Ratings: Vampire Diaries, Secret Circle return solidly

If you listened to the radio, or walked down the street, or flipped on your television, or even went to the movies: you most likely knew that The Vampire Diaries and The Secret Circle had their “midseason premiere return event!” happening yesterday January 5th at 8/7c on The CW.

Now whether those premieres actually warranted all that hype is up to you (you can read our Vampire Diaries review and Secret Circle review, respectively) — but it seems many of you voted with your remotes, anyway.

According to Marc Berman at TVMediaInsights, The Vampire Diaries returned with an average of 3.2 million total viewers and a 1.5/4 in the all-important 18-49 demographic. The Secret Circle returned with 2.06 million viewers and a 0.8/2 in the demo. These numbers are pretty much on par with what the shows were getting towards their midseason finales; however, ratings can change later in the afternoon after the finals are released.

Grey’s Anatomy returned to 12.04 million viewers and a 4.5/11 in the demo while Private Practice returned to 7.82 million viewers and a 2.8/8 in the demo. Save for Wipeout (8.54mil and 2.8/8), the rest of the night was in repeats.