Sunday Night Football was the highest rated program among adults 18-49 and with total viewers. The season premiere of Modern Family was the highest rated non-sports (and scripted) program among adults 18-49.
Primetime Broadcast Adults 18-49 Viewers for the week ending September 30, 2012:
| Rank | Shows | R=Repeat S=Special P=Premiere | Net | 18-49 Rating | 18-49 Viewers (000) |
| 1 | NBC Sunday Night Football | NBC | 9.0 | 11340 | |
| 2 | SUNDAY NIGHT NFL PRE-KICK | NBC | 6.6 | 8338 | |
| 3 | Modern Family | P | ABC | 5.5 | 7014 |
| 4 | Big Bang Theory, THE | P | CBS | 5.0 | 6315 |
| 5 | FOOTBALL NT AMERICA PT 3 | NBC | 4.7 | 5980 | |
| 6 | GREY'S ANATOMY | P | ABC | 4.4 | 5564 |
| 7 | VOICE | NBC | 4.4 | 5529 | |
| 8 | VOICE-TUE | NBC | 4.2 | 5306 | |
| 9 | NCIS | P | CBS | 4.1 | 5244 |
| 10 | Once Upon A Time | P | ABC | 3.9 | 4942 |
| 11 | Simpsons | P | FOX | 3.8 | 4783 |
| 12 | 2 Broke Girls | P | CBS | 3.7 | 4713 |
| 13 | How I Met Your Mother | P | CBS | 3.6 | 4519 |
| 14 | Two and a Half Men | P | CBS | 3.5 | 4466 |
| 15 | REVOLUTION | NBC | 3.4 | 4362 | |
| 16 | NCIS: LOS ANGELES | P | CBS | 3.4 | 4308 |
| 17 | X-FACTOR-WED | FOX | 3.4 | 4286 | |
| 18 | Family Guy | P | FOX | 3.3 | 4212 |
| 19 | X-FACTOR-THU | FOX | 3.2 | 4084 | |
| 20 | NEIGHBORS SP-9/26, THE(S) | S | ABC | 3.2 | 4069 |
| 21 | Revenge | P | ABC | 3.2 | 4058 |
| 22 | Criminal Minds | P | CBS | 3.1 | 3972 |
| 23 | Elementary | P | CBS | 3.1 | 3922 |
| 24 | MIKE & Molly | P | CBS | 3.1 | 3911 |
| 25 | SURVIVOR: PHILIPPINES | P | CBS | 3.1 | 3860 |
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Primetime Broadcast Total Viewership for the week:
| Rank | Shows | R=Repeat S=Special P=Premiere | Net | Viewers (Live +SD) (000) | HH Rating (Live + SD) |
| 1 | NBC Sunday Night Football | NBC | 22765 | 14.1 | |
| 2 | NCIS | P | CBS | 20482 | 12.5 |
| 3 | SUNDAY NIGHT NFL PRE-KICK | NBC | 17046 | 10.4 | |
| 4 | NCIS: LOS ANGELES | P | CBS | 16744 | 10.3 |
| 5 | Big Bang Theory, THE | P | CBS | 15661 | 9.5 |
| 6 | Vegas | P | CBS | 14847 | 9.4 |
| 7 | Modern Family | P | ABC | 14437 | 8.7 |
| 8 | Person Of Interest | P | CBS | 14276 | 8.8 |
| 9 | Dancing with the Stars | P | ABC | 14110 | 9.3 |
| 10 | Elementary | P | CBS | 13409 | 8.5 |
| 11 | Two and a Half Men | P | CBS | 12542 | 7.8 |
| 12 | FOOTBALL NT AMERICA PT 3 | NBC | 12389 | 7.6 | |
| 13 | VOICE | NBC | 12183 | 7.4 | |
| 14 | DANCING W/STARS RESULTS | P | ABC | 11789 | 7.8 |
| 15 | Criminal Minds | P | CBS | 11732 | 7.4 |
| 16 | GREY'S ANATOMY | P | ABC | 11729 | 7.7 |
| 17 | VOICE-TUE | NBC | 11573 | 7.0 | |
| 18 | 60 Minutes | P | CBS | 11520 | 7.7 |
| 19 | Once Upon A Time | P | ABC | 11358 | 6.6 |
| 20 | Blue Bloods | P | CBS | 11222 | 7.2 |
| 21 | Mentalist, THE | P | CBS | 11055 | 7.1 |
| 22 | CSI | P | CBS | 10758 | 6.7 |
| 23 | CASTLE | P | ABC | 10454 | 6.9 |
| 24 | SURVIVOR: PHILIPPINES | P | CBS | 10309 | 6.4 |
| 25 | 2 Broke Girls | P | CBS | 10138 | 6.2 |
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Nielsen TV Ratings: ©2012 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved. All numbers are live viewing plus same day DVR viewing.
SNF Rules !!
NCIS getting 20 million viewers in its 10th season, that’s pretty amazing.
Also it’s good to see the top 25 18-49 having everything greater than a 3.0. Off hand, does anyone know what the lowest rating a Top 25 show got in the weekly chart last season? I know it dipped into the 2.0 range a lot, but did it dip into the 1.0 range?
I love how a show can come in at #6 for total viewers and not even crack the top 25 in the demo.
And of course this show is on CBS.
60 Minutes getting 11 million total viewers in the 45th season is more amazing to me. Eat that, all other shows!
Man, only two new shows in the top 25 among 18-49, and just one new show among the top ten scripted shows. This is looking dreary for the freshman class. Here’s hope for Nashville (although I personally wouldn’t care for it).
Judging from the list of shows in the 18-49 category – it suggests most viewers are in the 18 year old category. Hardly appealing to anyone with intelligence. Talk about the dumbing down of America!!!! Yikes!
Yay for Modern Family, TBBT, OUAT, Revolution, Revenge, Mike & Molly, and Elementary!
Yeah, if Nashville doesn’t break out, this may the most dreadful Fall season the networks have ever had. And I don’t see it getting better in midseason. While I’m looking forward to FOX’s The Following, I really don’t see a show about a cult of serial killers becoming mainstream. I don’t think any of NBC or ABC’s shows are going to break out either. Sad…
VEGAS HAS DONE VERY WELL. LETS HOPE IT CONTINUES. ALSO PROPS TO PERSON OF INTEREST.
SNF IS KING UNTIL JAN.