| Scoreboard | NBC | FOX | CBS | ABC | CW | x |
| Adults 18-49: rating/Share | 5.8/18 | 3.1/10 | 1.7/5 | 1.2/4 | 0.2/1 | x |
| Adults 18-34: Rating/Share | 4.9/19 | 2.8/11 | 1.1/4 | 0.8/3 | 0.2/1 | x |
| Total Viewers (million) | 15.929 | 9.401 | 6.827 | 4.202 | 0.819 | x |
Due to the nature of live programming the ratings for NBC (NFL Football), & FOX (Football 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 won the night in adults 18-49 and in Total Viewers.
On FOX, NFL Overruns delayed the start of primetime by 17 minutes, which means these numbers are scrambled and subject to change.
On ABC the Bad 25 special earned a 1.2 adults 18-49 rating
On NBC, the Thanksgiving Jets/Pats matchup earned a preliminary 6.2 adults 18-49 rating
Late-night ratings are below the primetime data.
Overnight ratings for Thursday, November 22, 2012:
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating | 18-49 Share | Viewers Live+SD (million) |
| 8:00PM | FOX | NFL Overrun (8-8:17PM) | 6.0 | 20 | 17.949 |
| NBC | Football Night in America | 3.7 | 12 | 10.891 | |
| CBS | The Big Bang Theory -R | 1.8 | 6 | 7.113 | |
| ABC | Charlie Brown Thanksgiving -R | 1.2 | 4 | 4.053 | |
| CW | The Vampire Diaries -R | 0.2 | 1 | 0.794 | |
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| 8:30PM | NBC | NFL Football (Pats/Jets) | 6.2 | 20 | |
| FOX | The X Factor | 2.5 | 8 | 8.316 | |
| CBS | Two and a Half Men -R | 1.8 | 6 | 6.766 | |
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| 9:00PM | FOX | The X Factor/Glee | 2.3 | 7 | 6.891 |
| CBS | The Big Bang Theory -R | 2.0 | 6 | 7.341 | |
| ABC | Modern Family -R | 1.0 | 3 | 3.441 | |
| CW | Beauty And The Beast -R | 0.2 | 1 | 0.845 | |
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| 9:30 | CBS | 2 Broke Girls -R | 1.6 | 5 | 6.138 |
| FOX | Glee | 1.5 | 5 | 4.447 | |
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Bad 25 (9:30-11PM)
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1.2 | 4 | ||
| 10:00 | CBS | Person Of Interest -R | 1.3 | 4 | 6.801 |
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Late night ratings:
In Late-Night Metered Markets Wednesday night:
* In Nielsen's 56 metered markets, household results were: "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," 2.7/7; CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman," 2.7/7; and ABC's combo of "Nightline," 2.8/7; and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 1.7/5.
* In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, adult 18-49 results were: > "> The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,> "> 0.9/4; "Late Show," 0.8/3; "Nightline," 0.9/4; and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 0.7/3.
* 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" (1.4/4 with an encore). In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, "Late Night" (0.5/3 in 18-49) topped "Late Late Show" (0.4/2 with an encore).
* At 1:35 a.m., "Last Call with Carson Daly" averaged a 0.9/3 in metered-market households with an encore and a 0.3/2 in adults 18-49 in the 25 markets with local people meters.
NOTE: All ratings are "live plus same day" from Nielsen Media Research unless otherwise indicated.
Nielsen TV Ratings: ©2012 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved.
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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 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.
“If Twitter last night is any indication – and maybe it isn’t, “
Twitter is an indication of, Twitter.
I think it was kinda stupid to have a new Glee last night, jmo.
All this “it’s a shame Glee was on Thanksgiving! It was good!” is moot. If the Glee episode was really that engaging, they would have held onto their X-Factor lead-in and not dropped almost an entire point in the demo. Hard truths.
WOW!! i didn’t even LOOK at glee ratings. x factor will definitely adjust down, but only to about a 2.3 in looking at those numbers. not bad!
they’ll have to cut production costs next season but anyone who thinks fox isn’t hanging onto them for their dear life is nuts!!
Thanksgiving or not, it’s clear Glee has lost the plot completely. The show is already in its fourth season (will be ok for syndication by end of season), if the ratings keep sliding, I dont think it will be renewed.
So true xyz
“I’m guessing you’re not aware with how The Voice did after the Super Bowl.”
Perfectly aware of it and when The Voice lost more than half its lead-in.
meant even, not when.
I know it was Thanksgiving and all, but Glee was the only scripted tv show with a new episode. To drop to a 1.5/4.447 is nothing short of embarrassing. Glee is taking a dramatic plunge into the abyss this season, and as a former fan, it’s pretty painful to watch.
@Ali
Look at the rest of Fox’s ratings. Glee would need to collapse for them to cancel it.
Next year it might be in danger, but it’s safe this year.
Completely agree xyz, and losing in the main demo is what Fox really cares about. It’ll be interesting to see how low it might go, considering the 9PM hour was 20 minutes of X-Factor overrun. They really should cancel it after this season, they are losing the main audience fast (even without it being Thanksgiving).
Last year the preliminary ratings for ABC’s A Very Gaga Thanksgiving were 1.8 at 9:30 pm and a 1.6 rating for the 10 pm hour.
If ABC promised a 1.5 rating for Bad, then the advertisers who paid ABC to air their commercials should have known they will get “Bad” news this morning.
people watch a repeat of 2 broke girls, which is kind of terrible, instead of Bad 25? What’s wrong with people?
Glee is the first episode of original scripted television to be broadcast by a major network on Thanksgiving in 5 years. Its ratings demonstrate why networks don’t broadcast anything new on Thanksgiving rather than anything about Glee itself.
I did not know there was a Michael Jackson special. Had I known I would have definitely tuned in!
@ rob60990,
“Following the game, the second-season premiere of “The Voice” pulled in NBC’s biggest non-sports ratings since the “Friends” finale in 2004. The show drew 37.6 million viewers and a 16.3 rating among adults 18-49.
“The Voice’s” total-viewer number trails only “Undercover Boss” (38.6 million in 2010) and “Grey’s Anatomy” (37.9 million in 2006) among Super Bowl lead-outs in the past 10 years, and its 18-49 rating is the best since the “Grey’s” telecast.”
· THE X FACTOR/GLEE (S): 2.3/7
· GLEE (S): 1.5/5
· GLEE/VARIOUS (S): 1.1/4
Haha at Glee.
The X Factor above 2.0 only makes it look worse
who knew that sad nerds would watch tbbt reruns on thanksgiving. sorry for generalizing not all nerds are sad.
Anyone catch the new best comedy last night on NBC ,
The Jets / Patriots game , during the 2nd quarter where the Jets gave up 21 points in less then 1 NY minute was the funniest thing I have seen in Pro Football or NBC in a decade !