US TV
ABC
The two-hour finale, which saw the winner crowned, pulled in 19.19m between 8pm and 10pm.
Earlier on the network, the latest episode of V pulled in 9.2m. The fourth instalment of the miniseries - the final one of 2009 - was down slightly from last week's performance, which managed 9.26m.
Over on CBS, NCIS and its spinoff Los Angeles interested 20.23m and 17.18m at 8pm and 9pm respectively. The 10pm instalment of The Good Wife then had 12.5m.
NBC's The Biggest Loser drew 8.91m between 8pm and 10pm, before 4.94m watched The Jay Leno Show.
Reruns of 90210 and Melrose Place logged 1.2m and 833k for The CW at 8pm and 9pm respectively, while Fox's So You Think You Can Dance averaged 5.42m between 8pm and 10pm.
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