ABC originals roll on Wednesday

'Modern Family' came 14. million audiences Wednesday on ABC.On the evening once the competition mostly broadcast repeats, ABC's selection of originals -- brought as always by ''Modern Family'' , centered the rankings race. CBS did very good using its latest ''I Have That a Lot'' special, but auds did not appear for Fox's ''Mobbed.'' Based on preliminary national estimations from Nielsen, ABC saw all its programs grow using their season lows in December, beginning with ''The Middle'' (3. rating/9 be part of grown ups 18-49, 10. million audiences overall) and ''Suburgatory'' (2.9/8 in 18-49, 8.7 million audiences overall), which brought the night's opening hour in most key groups. The internet then increased at 9 p.m. with ''Modern Family'' (5.6/14 in 18-49, 14. million audiences overall) after which remained easily on the top at 9:30 p.m. with ''Happy Endings'' (3.3/8 in 18-49, 7.7 million audiences overall). Capping the evening, ''Revenge'' (2.5/7 in 18-49, 8. million audiences overall) easily beat the demo scores for repeat dramas on CBS and NBC. For that evening, ABC won in most key demos in addition to total audiences, rising a lot more than 20% in most groups versus. the comparable evening last year if this also broadcast all originals. CBS finished second, receiving targeted mileage from its ''I Have That a Lot'' special (2.3/6 in 18-49, 8.3 million audiences overall) and repeats of dramas ''Criminal Minds'' (2./5 in 18-49, 8.two million audiences overall) and ''CSI'' (1.7/5 in 18-49, 8.a million audiences overall). Fox adopted a repeat of ''Glee'' (.8/2 in 18-49, 2.4 million audiences overall) using the premiere of limited-run series ''Mobbed'' (1.2/3 in 18-49, 3. million audiences overall) though soft, it did grow in the other half-hour. And NBC were built with a quiet evening with encores of ''Up All Night'' (1./3 in 18-49, 3.5 million audiences overall), ''Whitney'' (1./3 in 18-49, 3.a million audiences overall), ''Harry's Law'' (.8/2 in 18-49, 4.six million audiences overall) and ''Law and Order: SVU'' (1.1/3 in 18-49, 3.7 million audiences overall). The net's new comedy pairing of ''Whitney'' and ''Are You There Chelsea'' bows in a few days. CW broadcast a set of ''The Secret Circle'' repeats, calculating b .3/one in 18-49 contributing to 900,000 audiences overall. ''One Tree Hill'' returns because of its final season on Wednesdays beginning in a few days. Preliminary 18-49 earnings for that evening: ABC, 3.3/9 CBS, 2./5 Univision, 1.5/4 Fox, 1./3 NBC, 1./2 CW, .3/1. As a whole audiences: ABC, 9.4 million CBS, 8.two million NBC, 3.8 million Univision, 3.5 million Fox, 2.7 million CW, .9 million. Contact Ron Kissell at ron.kissell@variety.com