Ratings: Broadcast Finals for May 31, 2012

What can we learn from Thursdays ratings? Good repeat programming always trumps mediocre original programming. CBS wins the night on the strength its line-up's repeatability. THE BIG BANG THEORY, easily takes the night's top sport with nearly 9 million viewers and a 2.3 demo rating. THE OFFICE is so bad, its numbers look like that of COMMUNITY's.

 "Just a few weeks until the Summer Olympics." I gotta keep telling myself that.

Time	Net	Program	Viewers*	Demo	+/-
8:00	ABC	Duets	5.920	1.5
10:00	ABC	Rookie Blue	5.650	1.4	-4.56%
8:00	CBS	The Big Bang Theory [R]	8.790	2.3
8:30	CBS	Rules of Engagement [R]	6.430	1.8	-26.85%
9:00	CBS	Person of Interest [R]	7.430	1.4	15.55%
10:00	CBS	The Mentalist [R]	7.270	1.3	-2.15%
8:00	CW	Breaking Point	0.930	0.3
9:00	CW	The Catalina [R]	0.470	0.2	-49.46%
8:00	FOX	Touch	4.580	1.3
8:00	NBC	The Office  [R]	2.250	0.8
8:30	NBC	The Office  [R]	2.080	0.8	-7.56%
9:00	NBC	America's Got Talent [R]	3.900	1.1	87.50%
10:00	NBC	America's Got Talent [R]	4.950	1.5	26.92%