Spotted Ratings, Thursday 5/10/12

WHAT MATTERS:

• It was a fairly dull penultimate Thursday of the season, and most of the season finales didn't see any bounce. The only up finale was also the only show to get cancelled, The Secret Circle. The Big Bang Theory remained on top of the evening but was actually down a few ticks for the #WolowitzWedding.

• What a late-season run Grey's Anatomy is having, as it gained a couple more ticks in its penultimate episode and was actually on the year-to-year upside this week. We'll see if it can hold off the Once Upon a Time and Desperate Housewives finales on Sunday for top drama of the week once again.

FULL TABLE:

Info				Show				Timeslot		TRUE
	Viewers	A18-49	Skew	Last	LeLa	Avg	Rank	Tavg	Lead
Missing	6.37	1.1	22%	-8%	n/a	-27%	9/9	-31%	n/a	1.48
Grey's Anatomy	9.82	3.5	46%	+6%	-8%	-1%	12/22	+4%	+218%	4.01
Scandal	6.43	1.9	38%	+0%	+6%	-4%	5/6	-21%	-46%	1.73
The Big Bang Theory	13.72	4.4	41%	-6%	n/a	-12%	22/24	-12%	n/a	7.10
Rules of Engagement	8.77	2.7	39%	+0%	-6%	-10%	7/14	-14%	-39%	3.19
Person of Interest	12.96	2.6	26%	+4%	+0%	-10%	18/22	-10%	-4%	2.55
The Mentalist	12.62	2.4	24%	-4%	+4%	-8%	20/23	-10%	-8%	2.51
Community	2.99	1.4	60%	+0%	n/a	-12%	13/19	-10%	n/a	2.01
30 Rock	2.92	1.5	66%	+7%	+0%	-3%	9/20	-14%	+7%	2.07
The Office	4.49	2.3	66%	+0%	+7%	-17%	19/24	-15%	+53%	2.43
Parks and Recreation	3.42	1.7	64%	+0%	+0%	-8%	14/22	-8%	-26%	1.69
Awake	2.51	0.9	46%	+29%	+0%	-22%	6/11	-24%	-47%	0.81
American Idol Thu	15.62	4.0	33%	+0%	n/a	-17%	13/17	-3%	n/a	6.18
Touch	6.84	1.9	36%	-5%	+0%	-26%	8/9	-36%	-53%	1.39
The Vampire Diaries	2.53	1.2	61%	+0%	n/a	-7%	12/22	-7%	n/a	1.83
The Secret Circle	1.28	0.6	60%	+20%	-0%	-23%	18/22	-22%	-50%	0.45

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.
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.
Tavg - A18-49 percent difference from its timeslot's previous original entertainment average this season.
TRUE - True Strength, a metric 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.

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

More Spotted Ratings in the Index.