'Big Bang' paces CBS Thursday victory

Inside a fight of-original lineups, the ''Big Bang Theory''-brought CBS won in key demos over Fox's combo of ''X Factor'' and ''Bones.'' NBC broadcast a unique episode of Friday rookie drama ''Grimm'' to nothing-special amounts.(Observe that because of preemptions for football in Pittsburgh and Cleveland, correspondingly, rankings for CBS and Fox are susceptible to revision within the excellent.)Based on preliminary national estimations from Nielsen, CBS opened up a champion with ''The Large Bang Theory'' (4.7 rating/14 be part of 18-49, 14.4 million audiences overall), no. 1 show from the evening but lower from the recent high levels. It had been then ''Rules of Engagement'' (3.2/9 in 18-49, 11. million audiences overall), ''Person of Interest'' (3./8 in 18-49, 13.4 million audiences overall) and ''The Mentalist'' (3./8 in 18-49, 13.7 million audiences overall), using the latter two dramas at or near season levels (though likely to come lower some within the excellent because of football).A minimum of within the preliminaries, CBS taken the evening in 18-49, 25-54 and total audiences.Elsewhere, Fox's ''The X Factor'' results show (3./8 in 18-49, 9.9 million audiences overall) and ''Bones'' (2.7/7 in 18-49, 9. million audiences overall) were consistent with a week ago but tend to come lower a little within the excellent because of football. ''X Factor'' removed among its final five participants because it approaches its 12 ,. 22 season finale.NBC broadcast original instances of comedies ''Community'' (1.5/4 in 18-49, 3.six million audiences overall), ''Parks and Recreation'' (1.7/5 in 18-49, 3.7 million audiences overall), ''The Office'' (2.9/8 in 18-49, 5.8 million audiences overall) and ''Whitney'' (1.9/5 in 18-49, 4.a million audiences overall) , all around the low finish of the range. ''Office'' was easily no. 1 broadcast enter in its timeslot among grown ups 18-34 (3.4/10) also it, ''Parks'' and ''Whitney'' all brought their half-hrs among males 18-34.At 10, a unique episode of drama ''Grimm'' (1.6/4 in 18-49, 4.a million audiences overall) matched up its most original perf on Friday but did fare best than basically the premiere episode of ''Prime Suspect'' to air within the timeslot this fall. Another original ''Grimm'' airs tonight.ABC were built with a fairly quiet evening but hung inside with special offers ''Winter Wipeout'' (1.9/5 in 18-49, 6.six million audiences overall), ''America's Funniest Home Videos Christmas Spectacular'' (1.9/5 in 18-49, 6.5 million audiences overall) and ''The Great Large American Auction'' (1.4/4 in 18-49, 4.8 million audiences overall).CW broadcast repeats of ''The Vampire Diaries'' (.4/one in 18-49, 1.two million audiences overall) and ''The Secret Circle'' (.3/one in 18-49, .9 million audiences overall).And Univision were built with a solid showing because of its 10 p.m. special ''La Amenaza Irani'' (The Iranian Threat), the most recent production from Documentales Univision. It averaged single.1/3 in 18-49 and a pair of.5 million audiences overall.Preliminary 18-49 earnings for that evening: CBS, 3.3/9 Fox, 2.8/8 NBC, 1.9/5 ABC, 1.7/5 Univision, 1.4/4 CW, .4/1.As a whole audiences: CBS, 13.3 million Fox, 9.5 million ABC, 6. million NBC, 4.two million Univision, 3.two million CW, 1.a million. Contact Ron Kissell at ron.kissell@variety.com