TV Show Ratings for Thursday, 03/10/11 [finals]

Two-thirds of the shows on network TV last night were repeats. FOX’s American Idol and CBS’ Rules of Engagement, CSI, The Mentalist were all-new and up when compared to last week.

8pm
American Idol
– 22.053 million viewers
– 12.6/20 HH
– 6.7/19 A18-49 (-18.3%)

The Big Bang Theory
– 12.061 million viewers
– 7.3/12 HH
– 3.8/11 A18-49 (0%)

Wipeout (120 min, r)
– 5.465 million viewers
– 3.1/5 HH
– 1.8/5 A18-49

Community (r)
– 2.661 million viewers
– 1.8/3 HH
– 1.0/3 A18-49

The Vampire Diaries (r)
– 1.078 million viewers
– 0.7/1 HH
– 0.4/1 A18-49
– 0.5/2 A18-34
– 0.5/2 W18-34

8:30pm
Rules of Engagement
– 9.398 million viewers
– 5.7/9 HH
– 2.8/8 A18-49 (+16.7%)

Perfect Couples (r)
– 1.888 million viewers
– 1.3/2 HH
– 0.8/2 A18-49

9pm
CSI
– 13.386 million viewers
– 8.4/14 HH
– 3.0/9 A18-49 (+15.4%)

Bones
– 10.488 million viewers
– 6.5/11 HH
– 3.2/9 A18-49 (-3.0%)

The Office (r)
– 3.024 million viewers
– 2.0/3 HH
– 1.4/4 A18-49

Nikita (r)
– 0.951 million viewers
– 0.6/1 HH
– 0.3/1 A18-49
– 0.3/1 A18-34
– 0.3/1 W18-34

9:30pm
Parks and Recreation (r)
– 2.495 million viewers
– 1.7/3 HH
– 1.2/3 A18-49

10pm
The Mentalist
– 14.277 million viewers
– 8.9/16 HH
– 2.9/9 A18-49 (+3.6%)

Grey’s Anatomy (r)
– 3.454 million viewers
– 2.4/4 HH
– 1.2/3 A18-49

30 Rock (r)
– 2.403 million viewers
– 1.6/3 HH
– 1.1/3 A18-49

10:30pm
Outsourced (r)
– 2.256 million viewers
– 1.5/3 HH
– 0.9/3 A18-49

Raw ratings data copyright Nielsen, courtesy Travis Yanan.