American Dad was adjusted up a tenth among adults 18-49 versus Sunday's preliminary ratings. The final ratings for Sunday Night Football are also below.
Final broadcast primetime ratings for Sunday, December 9, 2012:
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 rating/Share | Viewers (Millions) |
| 7:00 | FOX | NFL Football (Saints at Giants) | 8.3/26 | 24.53 |
| CBS | 60 Minutes | 1.9/5 | 11.87 | |
| ABC | America's Funniest Home Videos | 1.4/4 | 6.51 | |
| 7:30 | NBC | Football Night in America Part 2 - Live | 1.8/5 | 5.38 |
| 8:00 | NBC | Football Night in America Part 3 - Live | 4.0/11 | 12.12 |
| FOX | The Simpsons | 3.4/9 | 7.44 | |
| CBS | The Amazing Race (8-10PM) Season Finale | 2.6/6 | 9.35 | |
| ABC | Disney Prep & Landing - R | 1.4/3 | 4.86 | |
| 8:30 | NBC | NFL Football : Lions at Packers- Live (8:30-11:28PM) | 7.8/19 | 21.36 |
| FOX | Bob's Burgers | 2.1/5 | 4.55 | |
| ABC | Prep & Landing Naughty or Nice | 1.4/3 | 4.72 | |
| 9:00 | FOX | Family Guy | 2.8/7 | 5.64 |
| ABC | Christmas With Holly (9-11PM) | 1.8/4 | 7.73 | |
| 9:30 | FOX | American Dad | 2.3/5 | 4.67 |
| 10:00 | CBS | The Mentalist | 1.6/4 | 7.94 |
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Nielsen TV Ratings: ©2012 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved.
please renew THE MENTALIST
Its always lovely to see Bob’s Burgers above a 2.0
The Mentalist looks done.
i think the mentalist will get renewed but cbs is unpredictable
Haha, guess there’s nowhere to hide for all the fans of The Mentalist who were blaming The Good Wife as a lead in for it’s low numbers.
I blame football for it. I record it weekly but keep forgetting to pad the recording. Week after week I end up with half an episode or no episode.
I don’t even watch The Mentalist & I feel bad for its fans. This show has been treated poorly after moving it to Sundays that’s the equivalent of dumping it on Fridays. It could very well come down to TM & TGW facing the bear & only 1 walks away.
What happened to The Mentalist? Maybe a move to Friday can save it
Simpsons doesn’t do so well after football. FOX should have used some other show all season. Simpsons has been sampled by everyone and they know whether they like it or not. It won’t gain new viewers.
I think many forgot that Mentalist still hasn’t gone on an hiatus after last week’s break at a crucial Red John episode which really felt like a midseason finale. That’s my fan excuse bingo (used for the first time) since even I had forgotten about it until I saw the ratings. CBS’ shoddy treatment is appalling and its now coming back to bite them in the butt.
@ Mrs Florrick
I know you know how much I so agree!
The Simpsons & Family Guy were in top form Sunday night!! Two hilarious episodes that should have been programmed for November sweeps.
Haha mrs florrick yourself. Mentalist when on at right time beat its lead in. As soon as it does not you toot your horn. At least it doesn’t use the ‘oh Tgw is a emmy fave so will get renewed’ crap. Mentalist was only new drama last night so wouldn’t be surprised if viewers thought it was a repeat. But hey each to their own. 6 times it bettered tgw and its also had 5 really late starts. Its stuck it out despite all crap its had to put up with.
I don’t understand why CBS issued a death warrant for The Mentalist. That time slot is where shows go to die.
GO, AMERICAN DAD!!!
So that means when Cleveland leaves, Bob’s Burger is next.
The Mentalist is done. The Good Wife moves to Friday. I’m calling it.
The team I wanted to win The Amazing Race, out of the remaining teams won. Fantastic result there. The underdogs, who were against the 3 team alliance performed admirably.
Man, I love watching The Simpsons consistently beat Family Guy.
YAY FOR AMERICAN DAD!
Why is football overrun always so damn high?