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Thursday 18-49 finals (previous weeks in parentheses):

5.1 (5.2) (5.3) (5.0) (5.4) (6.1) (6.7) (1.8) Grey’s Anatomy
4.1 (4.2) (4.4) (4.1) (4.8) (3.9) (3.9) (4.1) The Office
3.7 (3.7) (4.0) (3.5) (3.4) (3.7) (3.7) (3.6) Survivor
3.6 (3.6) (2.8) (3.5) (3.3) (3.8) (3.6) (1.9) The Mentalist
3.5 (3.4) (2.2) (3.6) (3.5) (4.1) (4.1) (2.0) CSI
3.4 (3.6) (3.7) (3.8) (3.6) (4.6) (----) (----) Private Practice
3.0 (3.1) (3.3) (3.0) (----) (----) (----) (----) 30 Rock
2.6 (----) (----) (2.8) (2.9) (2.7) (2.8) (3.1) Bones
2.6 (2.7) (3.1) (3.1) (3.0) (3.7) (4.0) (----) FlashForward
2.3 (2.1) (1.9) (2.0) (1.9) (2.9) (2.7) (3.8) Community
2.2 (2.0) (2.1) (2.0) (2.1) (2.0) (1.8) (2.1) Parks and Recreation
1.9 (2.0) (0.9) (1.8) (1.7) (1.6) (1.7) (1.6) The Vampire Diaries
1.7 (----) (----) (2.2) (2.1) (2.3) (2.3) (3.0) Fringe
1.6 (1.5) (1.6) (1.8) (1.7) (1.6) (1.7) (2.7) The Jay Leno Show
1.5 (----) (----) (----) (----) (----) (----) (----) Real Housewives of O.C.
1.3 (1.5) (1.6) (1.4) (1.3) (1.5) (1.5) (1.7) Real Housewives of Atlanta
1.3 (0.8) (0.9) (1.0) (0.9) (1.2) (1.1) (1.4) It's Always Sunny
1.2 (1.4) (0.8) (1.2) (1.2) (1.2) (1.2) (1.2) Supernatural
0.9 (1.0) (2.2) (----) (----) (----) (----) (----) The Jeff Dunham Show
0.9 (0.6) (----) (----) (----) (----) (----) (----) The League
0.7 (0.7) (1.0) (1.1) (1.5) (1.1) (1.7) (1.7) College Football
0.6 (0.6) (0.7) (0.5) (----) (----) (----) (----) Tosh.0

Figures in grey represent repeats.

* “Mentalist” soundly beat in 18-49 for the first time “Private Practice,” which keeps bleeding the demo while “Mentalist” stays strong. Total viewers in millions at 10 p.m.:

16.21 The Mentalist
09.10 Private Practice
04.83 The Jay Leno Show
02.58 The Real Housewives of Orange County
01.99 It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia
01.20 Tosh.0

* “Bones” tied “FlashForward” for the first time in 18-49 and beat it in overall viewers.

* With “Flashforward” and “Bones” both hitting new lows, “Survivor” again dominates at 8 p.m. in both 18-49 and total viewers. Total 8 p.m. viewers in millions:

12.43 Survivor
08.66 Bones
08.57 FlashForward
05.45 Community
02.64 Supernatural
02.34 The Jeff Dunham Show

* A Swanson-packed “Parks and Recreation” (4.91 million total viewers at 8:30) hit its 18-49 season high; “Community” hit its best 8 p.m. number in the same demo. If “FlashForward” keeps bleeding demo at this rate, it could soon find itself fourth in its timeslot with “Vampire Diaries” licking as its heels.

* “Fringe,” back after a baseball hiatus, hit a new series low. Hopefully upcoming episodes featuring Massive Dynamic and The Observers will remind fans it’s still on. (Note to Fox publicity: keep sending those screeners!!) Lead-in “Bones” also hit a season (series?) low in 18-49. Total 9 p.m. viewers in millions:

15.60 CSI
13.95 Grey’s Anatomy
08.09 The Office
04.85 Fringe
04.09 Vampire Diaries
02.44 Real Housewives of Atlanta

* “Leno” enjoyed another rare uptick, but Thursday was the second night in a row it scored substantially lower in 18-49 than a CW show (“Top Model” Wednesday; “Vampire” Thursday). (Which means the only Big Five primetime show beaten by the former king of late night was “Supernatural.”)

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