Spotted Ratings, Wednesday 5/16/12

WHAT MATTERS:

• CBS got a major bounce out of the two-hour Criminal Minds season finale, which was up big over the last few episodes of the season (biggest number since January) despite a diminished lead-in with no Survivor and grew year-to-year as it bid adieu to Paget Brewster.

• ABC remained soft as it threw non-finales up against finales for one last night. Revenge certainly has an excuse as Minds was nearly a point and a half bigger than its recent 10/9c competish. But it was pretty bad for the comedies, especially The Middle and Suburgatory  (which had less competition with Survivor gone).

FULL TABLE:

Info				Show				Timeslot		TRUE
	Viewers	A18-49	Skew	Last	LeLa	Avg	Rank	Tavg	Lead
The Middle	6.53	1.9	37%	+0%	n/a	-28%	21/22	-28%	n/a	2.13
Suburgatory	5.35	1.8	43%	-14%	+0%	-32%	22/22	-33%	-5%	1.93
Modern Family	9.36	3.9	53%	-11%	-14%	-24%	22/22	-23%	+117%	4.99
Apartment 23	4.73	1.9	51%	-17%	-11%	-21%	6/6	-32%	-51%	1.56
Revenge	6.90	2.0	37%	-9%	-17%	-20%	21/21	-14%	+5%	2.31
Mike and Molly (R)	4.35	1.1	32%	-35%	n/a	-34%	11/17	-62%	n/a	1.08
Rules of Engagement (R)	3.93	1.1	36%	+38%	+10%	-18%	6/12	-65%	+0%	1.19
Criminal Minds	13.68	3.6	34%	+24%	-61%	+7%	8/23	+18%	+227%	4.27
Off Their Rockers	5.18	1.4	35%	+0%	n/a	-15%	7/10	-19%	n/a	1.47
Off Their Rockers	5.52	1.6	37%	+14%	+0%	-2%	4/11	+20%	+14%	1.77
Law and Order: SVU (R)	2.86	0.8	36%	+14%	+300%	-10%	17/32	-20%	-50%	0.75
Law and Order: SVU	5.56	1.7	39%	-6%	+14%	-11%	16/22	+1%	+113%	2.11
American Idol Wed	17.68	4.9	35%	+9%	n/a	-9%	15/20	+12%	n/a	5.82
America's Next Top Model Spring (R)	0.76	0.4	67%	+33%	n/a	+20%	1/7	-42%	n/a	0.40
America's Next Top Model	1.16	0.5	55%	+25%	+33%	-7%	5/11	-21%	+25%	0.58

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.

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