Ratings

The Big Bang Theory and Two and a Half Men are cleaning its clock over on CBS, but American Idol ratings did rise a bit this week, compared to last Thursday. Glee ratings were up to–but not the kind of bump you’d expect for a season finale.

Both American Idol and Glee were up against new shows this week, and the results aren’t pretty. Idol ratings hit a series low, while Glee’s demo numbers dipped below 2.

A repeat of Big Bang beat American Idol in the ratings this week. Yikes.  However, Idol ran over a couple of minutes and will probably be adjusted up. Still, that the ratings are even close is not a good thing.

FYI: The TVByTheNumbers chart comes from a Nielsen press release, and I do believe the viewer data for Idol is incorrect. The half hour breakdown numbers from Marc Berman are more like it.

Glee ratings are down from last week’s school shooting episode.