| Scoreboard | ABC | CBS | FOX | NBC | UNI |
| Adults 18-49: rating/Share | 2.4/7 | 2.0/6 | 1.9/5 | 1.3/4 | 0.9/3 |
| Adults 18-34: Rating/Share | 1.8/6 | 1.1/3 | 2.1/7 | 0.8/2 | 0.8/3 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 7.635 | 9.290 | 4.087 | 5.778 | 2.602 |
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ABC won the night with adults 18-49 and CBS led with total viewers. America's Funniest Videos was up five-tenths to a 2.0 from last week's 1.5 rating while Once Upon A Time was even with last week's 3.0 adults 18-49 rating. Desperate Housewives was up three tenths to a 2.8 vs. last week's a 2.5 adults 18-49 rating. GCB's finale was even with last week's 1.8 adults 18-49 rating.
On Fox, the 7:30pm Cleveland Show was down a tenth to a 1.4 vs. last week's 1.5 adults 18-49 rating, The Simpsons was down two-tenths to a 2.1 vs. last week's 2.3 and Bob's Burgers was down a tenth to a 1.8 from last week's 1.9 adults 18-49 rating. Family Guy earned a 2.7, down a tenth compared to the a 2.8 adults 18-49 rating it earned last week. American Dad returned this week after a month to earn a 2.3 adults 18-49 rating vs. the 2.0 its last original earned.
CBS's two-hour Amazing Race finale drew a 2.6 compared with last week's season low-matching a 2.2 adults 18-49 rating, and was up in both ratings and viewership from last years' finale. NYC 22 earned a 1.3, up a tenth compared to last week's 1.2 adults 18-49 rating. Earlier in the night, 60 Minutes earned a 1.6, up four tenths from last week's 1.2 adults 18-49 rating.
On NBC, Harry's Law hit a new series low, earning only a 0.7, down two-tenths from last week's 0.9 adults 18-49 rating. From 9-11p Celebrity Apprentice was down a tenth, drawing only a 1.9 compared to last week's a 2.0 adults 18-49 rating.
Broadcast primetime ratings for Sunday, May 6, 2012:
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating | 18-49 Share | Viewers Live+SD (million) |
| 7:00PM | ABC | America's Funniest Home Videos | 2.0 | 7 | 6.621 |
| CBS | 60 Minutes | 1.6 | 5 | 11.441 | |
| FOX | The Simpsons -R | 1.1 | 4 | 2.659 | |
| NBC | Dateline NBC | 0.7 | 2 | 3.261 | |
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| 7:30PM | FOX | The Cleveland Show | 1.4 | 4 | 3.124 |
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| 8:00PM | ABC | Once Upon A Time | 3.0 | 8 | 8.935 |
| CBS | Amazing Race (8-10PM) | 2.6 | 7 | 9.390 | |
| FOX | The Simpsons | 2.1 | 6 | 4.745 | |
| NBC | Harry's Law | 0.7 | 2 | 7.524 | |
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| 8:30PM | FOX | Bob's Burgers | 1.8 | 5 | 3.687 |
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| 9:00PM | ABC | Desperate Housewives | 2.8 | 7 | 9.307 |
| FOX | Family Guy | 2.7 | 7 | 5.548 | |
| NBC | The Celebrity Apprentice (9-11p) | 1.9 | 5 | 6.163 | |
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| 9:30PM | FOX | American Dad | 2.3 | 5 | 4.758 |
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| 10:00PM | ABC | GCB | 1.8 | 5 | 5.674 |
| CBS | NYC 22 | 1.3 | 3 | 6.941 | |
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In the Fall, Desperate Housewives ranked below:
DWTS
Last Man Standing
The Middle, Suburgatory, Modern Family, Happy Endings
Revenge
Grey’s Anatomy
Once Upon A Time
Above only: lower rated DWTS results, 10pm dramas, and flops Man Up and Charlie’s Angels.
In the Spring, Desperate Housewives ranked above
Castlle
Las Man Standig
Cougar Town
DWTSR
The River / Body of Proof / Private Practice
The Middle / Suburgatory / Happy Endings / Apt. 23 / Revenge
GCB
Missing / Scandal
Below only top 3:
Modern Family
Grey’s
Once Upon A Time
and reality DWTS
It shot up from #9 to top 4 scripted, and from #10 to top 5 overall.
Not to mention surpassing hit shows on other networks like: New Girl, Glee, The Office, Person of Interest, NCIS: LA, Hawaii 5-0, CSI, The Mentalist, Survivor, The Amazing Race, The Simpsons, Family Guy, and high-rated-premiering dramas Alcatraz, Touch, Smash, Terra Nova.
The most stable show on ABC’s entire schedule and the Big Four is Desperate Housewives.
With the Fall mode being 2.6 and the Spring mode also 2.6 (remarkable).
Nice to see Housewives up but the 0.3 drop in the half hour is odd. Hopefully, it can do a 3.5 next week.
OUAT had an overrun as usual, and DH would probably be adjusted down due to that. It’s easy to see that from the half hour data:
9:00 p.m.
ABC – Desperate Housewives
Viewers: 9.58 million (#1), A18-49: 2.9/7 (#1)
9:30 p.m.
ABC – Desperate Housewives
Viewers: 9.03 million (#2), A18-49: 2.6/6 (#2)
Harry’s Law numbers are just very bizarre. You get a 0.7 but yet over 7 million viewers.
THE FINALE OF DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES IS WAITING TO BE SEEN
That said YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY at 2.8 and 9 mil.
The highest since what October?
The finale can easliy get +3.0 demo and +10 million.
And yet HL was still fifth most watched show in total numbers for the night! Amazing how old its demo is.
kyle: Harry’s Law is a show for old people. Most of the 18-49s who watch Harry’s Law are probably 40+. The show skews incredibly old.
Deadline reporting NBC has unofficially picked up 5 comedies, and with Go On from M. Perry this means 6 total comedies.
Also, it is reported that Touch will get renewed on Fox and Finder has a shot of coming back as well.
No words to describe how entertaining OUAT was last night. Very pleased the 3.0.
Also nice to see DH close to a 3.0 again. Perhaps next week it will be there.
GCB isn’t s big ratings hits, but it hs been somewhat consistent, floating between 1.8-2.3 since its debut (not counting the wewek where it aired those two episodes).
OUAT continues to perform nicely. And I’d think DH will pull a 3.0+ for th finale.
harry’s law is going to make fools out of tvbtn by being renewed next week. of course it wont be renewed but it would be fun to see it.
if GCB gets season 2 its gonna be so funny to all the haters if Happy Endings got season 2 with its ratings in season 1 and it also came in midseason like GCB so why not season 2 for GCB I have a feeling that it gets season 2
Harry’s Law could be saved. It has 7.5 million viewers. NBC should screw the ratings and shop around for advertisers that want to reach the older demo. Poly-Grip? Arthritis medication? People over 50 still buy new cars! Make a ad where the grandparents are taking the grandchildren here, there, everywhere in their brand new car.
Last night’s Once Upon a Time made me revert to flailing fangirl mode. It’s been a long time since a show has done that on a weekly basis, haha.
I’m pleased as punch this show is doing so well. It has a nice-sized core audience which personal history with this kind of genre/fantasy type show has taught me happens very rarely. I knew from the first trailer I saw that I was going to love it, but my reaction was more along the lines of, “Ooh! Please don’t get canceled after like, three weeks!”
David C: Old people aren’t worth as much because they watch so much TV, they are over-saturated with ads.
Yes DH beat FG!
@Mi
No, because DH overruns into GCB by 1 minute. So, OUAT is 61 minutes, DH is 60 minutes, and GCB is 59 minutes. I timed it yesterday. So, that’s why DH is never adjusted down despite the overrun from OUAT for the past few weeks.
Wow, four really unlikeable teams in the final four of The Amazing Race. This season was not good at all. I hope for much better casting next time.
Once Upon a Time was good, though, and I was happy with who got fired on Celebrity Apprentice.
Is there a television channel for 40 +? It would be a shame to cancel HL!