| Scoreboard | CBS | UNI | ABC | NBC | FOX | CW |
| Adults 18-49: rating/Share | 2.1/6 | 1.7/5 | 0.9/3 | 0.8/2 | 0.7/2 | 0.4/1 |
| Adults 18-34: Rating/Share | 1.1/4 | 1.5/5 | 0.5/2 | 0.6/2 | 0.5/2 | 0.3/1 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 9.557 | 4.111 | 3.581 | 2.612 | 1.769 | 0.994 |
CBS won the night in adults 18-49 and in Total Viewers.
On CBS, repeats of its typical Thursday line-up outperformed the competition by a large margin, with a repeat of The Big Bang Theory garnering a 3.3 adults 18-49 rating, which which would be a good number for an original episode of most broadcast programs.
On ABC, Happy New Year, Charlie Brown earned a 1.2 adults 18-49 rating up 9% from a 1.1 on December 29, 2011.
Late-night ratings are below the primetime data.
Overnight ratings for Thursday, December 27, 2012:
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating/Sh | Viewers (Millions) |
| 8:00 | CBS | The Big Bang Theory - R | 3.3/10 | 11.98 |
| ABC | Happy New Year, Charlie Brown - R | 1.2/4 | 4.65 | |
| NBC | 30 Rock - R | 0.7/2 | 2.55 | |
| FOX | The Mindy Project - R | 0.7/2 | 2.06 | |
| CW | The Vampire Diaries - R | 0.4/1 | 1.05 | |
| 8:30 | CBS | Two and a Half Men - R | 2.3/7 | 8.74 |
| NBC | Up All Night - R | 0.8/2 | 2.23 | |
| FOX | The Mindy Project - R | 0.7/2 | 1.74 | |
| 9:00 | CBS | Person Of Interest - R | 1.9/5 | 10.33 |
| ABC | Grey's Anatomy - R | 0.8/2 | 3.20 | |
| NBC | The Office - R | 0.8/2 | 2.14 | |
| FOX | The Mindy Project - R | 0.6/2 | 1.62 | |
| CW | Beauty And The Beast - R | 0.4/1 | 0.94 | |
| 9:30 | NBC | Parks and Recreation - R | 0.7/2 | 1.92 |
| FOX | The Mindy Project - R | 0.7/2 | 1.66 | |
| 10:00 | CBS | Elementary - R | 1.5/5 | 7.98 |
| NBC | Rock Center - R | 0.9/3 | 3.41 | |
| ABC | Scandal - R | 0.7/2 | 2.90 |
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Late night ratings:
NOTE: All ratings are "live plus same day" from Nielsen Media Research unless otherwise indicated.
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Oh my god. 3.3 A18-49 for a BBT repeat in the middle of the holidays. I mean, that’s amazing.
TBBT repeat ratings are ridiculous.
Mindy did fine.
Odd that The Office/Parks repeats did no better than 30R/UAN. Another case of older-skewing vs younger-skewing, I guess.
TBBT repeat is still a beast! There’s no stopping it! That’s just a typical original Monday comedy rating on CBS!
TBBT. Insanity!
Glad for Mindy. I really hope that NBC, ABC, and FOX can work out new primetime solutions for their comedies so they don’t compete against each other. The fact none of them changed it up midseason is crazy to me.
30 Rock and Up All Night repeats get almost the same as new episodes, maybe just half a point worse at most.
These Big Bang Theory repeat numbers are unbelievable. To put up these numbers for a repeat during a holiday week is just wild. Most shows would be very happy to get these numbers for a new episode.
@Jeff (Canada)
Good point. An original of UAN got 0.9 on the 13th, yet a repeat gets 0.8 on the 27th.
WOW, TBBT is unstoppable! Even a repeat rating outrates most originals of TV!
TBBT INSANE!
1.9 for drama rerun is the best!!! Person Of Interest is best scripted crime drama.
So out of all of FOX’s comedies, Mindy repeated the best? LOL.
I guess I’m the only one that don’t get the Big Bang Theory hype.
TBBT 11,98 and only 3,3?!! This is the end TBBT
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It is interesting that the highest rated NBC show last night was a repeat of Rock Center.
@lukas
It was a repeat
BBT is the new Friends, CBS better hope it lasts more than 10 seasons though.
Im shocked POI fans arent boasting that it beat Greys in repeats.
No Jack, I can assure you, you’re not the only one. ???
TBBT just doesn’t warrant these kinds of ratings. It’s not that funny.
Mindy is just a plain horror. So is the show.
Damn wowsa big bang is a beast in repeats. IMO CBS should always use it in place of a show that’s not working. It’s in it’s sixth season and getting its highest ratings. Big bang will last more than 10 seasons but CBS is going to have to pay big bucks to everyone. How long u think big bang could go on?
WOW BIG BANG THEORY!