American Idol, Criminal Minds and Betty White's Off Their Rockers at 8:30PM were each adjusted up a tenth while Don't Trust The B in Apt. 23 was adjusted down a tenth among adults 18-49 versus Wednesday's preliminary ratings.
Broadcast final ratings for Wednesday, May 16, 2012:
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 rating/Sh | Viewers (millions) |
| 8:00 | FOX | American Idol (8-10PM) | 4.9/14 | 17.68 |
| ABC | The Middle | 1.9/6 | 6.53 | |
| NBC | Betty's White's Off Their Rockers | 1.4/5 | 5.18 | |
| CBS | Mike & Molly - R | 1.1/4 | 4.35 | |
| CW | America's Next Top Model - R | 0.4/1 | 0.76 | |
| 8:30 | ABC | Suburgatory (season finale) | 1.8/6 | 5.35 |
| NBC | Betty's White's Off Their Rockers | 1.6/5 | 5.52 | |
| CBS | Rules of Engagement - R | 1.1/3 | 3.93 | |
| 9:00 | ABC | Modern Family | 3.9/11 | 9.36 |
| CBS | Criminal Minds (9-11PM) (season finale) | 3.6/10 | 13.68 | |
| NBC | Law & Order: SVU - R | 0.8/2 | 2.86 | |
| CW | America's Next Top Model | 0.5/1 | 1.16 | |
| 9:30 | ABC | Don’t Trust The B in Apartment 23 | 1.9/5 | 4.73 |
| 10:00 | ABC | Revenge | 2.0/6 | 6.90 |
| NBC | Law & Order: SVU | 1.7/5 | 5.56 |
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Nielsen TV Ratings: ©2012 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved.
@Bee
ABC NEEDS NEEDS to air repeats of happy endings and apartment 23 this summer
They’re on the schedule starting Wednesday 30 May. Happy Endings at 9:30, Bitch in 23 at 10:00, a second MF repeat at 10:30.
I expect one of the two will move to the open Tuesday 9:30 in July after the NBA Finals are over, and they’ll be in their fall timeslots by late August.
abc sitcoms now look bad. imagine how will look in tuesday.
Well, Revenge also grew from its lead-in, and Modern Family was down a good bit too. It also was at least in the 2s.
Next season, I’m rooting for ABC’s Nashville and CBS’s CSI:, I want Dick Wolf’s crappy show blown off of NBC.
And somebody might say this is Fax Excuse Bingo, but Dick Wolf gets to do things over at NBC that other people don’t and it really pisses me off.
He’s gets special treatment on these none-Law & Order pilots and they flop. Deadline, Conviction, Dragnet to name a few. Dick Wolf only knows how to write dramatic police investigation into courtroom dramas, nothing else and not one or the other. I’m not going to waste my time with CHICAGO FIRE and WHEN (not if) it flops, I’ll be the first to hop on the “I told you so” buses.
Criminal Minds was monumental. I watched Revenge just because I’m addicted.
But I am really looking forward to seeing the POI finale tonight. It will rock hard. I expect Grey’s to do well, but don’t really care what it does any more.
this is the reason why H E and B23 will do well together on tuesday. they fit together. also i’ll play fan excuse bingo and say the last 30 of AI dropped B23 ratings.
I meant Fax! So the auto trigger wouldn’t happen. Fan E*cuse Bingo.
People on this site really seem to hate Apt 23 and HE ratings following Modern Family.
If this succeeds and those two fail I really fear for the quality of television in the near future.
http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/the-fien-print/posts/weigh-in-on-abcs-the-neighbors-teaser
@Pinkle
Thanks
@Bill
Bill Gorman needs to answer this for me for reals:
Why the hell does NBC insist on pushing Law & Order: SVU BACK to 9PM/8c when they’ve even said in THEIR PROMOS SVU belongs at 10PM/9c?! Check this out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPuNOSx1fd8
The only way Nashville can succeed is if, its pilot is highly promoted, it gets a MF lead in for the premiere, and its pilot is amazing. Otherwise, with a lead in from a show like “Neighbors”, expect Nashville to be cancelled.
@MoHasanie
i think that Nashville will be new abc revenge. but will see.
YEAH The B adjusted down!!!! Too bad Suburgatory didn’t adjust down too
Major props to Revenge for being able to BUILD at 10p. Not as high as I would like it, but hey if the ratings rise at 10p that is not a bad thing.
LOVE Revenge!
Yeah I don’t see Nashville making it either hardly anyone has talked about it
People stop putting revenge to record and watch it at 10pm, c`mon this show should have like 10 million people watching seriously!!!!!!
I feel sorry for Apt.23; it does have Modern Family lead in and I know how people are here with lead in and making cases for/against show based on them.
With that, all of you who are going for a 4.5 for Grey is a little…shocking. I don’t know why I am aiming for a 3.9 or maybe a 4.0; I’m not sure though. It could go either way. Best of luck to Grey, Scandal and the others tonight. I already got the popcorn ready!!
@June
Your comparing apples to oranges or even apples to the shape of a triangle
How does that promo have to relate at all from at least a year ago to the time change this fall… I dont understand your thinking on that at all.. i actually shouldnt have even answered
It’s because of the NBA play-offs and American idol DVRs most shows r getting low ratings
Revenge was very exciting last night,can hardly wait till next week to see what happened. Also the Middle is “always” funny, I love that show.