Thursday, February 28, 2013 ratings — New Episodes: Zero Hour, American Idol, Community, and 1600 Penn. Specials: Jimmy Kimmel Live: After the Oscars (rerun). Episode Reruns: The Big Bang Theory, Two And A Half Men, Person Of Interest, Elementary, Scandal, The Office, Parks And Recreation, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The Vampire Diaries, and Beauty And The Beast.

ABC
8pm – Zero Hour: 1.0 in the demo (-9% change) with 5.03 million.
9pm – Scandal: (rerun) 0.9 in the demo with 3.34 million.
10pm – Jimmy Kimmel Live: After the Oscars: (special, rerun) 0.8 in the demo with 2.76 million.

CBS
8pm – The Big Bang Theory: (rerun) 2.8 in the demo with 10.69 million.
8:30pm – Two and a Half Men: (rerun) 2.2 in the demo with 8.36 million.
9pm – Person of Interest: (rerun) 1.9 in the demo with 9.50 million.
10pm – Elementary: (rerun) 1.6 in the demo with 7.72 million.

The CW:
8pm – The Vampire Diaries: (rerun) 0.4 in the demo with 1.14 million.
9pm – Beauty and the Beast: (rerun) 0.3 in the demo with 0.80 million.

FOX
8pm – American Idol: 3.8 in the demo (-3% change) with 12.47 million.

NBC
8pm – Community: 1.1 in the demo (0% change) with 2.74 million.
8:30pm – Parks and Recreation: (rerun) 0.9 in the demo with 2.16 million.
9pm – The Office: (rerun) 1.0 in the demo with 2.26 million.
9:30pm – 1600 Penn: 0.9 in the demo (-10% change) with 2.23 million.
10pm – Law & Order: SVU: (rerun) 0.9 in the demo with 3.80 million.

These are the fast affiliate ratings. The “demo” refers to the viewers in the 18-49 demographic. The percentages represent the change since the previous original episode. (Percentages aren’t given for reruns or specials.) “Million” refers to the total number of viewers.

To see past ratings for a particular show, click the show’s link. The show pages are updated with the daily final ratings when they become available. Those pages include percentage changes in both the demo and total viewership, in addition to season averages to date.

Here are the show season averages, grouped by network: ABC | CBS | CW | FOX | NBC

What were you watching last night? Zero Hour, other new episodes, or something better?