Ratings: Broadcast Finals for April 23, 2012

HIGHLIGHTS:

• DANCING WITH THE STARS for winning the night in viewers and growing 7% from last week.
• THE VOICE posts the top 18-49 demo rating on the night, up 0.1 from last Monday.

LOW LIGHTS:

• SMASH lost 42% in viewers and 47% in the demo, from its THE VOICE lead in. But NBC will take and keep any series with 6 million viewers and a 2.0 demographic rating.
• GOSSIP GIRL again had an original episode with less than one million viewers.

Time	Net	Program	Viewers*	Demo	+/-
8:00	ABC	Dancing With The Stars	17.620	3.2
10:00	ABC	20/20: DWTS Special	10.680	2.1	-39.39%
8:00	CBS	How I Met Your Mother [R]	4.690	1.7
8:30	CBS	2 Broke Girls [R]	5.130	1.7	9.38%
9:00	CBS	Two and a Half Men [R]	6.670	2.0	30.02%
9:30	CBS	Mike and Molly [R]	6.000	1.7	-10.04%
10:00	CBS	Hawaii Five-O [R]	7.700	1.6	28.33%
8:00	CW	Gossip Girl	0.990	0.5
9:00	CW	Hart of Dixie	1.280	0.5	29.29%
8:00	FOX	Bones	7.380	2.2
9:00	FOX	House	6.490	2.3	-12.06%
8:00	NBC	The Voice	10.310	3.8
10:00	NBC	Smash	6.010	2.0	-41.71%