Ratings: Broadcast Finals for April 16, 2012

HIGHLIGHTS:

• TWO AND A HALF MEN still has ratings power. It grabs the top demo rating of the night, over THE VOICE  and DWTS.
• HART OF DIXIE did grow nearly 29% from its poor lead in of GOSSIP GIRL.  For a CW freshman series, that's not bad.

LOW LIGHTS:

• Yes, CASTLE did win its time slot, but when you can only top a repeat airing of HAWAII FIVE-O by 0.5 points in the demo ratings, you are not doing that good of a job.
• The same goes for SMASH, but it is just 10 episodes in to its run and it is on NBC.

Time	Net	Program	Viewers*	Demo	+/-
8:00	ABC	Dancing w/ the Stars	16.464	2.9
10:00	ABC	Castle	11.231	2.1	-31.78%
8:00	CBS	How I Met Your Mother	7.238	3.1
8:30	CBS	2 Broke Girls	8.517	3.4	17.67%
9:00	CBS	Two and a Half Men	11.223	3.8	31.77%
9:30	CBS	Mike and Molly	9.535	3.1	-15.04%
10:00	CBS	Hawaii Five-O [R]	6.123	1.6	-35.78%
8:00	CW	Gossip Girl	1.064	0.6
9:00	CW	Hart of Dixie	1.370	0.6	28.76%
8:00	FOX	Bones	7.152	2.2
9:00	FOX	House	5.607	2.0	-21.60%
8:00	NBC	The Voice	10.028	3.7
10:00	NBC	Smash	5.950	1.9	-40.67%