Despite facing the deciding sixth game of the World Series, "Revolution" (1.4/4 in 18-49, 4.9 million viewers overall from 8-9 p.m. ET) matched its 18-49 rating of the prior two weeks and is currently retaining 98% of last week's overall viewership (with 4.914 million vs. 5.038 million), pending updates. Last night's "Revolution" improved by 17% on NBC's time-period result for the same night last year (1.4 vs. 1.2) and was up 41% Versus the slot result on the same night last year in total viewers (4.914 million vs. 3.497 million).

L+3: The Oct. 23 "Revolution" added 57% or 0.77 of a point to its next-day "live plus same day" 18-49 rating (to a 2.13 in L+3 from a 1.36 in L+SD) and in total viewers, added 38% or 1.901 million persons (6.939 million vs. 5.038 million. L+7: The Oct. 9 "Revolution" added 67% or 0.99 of a point to its next-day "live plus same day" 18-49 rating (to a 2.47 in L+7 from a 1.48 in L+SD) and in total viewers, added 46% or 2.495 million persons (7.943 million vs. 5.448 million).

At 9 p.m. ET, an encore telecast of "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" averaged a 0.9/2 in 18-49 and 3.9 million viewers overall and then a second "SVU" rebroadcast at 10 (1.2/3 in 18-49, 4.6 million viewers overall) built on the first encore by 33% in 18-49 rating and 18% in total viewers.

The 10 p.m. "SVU" rebroadcast beat originals of CBS's "CSI" and ABC's "Nashville" in that time period among adults 18-34 and women 18-34.

Despite the 10 p.m. hour, the second "SVU" encore grew from its first half-hour to its second by 9% in adults 18-49 (to a 1.2 from a 1.1), 14% in adults 25-54 (1.6 vs. 1.4), 22% in men 25-54 (1.3 vs. 1.1) and 13% in women 25-54 (1.8 vs. 1.6).

L+3: The Oct. 23 "Law & Order: SVU" added 57% or 0.79 of a point to its next-day "live plus same day" 18-49 rating (to a 2.16 in L+3 from a 1.37 in L+SD) and in total viewers, added 37% or 2.034 million persons (7.560 million vs. 5.526 million). L+7: The Oct. 9 "Law & Order: SVU" added 61% or 0.99 rating points to its next-day "live plus same day" 18-49 rating (to a 2.60 in L+7 from a 1.61 in L+SD) and in total viewers, added 41% or 2.574 million persons (8.886 million vs. 6.312 million).

In Late-Night Metered Markets Wednesday night:

In Nielsen's 56 metered markets, household results were: "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," 2.7/7; CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman," 2.3/6; and ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 1.9/5.

In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, adult 18-49 results were: "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," 0.8/4; "Late Show," 0.5/2; and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 0.7/3.

From 12:35-1:05 a.m. ET, ABC's "Nightline" averaged a 1.2/4 in metered-market households and a 0.4/2 in 18-49 in the Local People Meters.

From 12:35-1:35 a.m. ET, "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" (1.4/5 in metered-market households) beat CBS's "Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" (1.2/4). In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, "Late Night" (0.6/4 in 18-49) topped "Late Late Show" (0.3/2).

At 1:35 a.m., "Last Call with Carson Daly" averaged a 0.8/4 in metered-market households and a 0.3/3 in adults 18-49 in the 25 markets with local people meters.

NOTE: All ratings are "live plus same day" from Nielsen Media Research unless otherwise indicated.

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