FOUR SEASON-ENDERS AND THE FINALE OF WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? ON NBC

FRIDAY 5/18/12

-Total Viewers:
CBS: 5.44 million, NBC: 5.20, ABC: 4.76, Fox: 2.02, CW: 1.52

-Adults 18-49:
ABC: 1.3 rating/5 share, NBC: 1.3/ 4, CBS and Fox: 0.8/ 3 each, CW: 0.5/ 2

CBS was tops in total viewers despite airing all repeats, while ABC and NBC tied for first among adults 18-49. The demo victories stem from the season-finales of Shark Tank on ABC (Viewers: #2, 5.52 million; A18-49: #1, 1.5/ 6 at 8 p.m.) and Grimm on NBC (Viewers: #2, 5.31 million; A18-49: #1, 1.6/ 5 at 9 p.m.).

There were two other season-finales for the evening, dramas Nikita and Supernatural on The CW, which finished fourth overall for the evening in the target demo of women 18-34 (Nikita: 0.6/ 3, Supernatural: 0.8/ 3). Results in total viewers and adults 18-49 were last, as always. In series-finale news, Who Do You Think You Are? on NBC concluded with 5.54 million viewers (#1) and a second-place 1.0/ 4 among adults 18-49 at 8 p.m., which was 33 percent below ABC’s Shark Tank.

For the complete ratings breakdown by network and show, click on the following: http://tinyurl.com/85x9zyd

As a reminder, this is what you will be seeing in Friday nights this fall (with new shows in caps):

ABC
8:00 p.m. Shark Tank (Last Man Standing and MALIBU COUNTRY in November)
9:00 p.m. Primetime: What Would You Do? (Shark Tank in November)
10:00 p.m. 20/20

CBS
8:00 p.m. CSI: New York (new time)
9:00 p.m. MADE IN JERSEY

10:00 p.m. Blue Bloods

NBC
8:00 p.m. Whitney (new day)
8:30 p.m. Community (new day and time)
9:00 p.m. Grimm
10:00 p.m. Dateline

Fox
8:00 p.m. Touch (new day and time)
9:00 p.m. Fringe

CW
8:00 p.m. America’s Next Top Model (new day)
9:00 p.m. Nikita (new time)

Source: Nielsen Media Research data