Wednesday, December 19, 2012 — New episodes: The X Factor and Chicago Fire. Specials: 2012 Miss Universe Pageant, A Home For The Holidays With Rascal Flatts, 20/20: The Year With Katie Couric, and Noel (repeat). Episode repeats: The Middle, The Neighbors, Modern Family, Criminal Minds, and CSI.

Below are the fast affiliate ratings. The “demo” refers to the viewers in the 18-49 demographic. The percentages represent the change since the previous original episode. (Percentages aren’t given for reruns or specials.) “Millions” refers to the total number of viewers.

To see past ratings for a particular show, click the show’s link. The show pages are updated with the daily final ratings when they become available. Those pages include percentage changes in both the demo and total viewership, in addition to season averages to date.

ABC
8pm – The Middle: (repeat) 1.4 in the demo with 5.4 million.
8:30pm – The Neighbors: (repeat) 1.1 in the demo with 4.1 million.
9pm – Modern Family: (repeat) 1.8 in the demo with 5.7 million.
9:30pm – 20/20: The Year with Katie Couric (special) 1.6 rating with 5.4 million.

CBS
8pm – A Home for the Holidays with Rascal Flatts (special) 0.9 in the demo with 5.0 million.
9pm – Criminal Minds: (repeat) 1.4 in the demo with 6.5 million.
10pm – CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: (repeat) 1.1 in the demo with 5.8 million.

The CW:
8pm – Noel: (movie, rerun) 0.3 rating with 1.6 million.

FOX
8pm – The X Factor: 2.7 in the demo (0% change) with 8.3 million.

NBC
8pm – 2012 Miss Universe Pageant 1.8 in the demo with 6.1 million.
10pm – Chicago Fire: 1.9 in the demo (+36% change) with 6.6 million.

What were you watching last night? Do you think, based on their quality, any shows should have gotten higher or lower numbers?