Ratings: Broadcast Finals for March 21, 2012
HIGHLIGHTS:- AMERICAN IDOL staying strong and besting THE VOICE for tops of the week.
- CRIMINAL MINDS and CSI are a perfect fit. Only a 6% difference in audience levels.
- MISSING, a repeat, for increasing 23% from its lead in. Not bad for the second airing of the pilot in 5 days.
LOW-LIGHTS:
- ARE YOU THERE CHELSEA? losing 17% of its already bad lead in.
- BENT for losing an additional 20% from CHELSEA and another 13% on its second episode.
- HAPPY ENDINGS, an original episode, for losing 1.5 million viewers from a repeat program.
| Time | Net | Program | Viewers* | Demo | +/- |
| 8:00 | ABC | The Middle [R] | 4.750 | 1.2 | |
| 8:30 | ABC | Subergatory [R] | 4.270 | 1.3 | -10.11% |
| 9:00 | ABC | Modern Family [R] | 5.630 | 2.0 | 31.85% |
| 9:30 | ABC | Happy Endings | 4.100 | 1.8 | -27.18% |
| 10:00 | ABC | Missing [R] | 5.040 | 1.3 | 22.93% |
| 8:00 | CBS | Survivor: One World | 10.470 | 2.8 | |
| 9:00 | CBS | Criminal Minds | 12.090 | 3.2 | 15.47% |
| 10:00 | CBS | CSI | 11.380 | 2.6 | -5.87% |
| 8:00 | CW | One Tree Hill | 1.500 | 0.8 | |
| 9:00 | CW | America's Next Top Model | 1.250 | 0.6 | -16.67% |
| 8:00 | FOX | American Idol | 17.210 | 5.1 | |
| 8:00 | NBC | Whitney | 4.180 | 1.6 | |
| 8:30 | NBC | Are You There Chelsea? | 3.470 | 1.4 | -16.99% |
| 9:00 | NBC | Bent | 2.750 | 1.0 | -20.75% |
| 9:30 | NBC | Bent | 2.380 | 0.8 | -13.45% |
| 10:00 | NBC | Rock Center | 3.020 | 0.7 | 9.82% |
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