NFL Pre-Season Football was the highest rated program among adults 18-49 and total viewers. Grimm, the first of the fall scripted broadcast programs to return, ranked 11th among adults 18-49 and 17th among total viewers, making it the onumber 1 (and only) new scripted program for the week ending August 12.
Primetime Broadcast Adults 18-49 Viewers for the week ending August 19, 2012:
| Rank | Shows | R=Repeat S=Special P=Premiere | Net | 18-49 rating | 18-49 Viewers (000) |
| 1 | NBC NFL PRE-SEASON 8/19(S) | S | NBC | 3.2 | 4063 |
| 2 | AMERICA'S GOT TALENT-TUE | NBC | 2.8 | 3528 | |
| 3 | HELL'S KITCHEN-MON | FOX | 2.7 | 3481 | |
| 4 | MASTERCHEF-TUE | FOX | 2.4 | 3086 | |
| 5 | Big Brother 14-SUN | CBS | 2.4 | 3041 | |
| 6 | AMERICA'S GOT TALENT-WED | NBC | 2.3 | 2901 | |
| 7 | Big Brother 14-THU | CBS | 2.2 | 2866 | |
| 8 | Big Bang Theory, THE | R | CBS | 2.1 | 2731 |
| 9 | Big Brother 14-WED | CBS | 2.1 | 2709 | |
| 10 | Hotel Hell SP-8/14 8P(S) | S | FOX | 2.1 | 2696 |
| 11 | Grimm | P | NBC | 2.0 | 2535 |
| 12 | Family Guy-SUN 9:30P | R | FOX | 2.0 | 2529 |
| 13 | Hotel Hell | P | FOX | 1.9 | 2487 |
| 14 | Two and a Half Men - THU | R | CBS | 1.8 | 2330 |
| 15 | Family Guy | R | FOX | 1.8 | 2315 |
| 16 | SO YOU THINK CN DANCE | FOX | 1.8 | 2281 | |
| 17 | Stars Earn Stripes | P | NBC | 1.7 | 2234 |
| 18 | ETERNOS RIVALES 8/15(S) | S | UNI | 1.7 | 2217 |
| 19 | NFL ON FOX PRESEASON 1(S) | S | FOX | 1.7 | 2182 |
| 20 | ABISMO DE PASION TUE | UNI | 1.6 | 2100 | |
| 21 | ABISMO DE PASION THU | UNI | 1.6 | 2099 | |
| 23 | WIPEOUT-THU 8PM | ABC | 1.6 | 2096 | |
| 23 | ABISMO DE PASION MON | UNI | 1.6 | 1991 | |
| 24 | ABISMO DE PASION FRI | UNI | 1.5 | 1913 | |
| 25 | POR ELLA SOY EVA MON | UNI | 1.5 | 1861 |
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Primetime Broadcast Total Viewership for the week:
| Rank | Shows | R=Repeat S=Special P=Premiere | Net | Viewers (Live +SD) (000) | HH Rating (Live + SD) |
| 1 | NBC NFL PRE-SEASON 8/19(S) | S | NBC | 6939 | 6.0 |
| 2 | AMERICA'S GOT TALENT-TUE | NBC | 6826 | 6.0 | |
| 3 | 60 Minutes | R | CBS | 6073 | 5.3 |
| 4 | Big Bang Theory, THE | R | CBS | 6053 | 5.3 |
| 5 | AMERICA'S GOT TALENT-WED | NBC | 5748 | 5.0 | |
| 6 | NCIS | R | CBS | 5726 | 5.0 |
| 7 | NCIS: LOS ANGELES | R | CBS | 5048 | 4.4 |
| 8 | Two and a Half Men - THU | R | CBS | 5020 | 4.4 |
| 9 | Mentalist, THE - TUE | RP | CBS | 4585 | 4.0 |
| 10 | Big Brother 14-SUN | CBS | 4488 | 3.9 | |
| 11 | Big Brother 14-THU | CBS | 4451 | 3.9 | |
| 12 | BIG BROTHER 14-WED | CBS | 4348 | 3.8 | |
| 13 | HELL'S KITCHEN-MON | FOX | 4247 | 3.7 | |
| 14 | CSI | R | CBS | 4239 | 3.7 |
| 15 | Criminal Minds | R | CBS | 4136 | 3.6 |
| 16 | AMERICA GOT TALENT-WED 8P | RP | NBC | 4008 | 3.5 |
| 17 | Grimm | P | NBC | 3880 | 3.4 |
| 18 | MASTERCHEF-TUE | FOX | 3859 | 3.4 | |
| 19 | 20/20-FRIDAY | R | ABC | 3843 | 3.4 |
| 20 | MIKE & Molly | R | CBS | 3740 | 3.3 |
| 21 | Dateline FRI | NBC | 3739 | 3.3 | |
| 22 | Hawaii Five-0 | R | CBS | 3700 | 3.2 |
| 23 | Dateline SUN-7PM | NBC | 3672 | 3.2 | |
| 24 | 20/20-FRI | R | ABC | 3636 | 3.2 |
| 25 | Blue Bloods | R | CBS | 3520 | 3.1 |
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Nielsen TV Ratings: ©2012 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved. All numbers are live viewing plus same day DVR viewing.
Saving Hope & the LA Complex were new scripted shows…
These ratings are in the toilet! I imagine it’s a case of post-Olympics TV burnout.
Big Bang Theory and 2.5 is going to be a a beast of an hour.
Found this on the NBC website:http://www.nbc.com/movies-specials-more/video/2012-primetime-preview/1414196/