| Scoreboard | CBS | NBC | FOX | ABC | UNI | CW |
| Adults 18-49: rating/Share | 3.3/9 | 2.7/8 | 2.5/7 | 2.0/6 | 1.5/4 | 0.2/1 |
| Adults 18-34: Rating/Share | 1.9/6 | 2.1/7 | 2.8/9 | 1.2/4 | 1.4/5 | 0.2/1 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 17.192 | 7.439 | 4.858 | 9.891 | 3.610 | 0.632 |
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CBS was the number one network in adults 18-49 and with total viewers.
On NBC, The Voice earned a 4.0 adults 18-49 rating, down considerably from last Tuesday's 4.7 rating. Go On scored a 2.7 18-49 rating, also down considerably from a 3.4 last week. The New Normal garnered a 2.0, taking a dip from last week's 2.2 among adults 18-49. Parenthood was flat with last week's 1.8 adults 18-49 rating.
On FOX, the season premiere of New Girl scored a 2.7 adults 18-49 rating, way down from last year's 4.8 series premiere 18-49 adults rating. A second episode of New Girl at 9PM also earned a 2.7. The series premiere of Ben And Kate earned a 2.0 adults 18-49 rating, and the series premiere of The Mindy Project earned a 2.4 adults 18-49 rating. Your predictions were too optimistic.
On CBS, the season premiere of NCIS earned a 4.1 adults 18-49 rating, dipping slightly from last season's 4.3 premiere rating. NCIS: Los Angeles earned a 3.4 adults 18-49 rating, also dipping slightly from the 3.6 its last season premiere. The series premiere of Vegas earned a 2.5 adults 18-49 rating and is CBS’ lowest-rated Tuesday drama premiere since Century City ( which earned a 2.1/5 on Tue 3/16/04) Your predictions were again a little too optimistic.
On ABC, the Wednesday premiere of Dancing with the Stars: All-Stars, garnered a 2.0 adults 18-49 rating, down from last year's Tuesday premiere of 2.9 and yesterday's 2.5 18-49 rating. The season premiere of Private Practice earned a 1.9 adults 18-49, down almost a full ratings point from last year's 2.8 premiere.
Broadcast primetime ratings for Tuesday, September 25,2012:
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating | 18-49 Share | Viewers Live+SD (million) |
| 8:00PM | CBS | NCIS | 4.1 | 12 | 20.16 |
| NBC | The Voice | 4.0 | 12 | 11.25 | |
| FOX | New Girl | 2.7 | 9 | 5.33 | |
| ABC | Dancing with the Stars: All Stars | 2.0 | 6 | 11.56 | |
| CW | Hart Of Dixie -R | 0.2 | 1 | 0.65 | |
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| 8:30PM | FOX | Ben And Kate -P | 2.0 | 6 | 4.19 |
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| 9:00PM | CBS | NCIS: Los Angeles | 3.4 | 9 | 16.72 |
| NBC | Go On | 2.7 | 7 | 7.27 | |
| FOX | New Girl | 2.7 | 7 | 5.19 | |
| CW | the Next -R | 0.2 | 1 | 0.61 | |
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| 9:30PM | FOX | The Mindy Project -P | 2.4 | 6 | 4.73 |
| NBC | The New Normal | 2.0 | 5 | 5.24 | |
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| 10:00PM | CBS | Vegas -P | 2.5 | 7 | 14.70 |
| ABC | Private Practice | 1.9 | 5 | 6.56 | |
| NBC | Parenthood | 1.8 | 5 | 4.81 | |
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Via Press Note:
In Nielsen's 56 metered markets, household results were: "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," 2.8/7; CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman," 3.1/8; and ABC's combo of "Nightline," 3.2/8; and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 1.7/5.
- In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, adult 18-49 results were: “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” 0.9/5; "Late Show," 0.7/3; "Nightline," 1.0/4; and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 0.6/3.
- At 1:35 a.m., "Last Call with Carson Daly" averaged a 0.8/4 in metered-market households and a 0.3/3 in adults 18-49 in the 25 markets with local people meters.
NOTE: All national ratings are "live plus same day" from Nielsen Media Research unless otherwise indicated.
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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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Good for NCIS!
CNS failing terribly this season!! None of its new shows, show promise!
Not bad for Ben and Kate
Whoa Go On dropped a lot!
Good to see NCIS hasnt lost much
The Voice will probably be adjusted up and but I think it would still be lower than, NCIS.
14.7m vs 4.73m and only a .1 ratings difference. That’s amazing!
Vegas skewed extremely old. Nice at The Voice & NCIS hitting over a 4 at 8. Finally some decent ratings.
FOX sitcoms are a mess. Once Raising Hope comes in, it should get much much worse.
Vegas skews very old.. Not a shock. NCIS fans are very loyal to that show.
Does DWTS normally do that badly on a Tuesday? 2 seems really low. Looks like Vegas is the new Mentalist. Huge number of viewers very old skewing. I can’t remember how LA debuted last premier so not sure if it’s numbers are good or not. 3.4 seems pretty healthy?
Wow Vegas is Old Skewing. 20 million for NCIS Is craz.y
The Voice was a recap episode (The best of the blind auditions), so put that in the article, thx!
Not a good start for Ben & Kate
Love those CBS #’s ,
Watched The Voice last night as did a lot of the country ,
Only show that might be DOA is Ben & Kate ,, but they should give it a few episodes and see if it can build an audience
Yay for NCIS I love that show I thought VEGAS was pretty good.
Yah! NCIS !
Parenthood stable against competition as I suspected. The show has a core audience regardless of what is against it or of lead in.
Well, everyone had to see who died in the explosion.
It’s funny how the New Normal seems like a flop when last year a sitcom on NBC getting a 2.0 would have been considered a huge hit…
ouch to ben and kate didn’t look that good anyway. wow did mindy suck last night.