Primetime Ratings, Thursday, 12/13/12

As is usual for Thursday, CBS ran away with both the demo and total viewership races.

The Big Bang Theory rose 5% from last week's already great numbers, which helped bring up Two and a Half Men 4% as well. Person Of Interest and Elementary also experienced similar increases. CBS had a great night all around. On FOX, The X-Factor dropped 4%, while Glee dropped 9%. ABC's soon to be gone Last Resort matched last week, and the Shonda Rhimes block of Grey's Anatomy and Scandal both rose by single digit margins. Scandal's number was a series high in fact.

NBC led off the night with two new episodes of Up All Night, the first of which set a series low, and the second of which did only slightly better. Ouch. Take It All continues to suffer without The Voice as a lead-in, with night 4 drawing only a 1.2 demo. Rock Center rose 10%, managing to be the network's lone bright spot. On the C-dubs, Vampire Diaries stood strong, both matching last week and outdoing this week's broadcast of Arrow. This showing helped lead-out Beauty and the Beast climb 20%.

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

8PM

CBS - The Big Bang Theory (N) - 5.4 - 17 - 16.77

FOX - The X-Factor (N) - 2.4 - 7 - 7.66

ABC - Last Resort (N) - 1.2 - 3 - 5.50

CW - The Vampire Diaries (N) - 1.2 - 4 - 2.74

NBC - Up All Night (N) - 0.9 - 3 - 2.85

8:30PM

CBS - Two and a Half Men (N) - 4.2 - 12 - 13.56

NBC - Up All Night (N) - 1.1 - 3 - 2.65

9PM

ABC - Grey's Anatomy (N) - 3.1 - 8 - 8.77

CBS - Person Of Interest (N) - 3.0 - 8 - 14.25

FOX - Glee (N) - 2.0 - 5 - 5.26

NBC - Take It All (N) - 1.2 - 3 - 3.90

CW - Beauty and the Beast (N) - 0.6 - 2 - 1.61

10PM

ABC - Scandal (N) - 2.7 - 7 - 7.80

CBS - Elementary (N) - 2.3 - 6 - 10.63

NBC - Rock Center (N) - 0.9 - 2 - 3.43

Source: Nielsen Media Research