Sunday Night Football was again the highest rated program among adults 18-49 and was also number 1 with total viewers. The Voice was the highest rated non-sports program among adults 18-49. 2 Broke Girls was the top scripted program.
Primetime Broadcast Adults 18-49 Viewers for the week ending November 25, 2012:
| Rank | Shows | R=Repeat S=Special P=Premiere | Net | 18-49 rating | 18-49 Viewers (000) |
| 1 | NBC Sunday Night Football-11/25 | NBC | 7.6 | 9614 | |
| 2 | NBC NFL TH SPECIAL-11/22 | S | NBC | 7.1 | 8964 |
| 3 | SAT NIGHT FOOTBALL-11/24 | ABC | 5.1 | 6432 | |
| 4 | OT, THE-11/25 | FOX | 5.0 | 6371 | |
| 5 | FOOTBALL NT AMERICA PT 3-11/25 | NBC | 4.3 | 5482 | |
| 6 | VOICE-11/19 | NBC | 3.7 | 4708 | |
| 7 | 2 Broke Girls-11/19 | CBS | 3.4 | 4331 | |
| 8 | VOICE-TUE-11/20 | NBC | 3.4 | 4295 | |
| 9 | Simpsons-11/25 | FOX | 3.3 | 4211 | |
| 10 | Once Upon A Time-11/25 | ABC | 3.1 | 3881 | |
| 11 | NCIS-11/20 | CBS | 3.0 | 3807 | |
| 12 | MIKE & Molly-11/19 | CBS | 2.9 | 3633 | |
| 13 | How I Met Your Mother-11/19 | CBS | 2.9 | 3633 | |
| 14 | Family Guy-11/25 | FOX | 2.9 | 3624 | |
| 15 | NCIS: LOS ANGELES-11/20 | CBS | 2.8 | 3556 | |
| 16 | X-FACTOR-THU TKG 8P-11/22 | S | FOX | 2.8 | 3521 |
| 17 | Criminal Minds SPECIAL-11/21 | S | CBS | 2.7 | 3465 |
| 18 | REVOLUTION-11/19 | NBC | 2.6 | 3247 | |
| 19 | Amazing Race 21-11/25 | CBS | 2.5 | 3116 | |
| 20 | Dancing with the Stars-11/19 | ABC | 2.4 | 3018 | |
| 21 | CSI - SPECIAL-11/21 | S | CBS | 2.4 | 2996 |
| 22 | SURVIVOR: PHILIPPINES-SP-11/21 | S | CBS | 2.3 | 2952 |
| 23 | Hawaii Five-0-11/19 | CBS | 2.2 | 2829 | |
| 24 | REVENGE-11/25 | ABC | 2.2 | 2816 | |
| 25 | CHARLIE BRWN THANKSGIVING-11/21 | SR | ABC | 2.2 | 2810 |
| 25 | X-FACTOR-WED TKG EVE 2012-11/21 | S | FOX | 2.2 | 2799 |
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Primetime Broadcast Total Viewership for the week:
| Rank | Shows | R=Repeat S=Special P=Premiere | Net | Viewers (Live +SD) (000) |
| 1 | NBC Sunday Night Football-11/25 | NBC | 20854 | |
| 2 | NBC NFL TH SPECIAL-11/22 | S | NBC | 19211 |
| 3 | NCIS-11/20 | CBS | 16475 | |
| 4 | SAT NIGHT FOOTBALL-11/24 | ABC | 16059 | |
| 5 | NCIS: LOS ANGELES-11/20 | CBS | 15129 | |
| 6 | Dancing with the Stars-11/19 | ABC | 14276 | |
| 7 | OT, THE-11/25 | FOX | 13496 | |
| 8 | DANCING W/STARS RESULTS-11/20 | ABC | 13013 | |
| 9 | FOOTBALL NT AMERICA PT 3-11/25 | NBC | 12799 | |
| 10 | Criminal Minds SPECIAL-11/21 | S | CBS | 11529 |
| 11 | 60 Minutes-11/25 | CBS | 11087 | |
| 12 | CSI - SPECIAL-11/21 | S | CBS | 10770 |
| 13 | VOICE-11/19 | NBC | 10597 | |
| 14 | CASTLE-11/19 | ABC | 10363 | |
| 15 | Mentalist, THE-11/25 | CBS | 10150 | |
| 16 | Vegas-11/20 | CBS | 10115 | |
| 17 | 2 Broke Girls-11/19 | CBS | 9744 | |
| 18 | Amazing Race 21-11/25 | CBS | 9578 | |
| 19 | VOICE-TUE-11/20 | NBC | 9469 | |
| 20 | Good Wife, THE-11/25 | CBS | 9447 | |
| 21 | SURVIVOR: PHILIPPINES-SP-11/21 | S | CBS | 9373 |
| 22 | MIKE & Molly-11/19 | CBS | 9249 | |
| 23 | X-FACTOR-THU TKG 8P-11/22 | S | FOX | 9035 |
| 24 | Hawaii Five-0-11/19 | CBS | 9016 | |
| 25 | Once Upon A Time-11/25 | ABC | 8822 | |
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Nielsen TV Ratings: ©2012 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved. All numbers are live viewing plus same day DVR viewing.
With Grey’s Anatomy away, Once Upon a Time was able to reign supreme in the drama world.
It was in 25th spot!
10th spot in what matters, the 18-49 demo.
Without The Voice & NFL, NBC would have no shows in the top 25 & this doesn’t seem to bode too well come January.
CBS on the other hand…
Just to put this into context, Walking Dead was the top scripted show in all of television by 59% in 18-49, the top drama by 74%, and the top non-sports show by 46%.
That’s absolutely astonishing.
The Old Man – strictly speaking Revolution was top 25, but without the Voice lead-in it wouldn’t have been so your point arguably still stands
Why was CSI a special???