The Big Bang Theory, The Vampire Diaries, Grey's Anatomy and The Office were each adjusted up a tenth while 30 Rock, Up All Night and Scandal were each adjusted down a tenth among adults 18-49 versus the preliminary Thursday broadcast ratings. Final baseball ratings are also in the table below.
Final broadcast primetime ratings for Thursday, October 18, 2012:
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 rating/Sh | Viewers (Millions) |
| 8:00 | CBS | The Big Bang Theory | 4.8/15 | 15.73 |
| ABC | Last Resort | 1.7/5 | 7.06 | |
| FOX | MLB Baseball Playoffs (8-11PM) - Live | 1.6/5 | 6.04 | |
| CW | Vampire Diaries | 1.3/4 | 2.91 | |
| NBC | 30 Rock | 1.2/4 | 3.04 | |
| 8:30 | CBS | Two and a Half Men | 4.0/11 | 13.60 |
| NBC | Up All Night | 1.3/4 | 2.99 | |
| 9:00 | ABC | Grey's Anatomy (9-10:02PM) | 3.4/9 | 9.69 |
| CBS | Person Of Interest | 2.8/7 | 13.93 | |
| NBC | The Office (9-9:31PM) | 2.1/6 | 4.28 | |
| CW | Beauty And The Beast | 0.7/2 | 2.00 | |
| 9:30 | NBC | Parks and Recreation | 1.6/4 | 3.46 |
| 10:00 | CBS | Elementary | 2.3/6 | 10.91 |
| ABC | Scandal | 1.9/5 | 6.17 | |
| NBC | Rock Center With Brian Williams | 0.9/3 | 3.47 |
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Nielsen TV Ratings: ©2012 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved.
Ryan30 call it Peter excuse bingo but don’t forget last seasons #1 hit, it needs a better lead-in.
On another note, funny typo in the headline. I might watch the Offifice.
my comment on page 3 was @ phils from page 3
From first ratings ,FOX MLB Baseball is 2 tenths up and Last resort from 7.32 to 7.04 in total viewers , same in demo’s?
Curious.
So good for Fox ,i guess.
Scandal is doing awful with the best lead in than any other ABC show. Time to put it out to pasture or on Friday.
Does anybody know what the most commented article on this website is? If so, how many comments did the article get?
@ casey ha ha
maybe the ofifice is the spinoff, and they’re launching it earlier than expected
my mistake, the offifice
@Max. Are you insane? Scandal is only pulling a 1.9 with a 3.4 lead in. Where as Revenge is pulling mid 2s with a similar lead in.
never mind, right the first time
not quite the rating i was hoping for but still good TVD
How did CW make a mistake killing TSC? It would be getting the same or worse than BATB if still in this slot.
@JPK, And not only Revenge is in the 9 pm slot but it’s against one of the weakest CBS shows as well…
Scandal hits a new low in total viewers and ties it’s low in 18-49 ratings. This show might get a third season, but after that it’s done
Yay Last Resort! It’s already doing badly, so it’s nice to see that it isn’t doing any worse.
LMAO at Max. AHS story beat flop Scandal and he trashed that yesterday.
@Ricardo,
Last Resort would have to get at least a 2.0 to be considered for renewal.
Maybe. I agree that one 1.7 isn’t going to make a difference, but an increase is positive and unexpected (and I love when ratings are unexpected
)… Realistically, I think a 1.7-1.9 average might be sufficient to get a back 9 given how their other shows are doing, but I’m not ready to bet that will happen.
Like predicted Beauty and the Beast is a hot mess. Losing that much demo in it’s second week, and only doing a tenth better then Hart of Dixie when it has the big tvd lead is embarrassing.
Person of interest went from 4.0 to 2.8.That s really bad .While for the sherlock piece of crap ,i hope the candel it sooner than later.Something needs to change in POI to get the show more success.
Scandal doesnt even have a full season a bit early to talk about a season 3.
Scandal is 15 Tenths lower than Grey’s Anatomy :O
Revenge is 4 tenths lower than Once Upon A Time.
GA Is a More popular show which means better ratings which means a better lead in!
NOW TRY TO HATE On REVENGE!