| 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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second most highest rating for Scandal
Scandal is on fire very fun episode last night
@networkman
Why would NBC want to kill their highest rated renewable sitcom?
@Karin actually it was going up against suits.
So PoI is #2 CBS drama but already #1 CBS dramas on rerun. This season is only drama that hit 1.9 on rerun and other reuns are 1.5 +. Only one time after begining of the seson rerun lowe than that and that was on sunday.(not on its time slot)
No 1600 Penn leading off the night would give lower ratings to both Parks, Office, and Community. Its better to start with a slightly higher rated show like Community.
That’s really good for Idol. If it can avg 4.5-5.0 that would be very good.
Cadê os haters que estavam latindo que Scandal ia cair hein? Calixtando…
@Max: Because no one other than yourself cares about the nonsense of “Revenge vs. Scandal”. Both shows are getting renewed.
@Dan
I could see why NBC would want to try to give 1600 Penn the best shot they can to succeed but it’s clearly not catching on and done. At least with Community they can try to get good enough rating to strike up a deal with Sony for syndication. 1600 will never make it there, Community can
CBS’s 18-49 should not be a 1.9, should it? 3.3+2.4+1.6+1.4 does not equal a 1.9. Or is it not this simple
@Abc123. They are being averaged. And take into account the first two are half hours.
@Dan
1600 Penn is already dead, it doesn’t matter if it gets crushed.
TBBT reun against AI is 3.3…..just saying.
BBT will KILL and eat Idow with WIDE margin. And in the and of the season BBT reruns witll tie Idol.
@ Oliver
I’d imagine they’d just pull 1600 Penn and replace it with Save Me. (if it’s ready to be aired?)
Scandal has built it’s own audience.
1600 Penn is pulling Community type ratings
Which, sadly for NBC, is actually a good thing.
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great for P&R
scandal are doing great but MAX the competition is not the same
fighting against NFL is not easy for anyone for me ABC move to put revenge on sunday was risky and i think they know what to expect
@Petar
And in the and of the season BBT reruns witll tie Idol.
The ratings for The Big Bang Theory will go down as the season continues due to better weather/DST.
As evidence, take a look at basically any 8pm sitcom, ever.
Not necessarily, Last Resort isn’t preventing Scandal from reaching new highs and GA is still solid
There are some commentators on here that are just so dum. I feel like slapping some of ya for the dum things you guys post about.