The Big Bang Theory, The Vampire Diaries, Grey's Anatomy and The Office were each adjusted up a tenth while 30 Rock, Up All Night and Scandal were each adjusted down a tenth among adults 18-49 versus the preliminary Thursday broadcast ratings. Final baseball ratings are also in the table below.
Final broadcast primetime ratings for Thursday, October 18, 2012:
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 rating/Sh | Viewers (Millions) |
| 8:00 | CBS | The Big Bang Theory | 4.8/15 | 15.73 |
| ABC | Last Resort | 1.7/5 | 7.06 | |
| FOX | MLB Baseball Playoffs (8-11PM) - Live | 1.6/5 | 6.04 | |
| CW | Vampire Diaries | 1.3/4 | 2.91 | |
| NBC | 30 Rock | 1.2/4 | 3.04 | |
| 8:30 | CBS | Two and a Half Men | 4.0/11 | 13.60 |
| NBC | Up All Night | 1.3/4 | 2.99 | |
| 9:00 | ABC | Grey's Anatomy (9-10:02PM) | 3.4/9 | 9.69 |
| CBS | Person Of Interest | 2.8/7 | 13.93 | |
| NBC | The Office (9-9:31PM) | 2.1/6 | 4.28 | |
| CW | Beauty And The Beast | 0.7/2 | 2.00 | |
| 9:30 | NBC | Parks and Recreation | 1.6/4 | 3.46 |
| 10:00 | CBS | Elementary | 2.3/6 | 10.91 |
| ABC | Scandal | 1.9/5 | 6.17 | |
| NBC | Rock Center With Brian Williams | 0.9/3 | 3.47 |
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Nielsen TV Ratings: ©2012 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved.
GO SCANDAL!
Steady as she goes!
FIRST!
Go TVD
TBBT 
dang it max!
At least Last Resort didn’t get any adjustments
TVD i’m so happy
Happy about Last Resort
LMAO at scandal
Not too shabby, TVD!
So much for that ridiculous SNL halo effect theory for UAN.
yay for TVD!
I wanted to wait for the final numbers because of baseball, but… Last Resort getting a bit of a bump could be positive. We’ll see what happens in the coming weeks; it certainly wouldn’t be the first show to get a small bounce before falling further.
Series low for 30 Rock. Just as well it’s the final season.
Why get excited about VD ratings?
Unless things get really bad and the show is in danger of cancellation, the number means absolutely nothing to a fan.
Scandal can’t crack a 2 after Grey’s Anatomy. LMAO, absolutely pathetic. It can’t even equal what Private Practice did in the timeslot.
glad 2.5 men wasnt adjusted down. i dont watch it and i dont like what ive seen, however, it has a interesting history. but id imagine its pretty expensive, but if it stays in the 4s ide imagine it getss season 11, maybe12, it would just make it more interesting for someone who goes back and reads about it years from now!
TVD beat 30 Rock
Is this the first time, “Up All Night” beat “30 Rock?”
Scandal numbers still looking pretty good considering abc’s other 10pm shows
Dang.. TVD increase makes B&TB ratings look even worse.