| Scoreboard | NBC | FOX | ABC | CBS | UNI |
| Adults 18-49: rating/Share | 6.4/16 | 4.6/12 | 2.7/7 | 2.1/5 | 1.0/3 |
| Adults 18-34: Rating/Share | 5.7/16 | 4.6/13 | 2.4/7 | 1.2/3 | 0.8/2 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 16.640 | 10.960 | 8.368 | 10.468 | 2.837 |
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Due to the nature of live programming the ratings for NBC (NFL Football), & FOX/CBS (NFL Overruns) are approximate and subject to more than the typical adjustments in the final numbers. See below for more information on these Fast Affiliate Ratings.
NBC was number one among adults 18-49 and with total viewers.
On NBC, Sunday Night Football (Giants/Eagles) from 8:30-11:00PM earned a 8.1 adults 18-49 rating, matching last week's 8.1 18-49 fast national rating.
On FOX, the season premiere of The Simpsons earned a 3.7 adults 18-49 rating, down 5% from a 3.9 for last season's premiere on September 25, 2011. Bob's Burgers scored a 2.5 among adults 18-49, up 32% from a 1.9 for last season's premiere on March 11, 2012. Family Guy premiered to a 3.3 adults 18-49 rating, down 20% from a 4.1 for last season's premiere on September 25, 2011. The premiere of American Dad garnered a 2.5 adults 18-49 rating, down 20% from a 3.0 for last season's premiere on September 25, 2011.
On ABC, the season premiere of Once Upon A Time garnered a 3.8 adults 18-49 rating, down 5% from a 4.0 adults 18-49 rating for its series premiere on October 23, 2011.Most of your predictions were right. Revenge premiered to a 3.2 adults 18-49 rating, down 3% from a 3.3 for its series premiere on Wednesday, September 21, 2011 and matching the performance of last season's Desperate Housewives premiere in the time period on September 25, 2011. It ranked as the show's second highest rated episode ever among adults 18-49. The series premiere of 666 Park Avenue scored a 2.2 adults 18-49 rating, down 29% from a 3.1 for Pan Am's series premiere on September 25, 2011.
On CBS, the season premiere of 60 Minutes earned a 1.8 adults 18-49 rating, down 22% from a 2.3 for the previous season premiere on September 25, 2011. The Amazing Race season premiere scored a 2.5 adults 18-49 rating, down 17% from a 3.0 for last fall's season premiere on September 25, 201 and tying its lowest rated premiere ever1. The season premiere of The Good Wife garnered a 1.8 adults 18-49 rating, down 18% from a 2.2 for last season's premiere on September 25, 2011 and ranking as its lowest rated premiere ever. The Mentalist premiered to a 2.1 adults 18-49 rating, down 25% from a 2.8 for last season's premiere on Thursday, September 22, 2011 and down 9% from CSI Miami's 2.3 in the timer period for its season premiere on September 25, 2011.
Broadcast primetime ratings for Sunday, September 30, 2012:
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating/Share | Viewers (Millions) |
| 7:00 | FOX | NFL Football Overrrun - Live | 7.8/22 | 20.31 |
| NBC | Football Night in America Part 1 - Live | 1.9/6 | 5.78 | |
| CBS | 60 Minutes (Season Premiere) | 1.8/5 | 11.53 | |
| ABC | Once Upon A Time (Clip Show) | 1.8/5 | 6.00 | |
| 7:30 | NBC | Football Night in America Part 2 - Live | 2.8/8 | 7.80 |
| 8:00 | NBC | Football Night in America Part 3 - Live | 6.2/16 | 16.75 |
| ABC | Once Upon A Time (Season Premiere) | 3.8/10 | 11.01 | |
| FOX | The Simpsons (Season Premiere) | 3.7/10 | 7.97 | |
| CBS | The Amazing Race (Season Premiere) | 2.5/6 | 9.70 | |
| 8:30 | NBC | NFL Football Live (8:30-11PM) | 8.1/19 | 20.56 |
| FOX | Bob's Burgers (Season Premiere) | 2.5/6 | 5.40 | |
| 9:00 | FOX | Family Guy (Season Premiere) | 3.3/8 | 6.53 |
| ABC | Revenge (Season Premiere) | 3.2/7 | 9.50 | |
| CBS | The Good Wife (Season Premiere) | 1.8/4 | 9.81 | |
| 9:30 | FOX | American Dad (Season Premiere) | 2.5/6 | 5.23 |
| 10:00 | ABC | 666 Park Avenue (Series Premiere) | 2.2/5 | 6.97 |
| CBS | The Mentalist (Season Premiere) | 2.1/5 | 10.83 |
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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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I doubt ABC will cancel all its newer show so they’ll choose at least one or two to keep so between The Last Resort and 666 which one has the greater chance for ABC to at least keep on awhile before cancellation ?
OUAT is incredible… Revenge with a 3.2 is fantastic. ABC has no reason not to be happy with that. 666, well… it’ll be at 1.5 in a matter of (2?) weeks. Though I still wish Nashville was the anchor on Sundays and Revenge stayed on Wednesdays.
I think it’s a matter of time before TGW and TM swap slots. I love TGW, but it just got it’s ass kicked by Revenge, and CBS isn’ t going to let that happen for too long, especially with the damn NFL overruns for the next 3 months.
Great for OUAT–good ep last night, Revenge impressive but will it hold?
666 was not scary & borderline boring–don’t see this one lasting
Impressed w/ the Simpsons (3.7!) & Family Guy, animation dominant if numbers hold
Expected CBS to not do well, but these numbers are actually scary
The headline is very deceiving. Revenge is up from it season finale last fall in its new timeslot. Once Upon a Time and Revenge IMO are great companions IMO. Let this duo grow together. ABC made the right move moving Revenge to 9pm on Sunday’s. Its a very good move. 666 really was kind of left out of the starting gate. Hopefully it goes up and people tune into it.
CBS IMO damn they are having their worst fall in years. They have tons of aging shows in there 8th to 13th years. Some of these shows need series finale and wrap it up. The Good Wife would be a great Friday move at 9pm. Cancel Made In Jersey and put the Good Wife on Friday. What a dissapoining fall for CBS. They must be really upset, they usually rule.
Wow, a lot of people watch TV on Sunday! Those are some nice ratings compared to the rest of the week. Good Wife is the only show that did poorly and CBS must be bummed about it’s ratings but the rest did wonderfully.
666 park avenue premiered with the same rating (and a lower overall figure) as GCB in March. It’s gonna go Bye-Bye!
The “666? in the title has such a negative vibe in it.
Laugh of the day – thanks
@John_m
The Good Wife is still on the air because it’s a moneymaker for CBS internationally. International markets have become more select with most US exports ending up as late night/early morning filler and cable fodder – not so for this show. It gets great reviews and is a stellar show. Yes, it skews old, but so what, CBS cut it a break. One day we’re all going to be older than 30 hopefully.
@John_M
I believe the consensus on TGW is that, while “positive critics buzz” certainly does not equal advertising dollars, for a bubble show like TGW it might make that infinitesimal difference between cancellation and renewal.
Whoa. The Simpsons did AWESOME! Better than Family Guy too! Still need to watch OUAT and Family Guy on my DVR later tonight.
I also just realized The LA Complex isn’t on anymore….
Hope it comes back for a third season. Here’s the final scene of season 2 if anyone’s interested…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oJcXAQjgkI
The Mentalist should never have been moved to Sunday night .. Why CBS did this is still a mystery!
Considering how much promotion ABC gave 666..I would say those ratings are pretty bad. After watching the premiere I can honestly say it didn’t leave me wanting more. I guess I’ll just have to wait until AHS: ASYLUM to truely get my horror fix.
One day we’re all going to be older than 30 hopefully.
Well, I’m 40, and find the few moments of the good wife i’ve tried to watch over wrought and day time soap opera cringeworthy. Maybe it’s because the ‘talent’ on the show is concentrated with charles and baranski.
I like people complaining about the headline title – that’s funny – you’re going to read it whatever it says – just like you’re going to ignore comments bout over runs, focus purely on the numbers and get excited when artificially inflated (by TNF) numbers excite you
Wow when was the last time Simpsons premiered higher than Family Guy? The fact that Simpsons beat Family Guy by 4 the tenths of a point just shows that Famiy Guy is slowly dying, it’s just not good anymore
@SJ,
ABC, on the other hand, has a huge 10pm problem on their hands. Out of the four dramas that aired there this week, Castle is the only one that I see still being on the air in January.
Not disagreeing that the 10pm hour is problematic, but I wouldn’t be surprised if Scandal is still airing in January. Not because it is doing well, of course, but I’m not sure they have enough back-up to make a clean sweep of the hour and given their options I think they’ll shy away from canceling both Shonda shows at the same time.
CBS can’t do much about Sunday.. Guys are watching sports and girls are watching “soaps”..
Quick – we need an article about the niselsen ‘video views’ press announcement
666 will bite the dust not unless it maintains those numbers which it probably won’t.
Just what I expected of The Good Wife & The Mentalist – these two will averaging around 1.3 in the spring! The question is whether CBS will keep critical darling TGW on air with such low ratings.
Good for Revenge.
CBS can’t do much about Sunday.. Guys are watching sports and girls are watching “soaps”..
Awfully sexist of you there.
Plus – TGW is a soap
Good for OUAT and Revenge, bad for TGW. I can’t wait to see the numbers for Dexter or Homeland. And great numbers for Football as usual