'Grey's Anatomy' strong as a swap

ABC's 'Grey's Anatomy' came 12. million audiences on Thursday known as the night's No. 1 broadcast enter in most key demos. It'll face harder competition in future, but ABC's ''Grey's Anatomy'' returned in the two-month break getting a powerful showing Thursday and aided the web win the evening over mostly repeats round the rivals. ''Grey's'' and lead-out ''Private Practice'' hit season levels, while CW's ''The Vampire Diaries'' also came back nicely.According to preliminary national estimations from Nielsen, ABC started the evening by having an excellent debut for ''Winter Wipeout'' (2.8/8 in 18-49, 8.5 million audiences overall), which placed second to CBS comedy repeats due to its hour but was lower about 25% in the premiere on one evening this past year. ''Wipeout'' can be a large upgrade inside the timeslot for ABC, easily outperforming former slot occupant ''Charlie's Angels.''''Grey's Anatomy'' then elevated next (4.5 rating/11 participate grownups 18-49, 12. million audiences overall), standing since the night's No. 1 broadcast enter in most key demos and rising 10% in the latest episode on November. 10 to write its best demo score since late March the vet medical drama went facing repeats on CBS, NBC and Fox, with people nets coming back their Thursday shows in originals inside a couple of days. Closing the evening for ABC, ''Private Practice'' (2.8/7 in 18-49, 7.8 million audiences overall) hit a season high known as the apparent broadcast leader in demos, even though it likely placed behind MTV's season premiere of ''Jersey Shoreline.''For the evening, ABC won in 18-49 and 25-54 in addition to edged out CBS in general audiences. The 3.3 rating in 18-49 marks the most effective for just about any regular ABC Thursday selection this season.Cbs television studios television galleries placed second in demos, introduced by comedies ''The Large Bang Theory'' (3.5/10 in 18-49, 11.6 000 0000 audiences overall) and ''Rules of Engagement'' (2.6/7 in 18-49, 8.7 million audiences overall). The web also did decent amounts with repeats of crime dramas ''Person of Interest'' (1.9/5 in 18-49, 8.7 million audiences overall) and ''The Mentalist'' (1.9/5 in 18-49, 9.2 million audiences overall).NBC broadcast a thrilling-repeat comedy evening: ''Community'' (.8/2 in 18-49, 2.6 000 0000 audiences overall), ''Parks and Recreation'' (.9/2 in 18-49, 2.4 million audiences overall), ''The Office'' (1.1/3 in 18-49, 2.6 000 0000 audiences overall), ''Whitney'' (.9/2 in 18-49, 2.3 million audiences overall), a distinctive 10 p.m. airing of ''The Office'' (.7/2 in 18-49, 1.8 million audiences overall) after which it ''Up All Night'' (.7/2 in 18-49, 1.9 million audiences overall). And Fox broadcast some ''Bones'' repeats, producing single.2/3 in 18-49 and 4.8 million audiences overall at 8 together with single.1/3 in 18-49 and 4.3 million audiences overall at 9.At CW, ''The Vampire Diaries'' returned from an eight-week break to great amounts (1.4/4 in 18-49, 3.2 million audiences overall), matching its best women 18-34 score of the year (2.3/7) and rising 14% in 18-34 versus. its last original (1.6 versus. 1.4). Also back was rookie drama ''The Secret Circle'' (.8/2 in 18-49, 2.millions of audiences overall), in line with its recent shipping.Next Thursday will dsicover the series premieres of CBS comedy ''Rob'' (looking for ''Rules of Engagement'') and Fox drama ''The Finder'' (altering ''Bones'') together with the return of NBC's ''30 Rock'' within the new 8 o'clock timeslot as well as the new-evening debut in the net's ''Up All Night'' (altering ''Whitney'' at 9:30).Preliminary 18-49 earnings for your evening: ABC, 3.3/9 CBS, 2.3/6 Univision, 1.5/4 Fox and CW, 1.1/3 NBC, .8/2.In general audiences: ABC, 9.5 million CBS, 9.3 million Fox, 4.6 000 0000 Univision, 3.6 000 0000 CW, 2.6 000 0000 NBC, 2.3 million. Contact Ron Kissell at ron.kissell@variety.com