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

5.3 (5.0) (5.4) (6.1) (6.7) (1.8) Grey’s Anatomy
4.4 (4.1) (4.8) (3.9) (3.9) (4.1) The Office
4.0 (3.5) (3.4) (3.7) (3.7) (3.6) Survivor
3.7 (----) (----) (----) (----) (----) ALCS Baseball
3.7 (3.8) (3.6) (4.6) (----) (----) Private Practice
3.3 (3.0) (----) (----) (----) (----) 30 Rock
3.1 (3.1) (3.0) (3.7) (4.0) (----) FlashForward
2.8 (3.5) (3.3) (3.8) (3.6) (1.9) The Mentalist (r)
2.2 (3.6) (3.5) (4.1) (4.1) (2.0) CSI (r)
2.2 (----) (----) (----) (----) (----) The Jeff Dunham Show
2.1 (2.0) (2.1) (2.0) (1.8) (2.1) Parks and Recreation
1.9 (2.0) (1.9) (2.9) (2.7) (3.8) Community
1.6 (1.8) (1.7) (1.6) (1.7) (2.7) The Jay Leno Show
1.6 (1.4) (1.3) (1.5) (1.5) (1.7) Real Housewives of Atlanta
1.3 (1.3) (1.5) (1.3) (1.3) (1.6) Project Runway
1.0 (1.1) (1.5) (1.1) (1.7) (1.7) College Football
0.9 (1.8) (1.7) (1.6) (1.7) (1.6) The Vampire Diaries (r)
0.9 (1.0) (0.9) (1.2) (1.1) (1.4) It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
0.8 (1.2) (1.2) (1.2) (1.2) (1.2) Supernatural (r)
0.7 (0.5) (----) (----) (----) (----) Tosh.0
(----) (2.3) (----) (----) (----) (----) NCLS Baseball
(----) (2.8) (2.9) (2.7) (2.8) (3.1) Bones
(----) (2.2) (2.1) (2.3) (2.3) (3.0) Fringe
(----) (----) (----) (1.8) (1.7) (2.0) SNL Thursday
Figures in grey are for repeats.

* “Survivor” hit a season high with a dramatic but unusually vote-free episode.

* “Grey’s Anatomy” rebounded slightly to hit its second-worst rating ever.

* “The Office” rose to solidify its status as NBC’s top-rated scripted series. “30 Rock,” which also rose, is number-two in that category.

* “Parks and Recreation” matched its season high in 18-49. “Parks” and “Community” on Friday earned the “back nine” episode orders that will carry both series to May.

* NBC was hoping “The Jay Leno Show” would improve when its competition went into repeats, but “Leno” actually matched its Thursday low in 18-49 against a “Mentalist” rerun.

* “FlashForward” fell to third place in the 8 p.m. slot thanks to Fox switching from “Bones” to baseball.

* “The Jeff Dunham Show” immediately became Comedy Central’s most-watched series.

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