TV Show Ratings for Thursday, 03/17/11 [finals]

Despite having diminished competition and numerous repeats, all of the TV shows who had original episodes were down week-to-week. Idol had a double-digit decline once again but still rates head and shoulders above the rest.

8pm
American Idol
– 19.566 million viewers
– 11.2/20 HH
– 5.7/19 A18-49 (-14.9%)

Wipeout
– 7.162 million viewers
– 3.9/7 HH
– 2.1/7 A18-49 (-4.5%)

2011 NCAA Basketball (7pm, 149 minutes)
– 4.670 million viewers
– 3.0/6 HH
– 1.5/6 A18-49

Community
– 4.152 million viewers
– 2.6/5 HH
– 1.7/6 A18-49 (-5.6%)

The Vampire Diaries (r)
– 0.860 million viewers
– 0.6/1 HH
– 0.4/1 A18-49
– 0.4/1 A18-34
– 0.4/1 W18-34

8:30pm
Perfect Couples
– 2.882 million viewers
– 1.8/3 HH
– 1.2/4 A18-49 (-14.3%)

9pm
Bones
– 11.613 million viewers
– 7.0/12 HH
– 3.3/10 A18-49 (+3.1%)

Private Practice
– 5.970 million viewers
– 4.1/7 HH
– 1.9/6 A18-49 (-17.4%)

The Office (r)
– 3.775 million viewers
– 2.4/4 HH
– 1.5/5 A18-49

Nikita (r)
– 1.259 million viewers
– 0.8/1 HH
– 0.4/1 A18-49
– 0.4/1 A18-34
– 0.4/1 W18-34

9:30pm
Parks and Recreation
– 4.076 million viewers
– 2.5/4 HH
– 1.8/5 A18-49 (-25.0%)

NCAA Basketball Between Game Break (9:29pm, 19 minutes)
– 4.765 million viewers
– 3.0/5 HH
– 1.7/6 A18-49

10pm
NCAA Basketball Game (9:48pm, 139 minutes)
– 4.046 million viewers
– 2.6/5 HH
– 1.4/5 A18-49

30 Rock (r)
– 4.192 million viewers
– 2.7/5 HH
– 1.7/5 A18-49

Off the Map (r)
– 3.859 million viewers
– 2.6/5 HH
– 1.0/3 A18-49

10:30pm
Outsourced
– 3.594 million viewers
– 2.4/4 HH
– 1.4/4 A18-49 (0%)

Raw ratings data copyright Nielsen, courtesy Travis Yanan.