Spotted Ratings, Thursday 12/15/11 (FINALS)

As we enter arguably the two slowest ratings weeks of the year, I may wait till finals comes out on a lot of these posts for the rest of December. I'll just play it by ear.

WHAT MATTERS:

• CBS had original entertainment programs for 2.5 hours, with only The Big Bang Theory in repeats. Rules of Engagement dropped a relatively expected amount under the circumstances (still a season low), then the rest of the night was steady and above average from there.

FULL TABLE:

	Viewers	A18-49	Share	Skew	Last	Lead	LeLa	Avg	Rank	TRUE
A Charlie Brown Christmas	6.40	1.8	5	36%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.85
The Year with Katie Couric	5.54	1.5	4	35%	n/a	-17%	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.23
The Big Bang Theory (R)	10.17	2.9	9	36%	+142%	n/a	n/a	+17%	4/6	3.17
Rules of Engagement	9.53	2.7	8	36%	-10%	-7%	-37%	-22%	7/7	2.78
Person of Interest	12.93	2.8	8	28%	+0%	+4%	-10%	+2%	2/10	2.46
The Mentalist	13.16	2.7	7	26%	+0%	-4%	+0%	+3%	3/10	2.31
Community (R)	2.26	0.7	2	40%	-22%	n/a	n/a	-22%	2/2	0.49
Parks and Recreation (R)	1.73	0.7	2	52%	+17%	+0%	+17%	-5%	2/4	0.73
The Office (R)	2.41	1.1	3	58%	+83%	+57%	+17%	+18%	2/4	1.04
Whitney (R)	2.01	0.8	2	51%	-27%	-27%	+0%	-25%	8/8	0.66
Prime Suspect	3.70	0.9	2	31%	-31%	+13%	-58%	-33%	10/10	0.79
The X Factor Thu	9.87	2.9	9	38%	+0%	n/a	n/a	-20%	9/11	3.17
Bones (R)	5.28	1.5	4	36%	n/a	-48%	n/a	n/a	1/1	1.07
The Vampire Diaries (R)	1.02	0.3	1	38%	-25%	n/a	n/a	-18%	3/4	0.25
The Secret Circle (R)	0.88	0.3	1	44%	+0%	+0%	-25%	-14%	2/5	0.26

KEY (with much more detail at the New Daily Spotted Ratings page):

Viewers - The total number of viewers (age 2+, in millions) that watched the program.
A18-49 - Adults 18-49 rating. Percentage of US TV-owning adults 18-49 watching the program.
Share - Adults 18-49 share. Percentage of US TV-watching adults 18-49 watching the program.
Skew - Percentage of the total audience that falls in the 18-49 demo.
Last - A18-49 percent difference from previous episode.
Lead - A18-49 percent difference from lead-in program.
LeLa - A18-49 percent difference between the show's lead-in and its lead-in for the previous episode.
Avg - A18-49 percent difference from the show's average demo for previous original episodes this season.
Rank - The A18-49 rating's rank among the show's episodes that have aired so far this season.
TRUE - True Strength, a metric developed last summer that adjusts the A18-49 rating for overall viewing levels, competition and lead-in. (Note: these are PRELIMINARY TRUE calculations. Finals come next week.)

(R) - Repeat.

More Spotted Ratings in the Index.