Spotted Ratings, Monday 5/28/12

WHAT MATTERS:

• The first Monday of summer was a pretty brutal one for the broadcasters as all three originals were down double digits week-to-week. There didn't appear to be much of a Memorial Day viewing drop, so the only other explanation is that...

• ...everything big was happening on cable, where History debuted miniseries Hatfields & McCoys and obliterated the previous record for largest audience in ad-supported non-sports cable history (13.866 million viewers). Despite an also highly impressive 18-49 rating (3.7), the show didn't top the night thanks to Game 1 of the NBA's Eastern Conference Finals (4.1) on ESPN.

FULL TABLE:

	Viewers	A18-49	Last	LeLa	Avg	Rank
The Bachelorette	5.79	1.9	-21%	n/a	-24%	3/3
Castle (SR)	4.15	0.8
How I Met Your Mother (SR)	3.74	1.1
2 Broke Girls (SR)	4.18	1.1
Two and a Half Men (SR)	5.89	1.3
Mike and Molly (SR)	5.42	1.2
Hawaii Five-0 (SR)	5.52	1.2
America's Got Talent Mon	9.96	2.8	-13%	n/a	-21%	3/3
American Ninja Warrior	5.79	2.1	-13%	-13%	-13%	2/2
Grimm (SR)	2.58	0.8
House (SR)	2.30	0.7
House (SR)	2.51	0.8
Gossip Girl (SR)	0.52	0.2
Hart of Dixie (SR)	0.84	0.3

KEY (click to expand)

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.
Last - A18-49 percent difference from previous episode.
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.

(R) - Repeat.
(SR) - Summer repeat. (for shows not currently in season)

Much more detail on these numbers at the New Daily Spotted Ratings page.

More Spotted Ratings in the Index.