via press release:
ABC is the Most-Watched Net on the Final Tuesday of 2011-12, as the “Dancing” Finale Produces the Net’s 2nd-Biggest Tuesday of the Season
The Most-Watched TV Show of the Night, ABC’s “DWTS Results Show” Increases
Its Winning Advantage Year to Year Over the Tuesday Finale of “”
Winning its 2-Hour Slot in Viewers and Young Adults, “DWTS” Soars During its Broadcast to Beat CBS and NBC Combined from 10-11pm on Key Measures
ABC’s “DWTS Results Show” Scores Season Highs and Generates the Net’s
Best Numbers in the Time Period in 6 Months with Viewers and Young Adults
Tuesday Night (8:00-11:00 p.m.)
With a “DWTS” encore and the Grand Finale 14th-season closer of “most-watched network on the final Tuesday of the season and sweep, outdrawing Fox (11.0 million) with its Tuesday finale of “Idol” into the season finale of “ ” by 3.6 million viewers and more than doubling the audience of NBC (6.5 million) with “America’s Got Talent” and a “ 20th Anniversary” special (+8.1 million viewers or +125%). Finishing a solid second to Fox, ABC defeated NBC on the night by 24% in Adults 18-49 (2.6/7 vs. 2.1/6).,” ABC (14.6 million) qualified as the
- Vaulting week to week in Total Viewers (+87%) and Adults 18-49 (+53%), ABC marked its strongest Tuesday in 6 months – since 11/22/11. In fact, it was the Net’s 2nd-most-watched Tuesday of the season.
“DWTS Results Show” (9:00-11:00 p.m.)
In its 14th-season finale from 9:00-11:00 p.m., ABC’s “won its 2-hour time period in Total Viewers (17.5 million) and Adults 18-49 (3.2/9) to produce season-high numbers on the evening. The “Dancing” finale dominated all 4 of its half-hours with Total Viewers to stand as the most-watched TV program of the night, topping the Tuesday finale of “ ” (14.4 million) by 3.1 million viewers (up sharply from an 855k viewer advantage on the year-ago night). Outdrawing Fox’s Tuesday “Idol” closer for the 2nd consecutive year, ABC’s “DWTS Results Show” is the only TV program to accomplish the feat. Champion and the all-time leading receiver for the Green Bay Packers Donald Driver won the coveted Mirror Ball trophy.Results Show”
- Soaring from its first hour to its second hour to deliver a decisive victory from 10:00-11:00 p.m., ABC’s “DWTS Results Show” beat the combined deliveries for CBS and NBC in the hour by 27% in Total Viewers (18.1 million vs. 14.3 million) and by 11% in Adults 25-54 (4.9/12 vs. 4.4/11), while matching the two nets’ combined Adult 18-49 number (3.4/9).
- ABC’s “DWTS Results Show” spiked week to week by 33% in viewers and by 45% in young adults to generate its biggest numbers this season.
- In viewers and young adults, the “Dancing” finale scored ABC’s strongest performance in the time period since November (since 11/22/11), representing its 2nd-best numbers of the season.