Thursday, December 6, 2012 ratings — New episodes: The Big Bang Theory, Two And A Half Men, 30 Rock, The X Factor, Last Resort, The Vampire Diaries, Person Of Interest, The Office, Glee, Grey’s Anatomy, Beauty And The Beast, Parks And Recreation, Elementary, Scandal, and Up All Night.
Below are the fast affiliate ratings. The “demo” refers to the 18-49 demographic rating. The percentages represent the change since the previous original episode. Percentages aren’t given for reruns or specials. To see past ratings for a particular show, you can find them by clicking the show 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
Last Resort: 1.2 in the demo (+20% change) with 5.7 million.
Grey’s Anatomy: 3.0 in the demo (-3% change) with 8.9 million.
Scandal: 2.5 in the demo (+14% change) with 7.4 million.
CBS
The Big Bang Theory: 5.3 in the demo (-4% change) with 17.4 million.
Two and a Half Men: 4.2 in the demo (+5% change) with 14.2 million.
Person of Interest: 3.2 in the demo (+10% change) with 14.98 million.
Elementary: 2.3 in the demo (+5% change) with 10.9 million.
The CW:
The Vampire Diaries: 1.1 in the demo (-21% change) with 2.4 million.
Beauty and the Beast: 0.5 in the demo (-16% change) with 1.4 million.
FOX
The X Factor: 2.4 in the demo (-11% change) with 7.7 million.
Glee: 2.1 in the demo (-5% change) with 5.5 million.
NBC
30 Rock: 1.1 in the demo (-15% change) with 3.3 million.
Up All Night: 1.2 in the demo (0% change) with 2.9 million.
The Office: 2.1 in the demo (+11% change) with 4.2 million.
Parks and Recreation: 1.5 in the demo (+7% change) with 3.3 million.
Rock Center with Brian Williams: 1.0 in the demo (+11% change) with 3.6 million.
What were you watching last night? Any observations about the evening’s ratings?
Elementary is getting better and better.
That and The Vampire Diaries are the only shows I watch covered on here on Thursdays…
Other shows are in Hiatus or break.
TVD is giving the roller coaster treatment in my opinion, good shows followed by bad shows.
I’m a huge fan of the CW’s Vampire Diaries and the past three episodes have been amazing!!! I wonder if the ratings are as good as they should be considering this show has had a great season overall. Does anyone know of a website where their ratings are not just an estimate but precise and accurate ones?
These are the fast affiliate ratings which are available before noon the next day. They are accurate and what every news source I know uses to report ratings. As explained in the article, the daily finals are added to the individual show’s ratings page when they become available. Click on the Beauty and the Beast link in the article to see the final numbers.
Thank you, but (as I said) the rankings do not reflect the qualitites of the respective shows, but rather the quantity of viewers at initial count (rather like the early polls in an election year). Quantity vs quality -which is, unfortunately, how the entertainment industry works: “Popularity is not an indication of quality.” Sadly, humans are herd animals; they go where the rest of the herd go, unless something attracts their attention. I’m just glad to be enjoying something so entertaining, as well as intellectually and culturally stimulating 🙂 Besides, it’s gotten me to listen to some current music and… Read more »
The rankings may reflect the viewers, but they certainly do not reflect the quality of the shows or the individual episodes. I’m referrng to Glee. The last 2 episodes, in particular, have been amazing! And, of course, earlier was “The Break-Up” (4.04?). Those 3 episodes, at LEAST, should be 5 stars (4 if you’re having a bad day). “Swan Song” (12/06) had some incredible vocal performances (true, they were not modern music), as well as some fantastic acting performances. A fair bit of silliness, as well (subtle humor, as opposed to typical in-your-face one-liners). Last episode (4.08) was fun with… Read more »
CBS programing does it for me. I love Person of Inaterest and Elementary keeps getting better. Sorry, but I am not a comedy fan. They are not funny, just silly.