RATINGS RECAP: 1/3/13

ABC
8:00 Nashville (Repeat)
Viewers: 3.2 million, 18-49 demo: 0.7
9:00 Scandal (Repeat)
Viewers: 2.9 million, 18-49 demo: 0.7
10:00 Scandal (Repeat)
Viewers: 3.6 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9

CBS
8:00 The Big Bang Theory
Viewers: 19.3 million, 18-49 demo: 6.1
8:30 Two and a Half Men
Viewers: 15.4 million, 18-49 demo: 4.5
9:00 Person of Interest
Viewers: 16.2 million, 18-49 demo: 3.4
10:00 Elementary
Viewers: 11.4 million, 18-49 demo: 2.6

NBC
8:00 30 Rock (Repeat)
Viewers: 2.5 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8
8:30 Up All Night (Repeat)
Viewers: 2.0 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8
9:00 The Office (Repeat)
Viewers: 2.2 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9
9:30 Parks and Recreation (Repeat)
Viewers: 1.7 million, 18-49 demo: 0.7
10:00 Rock Center with Brian Williams
Viewers: 3.5 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8

FOX
8:00 Mobbed
Viewers: 2.7 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1
9:00 Mobbed
Viewers: 3.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2 

The week of soaring numbers against no competition continued on Thursday when CBS aired its Thursday lineup against repeats and Mobbed burnoffs. The results were astonishing, particularly at 8pm where The Big Bang Theory jumped 2.5 million viewers and seven tenths in the demo for series highs in both categories. A scripted show getting nearly 20 million viewers and over a 6 demo in 2013 is pretty incredible. At 8:30pm, Two and a Half Men was up 2.1 million viewers and four tenths in the demo for a season high but it seems like CBS should be using Big Bang to try to find a new sitcom hit. At 9pm, Person of Interest was up 2.1 million viewers and half a demo point for a series high. This show can really be dominant at times and it seems to be on an upward ascent again like it was last season. At 10pm, Elementary was up nine tenths in viewers and three tenths in the demo. While the best numbers since the series premiere, these numbers have to be slightly disappointing considering how much higher everything else was.