American Idol and Suburgatory were adjusted up a tenth of a point with adults 18-49 vs. Wednesday's preliminary ratings. Criminal Minds, Happy Endings, Person to Person and Remodeled all so downwards adjustments of a tenth with adults 18-49. CSI and Law & Order: SVU were each adjusted down two tenths with adults 18-49.
On a guess the more-than-typical number of adjustments was related to local market preemptions for college basketball.
Broadcast final ratings for Wednesday:
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 rating/Sh | Viewers (Millions) |
| 8:00 | FOX | American Idol | 6.1/17 | 19.32 |
| ABC | The Middle | 2.6/8 | 8.44 | |
| NBC | Whitney | 1.5/4 | 4.06 | |
| CBS | Person to Person | 1.0/3 | 5.90 | |
| CW | One Tree Hill | 0.7/2 | 1.35 | |
| 8:30 | ABC | Suburgatory | 2.6/7 | 7.27 |
| NBC | Are You There, Chelsea? | 1.5/4 | 3.63 | |
| 9:00 | ABC | Modern Family | 5.5/14 | 12.90 |
| CBS | Criminal Minds | 3.3/8 | 13.31 | |
| FOX | Mobbed | 3.0/8 | 8.47 | |
| NBC | Rock Center with Brian Williams | 1.1/3 | 5.10 | |
| CW | Remodeled | 0.3/1 | 0.62 | |
| 9:30 | ABC | Happy Endings | 2.9/7 | 6.70 |
| 10:00 | CBS | CSI | 2.5/7 | 10.88 |
| ABC | Revenge | 2.5/7 | 7.70 | |
| NBC | Law & Order: SVU | 2.0/5 | 6.55 |
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