Hell’s Kitchen and Motive were each adjusted up a tenth among adults 18-49, versus the preliminary Thursday broadcast ratings.
Want to know why adjustments occur to the preliminary ratings? Read this.
Broadcast primetime final ratings for Thursday, May 23:
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating/Sh | Viewers (Millions) |
| 8:00 | CBS | The Big Bang Theory (8-8:31PM) – R | 2.2/8 | 9.06 |
| FOX | Hell’s Kitchen | 2.2/8 | 5.62 | |
| ABC | Wipeout | 1.2/4 | 4.22 | |
| NBC | Save Me – Series Premiere | 0.7/3 | 3.18 | |
| CW | The Vampire Diaries – R | 0.3/1 | 0.81 | |
| 8:30 | CBS | Two and a Half Men – R | 1.8/6 | 7.71 |
| NBC | Save Me | 0.7/2 | 2.93 | |
| 9:00 | ABC | Motive (9-10:01PM) | 1.3/4 | 6.06 |
| FOX | Does Someone Have to Go? – Series Premiere | 1.3/4 | 3.02 | |
| CBS | Person of Interest -R | 1.2/4 | 6.87 | |
| NBC | The Office- R | 0.6/2 | 1.92 | |
| CW | Beauty and the Beast – R | 0.2/1 | 0.74 | |
| 9:30 | NBC | Parks and Recreation – R | 0.7/2 | 1.79 |
| 10:00 | ABC | Rookie Blue – Season Premiere (10:01-11PM) | 1.2/4 | 5.99 |
| NBC | Hannibal | 1.0/3 | 2.69 | |
| CBS | Elementary – R | 0.9/3 | 4.70 |
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