| Scoreboard | NBC | CBS | FOX | UNI | ABC |
| Adults 18-49: rating/Share | 6.2/15 | 4.9/12 | 1.5/5 | 1.2/3 | 1.1/3 |
| Adults 18-34: Rating/Share | 5.4/16 | 3.2/9 | 1.5/5 | 1.0/3 | 0.8/2 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 16.688 | 16.957 | 3.384 | 3.130 | 4.189 |
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Due to the nature of live programming the ratings for NBC (NFL Football), & CBS (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.
Also, during the President’s address from Newtown, CT, Sunday Night Football shifted to CNBC and NBC Sports Network. Due to long NFL overrun on CBS and coverage of the Presidential address, the numbers are more scrambled than usual. Everything below is broken down by half hour.
NBC was number one among adults 18-49, but CBS won with total viewers.
On FOX, The Simpsons garnered a 1.9, down a ratings point and a half from last week's 3.4 adults 18-49 (which had an NFL overrun lead-in. The Cleveland Show scored a 1.4, down two tenths from last week's 1.6 adults 18-49 rating.
On CBS, the finale of Survivor: Philippines scored a 3.2 adults 18-49 rating, up four tenths from last week's 2.8 on Wednesday, and up three tenths from last spring's finale (which earned a 2.9). However, it was down from last year's fall finale, which earned a 4.0 adults 18-49 rating. The Survivor Reunion show aired outside primetime and earned a preliminary 2.3 from 11:00 to 11:30 PM
On ABC, The Bachelorette: Ashley and JP's Wedding earned a dismal 0.9 adults 18-49 rating
Broadcast primetime ratings for Sunday, December 16, 2012:
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating | 18-49 Share | Viewers Live+SD (million) |
| 7:00 PM | CBS | Football Overrun | 8.5 | 24 | 27.46 |
| NBC | Football Night in America | 2.6 | 7 | 7.98 | |
| ABC | America's Funniest Home Videos -R | 1.3 | 4 | 5.98 | |
| FOX | The Cleveland Show -R | 1.3 | 4 | 3.15 | |
| 7:30 PM | CBS | Football Overrun | 8.6 | 23 | 28.14 |
| NBC | Football Night in America | 3.2 | 8 | 9.14 | |
| ABC | America's Funniest Home Videos -R | 1.5 | 4 | 6.64 | |
| FOX | The Cleveland Show | 1.4 | 4 | 3.02 | |
| 8:00 PM | NBC | Football Night in America | 5.7 | 14 | 15.54 |
| CBS | 60 Minutes | 5.0 | 13 | 19.43 | |
| FOX | The Simpsons | 1.9 | 5 | 4.41 | |
| ABC | Wipeout -R | 1.2 | 3 | 4.00 | |
| 8:30 PM | NBC | NFL Football/Presidential Address | 7.3 | 17 | 19.87 |
| CBS | 60 Minutes/Presidential Address | 4.1 | 10 | 16.15 | |
| FOX | Bob's Burgers /Presidential Address | 1.2 | 3 | 2.79 | |
| ABC | Wipeout -R/Presidential Address | 1.1 | 3 | 3.47 | |
| 9:00PM | NBC | NFL Football | 8.5 | 20 | 23.07 |
| CBS | Survivor:Philippines | 3.5 | 8 | 12.00 | |
| FOX | Bob's Burgers | 1.6 | 4 | 3.25 | |
| ABC | Wipeout -R/The Bachelorette: Ashley and JP's Wedding | 0.9 | 2 | 3.23 | |
| 9:30PM | NBC | NFL Football | 7.6 | 18 | 20.75 |
| CBS | Survivor:Philippines | 3.3 | 8 | 11.46 | |
| FOX | Family Guy -R | 1.5 | 4 | 3.75 | |
| ABC | The Bachelorette: Ashley and JP's Wedding | 0.8 | 2 | 3.06 | |
| 10:00PM | NBC | NFL Football | 7.3 | 18 | 18.95 |
| CBS | Survivor:Philippines | 3.1 | 8 | 10.97 | |
| FOX | American Dad -R | 1.5 | 4 | 3.75 | |
| ABC | The Bachelorette: Ashley and JP's Wedding
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| 10:30PM | NBC | NFL Football | 7.2 | 19 | 18.20 |
| CBS | Survivor:Philippines | 2.8 | 7 | 10.05 | |
| ABC | The Bachelorette: Ashley and JP's Wedding | 0.9 | 2 | 3.69 | |
| 11:00 PM | CBS | Survivor Reunion | 2.3 | 8.77 |
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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.
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All sorts of messed up and scrambled. Oh well. Can always wait for finals.
I am surprised the Survivor numbers are that high, 9 PM is very late, and 8:30 was the original start time for the eastern time zone.
Survivor had a 4.1 last year? Unless you mean Spring??
Can we have a moratorium on Bachlor/Bachelorette weddings?
I didn’t expect the Bachlorette special to bomb quite that hard.
Fox’s lineup struggled without Family Guy.
HOW TO SORT THIS ALL OUT?
RESERVE COMMENT FOR CBS
FOX looks pretty bad as even the Simpsons failed to break 2.0
ABC fared even worse as Wipeout wipes out w/ 1.2 & Ashley’s wedding 0.9
NBC is sure to win night, but by how much?
It’s silly to think many young women are interested in a scripted wedding in this day and age. Again it shows how much network tv is out of touch with reality.
@silvit
And yet hundreds of millions of people worldwide watched the royal wedding.
The Simpsons crashed really hard!
In fairness, the Royal Wedding featured much more likable players.
Have we seen the last bachelorette/bachelor shows? Please!
The power of the pigskin rules once again.
@Oliver
One word: media hype and desire of people of being part of something everyone talked about. It’s the same reason why people go to watch the same movies, wear the same clothes the majority is wearing and which are cool in that year etc. etc. In a nutshell, the water-cooler factor.
In this case the water-cooler factor was non-existent.
really bad numbers for fox and bachelorette wedding…pretty good for survivor, down from last fall, but last night was a bit of a mess…seems kind of weird to me that they want to air the survivor finale against football…
Good for CBS. Sunday is their worst day this season. Its interesting how they will fix 9 pm slot – H5o, Survivor or may be Elementary……….
Strong football numbers. Is that the highest of the year for sunday night football prelims? Even though my Pats lost, they made a great comeback.
@Amanda
Simpsons didnt air in the East Coast, was all news coverage.
So, 60 Minutes last 20-some minutes just cut out??
I will reserve comment about Survivor’s ratings until the finals come out tomorrow. I never liked a season where one tribe chooses to lose an immunity challenge or gives up immunity (Survivor One World).
Silvit could have phrased his/her comment more precisely. ABC airs one season of the Bachelorette every year. So there is a possibility that ABC will air the wedding of the Bachelorette and the “winner” every year. The royal wedding that Oliver is referring to doesn’t happen every year. The last time the oldest child of the reigning British monarch or of the first in line to the throne married took place in 1981.
Also marriages between reality show competition contestants isn’t so special.
The Floppelorette?