Ratings: Broadcast Finals for December 20, 2012
Despite it being December 20th, it is rare the FOX wins a Thursday night, but the two hour season finale did just that. The second year talent program pulled in 9.66 million viewers and a 3.1 rating in Adults 18-49. Only a repeat of THE BIG BANG THEORY pulled in more viewers. NBC greatly improved its 8:00 p.m. hour with the holiday special A WHITE HOUSE CHRISTMAS. viewership (8.3 million) was more than double what the comedies pull in and the demo rating (1.6) was about 50% greater. But, that good lead in was lost on the comedy encores at 9:00 p.m. and ROCK CENTER at 10:00 p.m., dropping 65% and more as the evening progressed.
ABC did give us 3 hours of holiday programming, but viewers didn't really respond. I WANT A DOG FOR CHRISTMAS, CHARLIE BROWN was 4th in its time slot in both viewers and the demo ratings. CMA COUNTRY CHRISTMAS finished 3rd in the 9:00 p.m. hour, but did lead a non competitive 10:00pm. Both are acceptable holiday filler, five days before Christmas, but drama encores may have pulled in about the same numbers.
| Time | Net | Program | Viewers* | Demo | +/- |
| 8:00 | ABC | Dog/Charlie Brown | 5.010 | 1.4 | |
| 9:00 | ABC | Country Christmas | 7.210 | 1.4 | 43.91% |
| 8:00 | CBS | The Big Bang Theory [R] | 10.950 | 2.9 | |
| 8:30 | CBS | Two and a Half Men [R] | 8.670 | 2.3 | -20.82% |
| 9:00 | CBS | Person Of Interest [R] | 9.410 | 1.7 | 8.54% |
| 10:00 | CBS | Elementary [R] | 6.780 | 1.3 | -27.95% |
| 8:00 | CW | The Vampire Diaries | 0.990 | 0.3 | |
| 9:00 | CW | Beauty & The Beast | 0.840 | 0.3 | -15.15% |
| 8:00 | FOX | The X-Factor | 9.660 | 3.1 | |
| 8:00 | NBC | White House Christmas | 8.290 | 1.6 | |
| 9:00 | NBC | The Office [R] | 2.860 | 1.0 | -65.50% |
| 9:30 | NBC | Parks and Rec [R] | 2.010 | 0.8 | -29.72% |
| 10:00 | NBC | Rock Center | 3.500 | 0.8 | 74.13% |
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