Ratings: Broadcast Finals for April 12, 2012

HIGHLIGHTS:

• Its a BIG BANG THEORY WORLD and we just live in it. It is not often you see a repeat episode beat three original episodes, head to head. TBBT posted 10.2 million viewers and a 3.1 demo rating over GREY'S ANATOMY, THE OFFICE and TOUCH. If you factor in the TBS rerun episode at 9pm, there were nearly 12 million viewers for the #1 comedy and close to a 4 demo rating. SO, to the programmers of FOX, ABC and NBC... BAZINGA!

LOW LIGHTS:

• Well, anything original that went head-to-head against the 9pm episode of THE BIG BANG THEORY, but especially TOUCH. It continues to hemorrhage viewers (48%) from its sweat AMERICAN IDOL lead in.

Time	Net	Program	Viewers*	Demo	+/-
8:00	ABC	Missing	7.910	1.4
9:00	ABC	Grey's Anatomy	8.850	2.9	11.88%
10:00	ABC	Scandal	7.280	2.0	-17.74%
8:00	CBS	The Big Bang Theory [R]	9.720	2.8
8:30	CBS	Rules of Engagement	8.460	2.7	-12.96%
9:00	CBS	The Big Bang Theory [R]	10.210	3.1	20.69%
9:30	CBS	2 Broke Girls [R]	7.260	2.1	-28.89%
10:00	CBS	Person of Interest [R]	8.580	1.8	18.18%
8:00	CW	The Vampire Diaries [R]	1.020	0.4
9:00	CW	The Secret Circle [R]	0.860	0.3	-15.69%
8:00	FOX	American Idol	15.810	4.3
9:00	FOX	Touch	8.170	2.3	-48.32%
8:00	NBC	Community	3.090	1.4
8:30	NBC	30 Rock	2.980	1.4	-3.56%
9:00	NBC	The Office	4.390	2.2	47.32%
9:30	NBC	Up All Night	3.120	1.5	-28.93%
10:00	NBC	Awake	2.680	0.9	-14.10%