Ratings Review: PERSON OF INTEREST (Season Two)

PERSON OF INTEREST is one of the stronger dramas on broadcast TV. It regularly delivers 13-15 million viewers and a solid A18-49 ratings that hovers around a 3.0 mark. After two seasons, it has taken on as being the flag ship drama for CBS.

For the 2012-13 season, PERSON OF INTEREST averaged 12.86 million viewers and a solid 2.6 rating in Adults 18-49. That includes the 30 airings, which had 8 repeat episodes.

PERSON OF INTEREST should be around for a long time, but it is moving night and time slot for its third season. It will attempt to fix the long troubled slot of Tuesdays at 10 p.m. It should fit well with its lead ins, but I do expect a slip in the numbers with this move.

PERSON OF INTEREST (Thursdays at 9 p.m., on CBS)

Date	Viewers*	A18-49	+/-
09/27/12	14.28	2.9
10/04/12	14.58	3.0	2%
10/11/12	Preempted
10/18/12	13.93	2.8
10/25/12	14.03	2.9	1%
11/01/12	13.66	2.9	-3%
11/08/12	14.87	2.9	9%
11/15/12	14.57	3.1	-2%
11/22/12	6.81	1.3	-53%	R-10pm
11/29/12	14.43	2.9	112%
12/06/12	14.18	2.9	-2%
12/13/12	14.08	2.9	-1%
12/20/12	9.41	1.7	-33%	R
12/27/12	10.33	1.9	10%	R
01/03/13	16.23	3.4	57%
01/10/13	15.67	3.3	-3%
01/17/13	9.40	1.6	-40%	R
01/24/13	10.01	1.9	6%	R
01/31/13	15.71	3.2	57%
02/07/13	14.88	3.1	-5%
02/14/13	14.87	3.0	0%
02/21/13	14.22	2.9	-4%
02/28/13	9.52	1.8	-33%	R
03/07/13	14.57	2.8	53%
03/14/13	14.34	2.9	-2%
03/21/13	Preempted
03/28/13	Preempted
04/04/13	14.57	2.7
04/11/13	10.11	1.8	-31%	R
04/18/13	3.34	1.7	-67%	R-10pm
04/25/13	13.22	2.4	296%
05/02/13	12.96	2.4	-2%
05/09/13	13.16	2.4	2%

* - in millions