| Scoreboard | NBC | CBS | UNI | ABC | FOX | CW |
| Adults 18-49: rating/Share | 4.0/11 | 2.6/7 | 1.6/4 | 1.4/4 | 0.8/2 | 0.5/1 |
| Adults 18-34: Rating/Share | 3.4/11 | 1.4/5 | 1.6/5 | 1.1/3 | 0.7/2 | 0.5/2 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 12.051 | 14.850 | 3.822 | 4.156 | 1.931 | 1.441 |
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NBC was the number one network in adults 18-49 while CBS was on top with total viewers.
On NBC, The Voice finale earned a season high 4.9, up a point and three tenths from last week's 3.6 and up half a point from last year's 4.4 adults 18-49 rating. Your predictions were a bit optimistic.
On CBS, NCIS earned a 3.3, up half a ratings point from last week's 2.8 among adults 18-49. NCIS: Los Angeles scored a 2.9, up three tenths from last week's 2.6 adults 18-49 rating. Vegas garnered a 1.6, up a single tenth from last week's 1.5 adults 18-49 rating.
On ABC, Happy Endings scored a 1.3, up a tenth from last week's 1.2 adults 18-49 rating. Don't Trust The B in Apt. 23 garnered a 1.1, also up a tenth from last week's 1.0 adults 18-49 rating. Private Practice was even with last week's 1.2 adults 18-49 rating.
Broadcast primetime ratings for December 18, 2012:
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating | 18-49 Share | Viewers Live+SD (million) |
| 8:00PM | CBS | NCIS | 3.3 | 10 | 19.41 |
| NBC | The Voice -R | 2.4 | 7 | 8.07 | |
| ABC | A Charlie Brown Christmas -R | 1.7 | 5 | 5.84 | |
| FOX | Raising Hope -R | 1.0 | 3 | 2.53 | |
| CW | It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie -R(8-10PM) | 0.5 | 1 | 1.44 | |
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| 8:30PM | FOX | Ben And Kate -R | 0.8 | 2 | 1.98 |
| 9:00PM | NBC | The Voice (9-11PM) | 4.9 | 13 | 14.04 |
| CBS | NCIS: Los Angeles | 2.9 | 8 | 15.36 | |
| ABC | Happy Endings | 1.3 | 4 | 3.18 | |
| FOX | New Girl -R | 0.8 | 2 | 1.75 | |
| 9:30PM | ABC | Don't Trust The B in Apt. 23 | 1.1 | 3 | 2.55 |
| FOX | The Mindy Project -R | 0.6 | 2 | 1.46 | |
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| 10:00PM | CBS | Vegas | 1.6 | 4 | 9.78 |
| ABC | Private Practice | 1.2 | 3 | 3.77 | |
via press note:
In Late-Night Metered Markets Tuesday night: * "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" delivered its strongest Tuesday results in metered-market households (a 3.5 rating, 9 share) since President Obama was a guest on October 25, 2011 (4.1/11). Jay's guests last night included Quentin Tarantino, LeAnn Rimes * At 12:35 a.m. ET, "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" (1.8/6 in metered-market households) earned its highest Tuesday rating since President Obama appeared on the April 24, 2012 telecast (1.8/6) and matched its highest Tuesday result since March 2, 2010 (1.9/7) during Jay Leno's first week back on "Tonight." Jimmy's guests last night included Tom Cruise, Judd Apatow, and musical guest Trans-Siberian Orchestra * At 1:35 a.m. ET, "Last Call With Carson Daly" (1.1/4 in metered-market households) scored its top Tuesday rating since April 24 (1.1/5).
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 football 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 and Numbers 102.
The voice dominated! Surprised abc didn’t do as bad as expected!!
Great for The Voice. The repeat did awesome as well.
Wow, that’s really good for The Voice!
Wow, nearly 20 million folks watched NCIS. I don’t know why old geezers like to watch this show…
NBC must be happy with The Voice performance in the fall.
Further proof programming HE against TNG was a dumb move.
Woah! Fox comedies are really downnn…
@The Old Woman
Because they are old. And old people love their comfort food and keep the routine. My grandma used to do the same, always watching the same shows over and over again and never try anything new.
“Further proof programming HE against TNG was a dumb move.”
Because a 1.3 is such huge improvement…
I’m so happy NCIS is back up! I was a bit worried with The Voice season finale on last night.
called it, hahaaa.
surprised that CBS and ABC were both up on the night, maybe having no FOX competition helped.
You really cannot complain when you have 20 million viewers
Glad to see scripted won the day in total viewers
Wished ABC comedies performed better! This network has to retool quickly, DWTS is no longer a powerhouse and it has 3 hours to fill!
@The Old Woman
The “only old people watch NCIS” comment is getting a little old. It’s not even true. I know more people between the ages of 14-25 that watch it.
Talking about old Geezers, aren’t the last of the Baby Boomers aging out of the demo in a year or two?? What will the lower absolute numbers of youngsters do to the ratings over time?
Just wondering.
Fox shows were reruns. Can’t you people read?
Bad new for ABC’s comedies
@Tellitlikeitis
Only one person actually thought Fox’s episodes were new
@Tellitlikeitis
Who has said anything that implies they thought FOX had new episodes tonight?
@Steph
Do the math. NCIS got 3.3 demo with 19.41 million viewers. 3.3 is ~3.8 million viewers between ages of 18 to 49. Rest of them – 15.50 million are the OLD people or the kids (which is unlikely). So yes, NCIS is relatively watched only by the old people.
@CrimTV
Congrats on you mind reading skills. Mine differ.
Okay, besides hanp, but even still. It’s a fair comment to note that these reruns really tanked.