Spotted Ratings, Weekend Roundup 8/17-8/18/12

WHAT MATTERS:

• The NFL preseason was in the mix on both nights, as Fox's Lions/Ravens game edged the ABC repeat unscripted lineup on Friday and the NFL Network's Giants/Jets game on Saturday (0.7) was right there with the top broadcasters.

FRIDAY 8/17/12 FULL TABLE:

	Viewers	A18-49	Last	LeLa	Avg	Rank
Shark Tank (SR)	3.76	1.0
20/20 (SR)	4.84	1.3
20/20 (SR)	4.64	1.2
Teachers Rock	2.78	0.5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
CSI: NY (SR)	3.82	0.6
Blue Bloods (SR)	4.49	0.7
America's Got Talent (R)	3.11	0.6
Grimm (R)	1.88	0.5
Dateline Fri (S)	4.63	1.0	-17%	+67%	-16%	7/8
NFL Preseason Football	3.98	1.3	-24%	n/a	-24%	2/2
Nikita (SR)	0.65	0.2
Nikita (SR)	0.60	0.2

SATURDAY 8/18/12 FULL TABLE:

	Viewers	A18-49	Last	LeLa	Avg	Rank
Movie: The Devil Wears Prada	3.3	0.7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Castle (SR)	3.3	0.6
Person of Interest (SR)	2.9	0.5
Criminal Minds (SR)	3.7	0.7
48 Hours Mystery (SR)	4.4	0.8
America's Got Talent (R)	1.8	0.5
Stars Earn Stripes (R)	1.5	0.5
Cops (SR)	2.5	0.7
Cops (SR)	2.7	0.7
Mobbed (SR)	1.3	0.4

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.