Fox tops atypical Thursday

''The X Factor'' and ''Bones'' introduced their several hours in key demos, leading Fox to victory around the Thursday that featured numerous repeats and special deals elsewhere. ABC saw enhanced amounts due to its ''CMA Country Christmas'' special but NBC's comedies ongoing to become sluggish.According to preliminary national estimations from Nielsen, ''The X Factor'' (3.1 rating/9 participate grownups 18-49, 10.2 million audiences overall) wasn't any. 1 quantity of the evening in 18-49, on componen having its latest delivery round the evening on friday. It absolutely was then ''Bones'' (2.8/7 in 18-49, 8.8 million audiences overall), which needed advantage of inadequacies in firstrun drama competition to edge up versus. its last original episode. Furthermore to leading the broadcast systems in grownups 18-49 and 25-54, Fox also introduced in general audiences.ABC broadcast a repeat of ''Santa Claus is Comin' to Town'' (2.2/6 in 18-49, 7.2 million audiences overall), undertaking much better inside the timeslot than ''Charlie's Angels'' happen to be this fall. And from 9 to 11 p.m., the special ''CMA Country Christmas'' did a relatively quite a bit (2.1/5 in 18-49, 9. million audiences overall), rising 50% above its showing of a year ago if the broadcast around the Monday.CBS broadcast repeats of the regulars: ''The Large Bang Theory'' (2.9/9 in 18-49, 10.5 million audiences overall), which won its timeslot, then ''Rules of Engagement'' (2.2/6 in 18-49, 8.millions of audiences overall), ''Person of Interest'' (1.6/4 in 18-49, 8.millions of audiences overall) and ''The Mentalist'' (1.6/4 in 18-49, 7.9 million audiences overall).NBC was unable to take advantage from the CBS repeats as ''Community'' (1.7/5 in 18-49, 3.9 million audiences overall) still finished well behind the ''Big Bang'' rerun on CBS, and ''Parks and Recreation'' (1.8/5 in 18-49, 3.7 million audiences overall), ''The Office'' (2.9/8 in 18-49, 5.7 million audiences overall) and ''Whitney'' (1.9/5 in 18-49, 4. million audiences overall) counseled me round the low side from the range ''The Office'' did stand since the No. 1 entertainment show within the 9 o'clock half-hour in 18-49. At 10, ''Prime Suspect'' used to be low (1.3/4 in 18-49, 4.6 000 0000 audiences overall) but was up a couple of ticks versus. its latest original.CW broadcast repeats of ''The Vampire Diaries'' (.4/one out of 18-49, 1.millions of audiences overall) and ''The Secret Circle'' (.4/one out of 18-49, .9 million audiences overall).Preliminary 18-49 earnings for your evening: Fox, 3./8 ABC, 2.1/6 CBS, 1.9/5 NBC, 1.8/5 Univision, 1.5/4 CW, .4/1.In general audiences: Fox, 9.5 million ABC and CBS, 8.4 million NBC, 4.4 million Univision, 3.8 million CW, 1. million. Contact Ron Kissell at ron.kissell@variety.com