| Scoreboard | FOX | ABC | CBS | UNI | NBC | CW |
| Adults 18-49: rating/Share | 5.6/15 | 2.2/6 | 1.9/5 | 1.6/4 | 1.5/4 | 0.9/2 |
| Adults 18-34: Rating/Share | 4.8/15 | 1.9/6 | 1.1/3 | 1.4/4 | 1.3/4 | 1.1/3 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 16.185 | 7.211 | 8.976 | 3.936 | 3.890 | 2.031 |
FOX won the night in adults 18-49 and in Total Viewers.
On FOX, night 2 of the American Idol premiere earned a 5.6, down four tenths from last night's 6.0 adults 18-49 rating but matching last year's night 2 premiere preliminary rating. Your predictions were still a bit optimistic.
On ABC, Last Resort earned a 1.0, down two tenths from last week's 1.2 adults 18-49 rating. Grey's Anatomy notched a 2.9, down three tenths from last week's 3.2 adults 18-49 rating. Scandal earned a 2.6, down two tenths from last week's season high 2.8.
On NBC, 30 Rock earned a 1.3, down two tenths from last week's 1.5 adults 18-49 rating. Parks and Recreation made its time period premiere debut with a season-high 1.9, up four tenths from the 1.5 its last original earned. The Office earned a 2.1, down a tenth from last week's 2.2. 1600 Penn earned a 1.2, down four tenths from last week's 1.6. Rock Center With Brian Williams earned a 1.2, up a tenth from last week's 1.1.
On The CW, The Vampire Diaries earned a 1.4, up a tenth from its last original's 1.3 adults 18-49 rating.
Late-night ratings are below the primetime data.
Overnight ratings for Thursday, January 17, 2013:
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating | 18-49 Share | Viewers Live+SD (million) |
| 8:00PM | FOX | American Idol (8-10PM) | 5.6 | 15 | 16.19 |
| CBS | The Big Bang Theory -R | 3.3 | 10 | 11.90 | |
| CW | The Vampire Diaries | 1.4 | 4 | 2.91 | |
| NBC | 30 Rock | 1.3 | 4 | 3.50 | |
| ABC | Last Resort | 1.0 | 3 | 5.01 | |
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| 8:30PM | CBS | Two and a Half Men -R | 2.4 | 6 | 9.13 |
| NBC | Parks and Recreation | 1.9 | 5 | 3.89 | |
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| 9:00PM | ABC | Grey's Anatomy | 2.9 | 7 | 8.68 |
| NBC | The Office | 2.1 | 5 | 4.15 | |
| CBS | Person Of Interest -R | 1.6 | 4 | 9.36 | |
| CW | The Carrie Diaries -R | 0.5 | 1 | 1.15 | |
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| 9:30 PM | NBC | 1600 Penn | 1.2 | 3 | 3.04 |
| 10:00 PM | ABC | Scandal | 2.6 | 7 | 7.95 |
| CBS | Elementary -R | 1.4 | 4 | 7.05 | |
| NBC | Rock Center With Brian Williams | 1.2 | 3 | 4.38 | |
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Late night ratings:
In Late-Night Metered Markets Thursday night:
* In Nielsen's 56 metered markets, household results were: "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," 2.6/7; CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman," 2.5/6; and ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 2.7/7.
* In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, adult 18-49 Wednesday results were: > "> The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,> "> 0.8/4; "Late Show," 0.7/3; and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 1.1/5.
* From 12:35-1:05 a.m. ET Wednesday night, ABC's "Nightline" averaged a 1.8/6 in metered-market households and a 0.6/4 in 18-49 in the Local People Meters.
* From 12:35-1:35 a.m. ET, "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" (1.3/4 in metered-market households) tied CBS's "Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" (1.3/4). In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, "Late Night" (0.5/3 in 18-49) topped "Late Late Show" (0.4/3).
* At 1:35 a.m., "Last Call with Carson Daly" averaged a 0.8/3 in metered-market households with an encore and a 0.3/2 in adults 18-49 in the 25 markets with local people meters.
NOTE: All ratings are "live plus same day" from Nielsen Media Research unless otherwise indicated.
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Go VPD and Rarks and Rec!
Idol did pretty well.
Go Vampire Diaries!
That’s amazing for TVD! Decent numbers for TCD repeat, I’m hoping it does okay next week.
OUCH, bye 1600 Penn.
still good for Scandal
1.4 is pretty good for TVD, especially against AI in its first week of the season.
AI benefits from a lack of original TBBT competition, unlike last year.
Parks got a nice boost. I doubt it will last, though.
Ouch at 1600 Penn. Is it worth NBC pulling it early? It might be worth supporting P&R or Community rather than this turkey.
Crappy ratings for TCD, but it’s the third repeat.
Not bad for “Idol”…
SCANDAL’S 2.6 compared to REVENGE’S 2.0
LOL.
Vampire Diaries is doing great as ever, but it seems Carrie Diaries is pretty much dead.
*third airing, not repeat.
Ouch at 1600 Penn.
So when is Save Me replacing 1600 Penn?
Still good for Scandal, but I was hoping higher numbers because of the “weak” competition.
ABC still doing well with Greys and Scandal. It’s that 8:00 hour that is killing Thursday!
I loved Last Resort but it just would never fit at the 8pm slot.
And wow at Parks and Recreation!
Flat for the Idol night 2 premiere can seem bad but when you look at yesterday’s score, its actually good. Yay, for Parks doing good!
Great for P&R, bad for 1600 Penn.
Ouch, Last Resort is really going down the [torpedo] tubes.
For all those people who are going to say Idol was not down from last year that is only because CBS was in repeats this year vs. new episodes last year. No way Idol keeps up those numbers against new CBS episodes.