TV Show Ratings for Thursday, 03/24/11 [finals]

The ratings for the networks’ original episodes were up right down the line. American Idol was up by double digits and helped a repeat of Bones do well.

On ABC, Private Practice was way up when compared to last week’s episode (which didn’t have a Grey’s episode for lead-in support). On NBC, Perfect Couples got the biggest boost but it’s ultimately too little, too late.

NCAA Basketball (7pm, 144 minutes)
– 6.296 million viewers
– 4.1/8 HH
– 2.1/7 A18-49

8pm
American Idol
– 21.300 million viewers
– 12.1/20 HH
– 6.4/20 A18-49 (+12.3%)

Wipeout
– 7.434 million viewers
– 4.0/7 HH
– 2.3/7 A18-49 (+9.5%)

Community
– 4.463 million viewers
– 2.9/5 HH
– 1.8/6 A18-49 (+5.9%)

The Vampire Diaries (r)
– 1.312 million viewers
– 0.8/1 HH
– 0.4/1 A18-49
– 0.5/2 A18-34
– 0.5/2 W18-34

8:30pm
Perfect Couples
– 3.402 million viewers
– 2.2/4 HH
– 1.6/5 A18-49 (+33.3%)

9pm
Grey’s Anatomy
– 10.280 million viewers
– 6.7/11 HH
– 3.7/10 A18-49 (+8.8%)

The Office
– 7.072 million viewers
– 4.1/7 HH
– 3.4/10 A18-49 (+6.2%)

Bones (r)
– 8.314 million viewers
– 5.1/8 HH
– 2.4/7 A18-49

Nikita (r)
– 1.408 million viewers
– 0.9/2 HH
– 0.5/1 A18-49
– 0.4/1 A18-34
– 0.5/1 W18-34

9:30pm
NCCA Basketball Break (9:24pm, 18 minutes)
– 4.428 million viewers
– 3.0/5 HH
– 1.4/4 A18-49

NCAA Basketball (9:42pm, 139 minutes)
– 8.586 million viewers
– 5.4/10 HH
– 3.3/10 A18-49

Parks and Recreation
– 5.154 million viewers
– 3.0/5 HH
– 2.4/7 A18-49 (+33.3%)

10pm
2011 NCAA Basketball
– 2.9/8 A18-49
– 7.80 million viewers

Private Practice
– 7.931 million viewers
– 5.4/9 HH
– 2.6/7 A18-49 (+36.8%)

30 Rock
– 4.359 million viewers
– 2.7/5 HH
– 1.9/5 A18-49 (-17.4%)

10:30pm
Outsourced
– 3.608 million viewers
– 2.3/4 HH
– 1.5/4 A18-49 (+7.1%)

Raw ratings data copyright Nielsen, courtesy Travis Yanan.