Ratings News - 18th April 2012 *Full Tables Added*

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Metered Market Tuesday Ratings
CBS Wins; Raising Hope and Ringer Conclude Seasons on a Quiet Note

Tuesday 4/17/12
Metered Market Results

Household
Rating/Share
CBS 7.9/13
ABC 6.5/11
NBC 4.6/ 7
Fox 4.1/ 7
CW 0.8/ 1

-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Tuesday 4/19/11
CBS: +13, NBC: + 2, ABC: -16, Fox: -18, CW: -27

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-Winners:
NCIS (CBS), Dancing With the Stars (ABC), NCIS: Los Angeles R (CBS), The Voice (NBC)

-Losers (excluding repeats):
Cougar Town (ABC), Raising Hope (Fox), Ringer (CW), Fashion Star (NBC)

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-Ratings Breakdown:
CBS led the overnights on this third Tuesday in April with its combination of NCIS (11.2 rating/18 share at 8 p.m.), which took top-rated honors for the evening, and encore telecasts of NCIS: Los Angeles (#2: 7.0/11) and on-the-fence Unforgettable (#1: 5.5/ 9) from 9-11 p.m. Had Unforgettable aired on another network, its chances of returning for a second season would have been much greater. Unfortunately, the expectations are higher on the Eye net and Unforgettable just did not break out.

In time period premiere news, ABC’s Private Practice moved into the 10 p.m., hour with an uneventful second-place 5.2/ 9 at 10 p.m. Comparably, that was 35 percent below year-ago occupant Body of Proof (8.0/14 on 4/19/11), with retention out of the 9:30 p.m. portion of the live Dancing With the Stars Results Show (11.0/17) of only 47 percent. What Private Practice will win the time period in adults 18-49, what was a respectable fit for Private Practice out of parent Grey’s Anatomy on Thursday could be problematic out of Dancing With the Stars on Tuesday.



Earlier in the evening on ABC were comedies Last Man Standing (#3: 4.7/ 8), which is certain to return next season, and questionable Cougar Town (#4: 3.5/ 6) from 8-9 p.m., followed by aforementioned Dancing With the Stars at a dominant 10.4/16 at 9 p.m.

In season-finale news, Raising Hope did not early its renewal stripes with a fourth-place 2.9/ 4 at 9:30 p.m. Comparably, that dipped by 27 percent from freshman New Girl at 9 p.m. (#4: 4.0/ 6), which is not the breakout hit it was earlier in the season. At 8 p.m., tired Glee finished second with a 4.9/ 8, which dropped by a significant 31 percent from one year earlier (7.1/11 on 4/19/11). Fox would be wise to reconfigure its Tuesday line-up next season.

Ringer on The CW concluded for the season (and probably series) with a bland (and very last place) 1.1/ 2 at 9 p.m. Needless to say, there is no reason to expect the Sarah Michelle Gellar drama back. Its lead-in, an encore telecast of 90210, scored a mere 0.5/ 1 in the overnights at 8 p.m.



Over at NBC, The Voice Results Show was the standout with a third-place 6.0/10 from 9-10 p.m. Comparably, that built from the second hour of year-ago occupant The Biggest Loser (4.5/ 7 on 4/11/11) by 33 percent, with growth out of the 8:30 p.m. portion of The Biggest Loser (4.5/ 7) also of 33 percent. And it continues to trend upward on Wednesday (three-week overnight rating track: 5.7 – 5.8 – 6.0). Overall, The Biggest Loser averaged a 4.5/ 7 from 8-9 p.m.

At 10 p.m. on NBC, recent entry Fashion Star remained a ratings no-no with a third-place 3.2/ 6 at 10 p.m. That said, not every reality competition works.

Source: Nielsen Media Research data

Source: Marc Berman@TVMediaInsights