Primetime Ratings, Thursday, 2/28/13

FOX easily won Thursday in both demos and total viewers, on a night when pretty much every major show was in re-runs. Thus, it shall be a short report today.

A two-hour American Idol stayed strong, dropping only a single tenth from last week. ABC's Zero Hour fell again in week three, and was quietly canceled earlier this evening. Look for more on that story from our own Rachel Anne tomorrow morning. Sadly for Community fans (like myself), the show rose only a measly tenth from last week's series low. This will almost certainly be the last year at Greendale for our favorite study group. 1600 Penn also set another series low later in the night, but it's cancellation has been obvious for some time. If it were on any other network, it would have been axed already, but NBC doesn't have anything else to fill its timeslot with.

Key: Broadcast Network - Show Name - 18-49 Rating - 18-49 Share - Total Viewers In Millions

8PM

FOX - American Idol (N) - 3.8 - 11 - 12.56

CBS - The Big Bang Theory (R) - 2.8 - 9 - 10.69

NBC - Community (N) - 1.2 - 4 - 2.83

ABC - Zero Hour (N) - 1.0 - 3 - 5.05

CW -  The Vampire Diaries (R) - 0.4 - 1 - 1.05

8:30PM

CBS - Two and a Half Men (R) - 2.2 - 6 - 8.26

NBC - Parks & Recreation (R) - 0.9 - 3 - 2.18

9PM

CBS - Person Of Interest (R) - 1.8 - 5 - 9.52

NBC - The Office (R) - 1.0 - 3 - 2.21

ABC - Scandal (R) - 0.9 - 2 - 3.35

CW - Beauty & The Beast (R) - 0.3 - 1 - 0.77

9:30PM

NBC - 1600 Penn (N) - 0.9 - 2 - 2.20

10PM

CBS - Elementary (R) - 1.7 - 5 - 7.80

NBC - Law & Order: SVU (R) - 0.9 - 3 - 3.89

ABC - Jimmy Kimmel Live (R) - 0.8 - 2 - 2.73

Source: Nielsen Media Research