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| Rating/Share: Adults 18-49 | 1.9/6 | 1.8/6 | 1.7/6 | 1.4/5 | 0.8/3 | 0.4/2 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-34 | 1.4/5 | 1.9/7 | 1.9/7 | 0.9/3 | 0.8/3 | 0.3/1 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 6.716 | 5.106 | 3.920 | 7.378 | 2.139 | 1.076 |
The 2.0 adults 18-49 rating for the premiere of ABC's Rookie Blue may not seem like much, but by the standards of this summer's new scripted shows, it's a blockbuster. The 1.3 rating for the premiere of documentary Boston Med was more typical of the poor ratings so far for summer premieres.
As usual during this "summer of serious", it was unscripted reality and CBS repeats topping the hours.
Wipeout's 2.6 adults 18-49 rating was down 16% from Tuesday's premiere, but there aren't any Thursday comparables yet.
Without competition from the NBA Finals game 7, Fox's So You Think You Can Dance bounced back 5% to a 2.3 adults 18-49 rating.
Kobe or not, NBC's 100 Questions got no help, slipping a tenth of a point to a 0.6 rating.
Note that the ratings below are for the entire show(s) not half hour segments, like my typical overnight posts.
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating | 18-49 Share | Viewers Live+SD (Millions) |
| 8:00 | ABC | Wipeout | 2.6 | 9 | 7.793 |
| FOX | Glee (repeat) | 1.3 | 5 | 3.862 | |
| CBS | CSI (repeat) | 1.2 | 4 | 6.406 | |
| NBC | Community (repeat) | 0.7 | 3 | 2.283 | |
| CW | The Vampire Diaries (repeat) | 0.5 | 2 | 1.131 | |
| 8:30 | NBC | 100 Questions | 0.6 | 2 | 1.827 |
| 9:00 | FOX | So You Think You Can Dance | 2.4 | 7 | 6.352 |
| ABC | Rookie Blue (premiere) | 2.0 | 6 | 7.253 | |
| CBS | CSI (repeat) | 1.4 | 4 | 6.941 | |
| NBC | The Office (repeat) | 1.0 | 3 | 2.402 | |
| CW | Moonlight (repeat) | 0.4 | 1 | 1.021 | |
| 9:30 | NBC | 30 Rock (repeat) | 0.9 | 3 | 2.087 |
| 10:00 | CBS | The Mentalist (repeat) | 1.7 | 5 | 8.787 |
| ABC | Boston Med (premiere) | 1.3 | 4 | 5.103 | |
| NBC | The Office (repeat) | 1.0 | 3 | 2.248 | |
| 10:30 | NBC | Parks and Recreation (repeat) | 0.9 | 3 | 1.987 |
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