Spotted Ratings, Thursday 8/2/12

WHAT MATTERS:

• The Summer Olympics had another huge night thanks to Phelps/Lochte II and the women's gymnastics all-around. And following four straight days of just barely topping the 2008 pace, Thursday's NBC telecast surged to 14% ahead of night seven in Beijing. That's the biggest Olympics-to-Olympics gain since the Opening Ceremony (which was +18%).

• Among the hardest-hit Thursday originals vs. the Olympics: ABC's Wipeout and the Anger Management (0.7) / Wilfred (0.4) / Louie (0.3) combo on FX. All those shows shed about a third of their demo audience week-to-week.

OLYMPICS CHART:


FULL TABLE:

	Viewers	A18-49	Last	LeLa	Avg	Rank
Wipeout (R)	3.48	1.1
Wipeout	3.85	1.4	-36%	-50%	-23%	7/8
Rookie Blue (R)	1.91	0.5
The Big Bang Theory (SR)	5.53	1.4
Two and a Half Men (SR)	4.78	1.4
Big Brother Thu	5.46	2.0	-9%	-26%	-14%	4/4
Person of Interest (SR)	3.69	0.8
Summer Olympics	36.80	11.9	+20%	n/a	+7%	3/7
Raising Hope (SR)	1.79	0.7
Raising Hope (SR)	1.56	0.6
Glee (SR)	1.30	0.5
The Vampire Diaries (SR)	0.68	0.2
The LA Complex (SR)	0.44	0.2

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.