| Scoreboard | FOX | CBS | NBC | ABC | UNI | CW |
| Adults 18-49: rating/Share | 2.8/7 | 2.8/7 | 2.7/7 | 2.6/7 | 1.3/3 | 0.6/2 |
| Adults 18-34: Rating/Share | 2.9/9 | 1.8/5 | 2.3/7 | 2.0/6 | 1.2/3 | 0.6/2 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 7.388 | 9.742 | 8.002 | 8.765 | 2.994 | 1.357 |
Note: Due to live coverage of the first Presidential Debate on ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX, the entire primetime line-up is subject to more than the usual adjustments in the nationals.
FOX and CBS tied for number 1 network with adults 18-49, but CBS won with total viewers.
On FOX, a one hour edition of The X Factor garnered a 3.4 adults 18-49 rating, matching last week's performance
On CBS, Survivor: Philippines earned a 2.9 down 6% from last week's 3.1 adults 18-49 rating.
On ABC, The Middle scored a 2.2 down 24% from last week's 2.9. The second episode of The Neighbors earned a 2.0 down 38% from a 3.2 last week, when it premiered in the cushy post Modern Family timeslot.
On NBC Animal Practice garnered a 1.5 among adults 18-49,up 7% from last week's 1.4. Guys With Kids earned a 1.8, adults 18-49 rating, up 13% from last week's 1.6.
On the CW, Oh Sit! scored a 0.3, down 25% from last week's 0.4 among adults 18-49. The season premiere of Supernatural earned a 0.8 adults 18-49 rating, even with last season's premiere on September 23,2011 and up 14% from a 0.7 for the season 7 finale on May 19 , 2012. Most of your predictions were about right.
The Big four network aired Presidential Debate Coverage from 9-10:33PM, followed by analysis. The commercial free ratings for the debate itself will be sustained (in other words not counted) in the final national ratings. NBC earned a 3.2 CBS and ABC a 3.0 and FOX? a 2.8 among adults 18-49. We'll have a better idea of precisely how many people watched the debates when the cable ratings and nationals are released this afternoon.
Late-night results are below the primetime data.
Overnight ratings for Wednesday, October 3, 2012:
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating/Sh | Viewers (millions) |
| 8:00 | FOX | The X Factor | 3.4/10 | 9.26 |
| CBS | Survivor: Philippines | 2.9/9 | 10.49 | |
| ABC | The Middle | 2.2/7 | 7.93 | |
| NBC | Animal Practice | 1.5/5 | 5.22 | |
| CW | Oh Sit! | 0.3/1 | 0.92 | |
| 8:30 | ABC | The Neighbors | 2.0/6 | 6.61 |
| NBC | Guys With Kids | 1.8/5 | 5.50 | |
| 9:00 | NBC | Presidential Debate (9-11PM) Live | 3.4/8 | 9.91 |
| CBS | Presidential Debate (9-11PM) Live | 3.0/7 | 10.18 | |
| ABC | Presidential Debate (9-11PM) Live | 3.0/7 | 10.12 | |
| FOX | Presidential Debate (9-11PM) Live | 2.8/7 | 6.98 | |
| CW | Supernatural (Season Premiere) | 0.8/2 | 1.80 | |
| 10:30 | NBC | Post-Debate Coverage - Live | 2.5/7 | 7.55 |
| ABC | Post-Debate Coverage - Live | 2.2/6 | 7.70 | |
| CBS | Post-Debate Coverage - Live | 2.0/5 | 6.95 | |
| FOX | Post-Debate Coverage - Live | 1.8/5 | 4.88 |
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In Late-Night Metered Markets Wednesday night:
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> * 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," 2.2/6; and ABC's combo of "Nightline," 3.0/7; and "Jimmy
> Kimmel Live," 1.5/5.
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> * In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, adult 18-49 results
> were: "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," 0.9/4; "Late Show," 0.7/3;
> "Nightline," 1.0/4; and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 0.6/3.
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> * At 12:35 a.m., "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" (1.5/5 in
> metered-market households) beat CBS's "Late Late Show with Craig
> Ferguson" (1.2/4). In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, "Late
> Night" (0.6/3 in 18-49) topped "Late Late Show" (0.4/3).
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> * At 1:35 a.m., "Last Call with Carson Daly" averaged a 0.9/4 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 ratings are "live plus same day" 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 football 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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I was right about Supernatural.
12.2 for the debates, is that low?
lol @ the neighbours. cancel it, move suburgatory back to 8:30 and put happy endings back at 9:30 out of MF, please.
solid if unspectacular for supernatural.
nbc is nbc.
Always so funny how NBC wins the political airings of the EXACT SAME COVERAGE. I get the 10:30 portion but why the 9pm? Lol. Guilt for the other days of the week of watching the other networks?
And Lol @ Animal Practice being “Up”.
Any numbers for WWE Main Event (ION)?
Table shows 0.8 for Supernatural. A different source says that 0.8 is only for the first half-hour (21:00-21:30, 1.91 million/0.8) while the second half-hour (21:30-22:00) had 1.69 million and dropped to only a 0.2 adults 18-49 rating, which puts the average of the hour at 1.8 million viewers and a 0.5.
Survivor 2.8 10.38/ 3.0 10.59
XF 3.0 8.32/ 3.8 10.19
Oh Sit! .4 .966/ .3 .863
Quite a drop for The Middle
I hope they get a bump in the finals
Great for Supernatural, given it just a 0.3 lead in. If Arrow hits 1+, it could likely benefit. But this will be a strong wednesday for CW
Well I was off a little on my supernatural pick but its still up from last year’s finale, I’m sure it can do better with the Arrow premiere leading in next week instead of oh sit
I’m glad the Supernatural premiere did better than the season 7 finale. I’m pretty sure its numbers are going to rise with the Arrow premiere next Wednesday.
The fact that NBC’s comedies are improving in numbers is surprising.
Surprised The Middle fell so much though, maybe ABC’s Wednesday nights are dependent on Modern Family being on.
I wonder if Guys With Kids is inflated? If not, wow. A 1.8 for NBC is pretty decent.
The Neighbors fell like a rock. If it can maintain low 2.0′s it could survive a little longer though.
i quite enjoy The Neibors, also Xfactor was great
Supernatural .8 1.97/ .2 1.69 ( .2 @930 could be wrong)
Thats sucks for the middle, Its such a great show really underated in my opinion.
Compared to the Middle, Neighbors looks good.
And The Neighbors plummets. Who didn’t see that coming?
@F.R.
That doesn’t appear true in any way. How can any show drop to 0.2?
Stupid question:
“Due to live coverage of the first Presidential Debate on ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX, the entire primetime line-up is subject to more than the usual adjustments in the nationals.”-also on the networks that didn´t air it or just those networks,and why does that affect adjustments?
thats sad for The middle