Ratings: Broadcast Finals for April 18, 2013
CBS may have been in all-repeats Thursday night, but THE BIG BANG THEORY showed exactly who it the top dog of the night. The dominate sitcom, in repeats, beat +American Idol in the 8 p.m. half hour, in the A18-49 demo ratings, 3.1 to 2.6, respectively. Even when you compare the full hour of AI to TBBT, the comedy still tops the singing program 3.1 to 3.0. +The Big Bang Theory had a second encore episode at 9 p.m. and it was the #1 program of the night in Adults 18-49, with a 3.3 rating. CBS tied FOX on the night in total viewers (9.3 million), but was just edged out by FOX in the A18-49 ratings, 2.6 to 2.4. If CBS does not add a second hour of comedy to its line up next season, it will be missing a huge opportunity to further dominate the night.
NBC tested the waters with +Parks and Recreation in the 9 p.m. hour and the results were at typical NBC levels. The demo ratings were just 10% off from last week's numbers by THE OFFICE, but was nearly 50% behind the repeat episode of THE BIG BANG THEORY, airing opposite it. Even the 9:30 p.m. episode was 20% off, in the demo ratings, from a repeat of +2 Broke Girls.
+Hannibal dropped over 20% from last week's ratings. Not a good sign considering that it had a much better lead in this week, with PARKS & REC.
Thursday Night Averages:
FOX - 9.3 million viewers, 2.6 rating in Adults 18-49.
CBS - 9.3 million viewers, 2.4 rating in Adults 18-49.
NBC - 3.2 million viewers, 1.4 rating in Adults 18-49.
ABC - 4.0 million viewers, 1.1 rating in Adults 18-49.
CW - 1.9 million viewers, 0.8 rating in Adults 18-49.
| Time | Net | Program | Viewers* | A18-49 | +/- |
| 8:00 | ABC | Wife Swap | 4.63 | 1.5 | |
| 9:00 | ABC | Grey's Anatomy [R] | 4.02 | 1.1 | -13% |
| 10:00 | ABC | Scandal [R] | 3.31 | 0.8 | -18% |
| 8:00 | CBS | The Big Bang Theory [R] | 11.43 | 3.1 | |
| 8:30 | CBS | Two and A Half Men [R] | 8.79 | 2.4 | -23% |
| 9:00 | CBS | The Big Bang Theory [R] | 10.89 | 3.3 | +24% |
| 9:30 | CBS | 2 Broke Girls [R] | 7.71 | 2.2 | -29% |
| 10:00 | CBS | Person of Interest [R] | 8.63 | 1.6 | +12% |
| 8:00 | CW | The Vampire Diaries | 2.14 | 1.0 | |
| 9:00 | CW | Beauty and the Beast | 1.59 | 0.6 | -26% |
| 8:00 | FOX | American Idol | 12.42 | 3.0 | |
| 9:00 | FOX | Glee | 6.14 | 2.1 | -51% |
| 8:00 | NBC | Community | 3.13 | 1.3 | |
| 8:30 | NBC | The Office [R] | 2.24 | 1.0 | -28% |
| 9:00 | NBC | Parks & Rec | 3.35 | 1.7 | +50% |
| 9:30 | NBC | Parks & Rec | 3.34 | 1.7 | even |
| 10:00 | NBC | Hannibal | 3.51 | 1.4 | +5% |
* - in millions
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