Absence makes the heart grow fonder? Or “out of sight, out of mind”? The latter idiom seemed to be in play this Tuesday, as Fox’s Glee and New Girl both returned from their three-week X Factor/baseball-induced hiatus to markedly lower numbers.
Coming back to a 2.9 rating among the coveted 18-49 demo, Glee was down 19 percent from its Oct. 5 outing.