The nightly averages below do not include the Presidential Debate from 9:00-10:30 pm ET — since it ran commercial-free (or “sustaining”) those 90 minutes will make it into the nightly, weekly or season averages.
WEDNESDAY
8-11 pm |
Adult 18-49 Rating: Live+Same Day | ||||||||
ShowbuzzDaily Forecast (issued May 2012) |
Actual Results Fall 2012 | Last Year Same Night | |||||||
Sep-Dec Original Eps | 9.19 | 9.26 | 10.3 | 10.10 | 10.17 | 10.24 | 9.27.2011 | ||
FOX | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 4.1 | ||||
CBS | 3.1 | — | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.3 | ||||
ABC | 3.1 | — | 2.9 | 2.2 | 3.4 | ||||
NBC | 1.6 | — | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.6 | ||||
FOX scored a 3.4 in the preliminary fast nationals for X Factor, and a 2.8 for its Fox News coverage of the debate (which again will not count in the network averages).
FOX WEDNESDAY |
Adult 18-49 Rating: Live+Same Day | ||||||||
ShowbuzzDaily Forecast (issued May 2012) |
Actual Results Fall 2012 | Last Year Same Night | |||||||
Sep-Dec Original Eps | 9.19 | 9.26 | 10.3 | 10.10 | 10.17 | 10.24 | 9.28.2011 | ||
The X Factor | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 4.1 | ||||
CBS scored a 2.9 for Survivor and a 2.0 from 10:30-11:00 for news analysis of the Debate. The 3.0 for the Debate itself will not count in the official ratings.
CBS WEDNESDAY |
Adult 18-49 Rating: Live+Same Day | ||||||||
ShowbuzzDaily Forecast (issued May 2012) |
Actual Results Fall 2012 | Last Year Same Night | |||||||
Sep-Dec Original Eps | 9.19 | 9.26 | 10.3 | 10.10 | 10.17 | 10.24 | 9.28.2011 | ||
Survivor | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.2 | ||||
Criminal Minds | 3.7 | — | 3.1 | — | 3.6 | ||||
CSI | 2.5 | — | 2.5 | — | 3.1 | ||||
ABC languished with a 2.2 for The Middle and 2.0 for The Neighbors. The debate itself scored a 3.0, like CBS, but alas they will get no credit for those numbers. The ABC News analysis at 10:30, which did have commercials, scored a 2.2 rating.
ABC WEDNESDAY |
Adult 18-49 Rating: Live+Same Day | |||||||
ShowbuzzDaily Forecast (issued May 2012) |
Actual Results Fall 2012 | Last Year Same Night | ||||||
Sep-Dec Original Eps | 9.26 | 10.3 | 10.10 | 10.17 | 10.24 | 9.28.2011 | ||
The Middle | 2.8 | 2.9 (8-9pm) | 2.2 | 2.7 | ||||
The Neighbors | 2.8* | 3.2 (9:30) | 2.0 | 3.3 (Suburg) | ||||
Modern Family | 5.0 | 5.5 | — | 5.7 | ||||
Suburgatory | 3.0 | — | — | 3.1 (Happy Endings) | ||||
Nashville | 2.5 | 1.5 (Revenge Recap) | — | 2.7 (Revenge) | ||||
NBC aired Animal Practice (1.5) and Guys with Kids (1.8), but its highest-rated program that will count is the 2.5 for the NBC News analysis of the Debate. NBC’s coverage of the Debate itself scored a 3.4 (tying X Factor as the biggest draw on any network) but will vanish in the official nationals.
NBC WEDNESDAY |
Adult 18-49 Rating: Live+Same Day | |||||||
ShowbuzzDaily Forecast (issued May 2012) |
Actual Results Fall 2012 | Last Year Same Night | ||||||
Sep-Dec Original Eps | 9.26 | 10.3 | 10.10 | 10.17 | 10.24 | 9.28.2011 | ||
Animal Practice | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 2.1 (Up All Night) | ||||
Guys with Kids | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.0 (Free Agents) | ||||
L&O SVU | 1.6 | 2.1 | — | 1.2 (Harry’s Law) | ||||
Chicago Fire | 1.5 | — | — | 2.1 (SVU) | ||||
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