Sweeps are over, the scorecard is full
Follow-up to
this post
If May Sweeps is just around the corner — and the calendar says it is — that means two things, one even better than the other: 1) TV is about to get good! And 2) it’s time for TVLine’s May Sweeps Scorecard!
Like always, the Scorecard is brimming not only with Sweeps spoilers but also with season finale spoilers! And, same as last year, many of the teasers are hidden beneath a [SPOILER] tag — in other words, you’re gonna have to put on your guessing caps to figure out who’ll be doing what to (and/or with) whom.
A few things to remember before you scroll down and read on:
• Firstly, the bulk of the entries below pertain to series regulars or recurring characters from shows that air on a broadcast network (i.e. ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, The CW).
• Secondly, as the twists begin to leak, the Scorecard will be updated (and re-updated… ) until, finally, all the blanks are filled in and/or replaced by even more items!
• Lastly, if it’s on the Scorecard, it happens during May Sweeps, which this year begins April 25 and ends
May 22.OK, now you can go ahead and start reading The Third Annual TVLine May Sweeps Scorecard!
Number of weddings: 41. AIRED May 9: Will and Emma/Glee
2. Barney and Robin/How I Met Your Mother2. AIRED May 16: Dwight and Angela/The Office
3. AIRED May 20: Adam and Jennifer/Rules of Engagement
4. AIRED May 20: Russell and Timmy/Rules of Engagement
Number of couples having sex, kissing or saying “I Love You” for the first time: 201. AIRED April 29: Kate tells Rick she loves him/Castle
2. AIRED April 30: Jess and Nick have sex/New Girl
3. AIRED May 1: Rayna and Deacon have sex/Nashville
4. AIRED May 1: Will kisses Gunnar/Nashville
5. AIRED May 4: Karen tells Jimmy she loves him/Smash
6. AIRED May 6: Miles and Nora have sex/Revolution
7. AIRED May 7: Nick and Chloe kiss/Grimm
8. AIRED May 7: Wade tells Zoe he loves her/Hart of Dixie
9. AIRED May 8: Oliver and Laurel have sex/Arrow
10. AIRED May 8: Juliette kisses Avery/Nashville
11. AIRED May 8: Dawson tells Mills she loves him/Chicago Fire
12. AIRED May 9: Raj and Lucy kiss/The Big Bang Theory
13. AIRED May 9: Sheldon and Amy have virtual sex via Dungeons & Dragons/The Big Bang Theory
14. AIRED May 9: Arizona and Lauren/Grey’s Anatomy
15. AIRED May 13: Jason and Charlie kiss/Revolution
16. AIRED May 14: Deeks/Kensi kiss (as Deeks and Kensi)/NCIS: LA
17. AIRED May 14: Nick and Juliette kiss for the first time since she lost her memory/Grimm
18. AIRED May 16: Alex and Jo/Grey’s Anatomy
19. AIRED May 16: Matt and Rebekah kiss/The Vampire Diaries
20. AIRED May 21: Monroe and Rosalee have sex/Grimm
Number of new pregnancies: 71. AIRED April 25: Hayley/The Vampire Diaries
2. AIRED May 2: Diane/Parks and Recreation
3. AIRED May 5: Charlotte/Revenge
4. AIRED May 11: Ivy/Smash
5. AIRED May 20: Audrey/Rules of Engagement
6. AIRED May 22: Peggy/Nashville
7. AIRED May 22: Renée/Chicago Fire
Number of people giving birth: 31. AIRED May 17: Meredith/Grey’s Anatomy
2. AIRED May 20: Jeff and Audrey (via surrogate)/Rules of Engagement
3. AIRED May 22: Cindy/Chicago Fire
Number of couples reuniting: 101. AIRED April 28: Rigsby and Van Pelt/The Mentalist
2. AIRED April 29: Navid and Adrianna/90210
3. AIRED May 1: Casey and Hallie/Chicago Fire
4. AIRED May 12: Rumpelstiltskin and Belle/Once Upon a Time
5. AIRED May 13: Naomi and Jordan/90210
6. AIRED May 14: Danny and Christina/The Mindy Project
7. AIRED May 16: Kelly and Ryan/The Office
8. AIRED May 16: Damon and Elena/The Vampire Diaries
9. AIRED May 20: Danny and Gabrielle/Hawaii Five-0
10. AIRED May 21: Nick and Juliette/Grimm
Number of breakups/divorces: 171. AIRED April 25: Alan and Lindsay/Two and a Half Men
2. AIRED April 25: Troy and Britta/Community
3. AIRED April 30: George and Tansy/Hart of Dixie
4. AIRED May 1: Juliette and Dante break up/Nashville
5. AIRED May 3: Alex and Dave/Happy Endings
6. AIRED May 8: Walter and Moira/Arrow
7. AIRED May 8: Thea and Roy/Arrow
8. AIRED May 8: Deacon and Stacey/Nashville
9. AIRED May 9: Brittany and Sam/Glee
10. AIRED May 12: Emily and Aiden/Revenge
11. AIRED May 13: Liam and Sydney/90210
12. AIRED May 14: Cece and Shivrang/New Girl
13. AIRED May 15: Mills and Dawson/Chicago Fire
14. AIRED May 15: Gunnar and Scarlett/Nashville
15. AIRED May 16: Cristina and Owen/Grey’s Anatomy
16. AIRED May 16: (Presumably) Callie and Arizona/Grey’s Anatomy
17. AIRED May 16: Raj and Lucy/The Big Bang Theory
Number of fatalities: 181. AIRED April 29: Joe/The Following
2. AIRED April 29: Debra/The Following
3. AIRED April 30: Ilan Bodnar/NCIS
4. AIRED May 3: Vinny/Blue Bloods
5. AIRED May 4: Kyle/Smash
6. AIRED May 5: Takeda/Revenge
7. AIRED May 8: Yao Fei/Arrow
8. AIRED May 8: Hallie/Chicago Fire
9. AIRED May 9: Bonnie/The Vampire Diaries
10. AIRED May 12: Declan/Revenge
11. AIRED May 15: Naomi/Supernatural
12. AIRED May 15: Tommy/Arrow
13. AIRED May 15: Jolene/Nashville
14. AIRED May 15: Dante/Nashville
15. AIRED May 20: Michael/Hawaii Five-0
16. AIRED May 20: Jim, Commander Ramsey, etc./Revolution
17. AIRED May 21: Frau Pech/Grimm
18. AIRED May 22: Strauss/Criminal Minds
Number of characters graduating: 91. AIRED May 9: Jeff/Community
2. AIRED May 9: Pierce/Community
3. AIRED May 16: Elena/The Vampire Diaries
4. AIRED May 16: Caroline/The Vampire Diaries
5. AIRED May 16: Matt/The Vampire Diaries
6. AIRED May 16: Stefan/The Vampire Diaries
7. AIRED May 16: Tyler/The Vampire Diaries7. AIRED May 16: Rebekah/The Vampire Diaries
8. AIRED May 16: Bonnie/The Vampire Diaries
9. AIRED May 22: Axl/The Middle
Number of possible fatalities*: 131. AIRED April 29: Ryan/The Following
2. AIRED April 29: Claire/The Following
3. AIRED May 12: Aiden/Revenge
4. AIRED May 14: Michelle/NCIS: LA
5. AIRED May 15: Malcolm/Arrow
6. AIRED May 16: Richard/Grey’s Anatomy
7. AIRED May 16: Gabe/Beauty and the Beast
8. AIRED May 20: Charlie/Hawaii Five-0
9. AIRED May 21: Nick/Grimm
10. AIRED May 22: Rayna/Nashville
11. AIRED May 22: Deacon/Nashville
12. AIRED May 22: Olivia/Law & Order: SVU
13. AIRED May 22: John Curtis/Criminal Minds
* applies to characters’ whose fate is left up in the air at the end of the season finale
Number of resurrections and/or big returns: 141. AIRED April 29: Quinn/How I Met Your Mother
2. AIRED May 1: Walter/Arrow
3. AIRED May 9: Alaric/The Vampire Diaries
4. AIRED May 9: Grams/The Vampire Diaries
5. AIRED May 9: Lexi/The Vampire Diaries
6. AIRED May 9: Jeremy/The Vampire Diaries
7. AIRED May 9: Kol/The Vampire Diaries
8. AIRED May 9: Alexander/The Vampire Diaries
9. AIRED May 9: Connor/The Vampire Diaries
10. AIRED May 9: Vaughn/The Vampire Diaries
11. AIRED: May 9: Billy Chambers/Scandal
12. AIRED May 9: Irene Adler/Elementary
13. AIRED May 12: Patrick/Revenge
14. AIRED May 16: Michael/The Office
Number of onscreen firings/resignations/major job changes: 261. AIRED April 25: Sue’s takes new job as aerobics instructor/Glee
2. AIRED April 27: Jimmy fired from Hit List (and replaced by Sam)/Smash
3. AIRED April 28: Alicia leaves Lockhart Gardner/The Good Wife
4. AIRED April 30/May 7: Morgan fired/later rehired/The Mindy Project
5. AIRED May 1/May 8: Claire takes a job with Gil Thorpe and then with Jay’s company/Modern Family
6. AIRED May 2: Dwight named manager/The Office
7. AIRED May 2: Andy quits/The Office
8. AIRED May 5: Aiden fired by Daniel/Revenge
9. AIRED May 8: Deacon officially quits Juliette’s band/Nashville
10. AIRED May 8: Coleman quits Teddy’s administration/Nashville
11. AIRED May 9: Daryl quits/The Office
12. AIRED May 13: Marshall accepts judge gig/How I Met Your Mother
13. AIRED May 14: Tony quits/NCIS
14. AIRED May 14: Ziva quits/NCIS
15. AIRED May 14: McGee quits/NCIS
16. AIRED May 16: Jim quits, relocates to Austin/The Office
17. AIRED May 16: Pam quits, relocates to Austin/The Office
18. AIRED May 16: Kevin fired/The Office
19. AIRED May 16: Toby fired/The Office
20. AIRED May 16: Stanley retires/The Office
21. AIRED May 16: Creed fakes death, thereby quitting/The Office
22. AIRED May 16: Nellie moves to Poland/The Office
23. AIRED May 16: David Rosen named U.S. Attorney by Prez/Scandal
24. AIRED May 17: Alex hired as a diplomat for the UN/Nikita
25. AIRED May 22: Tandy quits working for Lamar/Nashville
26. AIRED May 22: Mitchell poised to quit his job/Modern Family
Number of engagements/question poppings: 91. AIRED April 28: Emily and Daniel/Revenge
2. AIRED April 29: Booth and Brennan/Bones
3. AIRED May 2: Will/Emma re-engaged/Glee
4. AIRED May 9: Dwight and Angela/The Office
5. AIRED May 9: Matthew and April/Grey’s Anatomy
6. AIRED May 13: Liam and Annie/90210
7. AIRED May 13: Castle proposes to Beckett/Castle
8. AIRED May 14: Casey proposes to Mindy; she doesn’t accept/The Mindy Project
9. AIRED May 22: Gunnar proposes to Scarlett/Nashville
Number of broken engagements: 21. AIRED April 29: Booth and Brennan/Bones
2. AIRED May 17: Nikita and Michael/Nikita
Number of time warps: 21. AIRED May 14: Four-month time jump/NCIS
2. AIRED May 16: One-year time jump/The Office
Number of vampires taking the cure for immortality: 11. AIRED May 16: Katherine/The Vampire Diaries
Number of shows taking trips to new realms: 11. AIRED May 12: Neverland/Once Upon a Time
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