| Scoreboard | CBS | FOX | UNI | ABC | NBC | CW |
| Adults 18-49: rating/Share | 2.5/8 | 2.2/7 | 1.5/5 | 1.5/5 | 1.3/4 | 0.5/2 |
| Adults 18-34: Rating/Share | 1.3/5 | 2.0/8 | 1.4/5 | 1.0/4 | 0.9/3 | 0.5/2 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 10.499 | 7.177 | 3.611 | 5.535 | 4.782 | 1.722 |
NOTE: vs. last week A18-49 usage was down -11% from 8-10pm and -9% from 8-11pm.
CBS was the number one network in adults 18-49 and with total viewers.
On FOX, The X Factor earned a 2.2, down from last week's 2.9 adults 18-49 rating.
On CBS, Survivor: Philippines scored a 2.3, down three tenths from last week's 2.6 adults 18-49 rating. Criminal Minds garnered a 2.7, down three tenths from last week's 3.0 adults 18-49. CSI earned a 2.3, down two tenths from last week's 2.5 adults 18-49 rating.
On ABC, A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving scored a 2.2 adults 18-49 rating, up four tenths from last year's 1.8 rating. Private Practice earned 1.0, down two tenths from yesterday's 1.2 adults 18-49 rating.
On NBC, Whitney scored a 1.1, down three tenths from last week's 1.4 adults 18-49 rating. Guys With Kids earned a 1.1. down two tenths from last week's 1.3 adults 18-49 rating. Law & Order SVU earned a 1.3, down three tenths from last week's 1.6 adults 18-49 rating. Chicago Fire earned a 1.4, down two tenths from last week's 1.6 adults 18-49 rating.
Late-night results are below the primetime data.
Overnight ratings for Wednesday, November 21, 2012:
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating | 18-49 Share | Viewers Live+SD (million) |
| 8:00PM | CBS | Survivor: Philippines | 2.3 | 8 | 9.36 |
| ABC | A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving -R | 2.2 | 7 | 8.097 | |
| FOX | The X Factor (8-10 PM) | 2.2 | 7 | 7.177 | |
| NBC | Whitney | 1.1 | 4 | 3.937 | |
| CW | Planes, Trains and Automobiles -R | 0.5 | 2 | 1.722 | |
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| 8:30PM | NBC | Guys With Kids | 1.1 | 3 | 3.503 |
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| 9:00 PM | CBS | Criminal Minds | 2.7 | 8 | 11.47 |
| ABC | Modern Family -R | 1.7 | 5 | 5.833 | |
| NBC | Law And Order SVU | 1.3 | 4 | 5.194 | |
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| 9:30PM | ABC | Suburgatory -R | 1.1 | 3 | 3.828 |
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| 10:00PM | CBS | CSI | 2.3 | 7 | 10.668 |
| NBC | Chicago Fire | 1.4 | 4 | 5.431 | |
| ABC | Private Practice | 1.0 | 3 | 3.682 | |
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NOTE: All ratings are "live plus same day" from Nielsen Media Research unless otherwise indicated.
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Makes you wonder why they ran so many originals on Thanksgiving Eve.
Super bummed about X Factor, it was great last night. Fox was idiotic for putting on a new episode. They’ve done eberything wrong that they possibl could this season.
CHICAGO FIRE dead huh?
abc and cw were the only stations smart enough to run repeats/specials (besides PP i guess, but the ratings for that hardly matter anymore)
Poor X Factor. I’m expecting around a 1.9 for tonights episode.
How come you’ve chosen a picture for X Factor when Survivor has done better? I bet you will say something positive about X Factor like in your last tweet ” X-Factor improves w/teens”. Can you be anymore biased?
also lol @ an old movie beating 90210, GG and emily owens in the demo
NBC is missing at 9.
SVU?
SVU?
why was private practice on??
you miss law and order at 9.
Dillan 1.9 is way too optimistic. NBC Football will slay. I think X Factor will be somewhere around 1.5
Why did they air Private Practice on Thanksgiving Eve? I don’t get this. And even without airing originals of Modern Family and Suburgatory before it.
“Whitney” and “Guys With Kids” are stuffed!
i dont know why they put new episodes on before thanksgiving either. im glad the ones i watch on wed. were off or repeats.
” On FOX, The X Factor earned a 2.2, up 12% from last week’s 2.9 adults 18-49 rating.”
As predicted author tries his best to spin X Factors ratings, but messes up horribly.
my god whitney is FAILING hard. X factor was really good last night, wished it had higher views.
MF repeat well. Let see how will repeat this year. TBBT always repeat well but last year MF repeats was bad.
Chicago Fire fine. Bad night for TV. Probably should have had all re-runs.