- It's mostly been a year of ~10% declines year-to-year for American Idol, but finale night was very good to the show. It grabbed over 60% of the broadcast eyeballs and was up 12% from last year. It was Idol's second-highest rating of the season, the first time since 2005 that the finale ranked that highly among the season's eps.
- The ABC comedy finales were down year-to-year, but most of the drops weren't awful considering last year's finales weren't up against the last week of Idol. Cougar Town's one-hour finale took the only huge year-to-year drop. And Happy Endings had its best 10:30 result yet.
FULL TABLE:
| A18-49 | Share | Last | Lead | LeLa | Comp | CoLa | bcShr | Avg | Rank | |
| The Middle | 2.2 | 7 | -8% | n/a | n/a | 11.7 | +13% | 16 | -10% | 18/24 |
| The Middle (R) | 1.9 | 5 | +6% | -14% | -8% | 12.0 | +15% | 14 | +23% | 3/20 |
| Modern Family | 4.2 | 11 | +2% | +121% | +6% | 12.0 | -4% | 26 | -5% | 15/24 |
| Cougar Town | 2.0 | 5 | +0% | -52% | +2% | 8.7 | -30% | 14 | -24% | 19/21 |
| Happy Endings | 1.7 | 4 | +31% | -15% | +33% | 5.4 | -37% | 24 | -5% | 5/12 |
| The Big Bang Theory (oR) | 1.3 | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 12.6 | n/a | 9 | n/a | n/a |
| The Big Bang Theory (oR) | 1.6 | 4 | n/a | +23% | n/a | 12.3 | n/a | 12 | n/a | n/a |
| Criminal Minds (R) | 1.4 | 4 | +0% | -13% | +14% | 13.7 | +23% | 9 | -27% | 10/11 |
| Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior | 1.8 | 5 | -10% | +29% | -58% | 5.5 | -27% | 25 | -24% | 13/13 |
| Minute to Win It (R) | 0.8 | 2 | -11% | n/a | n/a | 13.1 | -11% | 6 | -17% | 5/6 |
| Minute to Win It (R) | 1.0 | 2 | +25% | +25% | +0% | 14.1 | +8% | 7 | +7% | 3/7 |
| Law & Order: Los Angeles | 1.3 | 3 | +0% | +30% | -38% | 6.4 | -22% | 18 | -26% | 11/16 |
| American Idol Th | 9.2 | 26 | +46% | n/a | n/a | 5.3 | -20% | 63 | +34% | 1/19 |
| America's Next Top Model (R) | 0.4 | 1 | -20% | n/a | n/a | 13.5 | +13% | 3 | -17% | 5/6 |
| America's Next Top Model (R) | 0.4 | 1 | +0% | +0% | +0% | 14.7 | +9% | 3 | -14% | 5/7 |
VIEWING LEVELS:
| Slot | Min HUT | Calc HUT | Max HUT |
| 8-9pm | 31.1 | 35.6 | 38.2 |
| 9-10pm | 38.0 | 38.0 | 41.4 |
| 10-11pm | 35.7 | 39.6 | 41.1 |
| 8-10pm | 34.5 | 36.3 | 36.3 |
This evening compared to last year
KEY (much more detail at What? and Why? page)
A18-49 - Percentage of US TV-owning adults 18-49 watching the program.
Share - Percentage of US TV-watching adults 18-49 watching the program.
Last - Percent difference from previous episode.
Lead - Percent difference from lead-in program.
LeLa - Percent difference between lead-in and previous episode's lead-in.
Comp - Total rating of other broadcast programs in the same timeslot. 10:00 programming multiplied by 1.75 to attempt a level playing field.
CoLa - Percent difference between competition and previous episode's competition.
bcShr - Percentage of US national big-5 broadcast TV-watching adults 18-49 watching the program. 10:00 programming multiplied by two-thirds to attempt a level playing field.
Avg - Percent difference from show's previous demo average this season.
Rank - Rank among show's episodes to date this season.
Min HUT/Max HUT - Smallest/largest percentage of TV-owning adults 18-49 that could be watching any TV in the timeslot.
Calc HUT - Estimate of the percentage of TV-owning adults 18-49 watching any TV in the timeslot.
(R) = Regular-night repeat. These are ranked/averaged as if they were separate shows.
(oR) = Other-night repeat. These are not ranked/averaged in any way.
Stats in blue are less accurate due to lack of access to half-hour breakdowns.
Source: TVByTheNumbers
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