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| Adults 18-49: rating/Share | 3.8/11 | 1.8/5 | 1.4/4 | 1.1/3 | 1.0/3 | 0.5/1 |
| Adults 18-34: Rating/Share | 2.8/10 | 0.9/3 | 1.4/5 | 0.8/3 | 0.8/3 | 0.4/1 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 12.446 | 8.004 | 3.641 | 3.908 | 3.292 | 1.425 |
The 2 hour season finale of The X Factor jumped 31% vs. last week's one hour episode to a 3.8 adults 18-49 rating. Its 12.4 million (Fox got Nielsen to do fast time zone adjusted ratings which adjusted the viewership up to 12.6 million, presumably the adults 18-49 ratings were not adjusted) viewership was the most for a Fox entertainment telecast since premire week, and the highest rated Fox Thursday since 10/6/11. The half hour adults 18-49 ratings for The X Factor were 3.3, 3.8, 3.8, 4.2. It topped the finale of The Voice among adults 18-49 (3.8 v. 3.7) and average viewership (12.4m v. 11.0m).
Against an assortment of repeats and specials, of course Fox topped the night's adults 18-49 ratings. Fox would like you to know that adults 18-49 viewing in primetime was down 5% overall vs. last Thursday.
The only other new episodes on broadcast Thursday night, NBC's Who's Still Standing? had a 1.5 adults 18-49 rating, down 12% vs. Wednesday night's episode. And at 10pm, on its way to the boneyard Prime Suspect was up a tenth of a point vs. last week (11%) to a 1.0 adults 18-49.
ABC, CBS and CW were 100% repeats last night.
The Texans/Colts NFL Network game was syndicated locally on the CW affiliates in both Indianapolis and Houston, making downward adjustments in the preliminary CW ratings far more likely than typical.
Late-night results are below the primetime data.
Overnight ratings for Thursday, December 22, 2011:
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating | 18-49 Share | Viewers Live+SD (million) |
| 8:00PM | FOX | The X Factor (finale, 8-10p) | 3.8 | 11 | 12.446 |
| CBS | The Big Bang Theory -R | 2.6 | 8 | 9.103 | |
| NBC | Who's Still Standing? | 1.5 | 5 | 5.231 | |
| ABC | Disney Prep & Landing (R, special) | 1.1 | 3 | 3.848 | |
| CW | The Vampire Diaries -R | 0.4 | 1 | 1.428 | |
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| 8:30PM | CBS | Rules of Engagement -R | 1.9 | 6 | 6.780 |
| ABC | Prep & Landing Naughty v. Nice (R, special) | 1.1 | 3 | 3.673 | |
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| 9:00PM | CBS | Person Of Interest -R | 1.6 | 5 | 7.869 |
| ABC | I Want A Dog For Christmas, Charlie Brown (R, special) | 1.1 | 3 | 3.625 | |
| NBC | The Office -R | 0.9 | 2 | 2.232 | |
| CW | The Secret Circle -R | 0.5 | 1 | 1.423 | |
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| 9:30PM | NBC | Whitney -R | 0.8 | 2 | 1.919 |
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| 10:00PM | CBS | The Mentalist -R | 1.5 | 4 | 8.200 |
| NBC | Prime Suspect | 1.0 | 3 | 4.417 | |
| ABC | Grey's Anatomy -R | 0.7 | 2 | 2.491 | |
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Via NBC press notes:
In Late-Night Metered Markets Thursday night:
In Nielsen's 56 metered markets, household results were: "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," 2.7/6; CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman," 2.7/6; and ABC's combo of "Nightline," 3.0/7; and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 1.3/4 with an encore.
In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, adult 18-49 results were: “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” 0.9/4; "Late Show," 0.6/3; "Nightline," 0.9/4; and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 0.4/2 with an encore.
At 12:35 a.m., "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" (1.6/5 in metered-market households) beat CBS's "Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" (1.3/4). In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, "Late Night" (0.6/3 in 18-49) topped "Late Late Show" (0.3/2).
At 1:35 a.m., "Last Call with Carson Daly" averaged a 1.0/4 in metered-market households and a 0.4/3 in adults 18-49 in the 25 markets with local people meters.
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NOTE: All national ratings are "live plus same day DVR viewing" from Nielsen Media Research unless otherwise indicated.
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Definitions:
Fast Affiliate Ratings: These first national ratings, including demographics, are available at approximately 11 AM (ET) the day after telecast, and are released to subscribing customers daily. These data, from the National People Meter sample, are strictly time-period information, based on the normal broadcast network feed, and include all programming on the affiliated stations, sometimes including network programming, sometimes not. The figures may include stations that did not air the entire network feed, as well as local news breaks or cutaways for local coverage or other programming. Fast Affiliate ratings are not as useful for live programs and are likely to differ significantly from the final results, because the data reflect normal broadcast feed patterns. For example, with a World Series game, Fast Affiliate Ratings would include whatever aired from 8-11PM on affiliates in the Pacific Time Zone, following the live baseball game, but not game coverage that begins at 5PM PT. The same would be true of Presidential debates as well as live award shows and breaking news reports.
Rating: Estimated percentage of the universe of TV households (or other specified group) tuned to a program in the average minute. Ratings are expressed as a percent.
Share (of Audience): The percent of households (or persons) using television who are tuned to a specific program, station or network in a specific area at a specific time. (See also, Rating, which represents tuning or viewing as a percent of the entire population being measured.)
Time Shifted Viewing – Program ratings for national sources are produced in three streams of data – Live, Live+Same Day (Live+SD) and Live+7 Day. Time shifted figures account for incremental viewing that takes place with DVRs. Live+Same Day (Live+SD) include viewing during the same broadcast day as the original telecast, with a cut-off of 3:00AM local time when meters transmit daily viewing to Nielsen for processing. Live+7 Day ratings include incremental viewing that takes place during the 7 days following a telecast.
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