TV Show Ratings for Thursday, 05/05/11 [finals]

There were almost all originals last night and most had minor increases or decreases week-to-week. The biggest loser was on ABC, game show Wipeout. The biggest winner was Nikita on The CW with significant gains in both important demo categories.

8pm
American Idol
– 21.29 million viewers
– 6.3/20 A18-49 (+10.5%)

The Big Bang Theory
– 10.50 million viewers
– 3.2/11 A18-49 (-3.0%)

Wipeout
– 4.79 million viewers
– 1.4/5 A18-49 (-26.3%)

Community
– 3.49 million viewers
– 1.5/5 A18-49 (+7.1%)

The Vampire Diaries
– 2.84 million viewers
– 1.3/4 A18-49 (+8.3%)
– 1.3/5 A18-34
– 1.8/6 W18-34 (-5.3%)

8:30pm
Rules of Engagement
– 7.72 million viewers
– 2.2/7 A18-49 (-4.3%)

The Office (r)
– 2.68 million viewers
– 1.1/3 A18-49

9pm
Grey’s Anatomy
– 10.11 million viewers
– 3.5/10 A18-49 (-5.4%)

The Office
– 6.90 million viewers
– 3.5/10 A18-49 (-16.7%)

Bones
– 10.94 million viewers
– 3.2/9 A18-49 (+14.3%)

CSI
– 10.67 million viewers
– 2.3/6 A18-49 (-4.2%)

Nikita
– 2.00 million viewers
– 0.8/2 A18-49 (+33.3%)
– 0.8/3 A18-34
– 0.9/3 W18-34 (+28.6%)

9:30pm
Parks and Recreation
– 5.06 million viewers
– 2.5/7 A18-49 (+8.7%)

10pm
The Mentalist
– 14.00 million viewers
– 2.7/7 A18-49 (+3.8%)

Private Practice
– 6.89 million viewers
– 2.3/6 A18-49 (+4.5%)

30 Rock
– 4.20 million viewers
– 2.1/6 A18-49 (+10.5%)

10:30pm
Outsourced
– 3.14 million viewers
– 1.5/4 A18-49 (-11.8%)

Raw ratings data copyright Nielsen, courtesy AdWeek.