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| Adults 18-49: rating/Share | 2.6/7 | 2.2/6 | 2.1/6 | 1.4/4 | 1.4/4 |
| Adults 18-34: Rating/Share | 2.4/7 | 2.5/8 | 1.3/4 | 1.5/5 | 0.8/2 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 7.423 | 4.570 | 6.470 | 3.744 | 12.142 |
On the final Sunday of the broadcast season, the 2011 Billboard Music Awards had a 2.9 adults 18-49 rating, up 7% vs. the last telecast in 2006 to lead ABC to the ratings win. Earlier in the evening, America's Funniest Home Videos season finale drew a 1.5 rating, down 17% from last week.
The season finale of Celebrity Apprentice was up 16% from last week to a 2.9 adults 18-49 rating, but that was down 15% vs. last spring to its lowest spring Apprentice finale ever. Earlier, Dateline NBC drew a 1.3 rating, up 30% vs. last week. At 8pm Minute To Win It's 1.2 rating was up 33% vs. last week, and
In Fox's season finales American Dad was down 11% vs. last week to a 1.6 adults 18-49 rating and well down from last year's finale which aired at 9:30pm. The Simpsons drew a 2.5 rating even with last week and with last season's finale. The Bob's Burgers finale had a 2.1 rating which was down a tenth vs. last week, and Family Guy's 3.0 rating was down 6% from last week, and 3% lower than last season's finale.
On CBS, the Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost movie drew a typically anemic 1.3 adults 18-49 rating while piling up my age contemporaries in average viewership. At 7pm, 60 Minutes's 1.5 rating was down 12% vs. last week, and the 8pm 60 Minutes Special Edition drew just a tenth more, with a 1.6 rating.
Broadcast primetime ratings for Sunday, May 22, 2011:
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating | 18-49 Share | Viewers Live+SD (million) |
| 7:00 | CBS | 60 Minutes | 1.4 | 5 | 9.621 |
| ABC | AMERICA'S Funniest Home Videos | 1.4 | 5 | 5.877 | |
| NBC | Dateline: NBC | 1.2 | 4 | 5.051 | |
| FOX | THE Simpsons - R | 1.1 | 4 | 2.660 | |
| 7:30 | CBS | 60 Minutes | 1.6 | 5 | 10.796 |
| ABC | AMERICA'S Funniest Home Videos | 1.6 | 5 | 6.419 | |
| FOX | American Dad | 1.6 | 5 | 3.554 | |
| NBC | Dateline: NBC | 1.4 | 4 | 4.991 | |
| 8:00 | ABC | THE 2011 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS | 2.5 | 8 | 7.495 |
| FOX | THE Simpsons | 2.5 | 7 | 5.290 | |
| CBS | 60 MINUTES SPECIAL EDITION | 1.6 | 5 | 10.763 | |
| NBC | Minute To Win It | 1.0 | 3 | 3.752 | |
| 8:30 | ABC | THE 2011 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS | 2.8 | 8 | 8.054 |
| FOX | BOB'S BURGERS | 2.1 | 6 | 4.261 | |
| CBS | 60 MINUTES SPECIAL EDITION | 1.6 | 4 | 10.984 | |
| NBC | Minute To Win It | 1.4 | 4 | 4.562 | |
| 9:00 | ABC | THE 2011 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS | 3.6 | 9 | 9.415 |
| FOX | Family Guy | 3.0 | 8 | 5.855 | |
| NBC | CELEBRITY Apprentice | 2.4 | 6 | 7.147 | |
| CBS | JESSE STONE: INNOCENTS LOST | 1.3 | 3 | 13.739 | |
| 9:30 | ABC | THE 2011 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS | 3.3 | 8 | 8.532 |
| FOX | Family Guy | 3.1 | 7 | 5.801 | |
| NBC | CELEBRITY Apprentice | 2.9 | 7 | 8.348 | |
| CBS | JESSE STONE: INNOCENTS LOST | 1.3 | 3 | 13.757 | |
| 10:00 | NBC | CELEBRITY Apprentice | 3.1 | 8 | 8.921 |
| ABC | THE 2011 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS | 2.8 | 7 | 7.194 | |
| CBS | JESSE STONE: INNOCENTS LOST | 1.3 | 3 | 13.712 | |
| 10:30 | NBC | CELEBRITY APPRENTICE | 3.1 | 8 | 8.985 |
| ABC | THE 2011 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS | 2.5 | 6 | 6.401 | |
| CBS | JESSE STONE: INNOCENTS LOST | 1.2 | 3 | 13.766 |
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Time Shifted Viewing – Program ratings for national sources are produced in three streams of data – Live, Live+Same Day (Live+SD) and Live+7 Day. Time shifted figures account for incremental viewing that takes place with DVRs. Live+Same Day (Live+SD) include viewing during the same broadcast day as the original telecast, with a cut-off of 3:00AM local time when meters transmit daily viewing to Nielsen for processing. Live+7 Day ratings include incremental viewing that takes place during the 7 days following a telecast.
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