Thursday, April 4, 2013 ratings — New Episodes: Community, Parks and Recreation, The Office, Go On, Hannibal, The Big Bang Theory, Two and a Half Men, Person of Interest, Elementary, American Idol, New Girl, The Mindy Project, Wife Swap, Grey’s Anatomy, and Scandal. Episode Reruns: The Vampire Diaries and Beauty And The Beast.

ABC
8pm – Wife Swap: 1.2 in the demo (-14% change) with 4.10 million.
9pm – Grey’s Anatomy: 2.7 in the demo (-7% change) with 8.39 million.
10pm – Scandal: 2.7 in the demo (+4% change) with 8.11 million.

CBS
8pm – The Big Bang Theory: 4.9 in the demo (+2% change) with 16.79 million.
8:30pm – Two and a Half Men: 3.8 in the demo (+15% change) with 13.58 million.
9pm – Person of Interest: 2.7 in the demo (-7% change) with 14.34 million.
10pm – Elementary: 2.1 in the demo (-9% change) with 10.36 million.

The CW:
8pm – The Vampire Diaries: (rerun) 0.4 in the demo with 1.16 million.
9pm – Beauty and the Beast: (rerun) 0.2 in the demo with 0.75 million.

FOX
8pm – American Idol: 2.8 in the demo (0% change) with 11.28 million.
9pm – New Girl: 2.0 in the demo (-9% change) with 4.87 million.
9:30pm – The Mindy Project: 1.4 in the demo (+8% change) with 3.52 million.

NBC
8pm – Community: 1.0 in the demo (-9% change) with 2.41 million.
8:30pm – Parks and Recreation: 1.5 in the demo (-6% change) with 2.92 million.
9pm – The Office: 1.7 in the demo (-11% change) with 3.42 million.
9:30pm – Go On: 1.1 in the demo (-42% change) with 2.43 million.
10pm – Hannibal: (premiere) 1.6 in the demo with 4.31 million. (read more)

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? Some original episodes, reruns, or something better?