American Idol and The Big Bang Theory tied as the highest rated program with adults 18-49 for the week ending May 6.
NCIS was the most-watched program of the week among total viewers.
Primetime Broadcast Adults 18-49 Viewers for the week ending May 6, 2012:
| Rank | Shows | R=Repeat S=Special P=Premiere | Net | 18-49 rating | 18-49 Viewers (000) |
| 1 | Big Bang Theory, THE | CBS | 4.7 | 6060 | |
| 2 | American Idol-WEDNESDAY | FOX | 4.7 | 6023 | |
| 3 | Modern Family | ABC | 4.1 | 5211 | |
| 4 | American Idol-THURSDAY | FOX | 4.0 | 5130 | |
| 5 | Two and a Half Men | CBS | 3.8 | 4810 | |
| 6 | 2 Broke Girls | CBS | 3.6 | 4581 | |
| 7 | VOICE | NBC | 3.5 | 4503 | |
| 8 | Grey'S ANATOMY | ABC | 3.3 | 4264 | |
| 9 | How I Met Your Mother | CBS | 3.3 | 4225 | |
| 10 | MIKE & Molly | CBS | 3.2 | 4111 | |
| 11 | VOICE:RESULTS SHOW | NBC | 3.1 | 4021 | |
| 12 | NCIS | CBS | 3.1 | 3919 | |
| 13 | NCIS: LOS ANGELES | CBS | 3.0 | 3900 | |
| 14 | Once Upon A Time | ABC | 3.0 | 3865 | |
| 15 | Criminal Minds | CBS | 3.0 | 3837 | |
| 16 | Dancing with the Stars | ABC | 2.8 | 3525 | |
| 17 | Desperate Housewives | ABC | 2.7 | 3507 | |
| 18 | Family Guy | FOX | 2.7 | 3507 | |
| 19 | Rules of Engagement | CBS | 2.7 | 3470 | |
| 20 | Amazing Race 20 | CBS | 2.7 | 3412 | |
| 21 | SURVIVOR: ONE WORLD | CBS | 2.6 | 3362 | |
| 22 | Person Of Interest | CBS | 2.5 | 3164 | |
| 23 | Hawaii Five-0 | CBS | 2.5 | 3155 | |
| 24 | GLEE | FOX | 2.5 | 3153 | |
| 25 | Mentalist, THE | CBS | 2.5 | 3140 |
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Primetime Broadcast Total Viewership for the week:
| Rank | Shows | R=Repeat S=Special P=Premiere | Net | # Viewers (Live+SD) (000) | HH Rating (Live+SD) | HH Share (Live+SD) |
| 1 | NCIS | CBS | 17583 | 11.1 | 18 | |
| 2 | American Idol-WEDNESDAY | FOX | 16664 | 10.2 | 16 | |
| 3 | Dancing with the Stars | ABC | 16200 | 10.5 | 16 | |
| 4 | AMERICAN IDOL-THURSDAY | FOX | 15562 | 9.4 | 16 | |
| 5 | NCIS: LOS ANGELES | CBS | 15212 | 9.5 | 14 | |
| 6 | Big Bang Theory, THE | CBS | 13908 | 8.5 | 15 | |
| 7 | DANCING W/STARS RESULTS | ABC | 13868 | 9.1 | 14 | |
| 8 | Person Of Interest | CBS | 13270 | 8.4 | 13 | |
| 9 | Mentalist, THE | CBS | 12944 | 8.2 | 14 | |
| 10 | 60 Minutes | CBS | 11734 | 7.6 | 14 | |
| 11 | Criminal Minds | CBS | 11470 | 7.4 | 11 | |
| 12 | Two and a Half Men | CBS | 11321 | 7.0 | 10 | |
| 13 | CASTLE | ABC | 11081 | 7.3 | 12 | |
| 14 | Hawaii Five-0 | CBS | 10909 | 6.9 | 11 | |
| 15 | UNFORGETTABLE | CBS | 10658 | 6.9 | 11 | |
| 16 | Blue Bloods | CBS | 10356 | 6.6 | 12 | |
| 17 | MIKE & Molly | CBS | 10162 | 6.3 | 9 | |
| 18 | Modern Family | ABC | 10063 | 6.0 | 9 | |
| 19 | CSI | CBS | 9749 | 6.3 | 10 | |
| 20 | VOICE | NBC | 9515 | 5.7 | 9 | |
| 21 | SURVIVOR: ONE WORLD | CBS | 9428 | 5.7 | 10 | |
| 22 | Amazing Race 20 | CBS | 9404 | 5.4 | 8 | |
| 23 | 2 Broke Girls | CBS | 9237 | 6.3 | 10 | |
| 24 | Grey'S ANATOMY | ABC | 9237 | 5.5 | 8 | |
| 25 | Desperate Housewives | ABC | 9223 | 5.7 | 9 |
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Nielsen TV Ratings: ©2012 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved. All numbers are live viewing plus same day DVR viewing.
Wow, TBBT won the week!
The Voice at 6th place?!?
It has fallen far from the premiere…
I think the voice could have a higher rating if it wasn’t on the same day as dancing with the stars. American idol doesn’t have anything big to compete with..plus sooooo booooring! I stopped watching it ages ago
Three cheers for TBBT!!!!!!!!!!! Great show. CBS needs it at this point. The other comedies mostly blow.
Two and a Half Men is becoming all but unwatchable. Monday night’s episode felt like a “jump the shark” moment. Part of it devolved into soap opera with the increasingly unlikeable British chick. Count me as a primitive who has a hairy back and swings from trees, but this show was way more fun when it was a celebration of modern male dissolution. Sheen appears to be a hopeless druggie in real life, but his character on TAHM was funny and fun to watch in comparison to the likes of Ashton Kutcher. The program used to be a great guys’ show, but now it doesn’t seem to know what its identity is. How are viewers supposed to know? I see the ratings, both demo and total viewers, have gone down in the last couple of months. No surprise. Boring main characters, except Cryer’s Allen. Most of the old supporting cast rarely seen. One of the worst additions of the last few years, Courtney Thorne-Smith, seen way too often. Some of the same old stories(oh crap, Allen’s getting kicked out of the house again, for the 100th time). The courtship between Kutcher and English woman seems to lack any chemistry. Clearly CBS, Warner Bros. and the show’s producers are marking time. Filling out the episode run for the next enormous tranche of syndication cash and then letting this hobbling turkey die at the end of next season.
Mike and Molly is pretty decent. Rules of Engagement is nice snarky fun. How I Met Your Mother is showing its age. Two Broke Girls is nice to look at and mildly funny. Rob was a mess.
Like I said, Big Bang Theory all the way. That show is firing on all cylinders. Keep it going ubernerds.