[TV] Ratings: American Idol And Big Bang Theory Split the Night
Posted by Joseph Lee on 02.22.2013
One wins the viewers, another gets the demographic...
While The Big Bang Theory won the viewers yet again, American Idol was up from last week and also managed to win the demographic for FOX. Meanwhile, ABC's Zero Hour lost a million viewers from last week while The CW's The Vampire Diaries earned half a million viewers.
CBS won with 13.52 million viewers and an 8.3 rating/13 share in households. It was followed by FOX (13.504 million, 7.9/12), ABC (7.2 million, 4.9/8), NBC (3.2 million, 2.1/3) and The CW (2.2 million, 1.4/2).
In the adults 18-49 demographic, FOX won with a 3.9 rating, followed by CBS (3.3), ABC (2.2), NBC (1.2) and the CW (0.9).
Thursday hour by hour:
8 p.m.
CBS: The Big Bang Theory (17.3 million viewers, 10.5/17 households)/Two and a Half Men (13.4 million, 8.1/12)
FOX: American Idol (13.4 million, 7.9/12)
ABC: Zero Hour (5.3 million, 43.5/5)
NBC: Community (3.1 million, 1.8/3)/Parks and Recreation (3.03 million, 1.9/3)
The CW: The Vampire Diaries (2.9 million, 1.8/3)
18-49 leader: The Big Bang Theory (4.7)
9 p.m.
CBS: Person of Interest (14.1 million, 8.7/13)
FOX: American Idol (13.6 million, 8.0/12)
ABC: Grey's Anatomy (8.5 million, 5.8/9)
NBC: Parks and Recreation (2.9 million, 1.8/3)/1600 Penn (2.3 million, 1.5/2)
The CW: Beauty and the Beast (1.56 million, 1.0/2)
