Sunday Night Football was again the highest rated program among adults 18-49 and was also number 1 with total viewers. The Big Bang Theory was the highest rated non-sports program among adults 18-49.
Primetime Broadcast Adults 18-49 Viewers for the week ending December 16, 2012:
| Rank | Shows | R=Repeat S=Special P=Premiere | Net | 18-49 rating | 18-49 Viewers (000) |
| 1 | NBC Sunday Night Football-12/16 | G | NBC | 8.7 | 11033 |
| 2 | Big Bang Theory, THE-12/13 | CBS | 5.4 | 6885 | |
| 3 | 60 Minutes-12/16 | CBS | 4.9 | 6180 | |
| 4 | Modern Family-12/12 | ABC | 4.2 | 5306 | |
| 5 | Two and a Half Men-12/13 | CBS | 4.1 | 5207 | |
| 6 | FOOTBALL NT AMERICA PT 3-12/16 | NBC | 4.0 | 5008 | |
| 7 | VOICE-12/10 | NBC | 3.8 | 4811 | |
| 8 | 2 Broke Girls 930PM SP-12/10 | S | CBS | 3.8 | 4754 |
| 9 | 2 Broke Girls-12/10 | CBS | 3.7 | 4735 | |
| 10 | VOICE-TUE-12/11 | NBC | 3.6 | 4532 | |
| 11 | How I Met Your Mother-12/10 | CBS | 3.2 | 4097 | |
| 12 | SURVIVOR:PHILIPPINES FNL-12/16 | S | CBS | 3.2 | 4090 |
| 13 | Criminal Minds-12/12 | CBS | 3.1 | 3945 | |
| 14 | Big Bang Theory, THE:SP-12/10 | SR | CBS | 3.0 | 3846 |
| 15 | Person Of Interest-12/13 | CBS | 2.9 | 3725 | |
| 16 | Grey'S ANATOMY-12/13 | ABC | 2.9 | 3633 | |
| 17 | NCIS-12/11 | CBS | 2.8 | 3605 | |
| 18 | SURVIVOR: PHILIPPINES-12/12 | CBS | 2.8 | 3585 | |
| 19 | X-FACTOR-WED-12/12 | FOX | 2.7 | 3405 | |
| 20 | NCIS: LOS ANGELES-12/11 | CBS | 2.6 | 3325 | |
| 21 | Hawaii Five-0-12/10 | CBS | 2.5 | 3136 | |
| 22 | Scandal-12/13 | ABC | 2.4 | 3059 | |
| 23 | X-FACTOR-THU-12/13 | FOX | 2.4 | 3028 | |
| 24 | ELEMENTARY-12/13 | CBS | 2.3 | 2887 | |
| 25 | CSI-12/12 | CBS | 2.2 | 2796 |
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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-12/16 | G | NBC | 23231 |
| 2 | 60 Minutes-12/16 | CBS | 19633 | |
| 3 | NCIS-12/11 | CBS | 17646 | |
| 4 | Big Bang Theory, THE-12/13 | CBS | 16740 | |
| 5 | NCIS: LOS ANGELES-12/11 | CBS | 15124 | |
| 6 | Person Of Interest-12/13 | CBS | 14080 | |
| 7 | Two and a Half Men-12/13 | CBS | 13344 | |
| 8 | VOICE-12/10 | NBC | 12329 | |
| 9 | Criminal Minds-12/12 | CBS | 12012 | |
| 10 | VOICE-TUE-12/11 | NBC | 11522 | |
| 11 | SURVIVOR:PHILIPPINES FNL-12/16 | S | CBS | 11456 |
| 12 | 2 Broke Girls-12/10 | CBS | 11040 | |
| 13 | Modern Family-12/12 | ABC | 10936 | |
| 14 | 2 Broke Girls 930PM SP-12/10 | S | CBS | 10784 |
| 15 | FOOTBALL NT AMERICA PT 3-12/16 | NBC | 10473 | |
| 16 | ELEMENTARY-12/13 | CBS | 10461 | |
| 17 | SURVIVOR: PHILIPPINES-12/12 | CBS | 10367 | |
| 18 | Vegas-12/11 | CBS | 10328 | |
| 19 | Hawaii Five-0-12/10 | CBS | 9837 | |
| 20 | Big Bang Theory, THE:SP-12/10 | SR | CBS | 9762 |
| 21 | CSI-12/12 | CBS | 9590 | |
| 22 | How I Met Your Mother-12/10 | CBS | 8819 | |
| 23 | Grey'S ANATOMY-12/13 | ABC | 8167 | |
| 24 | X-FACTOR-WED-12/12 | FOX | 7794 | |
| 25 | X-FACTOR-THU-12/13 | FOX | 7687 |
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Nielsen TV Ratings: ©2012 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved. All numbers are live viewing plus same day DVR viewing.
All but nine shows in the 18-49 demo were CBS. WOW!
Why is Grey’s Anatomy #15 and Person of Interest #16? Person of Interest had 3.725 million viewers 18-49 and Grey’s Anatomy had 3.633 million viewers 18-49. Person of Interest actually beat Grey’s Anatomy on December 13, 2012.
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Maybe a little typo, maybe Grey’s Anatomy actually got 3.833 18-49 viewers, or a mistake of putting it above Person of Interest?
@tv_viewer
Apologies, the gremlins of bad sorting got me. The numbers are correct.
Boy, the X-factor is turning out to be a real dog compared to The Voice. Could this be Simon’s swan song?
I think they will cancel X Factor.
Where is Survivor Reunion on the table???