THE BIG BANG THEORY, TWO AND A HALF MEN, 2 BROKE GIRLS and 2 BROKE GIRLS 9:30PM SPECIAL were the week’s top four comedies, with a rebroadcast of THE BIG BANG THEORY finishing sixth among comedies.
For the week in viewers: CBS (11.91m), NBC (7.26m), ABC (5.13m) and FOX (4.36m). Season-to-date: CBS (11.83m), NBC (8.83m), ABC (8.74m) and FOX (6.74m).
For the week in key demographics, CBS was first in adults 25-54 (4.0/10), adults 18-49 (3.1/09) and adults 18-34 (2.0/06). Season-to-date, CBS is first in adults 25-54 (3.8/09) and a solid second in adults 18-49 (2.9/08).
CBS was first in adults 25-54 and adults 18-49 for the third time in five weeks and first in adults 18-34 for the first time this season. Compared to the same week last year, CBS was up +6% in households, +5% in both viewers and adults 25-54, +11% in adults 18-49 and +25% in adults 18-34.
For the week in households: CBS (7.3/12), NBC (4.5/07), ABC (3.3/05) and FOX (2.7/04). Season-to-date: CBS (7.5/12), ABC (5.6/09), NBC (5.5/09) and FOX (4.1/07).
In the Monday to Friday 10:00 PM hour in Week #12, CBS was first in households (6.5/11), viewers (10.05m), adults 25-54 (2.9/07) and adults 18-49 (2.1/06). Season-to-date, CBS is first in households (8.1/14), viewers (12.62m), adults 25-54 (3.7/09) and adults 18-49 (2.7/08) Monday to Friday in the 10:00 PM hour.
CBS Weekly Highlights:
— CBS won Monday for the first time this season, finishing first in households (6.3/10), viewers (10.01m), adults 25-54 (4.0/09), adults 18-49 (3.1/08) and adults 18-34 (2.2/07). CBS posted Monday highs this season in adults 18-49 and adults 18-34, and its second-best deliveries this season in households, viewers and adults 25-54.
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER was tied for first in adults 18-34 (2.8/09, with NBC), and was second in households (5.5/08), viewers (8.82m), adults 25-54 (3.9/09) and adults 18-49 (3.2/09). HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER posted its second-largest audience of the season. Compared to last week, HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER was up +4% in both households (from 5.3/08) and adults 18-34 (from 2.7/09), +8% in adults 25-54 (from 3.6/09), +3% in adults 18-49 (from 3.1/09) and added +560,000 viewers (from 8.26m, +7%).
THE BIG BANG THEORY (R) (S) was second in households (6.1/09), viewers (9.76m), adults 25-54 (3.9/09), adults 18-49 (3.0/08) and adults 18-34 (2.2/07).
2 BROKE GIRLS was first in households (6.8/10), viewers (11.04m), adults 25-54 (4.8/10), adults 18-49 (3.7/09) and adults 18-34 (2.8/10). 2 BROKE GIRLS posted its second-largest audience of the season, its second-best households and adults 25-54 ratings and matched its second-best adults 18-49 and adults 18-34 performances. Compared to last week, 2 BROKE GIRLS was up +6% in both households (from 6.4/09) and adults 18-49 (from 3.5/09), +7% in adults 25-54 (from 4.5/10), +8% in adults 18-34 (from 2.6/07) and added +870,000m viewers (from 10.17m, +9%).
2 BROKE GIRLS 9:30 PM SPECIAL (S) was first in households (6.7/10), viewers (10.78m), adults 25-54 (4.8/10) , adults 18-49 (3.8/09) and adults 18-34 (2.6/07).
HAWAII FIVE-0 was first in households (6.4/10), viewers (9.84m), adults 25-54 (3.3/08) and adults 18-49 (2.5/06). HAWAII FIVE-0 posted season highs in both adults 25-54 and adults 18-49, posted the season’s second-best performance in both households and viewers.
On Tuesday, CBS was first in households (9.2/15), viewers (14.37m) and adults 25-54 (3.5/08), and was second in adults 18-49 (2.3/06).
NCIS was first in households (11.1/17) and viewers (17.65m), and was second in adults 25-54 (4.3/11, -0.1 behind NBC) and adults 18-49 (2.8/08). NCIS was the night’s #1 program in households and viewers and the night’s #1 scripted program in both adults 25-54 and adults 18-49.
NCIS: LOS ANGELES was first in households (9.7/15), viewers (15.12m), adults 25-54 (3.8/09) and adults 18-49 (2.6/07). Compared to the last first-run episode (on Nov. 27, 2012), NCIS: LOS ANGELES was up +8% in households (from 9.0/13) and added +690,000 viewers (from 14.43m, +4%).
VEGAS won its time slot in households (6.7/11) and viewers (10.33m), and was second in both adults 25-54 (2.3/06), and adults 18-49 (1.5/04). Compared to the last first-run episode (on Nov. 29, 2012), VEGAS was up +10% in households (from 6.1/10), even in adults 25-54 and added +980,000 viewers (from 9.35m, +10%).
— On Wednesday, CBS was first in households (6.6/11), viewers (10.66m), adults 25-54 (3.6/09) and tied for adults 18-49 (2.7/08, with FOX). CBS won Wednesday for the tenth time in 12 weeks, the fifth time in six weeks in adults 25-54 and the third time in four weeks in adults 18-49.
SURVIVOR: PHILIPPINES was first in households (6.3/10), viewers (10.37m), adults 25-54 (3.9/10) and adults 18-49 (2.8/08).
CRIMINAL MINDS was first in households (7.5/12) and viewers (12.01m), and was second in adults 25-54 (3.8/09, -0.1 behind ABC) and adults 18-49 (3.1/08, -0.1 behind ABC). Compared to last week, CRIMINAL MINDS was up +6% in households (from 7.1/11), +3% in adults 18-49 (from 3.0/08), down -3% in adults 25-54 (from 3.9/09) and added +680,000 viewers (from 11.33m, +6%). CRIMINAL MINDS was the night’s #1 program in households and viewers.
CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION was first in households (6.1/10), viewers (9.59m), adults 25-54 (2.9/07) and adults 18-49 (2.2/06).
— On Thursday, CBS was first in households (8.2/13), viewers (13.23m), adults 25-54 (4.4/11) and adults 18-49 (3.4/09). CBS was first on Thursday in these measures for the fifth time in the last six weeks.
THE BIG BANG THEORY (8:00-8:31 PM) swept its time period, finishing first in households (10.1/17), viewers (16.74m), adults 25-54 (6.6/18), adults 18-49 (5.4/17) and adults 18-34 (3.9/14). Compared to last week, THE BIG BANG THEORY was up +4% in adults 18-49 (from 3.4/12) and +15% in adults 18-34 (from 3.4/12). THE BIG BANG THEORY was the night’s #1 program in households, viewers, adults 25-54, adults 18-49 and adults 18-34.
TWO AND A HALF MEN (8:31-9:01 PM) was first in households (8.2/13), viewers (13.34m), adults 25-54 (5.3/13), adults 18-49 (4.1/12) and adults 18-34 (2.9/10). Compared to last week, TWO AND A HALF MEN was up +2% in adults 18-49 (from 4.0/11) and +16% in adults 18-34 (from 2.5/08).
PERSON OF INTEREST (9:01-10:01PM) was first in households (8.7/13), viewers (14.08m), adults 25-54 (4.0/10) and tied for first in adults 18-49 (2.9/08, with ABC). Compared to last week, PERSON OF INTEREST was even in both households and adults 18-49.
ELEMENTARY (10:01-11:00 PM) was first in households (6.8/11), viewers (10.46m) and adults 25-54 (3.1/08), and was second in adults 18-49 (2.3/06, -0.1 behind ABC). Compared to last week, ELEMENTARY was up +1% in households (from 6.7/11), +3% in adults 25-54 (from 3.0/07), +10% in adults 18-49 (from 2.1/06) and added +150,000 viewers (from 10.31m, +1%).
— On Friday, from 8:00-10:01 PM, CBS was first in viewers (6.28m), adults 25-54 (2.2/06), adults 18-49 (1.7/06), children 2-11 (3.4/11) and children 6-11 (3.1/10), and was second in households (3.4/06). CBS was aired sustaining news coverage at 10:01 PM.
RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER (R) (S) (8:00-9:01 PM) was first in viewers (6.63m), adults 25-54 (2.4/07), adults 18-49 (1.9/06), children 2-11 (3.4/11) and children 6-11 (2.9/10), and was second in households (3.6/06).
YES VIRGINIA (R) (S) (9:01-9:31 PM) was first in households (3.2/05), viewers (5.84m), adults 25-54 (2.0/05), adults 18-49 (1.6/05), children 2-11 (3.4/11) and children 6-11 (3.0/10).
ELF ON THE SHELF (R) (S) (9:31-10:01 PM) was first in households (3.2/05), viewers (6.00m), adults 25-54 (2.0/05), adults 18-49 (1.6/05), children 2-11 (3.5/12) and children 6-11 (3.5/12).
— On Sunday, CBS was second in households (10.8/17, -0.1 behind NBC), viewers (18.20m, -0.29m behind NBC), adults 25-54 (6.9/15) and adults 18-49 (5.4/14).
— CBS’s late-running football, Pittsburgh Steelers at Dallas Cowboys including overtime, from 7:00-7:56 PM posted an 18.8/31 with 32.00m viewers, 12.2/30 in adults 25-54 and 10.4/29 in adults 18-49.
60 MINUTES (7:56-8:36 PM) posted a 12.1/18 with 19.63m viewers, 6.7/15 in adults 25-54 and 4.9/12 in adults 18-49. In the 8:00 PM half-hour, 60 MINUTES was first in these measures.
SURVIVOR: PHILIPPINES FINALE (S) (8:57-11:04 PM) delivered a 6.8/10 with 11.46m viewers, 4.5/10 in adults 25-54 and 3.2/08 in adults 18-49. In the 9:00-11:00 PM time period, CBS was second in these measures. Compared to the spring finale of SURVIVOR: ONE WORLD (on May 13, 2012), SURVIVOR was up +17% in households (from 5.8/10), +15% in adults 25-54 (from 3.9/09), +10% in adults 18-49 (from 2.9/08) and added +1.12m viewers (from 10.34m, +11%).
CBS top programs of the week: #2 60 MINUTES (an average of 19.63m viewers), #3 NCIS (17.65m), #4 THE BIG BANG THEORY (16.74m), #5 NCIS: LOS ANGELES (15.12m), #7 PERSON OF INTEREST (14.08m), #8 TWO AND A HALF MEN (13.34m), #10 CRIMINAL MINDS (12.01m), #12 SURVIVOR: PHILIPPINES FINALE (S) (11.46m), #13 2 BROKE GIRLS (11.04m), #15 2 BROKE GIRLS 9:30 PM SPECIAL (10.78m), #17 ELEMENTARY (10.46m), #18 SURVIVOR: PHILIPPINES (10.37m), #19 VEGAS (10.33m), #20 HAWAII FIVE-0 (9.84m), #21 THE BIG BANG THEORY SPECIAL (R) (S) (9.76m), #22 CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION (9.59m) and #23 HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER (8.82m).
Prime averages are based on the following hours of rated broadcasts in Week #12:
CBS – 19 hours, 40 minutes
NBC – 21 hours, 10 minutes
ABC – 21 hours, 35 minutes
FOX – 15 hours