Primetime Ratings, Tuesday, 10/16/12

Notes: Debate night number three saw NBC win with both the 18-49 demos and total overall viewers.

Speaking of the debate, Obama/Romney II was watched by approximately 65.6 million viewers, just a couple million shy of what the first round drew.

In non-debate programming, The Voice went up a small amount from last week. FOX comedies Raising Hope and Ben & Kate both saw decent drops. As did Dancing With The Stars. The CW fell back into the doldrums, with Hart Of Dixie barely rising from last week's awful numbers, while the series premiere of Emily Owens M.D. came in even below that. To be fair, the debate probably had a lot to do with that.

Key: Broadcast Network - Show Name - 18-49 Rating - 18-49 Share - Total Viewers In Millions

8PM

NBC - The Voice (N) - 4.6 - 13 - 12.04

ABC - Dancing With The Stars: All-Stars (N) - 2.1 - 6 - 12.92

FOX - Raising Hope (N) - 1.7 - 5 - 4.23

CBS - NCIS: Los Angeles (R) - 1.4 - 4 - 8.10

CW - Hart Of Dixie (N) - 0.6 - 2 - 1.40

8:30PM

FOX - Ben & Kate (N) - 1.2 - 3 - 2.70

9PM

NBC - Presidential Debate - 4.7 - 11 - 12.16

ABC - Presidential Debate - 2.8 - 7 - 10.96

CBS - Presidential Debate - 2.2 - 5 - 8.27

FOX - Presidential Debate - 1.7 - 4 - 4.21

CW - Emily Owens M.D. - 0.5 - 1 - 1.67

10:30PM

NBC - Post-Debate Coverage - 4.0 - 10 - 11.37

ABC - Post-Debate Coverage - 2.5 - 6 - 9.52

CBS - Post-Debate Coverage - 1.9 - 5 - 6.99

Source: Nielsen Media Research