Wednesday Nielsen Ratings: REVENGE Matches 9-Week A18-49 High

Below are the primetime soap ratings for Wednesday:

From 10:00-11:00 p.m., ABC primetime soap hit REVENGE ran a strong second in its hour among Adults 18-49 (2.5/6), while finishing No. 1 with Adults 18-34, Women 18-34 and Women 18-49.

* Up over the prior week in Adults 18-49 (+4%), ABC's REVENGE matched a 9-week high - since 11/16/11. Posting its 2nd straight week of growth with Adults 18-34, the show marked its best performance in nearly 3 months - since 11/2/11.

* REVENGE delivered substantial year-over-year improvement for ABC in Wednesday's 10 o'clock hour with Total Viewers (+31% - 7.6 million vs. 5.8 million) and Adults 18-49 (+19% - 2.5/6 vs. 2.1/6), topping first-run programming on the year-ago evening (OFF THE MAP).