Friday, December 14, 2012 ratings — New episodes: Last Man Standing, Kitchen Nightmares, Malibu Country, Fringe, Dateline, Take It All, and 20/20. Specials: Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (repeat), Michael Buble: Home For The Holidays (repeat), Prancer Returns (repeat) The Elf On The Shelf: An Elf’s Story (rerun), and CBS News: Newtown. Episode reruns: Shark Tank.

Below are the fast affiliate ratings. The “demo” refers to the viewers in the 18-49 demographic. The percentages represent the change since the previous original episode. (Percentages aren’t given for reruns or specials.) “Millions” refers to the total number of viewers.

To see past ratings for a particular show, click the show’s link. The show pages are updated with the daily final ratings when they become available. Those pages include percentage changes in both the demo and total viewership, in addition to season averages to date.

ABC
8pm – Last Man Standing: 1.5 in the demo (0% change) with 7.0 million.
8:30pm – Malibu Country: 1.5 in the demo (+7% change) with 6.5 million.
9pm – Shark Tank: (repeat) 1.2 rating with 4.3 million.
10pm – 20/20: 1.6 in the demo (+33% change) with 6.3 million.

CBS
8pm – Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: (special, repeat) 1.9 rating with 6.6 million.
9pm – Yes, Virginia: (special, repeat) 1.6 rating with 5.9 million.
9:30pm – The Elf on the Shelf: An Elf’s Story (special, repeat) 1.5 rating with 5.96 million.
10pm – CBS News: Newtown (news special) 1.2 rating with 5.7 million.

The CW:
8pm – Prancer Returns: (movie, repeat) 0.4 rating with 1.5 million.

FOX
8pm – Kitchen Nightmares: 1.1 in the demo (-8% change) with 3.0 million.
9pm – Fringe: 1.1 in the demo (+22% change) with 3.1 million.

NBC
8pm – Michael Buble: Home for the Holidays: (special, repeat) 0.9 rating with 4.1 million.
9pm – Take It All: 1.1 in the demo (-8% change) with 4.7 million.
10pm – Dateline: 2.0 in the demo (+18% change) with 6.8 million.

What were you watching last night? Something holiday related or one of the news programs?