Ratings: Broadcast Finals for March 8, 2012

Highlights:

• THE BIG BANG THEORY continues dominate on Thursdays. Both the new episode, at 8:00pm, and the encore episode at 8:30, posted fantastic numbers.
• AMERICAN IDOL may be down, but it is still a player for FOX. 17.3 million viewers is still a great number.
• PERSON OF INTEREST posted series highs in both viewers (15.67 million) and demo (3.4 rating).

Low-Lights:

• AWAKE dropped about 2 million viewers and 20% in its second outing. Yet another bomb by NBC.
• Not to beat a dead horse, but man... those NBC comedies just suck it, in the ratings. The CW could get those numbers.

Time	Net	Program	Viewers*	Demo
8:00	ABC	Wipeout [R]	4.47	1.3
9:00	ABC	Grey's Anatomy [R]	4.09	1.4
10:00	ABC	GCB [R]	3.78	1.3
8:00	CBS	The Big Bang Theory	15.04	5.1
8:30	CBS	The Big Bang Theory [R]	12.41	4.0
9:00	CBS	Person of Interest	15.67	3.4
10:00	CBS	The Mentalist	13.84	2.8
8:00	CW	The Vampire Diaries [R]	1.00	0.4
9:00	CW	Supernatural [R]	0.83	0.3
8:00	FOX	American Idol	17.27	4.9
9:00	FOX	The Finder	7.08	2.3
8:00	NBC	30 Rock	3.42	1.4
8:30	NBC	Parks and Rec	3.66	1.8
9:00	NBC	The Office	4.89	2.6
9:30	NBC	Up All Night	3.44	1.7
10:00	NBC	Awake	4.33	1.6

* viewers in millions