As expected, due to several local pre-emptions on ABC, CBS and NBC the preliminary numbers were inflated and adjusted down heavily in the finals. As a result, it looks like season lows across-the-board for ABC's Thursday lineup. There's no point in listing all the adjustments here, but you can see the final numbers below. The numbers for the So You Think You Can Dance finale on Fox were adjusted downward, but only by a tenth with adults 18-49 to a 2.0 rating between 8-10p.
Final broadcast TV ratings for Thursday:
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating/Sh | Viewers (Millions) |
| 8:00 | FOX | So You Think You Can Dance (Finale) | 2.0/6 | 6.13 |
| CBS | The Big Bang Theory (R) | 1.8/7 | 6.52 | |
| ABC | Wipeout | 1.4/5 | 5.06 | |
| NBC | Community (R) | 0.4/2 | 1.70 | |
| CW | Vampire Diaries (R) | 0.3/1 | 0.77 | |
| 8:30 | CBS | Rules of Engagement (R) | 1.5/5 | 5.32 |
| NBC | Parks & Recreation (R) | 0.5/2 | 1.51 | |
| 9:00 | CBS | Big Brother | 2.7/8 | 7.12 |
| ABC | Expedition Impossible | 1.1/3 | 3.83 | |
| NBC | The Office (R) | 0.8/2 | 2.14 | |
| CW | Plain Jane (R) | 0.2/1 | 0.80 | |
| 9:30 | NBC | 30 Rock (R) | 0.6/2 | 1.70 |
| 10:00 | CBS | The Mentalist (R) | 1.1/3 | 5.50 |
| ABC | Rookie Blue | 1.0/3 | 3.97 | |
| NBC | Law & Order: SVU (R) | 0.8/2 | 3..00 |
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