"So You Think You Can Dance?" took the top spot for its finals edition, with a Nielsen 2.9 rating/9 share among 18-34 viewers. "Dance" was down 12% versus a week ago.
NBC's own reality effort at 8 p.m. had a better go of it. "I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here" was a bit higher versus a week ago, earning a 1.8/7.
NBC didn't have such luck at the end of the evening. "The Listener" headed south by 30% to a 0.9/3.
As is its usual performance, CBS -- with repeats of its crime dramas, "NCIS," "CSI" and "The Mentalist" -- was the most economical of any network, performing well at a 1.6/5 among 18-49 viewers, good for second place to Fox.
Fox took the Thursday night overall win among 18-49 viewers -- with a 2.1/7. CBS was at a 1.6/5; Univision, a 1.4/5; NBC, a 1.3/4; ABC, a 0.6/2; the CW, a 0.4/2, and MyNetworkTV, a 0.3/1.
Fox also took top honors about younger viewers, 18-34, with a 1.8/7. Univision was a close second at a 1.5/6. Everyone else was at, or below, the one rating mark.
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