TV Rankings: 'The Office' Return Dips, 'The Large Bang Theory' Tops Thursday

NBC Your competition gets fierce on Thursday nights. Fox capped the evening using the second episode from the X Factor (12.5 million total audiences, 4.3 rating in grown ups 18-49 demographic). Simon Cowell's new reality competition series tied its series debut on Wednesday as a whole audiences and retaining the majority of its demo (4.3 versus. 4.4). To date now, the network has notched victories for 3 from the four nights from the fall season. (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday). PHOTOS: Fall TV Dying Pool: Which Show Is Going To Be Axed First? Still, it had been CBS' premiere from the Large Bang Theory (14.a million, 4.8 and 14.7 million, 5.) -- the show, airing back-to-back episodes and honoring Jim Parson's second Emmy win -- that required the crown because the evening's greatest-ranked and many-viewed program because of its 8:30-9 p.m. telecast. Person of great interest (13.two million, 3.1), our prime-concept drama from J.J. Abrams and Jonathan Nolan was lower 9 % in comparison to CSI's premiere, but rated because the most-viewed program at 9 p.m. At 10 p.m., The Mentalist (13.six million, 2.8), lower 18 percent from the premiere this past year, still won the evening as a whole tune-in. CBS wasn't any. 2 within the demo, calculating a 3.6, but ongoing to satisfy its title from the "most-viewed network," calculating a Thursday high: 13.six million. PHOTOS: Behind the curtain of THR's 'X Factor' Cover Shoot ABC's Charlie's Angels reboot (8.7 million, 2.1), though carrying out well over the launch of My Generation last September, didn't exactly strike a chord with audiences. The 2-hour premiere of Gray's Anatomy (10.3 million, 4.1) dipped 24 percent and ranks because the veteran medical drama's cheapest-premiere up to now. NBC's Thursday evening comedy selection all saw decreases from this past year, with many striking lows because of its season openers: Community (4 million, 1.7) dipped 23 percent, Parks & Entertainment (4.a million, 2.) was lower 38 percent and also the Office (7.six million, 3.9), using the reveal of the new branch manager and also the first episode of James Spader's like a regular, saw a 11 percent drop. The eighth season opener from the Office is its cheapest-ranked because the first season. PHOTOS: Fall's 12 Most Anticipated Shows Even Whitney (6.a million, 3.2) didn't enhance the debut of labor comedy Outsourced, that was canceled after one season, lower 11 percent. The lull affected the launch of recent series Prime Suspect (six million, 1.8), the U.S. reboot with Maria Bello, which barely contended using its competition (The Mentalist, Gray's Anatomy) at 10 p.m. Facing heavy competition, the CW dramas The Vampire Journals (2.5 million, 1.2) and also the Secret Circle (two million, .9) both saw steep drops. TV Rankings