CBS won the key 18-49 demographic on Thursday (August 13) with 1.8, according to Nielsen figures.

Big Brother dipped two-tenths of a point on CBS at 9pm with 1.9 (6.08m), before Under the Dome earned 0.8 (3.73m) at 10pm.

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On ABC, The Astronaut Wives Club fell to a low of 0.6 (3.20m) at 8pm while Mistresses improved a tenth with 0.7 (2.98m) at 9pm.

Rookie Blue averaged 0.6 (3.34m) at 10pm on ABC.

Beauty and the Beast garnered 0.3 (0.92m) at 8pm, up a tenth on The CW.

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Over on NBC, Food Fighters slid two-tenths to 0.7 (3.49m) at 8pm.

Fox's Boom! reached 0.5 (1.74m) at 8pm.

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