Ratings: Desperate Housewives Series Finale Leads ABC to Win Seattle Post-Intelligencer Copyright 2012 Seattle Post-Intelligencer. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 11:42 a.m., Monday, May 14, 2012 The series finale of Desperate Housewives brought ABC a Sunday night ratings victory. The two-hour episode drew 11.1 million viewers and a 3.2 rating in the adults-18-to-49 demographic - rising 19 percent from last week and a tying a season high. Lead-in Once Upon a Time closed out its freshman season to 9.45 million viewers and a 3.2, up 7 percent from last week. On NBC, the recently canceled Harry's Law (7.6 million, 1.0) grew 25 percent from last week and Celebrity Apprentice (5.4 million, 1.9) dipped to tie a series low.