'X Factor,' 'Horror' finish strong

Nearly all primetime's entertainment series had ended the season right before last week's holiday frame, but two beginners that stuck around -- Fox's "The X Factor" and FX's "American Horror Story" -- finished their seasons around the strong note.The one that didn't, however, was Fox's "Terra Nova," whose fate is greatly up in mid-air heading to the year.The pricey dinosaur drama from professional producer Steven Spielberg averaged a few.2/6 in grownups 18-49 and 7.24 million audiences overall due to its two-hour finale, according to same-evening estimations from Nielsen. The show, which started just like a solid artist in September, drifted downward inside the partner of fall, but it's still neck and neck with ABC's "Revenge" and CBS' "Person of great interestInch since the season's No. 2 new drama in 18-49 (behind ABC's "Not such a long time ago").Because "Terra Nova" needs more hours to produce episodes than typical dramas, Fox likely must decide soon for your show to return next fall.Certainly coming back next season are "X Factor" and "American Horror Story," while using latter striking a same-evening series filled with its finale on Wednesday (1.7/5 in 18-49, 3.22 million audiences overall) and finishing as FX's finest-rated first-year series the web then introduced that "Horror" would be the periodic anthology, with future seasons featuring new tales, designs, styles and figures.For "The X Factor," the Simon Cowell-fronted skein never begun to the megahit that numerous had expected to ensure that it's, nevertheless it outshine vets like ABC's "DwtsInch and CBS' "Survivor" as fall's No. 1 reality show in 18-49. It aided Fox score large gains on Wednesday (up 48%) and Thursday (up 46%) and handle fall tied with CBS for to start with inside the demo.Internet also points for the program's youthful, diverse audience: It ranks second among new series (behind Fox's "New Girl") in teens 12-17 and Hispanics 18-49 and emerged since the season's No. 1 entertainment series among African-Us citizens 18-49. In Thursday's finale, "X Factor" averaged a 3.8/11 in 18-49 and 12.59 million audiences overall, standing since the week's No. 1 nonsports type in the demo.Overall the other day, it absolutely was NBC that mentioned victory in key demos additionally to total audiences. As typically happens across the Year because so many series are preempted or possibly in repeats, the web moves for the lead due to "Sunday Evening Football."In grownups 18-49 for your 12 ,. 19-25 sesh, NBC, having its 2.2 rating/7 share, was well before Fox (1.7/5), ESPN (1.5/4), CBS (1.4/4) and ABC and Univision (both at 1.3/4). The Peacock also won in grownups 25-54 (2.7/7) in addition to assigned CBS in general audiences (7.2 million to 6.9 million).NBC's "Sunday Evening Football" wasn't any. 1 program every week having its Christmas evening game involving the rival Eco-friendly Bay Packers and Chicago Bears (7.7/23 in 18-49, 24.02m), and ESPN's "Monday Evening Football" finale ranked second (6.4/19, 16.68m for Pittsburgh-San Francisco Bay Area).Also for your Peacock, some-evening launch of gameshow "Who's Still Standing?" shipped OK results, with Tuesday's perf the most effective (1.9/6, 5.84m) as well as the second week of "Fear Factor" needed a slide (2.5/6, 6.37m), even though it still outshine Fox's "Terra Nova" mind-to-mind in 18-49.NBC appeared to become elevated by repeat Christmas specs: "SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas" on Tuesday (2.1/6, 5.79m) and movie perennial "It's a Wonderful Existence" on Christmas Eve (1.5/5, 4.83m).Fox was without a good deal happening outdoors of "X Factor" and "Terra Nova," nonetheless its new Wednesday half-hour "Personally, I Can't Stand My Teenage Daughter" edged up (2./6, 5.78m) opposite repeat competish on rival nets. CBS and ABC received their utmost demo amounts from comedy repeats, while using former introduced by "The Big Bang Theory" (2.6/8, 9.28m) and "2 Broke Women" (2.6/7, 7.20m) as well as the latter by "Modern Family" (2.2/6, 6.40m). Contact Ron Kissell at ron.kissell@variety.com