Complete Nielsen Ratings: Week of 05/07/12
The full Nielsen rankings and ratings from #1 to #93:
CBS' strategy of packing almost all of the finales within two weeks is paying off. The eye network placed all but four programs in the Viewership top 30. The only CBS programs not to place in the top 30 were the Saturday encores and 48 HOURS, plus Friday's UNDERCOVER BOSS.
For FOX, only AMERICAN IDOL (#3 and #4) made the top 30. NBC only manages to place the two nights of THE VOICE(#11 and #16), but now cancelled HARRY'S LAW was #31. ABC managed seven Top 30 programs, lead by the two nights of DANCING WITH THE STARS.
In the 18-49 Demographic Ratings, CBS placed 15 programs in the top 30, lead by THE BIG BANG THEORY at #2. AMERICAN IDOL (Wed) was the top demo show. Both ABC and FOX tied for the best network average in the demo ratings with a 2.3 rating.
As mentioned previously, Cancelled HARRY'S LAW was NBC's most watched program, after THE VOICE. Other notable ratings from series going BYE-BYE were...
UNFORGETTABLE - (#15 in viewers, #35 in demo ratings)
DESPERATE HOUSE WIVES (#14 in viewers, #11 in demo)
Click for full week's ratings and rankings (05/07/2012).
Network Weekly Averages for Week of May 7, 2012:
* - Rating/Share'
CBS' strategy of packing almost all of the finales within two weeks is paying off. The eye network placed all but four programs in the Viewership top 30. The only CBS programs not to place in the top 30 were the Saturday encores and 48 HOURS, plus Friday's UNDERCOVER BOSS.For FOX, only AMERICAN IDOL (#3 and #4) made the top 30. NBC only manages to place the two nights of THE VOICE(#11 and #16), but now cancelled HARRY'S LAW was #31. ABC managed seven Top 30 programs, lead by the two nights of DANCING WITH THE STARS.
In the 18-49 Demographic Ratings, CBS placed 15 programs in the top 30, lead by THE BIG BANG THEORY at #2. AMERICAN IDOL (Wed) was the top demo show. Both ABC and FOX tied for the best network average in the demo ratings with a 2.3 rating.
As mentioned previously, Cancelled HARRY'S LAW was NBC's most watched program, after THE VOICE. Other notable ratings from series going BYE-BYE were...
UNFORGETTABLE - (#15 in viewers, #35 in demo ratings)
DESPERATE HOUSE WIVES (#14 in viewers, #11 in demo)
#1s for the Week:
- #1 Reality - DWTS (Mon)
- #1 Drama - NCIS
- #1 Comedy -THE BIG BANG THEORY
- Biggest lead in gain - DANCING WITH THE STARS (197%) from COUGAR TOWN
- Biggest lead in loss - TOUCH (-56%) from AMERICAN IDOL
Click for full week's ratings and rankings (05/07/2012).Network Weekly Averages for Week of May 7, 2012:
Network
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Viewers
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18-49*
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CBS
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10.04 M
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2.3/7
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ABC
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7.92 M
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2.1/6
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FOX
|
7.34 M
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2.3/7
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NBC
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5.62 M
|
1.7/5
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CW
|
1.24 M
|
0.5/2
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