RATINGS RECAP: 12/11/12

ABC
8:00 Santa Claus is Comin' to Town
Viewers: 5.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.7
9:00 Happy Endings
Viewers: 3.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2
9:30 Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23
Viewers: 2.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0
10:00 Private Practice
Viewers: 3.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2

CBS 
8:00 NCIS
Viewers: 17.7 million, 18-49 demo: 2.8
9:00 NCIS: Los Angeles
Viewers: 15.1 million, 18-49 demo: 2.6
10:00 Vegas
Viewers: 10.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5

NBC
8:00 The Voice
Viewers: 11.5 million, 18-49 demo: 3.6
9:00 Take it All
Viewers: 7.2 million, 18-49 demo: 2.2
10:00 Parenthood
Viewers: 5.7 million, 18-49 demo: 2.0 

FOX
8:00 Raising Hope
Viewers: 4.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.7
8:30 Ben and Kate (Repeat)
Viewers: 2.2 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8
9:00 New Girl
Viewers: 4.2 million, 18-49 demo: 2.0
9:30 The Mindy Project
Viewers: 3.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5 

On Tuesday night, NBC was all new starting with The Voice which revealed the final three. It was even in viewers and up a tenth in the demo as it has been much more steady this year. At 9pm, night two of Take it All was even in the demo from the first night which is a positive sign for the holiday show. We'll see how it does Wednesday night airing after a repeat of Guys with Kids. At 10pm, Parenthood was up seven tenths in viewers and two tenths in the demo, tying a season high. This show has really done well against weak competition on ABC and CBS this fall. It's a shame that it's ending its season in January.

CBS had a rough night as everything was down to season lows. NCIS was down 2.1 million viewers and a huge eight tenths in the demo. This is a rough tumble for NCIS which spiked up in its last airing. At 9pm, NCIS: Los Angeles was up six tenths in viewers but down three tenths in the demo. Finally at 10pm, Vegas was up nine tenths in viewers but down a tenth in the demo. Boy does this show skew old. FOX had three new episodes in its comedy lineup. At 8pm, Raising Hope bounced back some as it was up three tenths in viewers and the demo. After a repeat of Ben and Kate, New Girl was up a tenth in viewers and even in the demo while The Mindy Project was up four tenths in viewers and two tenths in the demo.

ABC had a terrible night. It started with an airing of annual special Santa Claus is Comin' to Town which was down big year-to-year. It was followed by the extremely weak Tuesday lineup. Happy Endings was down two tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo and Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 was down half a million viewers and two tenths in the demo. This comedy lineup is really pathetic yet it doesn't seem like its going to change until March. At 10pm, Private Practice was down half a million viewers and even in the demo. It announced its series finale will be January 22.