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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

THE RUNDOWN: Wednesday, May 16

ABC
8:00 The Middle #71 "The Telling"
8:30 Suburgatory #22 "The Motherload" (Season Finale)
9:00 Modern Family #71 "Tablau Vivant"
9:30 Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 #6 "It's Just Sex..."
10:00 Revenge #21 "Grief"
ABC is all new with its regular lineup including the season finale of Suburgatory. I could see each show going up from last week as the spring swoons tend to come back a bit toward the end.
Prediction: Middle - 7.2 million, 2.1/Suburgatory - 6.5 million, 2.2/Family - 10.8 million, 4.5/Apartment - 5.9 million, 2.4/Revenge - 7.4 million, 2.2

CBS
8:00 Mike & Molly #32 "Peggy Gets a Job" (REPEAT)
8:30 Rules of Engagement #74 "Bros Before Nodes" (REPEAT)
9:00 Criminal Minds #161 "Hit"
10:00 Criminal Minds #162 "Run" (Season Finale)
CBS is basically finishing up all its shows a week before May Sweeps ends and its already airing repeats in the 8pm hour. At 9pm is a two hour season finale of Criminal Minds which says goodbye to Paget Brewster. I think it will be up from last week and probably counted as one episode.
Prediction: Minds - 12.5 million, 3.1

NBC
8:00 Betty White's Off Their Rockers
8:30 Betty White's Off Their Rockers
9:00 Law & Order: SVU #283 "Theatre Tricks" (REPEAT)
10:00 Law & Order: SVU #294 "Strange Beauty"
NBC is new to start and end the night. Off Their Rockers could be up with less competition on CBS. NBC yanked Rock Center for the rest of sweeps (and then renewed it for next season). However, having Criminal Minds in the 10pm hour could hurt Law & Order: SVU.
Prediction: Rockers 8:00 - 5.4 million, 1.6/Rockers 8:30 - 5.3 million, 1.5/SVU - 5.5 million, 1.7

FOX
8:00 American Idol
FOX has the next-to-last week of American Idol. I could see it rising slightly with no Survivor competition.
Prediction: Idol - 17.1 million, 4.7   

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