Thursday, May 24, 2012

So You Think You Can Dance was the only show to beat a rerun of The Big Bang Theory, though it was down a point from last season's premiere (which faced only reruns of scripted shows). ABC's Duets premiered to numbers one-third worse than that.

rating	show	slot	network	last week	season low	series low
0.3	Perez Hilton: All Access "Lady Gaga"	8pm	CW	0.3	0.3 (2)
0.9	Awake finale "Turtles All The Way Down"	10pm	NBC	0.7	0.7 (2)
1.4	Rookie Blue "First Day of the Rest of Your Life"	10pm	ABC
1.7	Duets series premiere "The Superstars Greatest Hits"	8pm	ABC
2.4	So You Think You Can Dance "Auditions #1 and #2: Dallas and New York"	8-10pm	FOX
0.2	rerun - The Vampire Diaries "The Hybrid"	9pm	CW	1.2	1.0	1.0
0.7	rerun - The Office	8pm	NBC
0.7	rerun - The Office	8:30	NBC
1.2	rerun - America's Got Talent (Monday)	9pm	NBC
1.4	rerun - Person of Interest "Legacy"	9pm	CBS	2.6	2.4
1.5	rerun - The Mentalist "Where in the World is Carmine O'Brien"	10pm	CBS	2.4	1.8	1.8
1.7	rerun - Rules of Engagement "Audrey is Dumb"	8:30	CBS	2.7	2.2	1.9
2.3	rerun - The Big Bang Theory "The Flaming Spittoon Acquisition"	8pm	CBS		4.1	2.8

sources: spotted ratings and tv by the numbers

Programming Notes

Planet Green rebranded as Destination America (DAM), before its announced debut date, Monday. It's the channel's fifth different branding since it launched in 1996.

Mountain West Sports Network (mtn.), "the first network dedicated to one conference when it started in 2006," will stop existing on May 31. It was partly owned by Comcast (NBCU, 30%) and CBS (40%).

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Excuse of the Day

So You Think You Can Dance was the only show to beat a rerun of The Big Bang Theory, though it was down a point from last season's premiere (which faced only reruns of scripted shows).