Season's Rx: 'Grey's' Still Healthy, 'CSI' Dips
Broadcast program finales elbowed into each other on the last Thursday of the 2010-2011 season with ABC and "Grey's Anatomy" getting top honors. Many predictable results continued, with many top programs expectedly down from their finales of a year ago.
"Grey's Anatomy" earned a Nielsen preliminary 5.3 rating/15 share among 18-49 viewers -- the best-rated show of the night. But it was down 10% versus a year ago.
NBC's "The Office" -- now the second-best-rated show running against "Grey's" between 9 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. -- was at a 3.4/10, down 3%. CBS' "CSI" drifted back 10% to a 3.2/9 at 9 p.m., while "The Mentalist," running at 10 p.m., moved down 14% versus last season to a 3.2/9.
Some lower-rated Thursday shows eked out gains: Fox's "Bones" in the 8 p.m. slot -- running against less competition as a result of "Survivor"s absence in this week's time period -- pushed up 8% to a 2.8/9. This also seemed to help NBC's "Parks & Recreation," running in its 8:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. time period and climbing 5% higher to a 2.1/9.
NBC's "30 Rock" at 9:30 p.m. grabbed the network's biggest season-to-season finale percentage gain -- 12% -- to land at a 2.8/8. CW stayed out of the big fight for the broadly targeted 18-49 viewers, going with two repeats of "Smallville."
For the night overall, ABC had a 4.1/12 among 18-49 viewers well ahead of second-place CBS at a 2.6/8; NBC and Fox tied for third with a 2.4/7, followed by Univision at a 1.6/5 and CW at a 0.5/2.
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| Adults 18-49 (ratings/share) | 4.1/12 | 2.6/8 | 2.4/7 | 2.4/7 | 1.6/5 | 0.5/2 |
| Adults 18-34 (ratings/share) | 3.6/12 | 1.6/5 | 2.5/9 | 1.7/6 | 1.8/6 | 0.5/2 |
| Total Viewers (millions) | 11.77 | 12.44 | 5.03 | 7.44 | 3.86 | 1.38 |
| Time | Network | Show | 18-49 Rating | 18-49 Share | Viewers (Millions) |
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| 8:00 | FOX | Bones (finale) | 2.7 | 10 | 8.736 |
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| NBC | Community (finale) | 2.0 | 7 | 4.410 |
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| ABC | FlashForward (finale pt. 1) | 1.6 | 6 | 5.321 |
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| CBS | The Mentalist (repeat) | 1.3 | 5 | 7.577 |
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| CW | Smallville (repeat) | 0.5 | 2 | 1.495 |
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| 8:30 | FOX | Bones (finale) | 2.9 | 9 | 9.674 |
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| NBC | Parks & Recreation (finale) | 2.1 | 7 | 4.548 |
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| CBS | The Mentalist (repeat) | 1.6 | 5 | 8.711 |
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| ABC | FlashForward (finale pt. 1) | 1.6 | 5 | 5.205 |
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| CW | Smallville (repeat) | 0.5 | 2 | 1.408 |
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| 9:00 | ABC | Grey's Anatomy (finale) | 4.5 | 13 | 13.000 |
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| NBC | The Office (finale) | 3.4 | 10 | 6.602 |
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| CBS | CSI (finale) | 3.2 | 9 | 13.914 |
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| FOX | Fringe (finale) | 2.1 | 6 | 5.746 |
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| CW | Smallville (repeat) | 0.5 | 2 | 1.329 |
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| 9:30 | ABC | Grey's Anatomy (finale) | 5.2 | 14 | 14.857 |
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| CBS | CSI (finale) | 3.3 | 9 | 14.474 |
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| NBC | 30 Rock (finale) | 2.8 | 8 | 5.452 |
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| FOX | Fringe (finale) | 2.0 | 6 | 5.620 |
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| CW | Smallville (repeat) | 0.5 | 1 | 1.270 |
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| 10:00 | ABC | Grey's Anatomy (finale) | 5.5 | 16 | 15.473 |
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| CBS | The Mentalist (finale) | 3.2 | 9 | 15.148 |
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| NBC | The Marriage Ref (finale) | 2.1 | 6 | 4.658 |
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| 10:30 | ABC | Grey's Anatomy (finale) | 6.2 | 18 | 16.788 |
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| CBS | The Mentalist (finale) | 3.1 | 9 | 14.859 |
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| NBC | The Marriage Ref (finale) | 2.0 | 6 | 4.496 |
Source: The Nielsen Co. (live plus same day ratings)
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