Last season, Person of Interest actually grew in the ratings. After looking like it was headed for cancellation, the numbers came back up and even hit a series high in March. Will the ratings keep growing or will they fall again? We’ll have to wait and see.
The second season of Person of Interest typically airs on Thursday nights at 9pm on the CBS network. The cast includes Jim Caviezel, Michael Emerson, Kevin Chapman, and Taraji P. Henson.
Below are the TV show’s ratings for the 2012-13 season, the best way to tell if Person of Interest is going to be cancelled or renewed for season three.
These figures will be updated as the weeks progress so be sure to bookmark and return to this page:
Final season averages: 2.9 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 14.41 million total viewers.
Episode 02-22: Thursday, 05/09/13
2.4 in the demo (0% change) with 13.16 million (+2% change).
Season averages: 2.90 in the demo with 14.41 million.
Episode 02-21: Thursday, 05/02/13
2.4 in the demo (0% change) with 12.96 million (-2% change).
Season averages: 2.92 in the demo with 14.47 million.
Episode 02-20: Thursday, 04/25/13
2.4 in the demo (-11% change) with 13.22 million (-9% change).
Season averages: 2.94 in the demo with 14.54 million.
Episode 02-19: Thursday, 04/04/13
2.7 in the demo (-7% change) with 14.57 million (+2% change).
Season averages: 2.97 in the demo with 14.61 million.
UPDATE: Person of Interest has been renewed for a third season by CBS.
Episode 02-18: Thursday, 03/14/13
2.9 in the demo (+4% change) with 14.34 million (-2% change).
Season averages: 2.99 in the demo with 14.62 million.
Episode 02-17: Thursday, 03/07/13
2.8 in the demo (-3% change) with 14.57 million (+3% change).
Season averages: 2.99 in the demo with 14.63 million.
Episode 02-16: Thursday, 02/21/13
2.9 in the demo (-3% change) with 14.22 million (-4% change).
Season averages: 3.01 in the demo with 14.64 million.
Episode 02-15: Thursday, 02/14/13
3.0 in the demo (-3% change) with 14.87 million (0% change).
Season averages: 3.01 in the demo with 14.66 million.
Episode 02-14: Thursday, 02/07/13
3.1 in the demo (-3% change) with 14.88 million (-5% change).
Season averages: 3.01 in the demo with 14.65 million.
Episode 02-13: Thursday, 01/31/13
3.2 in the demo (-3% change) with 15.71 million (0% change).
Season averages: 3.01 in the demo with 14.63 million.
Episode 02-12: Thursday, 01/10/13
3.3 in the demo (-3% change) with 15.67 million (-4% change).
Season averages: 2.99 in the demo with 14.54 million.
Episode 02-11: Thursday, 01/03/13
3.4 in the demo (+17% change) with 16.23 million (+15% change).
Season averages: 2.96 in the demo with 14.44 million.
Episode 02-10: Thursday, 12/13/12
2.9 in the demo (0% change) with 14.08 million (-1% change).
Season averages: 2.92 in the demo with 14.26 million.
Episode 02-09: Thursday, 12/06/12
2.9 in the demo (0% change) with 14.18 million (-2% change).
Season averages: 2.92 in the demo with 14.28 million.
Episode 02-08: Thursday, 11/29/12
2.9 in the demo (-7% change) with 14.43 million (-1% change).
Season averages: 2.92 in the demo with 14.29 million.
Episode 02-07: Thursday, 11/15/12
3.1 in the demo (+7% change) with 14.57 million (-2% change).
Season averages: 2.93 in the demo with 14.27 million.
Episode 02-06: Thursday, 11/08/12
2.9 in the demo (0% change) with 14.87 million (+9% change).
Season averages: 2.90 in the demo with 14.23 million.
Episode 02-05: Thursday, 11/01/12
2.9 in the demo (0% change) with 13.66 million (-3% change).
Season averages: 2.90 in the demo with 14.10 million.
Episode 02-04: Thursday, 10/25/12
2.9 in the demo (+4% change) with 14.03 million (+1% change).
Season averages: 2.90 in the demo with 14.21 million.
Episode 02-03: Thursday, 10/18/12
2.8 in the demo (-7% change) with 13.93 million (-5% change).
Season averages: 2.90 in the demo with 14.26 million.
Episode 02-02: Thursday, 10/04/12
3.0 in the demo (+3% change) with 14.58 million (+2% change).
Season averages: 2.95 in the demo with 14.43 million.
Episode 02-01: Thursday, 09/27/12
2.9 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 14.28 million total viewers.
Season averages: 2.90 in the demo with 14.28 million.
Compared to its series premiere a year ago, the show was down by 7% in the demo (vs a 3.1 rating) but up by 8% in viewers (vs 13.33 million). This was Person of Interest’s best demo since April and best viewership since late March.
Reference point: The first season of Person of Interest averaged a 2.9 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 13.31 million viewers.
Note: These ratings are collected by the Nielsen company and are the final national numbers. These are different from the fast affiliate numbers which are just estimates of the actual ratings and are reported on by most other outlets. The final nationals are typically released within 24 hours of the programming or, in the case of weekends and holidays, a couple days later.
What do you think? Do you still like the Person of Interest TV series? Do you think it should be cancelled or renewed for a third season?
I really liked the show Person of Interest. In the first season(s) a computer was built by a gentle, well meaning, brilliant and soft spoken person to help individuals. Those he connected with were shaped into acting for a better purpose. In a later season another computer with a different agenda and less kindly characters attracted others with naster goals. This show shows how folks are shaped by their leaders. It is classic struggle between good and not so good. It is a well written with moments of humor and the dog offers fidelity. Hopefully this show avoids making the… Read more »
I know this is an old article, but the season 3 final ratings averages were mistakenly posted on this page, when the season 2 averages were clearly a 2.9 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 14.41 million total viewers.
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The show has seriously gone down hill in the last season. It used to be dark and mysterious with a level of realism which hit home. Now they have bought in unrealistic characters (Shaw) which just ruins it. The good plots they had going with the odd bit of humor are now gone. Instead it now has Shaw running around trying to prove something and the main characters that people used to watch the show for being pushed to the back. This is how adding characters just to appeal to a different demographic can completely destroy the shows direction. It… Read more »
Yeah, this series is one of the best… it has it all.
I bet at least five seasons 😛
there is a tiny mistake in this show’s ratings. there is two episode 14 and the last episode should be 22 . this season is over but you havn’t cocluded it yet .
Thanks for catching that!
your welcome . but 2.9 demo – 14.41 million is the right final average !
thanks for your lovely site …
Great show, perfect season final! Can’t wait for the next season.
I love Person of Interest! !!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE RENEW FOR NEXT SEASON! !!!!!!
Not to worry, Vicki, Person of Interest was renewed in March for its third season. It will be back in September. 🙂
Just finished watching the season finale. It was so disappointingly terrible I’m not sure I’ll EVER watch my all-time favorite show again. The gun violence was a terrible substitute for creativity and intrigue. The plot had to have been only understood by the moron who wrote it. The tone of the new twist on Nathan and Finch’s history was so diametrically opposed to what had been presented the first two years, it was deplorable. If the show had gotten rid of all these background characters, especially Root, and stuck to what the show had excelled in that made it so… Read more »
Favorite show of all time, huh? Yeah, right! Cancer??? You are either a complete fraud or one of those gun control nut jobs! The fact that you’re willing to ditch this great show just because one episode happens to disappoint you proves to the rest of us here you never really were a fan at all! Ok, so you didn’t like the direction the writers took in one episode is that any reason to now condemn it and throw it under the bus! No, I don’t believe you ever really were a real fan of this show. No real fan… Read more »
Favorite show of all time, huh? Yeah, right! Cancer??? You’re either a complete fraud or one of those gun control nut jobs! The fact that you’re willing to ditch this great show just because one episode happens to disappoint you proves to the rest of us here you never really were a fan at all! Ok, so you didn’t like the direction the writers took in one episode is that any reason to now condemn it and throw it under the bus! No, I don’t believe you ever really were a fan of this show. No real fan would have… Read more »
This is the best darn show on tv bare none! Anyone who isn’t watching it is out of their freaking mind! This tv show has everything that makes a show GREAT: it has humor, action, suspense and drama. The cast is fantastic! Mr Caviesel rocks and the rest of his team are all great! I hope this show remains on the air for many years.