[TV] Ratings: CBS Wins With Criminal Minds and the Kennedy Center Honors
Posted by Joseph Lee on 12.27.2012
And the CW beats FOX...
CBS managed to win the night last night thanks to the annual Kennedy Center Honors as well as a rerun of Criminal Minds. The Kennedy Center special was down in viewers from last year, but up in the demographic.
CBS won with 8.3 million viewers and a 5.2 rating/9 share in households. It was followed by NBC (4.3 million, 2.7/5), ABC (3.9 million, 2.5/4), The CW (1.6 million, 1.0/2) and FOX (1.5 million, 1.0/2).
In the adults 18-49 demographic, CBS won again with a 1.5, followed by NBC (1.1), ABC (1.0), FOX (0.7) and The CW (0.4).
Wednesday hour by hour:
8 p.m.
CBS: Criminal Minds rerun (8.5 million viewers, 5.4/9 households)
ABC: The Middle rerun (4.7 million, 3.1/5)/The Neighbors rerun (4.1 million, 2.6/4)
NBC: Whitney rerun (3.5 million, 2.3/4)/Guys With Kids rerun (2.9 million, 1.8/3)
The CW: Arrow rerun (1.9 million, 1.2/2)
FOX: Ben and Kate reruns - two episodes (1.75 million, 1.1/2)
18-49 leader: Criminal Minds (1.7)
9 p.m.
CBS: Special - The 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors (7.7 million, 4.9/8)
NBC: Law & Order: SVU rerun (5.4 million, 3.5/6)
ABC: Modern Family rerun (5.4 million, 3.3/5)/Suburgatory rerun (3.7 million, 2.3/4)
FOX: Ben and Kate reruns - two episodes (1.3 million, 0.9/1)
The CW: Supernatural rerun (1.27 million, 0.8/1)
18-49 leader: Modern Family (1.7)
10 p.m.
CBS: The 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors (8.6 million, 5.4/9)
NBC: Chicago Fire rerun (4.2 million, 2.7/5)
ABC: Nashville rerun (2.7 million, 1.8/3)
18-49 leader: The 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors (1.4)