demo since early October. It absolutely was then ''New Girl'' (3.5/9 in 18-49, 7.2 million audiences overall), which was up a tick week to week and ruled since the evening's No. 1 show in 18-34 (3.7/11). Much less hot is 9:30 p.m. half-hour ''Raising Hope'' (2.1/5 in 18-49, 4.7 million audiences overall), which was lower 9% in the last episode.CBS hung inside with encores of the crime dramas ''NCIS'' (2./6 in 18-49, 12.9 million audiences overall), ''NCIS: Los Angeles'' (1.7/4 in 18-49, 11.millions of audiences overall) and ''Unforgettable'' (1.4/4 in 18-49, 7.8 million audiences overall), ranking second in grownups 25-54 while winning easily in general audiences.ABC, whose drama ''The River'' premieres next Tuesday, elected for repeats of ''Last Guy Standing'' at 8 (1.5/4 in 18-49, 5.6 000 0000 audiences overall) and 8:30 (1.7/5 in 18-49, 5.7 million audiences overall), then your finale of ''Celebrity Wife Swap'' (1.9/5 in 18-49, 5.6 000 0000 audiences overall) together with a repeat of ''Body of Proof'' (1.1/3 in 18-49, 5.4 million audiences overall).At NBC, ''The Finest Loser'' (2.1/6 in 18-49, 6.millions of audiences overall) rated second among teens from 8 to 10 p.m., but was round the low side. A repeat of ''Parenthood'' closed the evening (.7/2 in 18-49, 2.4 million audiences overall).CW's ''90210'' (.7/2 in 18-49, 1.4 million audiences overall) was up week to week in a few groups, because the return of ''Ringer'' (.6/one out of 18-49, 1.4 million audiences overall) was in line with its previous performances.Preliminary 18-49 earnings for your evening: Fox, 3.2/8 CBS, 1.7/5 ABC, NBC and Univision, 1.6/4 CW, .6/2.In general audiences: CBS, 10.6 000 0000 Fox, 7.5 million ABC, 5.5 million NBC, 4.8 million Univision, 3.6 000 0000 CW, 1.4 million. Contact Ron Kissell at ron.kissell@variety.com