| Scoreboard | NBC | CBS | ABC | FOX | UNI |
| Adults 18-49: rating/Share | 4.8/12 | 3.8/10 | 2.3/6 | 1.6/4 | 1.1/3 |
| Adults 18-34: Rating/Share | 4.2/12 | 2.7/8 | 1.8/5 | x | 0.9/3 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 12.776 | 14.485 | 7.303 | 5.560 | 2.803 |
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Due to the nature of live programming the ratings for NBC (NFL Football), CBS (Football Overrun) & FOX (MLB Baseball) 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, but CBS won with total viewers.
On NBC, Sunday Night Football (Steelers-Bengals) from 8:30-11:00PM earned a 6.0 adults 18-49
On ABC, America's Funniest Home Videos earned a 1.3, down from last week's 1.4 adults 18-49 rating. Once Upon A Time garnered a 3.3 adults 18-49 rating, up from last week's 3.0. Most of your predictions were too pessimistic! Revenge scored 2.8, up from last week's 2.6 adults 18-49 rating. 666 Park Avenue scored a 1.8, up from last week's 1.5 adults 18-49 rating.
On CBS, the start of all primetime shows were delayed approximately 57 minutes due to Football overtime, increasing the likelihood that the ratings will be adjusted in the finals. From 7-8PM, NFL Football earned a 7.6 adults 18-49 rating. 60 Minutes earned a 3.5 adults 18-49 raitng The Amazing Race earned a 2.3, down three tenths from last week's 2.6 adults 18-49 rating and a new low for a fall original. The Good Wife scored a 1.9, up two tenths from last week's 1.7 adults 18-49 rating.
Broadcast primetime ratings for Sunday, October 21, 2012:
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating | 18-49 Share | Viewers Live+SD (million) |
| 7:00 PM | CBS | NFL Overrun | 7.6 | 22 | 23.77 |
| NBC | Football Night in America | 1.5 | 4 | 5.09 | |
| ABC | America's Funniest Home Videos | 1.3 | 4 | 5.93 | |
| FOX | MLB Pregame Show | 1.3 | 4 | 4.65 | |
| 7:30 PM | NBC | Football Night in America | 2.4 | 6 | 6.79 |
| FOX | NLCS Game 6 | ||||
| 8:00 PM | NBC | Football Night in America | 4.6 | 12 | 12.44 |
| CBS | 60 Minutes | 3.5 | 9 | 14.82 | |
| ABC | Once Upon A Time | 3.3 | 8 | 9.71 | |
| 8:30 PM | NBC | Sunday Night Football(8:30-11) 6.0 | 15 | 15.579 | |
| 9:00PM | ABC | Revenge | 2.8 | 6 | 8.65 |
| CBS | The Amazing Race | 2.3 | 5 | 9.39 | |
| 10:00PM | CBS | The Good Wife | 1.9 | 5 | 9.97 |
| ABC | 666 Park Avenue | 1.8 | 4 | 4.93 | |
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Nielsen TV Ratings: ©2012 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved.
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 baseball 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.
For more information see Numbers 101 and Numbers 102.
Go Revenge! Last night’s episode was so amazing. It deserves it.
666 was awesome last night, I wish more people would watch the show!
max is joss’s biggest fan’s twin? lol
How late started CBS lineup? where is The Mentalist?
OUAT 3.1 9.51/ 3.4 9.91
Revenge 2.8 8.84/ 2.8 8.45
666 Park 1.9 5.15/ 1.6 4.71
TAR 2.4/9.47 2.2 9.30
TGW 1.9 10.04/ 1.9 9.90
Good job Once, and even better for Revenge!
I’ll continue watching 666 if ABC orders more episodes.
Why there is no The Mentalist ?
Revenge audience actually stayed steady throughput episode! First time this season!!!
Love The Good Wife so much!
OUAT was fantastic last night. Very pleased to see more viewers wanted to watch it live. THis show is like a mini movie every week!
Even a bit of positve news for 666 is good for me. I enjoy 666 very much. Much improved since the pilot.
Great ratings for Once Upon a Time! Looks like the ratings have stabilized, which is good news. Carlyle was fantastic, as usual!
The Mentalist did not start until 10:56.
Wow, if OUAT is adjusted up to a 3.4, it will tie Grey’s Anatomy for the week’s top drama.
What happened to the Mentalist ?
Wow! Nice rebound for all ABC shows. Once Upon a Time was fantastic last night, I’m so glad it finally rose. About to watch Revenge, I hear it was a really good one last night. I’m so glad that both of these shows are thriving.
Note to CBS: The Good Wife works a lot better if it’s on at 10pm. I hope they switch it and The Mentalist after football is over. Speaking of The Mentalist, did it even air or did CBS just call it quits at 10:57pm?
This proves that Revenge and TGW both do better when they don’t have to compete against eachother. They share the same audience. LOVED both series last night! And glad for OUAT ( I don’t watch it, since I’m still in S1 ).
Last night both Revenge and OUAT episodes were amazing! So happy the ratings went up!
way to go revenge, OUT and 666…. im satisfied
Everything on CBS aired an hour later, so Mentalist’s ratings weren’t included. Too bad, ’cause it was a good episode..wish they’d at least move it to Friday
The uptick for Revenge was expected given the previews for last night’s episode. Such a thrilling guilty pleasure soap. And going quite fast this season that i worry the pace could drop later. How 666 went up is beyond me.