Well, the fast national results for Wednesday, Dec. 12 have finally arrived. On that note, here is the breakdown overall by network and by half hour.

OVERALL

-Total Viewers:
CBS: 11.95 million, NBC: 11.69, ABC: 5.20, Fox: 5.16, CW: 3.97

-Adults 18-49:
CBS and NBC: 3.3 rating/9 share each, Fox: 2.2/ 6, CW: 1.9/ 5, ABC: 1.7/ 5

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8:00 p.m.

CBS
Kid Nation (Season or series finale)
Viewers: 7.35 million (#2), A18-49: 2.1 rating/6 share (#4)

NBC
Deal or No Deal
Viewers: 11.85 million, A18-49: 3.0/ 9 (#1)

ABC
Pushing Daisies
Viewers: 7.01 million (#3), A18-49: 2.3/ 7 (#3)

Fox
Back to You (R)
Viewers: 4.25 million (#5), A18-49: 1.5/ 5 (#5)

CW
America's Next Top Model (season finale)
VIewers: 5.04 million (#4), A18-49: 2.4/ 7 (#2)

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8:30 p.m.

CBS
KId Nation (season or series finale)
Viewers: 7.54 million (#2), A18-49: 2.2/ 6 (#4)

NBC
Deal or No Deal
Viewers: 14.81 million (#1), A18-49: 4.0/11 (#1)

ABC
Pushing Daisies
Viewers: 6.69 million (#3), A18-49: 2.4/ 7 (#3)

Fox
'Til Death (R)
Viewers: 4.18 million (#4), A18-49: 1.7/ 5 (#5)

CW
America's Next Top Model (season finale)
Viewers: 5.93 million (#4), A18-49: 2.8/ 8 (#2)

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9:00 p.m.

CBS
Criminal Minds
Viewers: 13.38 million (#1), A18-49: 3.4/ 9 (#2)

NBC
Deal or No Deal
Viewers: 13.05 million (#2), A18-49: 3.7/10 (#1)

ABC
Private Practice (R)
Viewers: 5.15 million (#4), A18-49: 1.7/ 5 (#4)

Fox
Kitchen Nightmares (season finale)
VIewers: 5.93 million (#3), A18-49: 2.7/ 7 (#3)

CW
Crowned: The Mother of All Beauty Pageants (premiere)
Viewers: 2.53 million (#5), A18-49: 1.1/ 3 (#5)

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9:30 p.m.

CBS
Criminal Minds
Viewers: 14.95 million (#1), A18-49: 3.9/10 (#1)

NBC
Deal or No Deal
VIewers: 12.97 million (#2), A18-49: 3.6/ 9 (#2)

ABC
Private Practice (R)
VIewers: 4.81 million (#4), A18-49: 1.5/ 4 (#4)

Fox
KItchen Nightmares (season finale)
Viewers: 6.30 million (#3), A18-49: 3.0/ 8 (#3)

CW
Crowned: The Mother of All Beauty Pageants (premiere)
Viewers: 2.39 million (#5), A18-49: 1.1/ 3 (#5)

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10:00 p.m.

CBS
CSI: NY
Viewers: 14.26 million (#1), A18-49: 3.9/11 (#1)

NBC
Dateline
Viewers: 9.13 million (#2), A18-49: 2.8/ 8 (#2)

ABC
Dirty Sexy Money (R)
Viewers: 4.03 million (#3), A18-49: 1.3/ 4 (#3)

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10:30 p.m.

CBS
CSI: NY
Viewers: 14.24 million (#1), A18-49: 4.1/12 (#1)

NBC
Dateline
VIewers: 8.32 million (#2), A18-49: 2.6/ 8 (#2)

ABC
Dirty Sexy Money (R)
Viewers: 3.50 million (#3), A18-49: 1.1/ 3 (#3)

quote:

Originally posted by Marc Berman:
Well, the fast national results for Wednesday, Dec. 12 have finally arrived.

Yeah! I was just about to post that you were not allowed to go on vacation until you coughed these numbers up. Thanks, Marc.

Thoughts:
Pushing Daisies grew in the demo but dropped viewers at the half hour. Very strange. Kudos to DOND for a monster night and a pretty decent return for Dateline. Kudos to the CBS lineup for a solid performance as well as Kitchen Nightmares thanks to growth out of the lead in.
If there was one thing ABC should've learned from last night its that they should not be repeating the new Wednesday shows in the coming months. How about a Wife Swap, Supernanny, and Men in Trees Wednesday lineup?

ANTM numbers are not that good ppl and crowned well those nuimbers are awful and considering the cw gave this show 3 episodes a week with reruns wtf waz the cw thinkin

l'm still a fan thoiugh and lwill be watching come january and the strike begins

l mean watching OTH and EHC, the game, Thursday nights,

Pushing Daisies doing so poorly is not good for ABC. DSM has already dropped below the renewal level and Pushing Daisies is now in danger of joining it. The show is fast paced and a joy to watch. A shame if it doesn't make it to season #2.

Deal or No Deal is really showing some strength. NBC might just be able to ride that horse through the writer's strike.

America's Next Top Model had the lowest season finale numbers it has had in a long time (maybe ever?). The drop in ratings is a direct result of the show's fanbase really unifying behind Heather this season only to see her go home early. Saleisha will make a better talker than Heather, Lisa, or Jenah; but she sure isn't a better overall 'model'. This show really needs to stop giving us winners of the short, ethnic, variety. Naima, Jaslene, and Saliesha never should have made the cast, much less the winners spot.

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crowned isnt doing any better than the last ep of gossip girl... sigh... and i thought it would be a hit...

Another night of horrible ratings for Fox.

I'll now admit that Pushing Daisies isn't doing too well.
It averaged around 6-7 million viewers, which isn't good at all.
Hopefully things will improve when it returns.

One Tree Hill is screwed. It's lead in, the 2nd encore of Crowed, may make CW Now look like at hit in terms of viewers.

come january will really see wat type of fan base gossGirl has
and it aint goin to be pretty

Kudos to Kid Nation for beating Pushing Daisies in total viewers (and growing during the second half hour as opposed to shrinking)! A wonderful Season Finale too. Watching those kids grow through this experience was wonderful television treat.

3.0 demo during the second half of Kitchen Nightmares (the only original programming) is hardly horrible.

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Originally posted by Zitrone:
Another night of horrible ratings for Fox.

6.85 million for PD, and an average of 2.4/7 18-49. Not great by any stretch of the imagination but not dismal. The positive thing to mention is that it was the sole thing on the network that night that wasn't a rerun. It probably would have done better with a new Private Practice leading out... Assuming the writer's strike isn't settled it's good enough for a second shot next fall, but it depends if ABC has managed to cut the budget down from the first several episodes... I'd say the recent poor numbers for Samantha Who/DirtySexyMoney and the terrible bombing of Cavemen and Carpoolers, Big Shots, Men in Trees and October Road will make ABC less willing to pull the plug, but this coupled with the poor retention out of Shrek the Halls two weeks ago are bad signs.

I think ABC will keep it around because it fits the image they're aiming for and they already sunk a lot of money into it. It's yet to dip to Bionic Woman levels and both were the big hopefuls of each network this fall. It's still a sad day when a positive spin is "It's declining slower than other shows!"...

Pushing Daisies is over and is going to be cancelled. Pisher was right all along.