RATINGS RECAP: 12/18/12

ABC
8:00 A Charlie Brown Christmas
Viewers: 5.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.7
9:00 Happy Endings
Viewers: 3.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3
9:30 Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23
Viewers: 2.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1
10:00 Private Practice
Viewers: 3.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2

CBS 
8:00 NCIS
Viewers: 19.6 million, 18-49 demo: 3.3
9:00 NCIS: Los Angeles
Viewers: 15.5 million, 18-49 demo: 3.0
10:00 Vegas
Viewers: 9.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6

NBC
8:00 The Voice (Repeat)
Viewers: 8.1 million, 18-49 demo: 2.4
9:00 The Voice
Viewers: 14.1 million, 18-49 demo: 4.9

FOX
8:00 Raising Hope (Repeat)
Viewers: 2.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0
8:30 Ben and Kate (Repeat)
Viewers: 1.8 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8
9:00 New Girl (Repeat)
Viewers: 1.7 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8
9:30 The Mindy Project (Repeat)
Viewers: 1.5 million, 18-49 demo: 0.6

On NBC, The Voice aired its fall edition finale and it was up a big 2.6 million viewers and 1.3 demo points. This show has been the major powerhouse of the fall and didn't show big declines as it had in the past. It returns March 25 with Shakira and Usher taking over the chairs for Christina Aguilera and Cee Lo Green. Until then, NBC may have a rough go of it without the show that really carries the network. ABC had another low evening starting with the second airing of A Charlie Brown Christmas which wasn't as strong as the first airing, understandably. At 9pm, Happy Endings was even in viewers and up a tenth in the demo while Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 was up the same. At 10pm, Private Practice was down a tenth in viewers and even in the demo. 

Over on CBS, every show was up despite the competition from The Voice. At 8pm, NCIS didn't compete directly with the new programming on NBC and was up a big 1.9 million viewers and half a demo point from last week's troubling drop. At 9pm, NCIS: Los Angeles was up four tenths in viewers and four tenths in the demo despite tougher competition on NBC. At 10pm, Vegas was down half a million viewers but up a tenth in the demo. Still, a 1.6 demo is not acceptable for this timeslot. It will be interesting to see if Golden Boy can do any better when it gets a two week trial run in the spring before heading to Fridays.