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Friday TV Show Ratings: Malibu Country, Last Man Standing, Undercover Boss, Grimm, Shark Tank, Fringe

Published:November 3, 2012

Friday, November 2, 2012 ratings — Season or series premieres: Last Man Standing, Malibu Country, and Undercover Boss. New episodes: Kitchen Nightmares, America’s Next Top Model, Shark Tank, Grimm, CSI: NY, Fringe, Nikita, 20/20, Blue Bloods, and Dateline. Specials: Hurricane Sandy: Coming Together.

On ABC, Last Man Standing returned to a 1.9 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 7.8 million total viewers. Compared to the series premiere last year, the show was down by 46% in the demo (vs a 3.5 rating) and down by 40% in viewership (vs. 12.9 million). It was however Last Man Standing’s best performance since March.

Malibu Country debuted to a 2.2 demo rating with 8.9 million viewers, building on its lead-in. Compared to Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, which aired in the 8pm timeslot a year ago, ABC was up by 83% in the demo (vs a 1.2 rating) and up by 84% in viewership (vs 4.82 million).

At 9pm, Shark Tank was up by 28% week-to-week in the demo with a 2.3 rating and 7.3 million viewers. At 10pm, 20/20 drew a 1.5 rating (up 15%) and 5.4 million.

On CBS, the return of Undercover Boss brought a 1.5 demo rating with 8.0 million viewers. Compared to last season’s premiere, the network was down by 50% in the demo (vs a 3.0 rating) and down by 31% in viewership (vs 11.59 million). Still, it matched the second-to-last episode of last season, which aired in May.

CSI: NY followed with a 1.5 rating (0% change week-to-week) and 10.0 million viewers. Blue Bloods then drew a 1.3 demo rating (-13%) with 10.9 million.

On NBC, the Hurricane Sandy: Coming Together fundraiser (which was simulcast on several cable stations) brought in a 1.5 rating with 6.3 million. Grimm followed with a 1.8 rating (-10% week-to-week) and 5.7 million. At 10pm, Dateline garnered a 1.1 rating (-21%) and 3.8 million.

On FOX, Kitchen Nightmares rose a bit, reaching a 1.0 rating (+11%) with 2.9 million. Fringe bumped up as well, attracting a 1.0 rating (+10%) with 2.7 million.

And on The CW, America’s Next Top Model was steady with a 0.4 rating and 1.3 million viewers. Nikita then took a huge leap (by CW standards anyway) to a 0.4 rating (+100% week-to-week) and 1.2 million total viewers.

What do you think? Are you surprised by the strong performance of the ABC sitcoms? Will the numbers hold up next week? Do you think Nikita will keep rising? What were you watching last night?

 

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Bethany November 4, 2012 at 5:11 pm

Well, the ratings of Last Man Standing and Grimm will probably suffer some since Comcast Cable decided that the channels they air on didn’t exist til after 9pm CST. I was able to catch Malibu Country and LOVE LOVE LOVED it, which pretty much means it should be canceled soon. Comcast errored out so much there is no way any Friday shows were able to get the ratings they deserved.

I did hear that with all the chaos of Sandy, they are going to take a huge consideration for the ratings of any show aired during this past, and the next couple of weeks. This is supposed to be sweeps, and so many shows never even aired at all. Honestly, I am very thankful to Netflix and Xfinity OnDemand, because I am not about to watch 24/7 storm coverage about any storm. Not that I am not praying for the people effected by the storms, but it is IMHO the network’s responsibility to provide people the entertainment break from reality they desrve when something this horrific happens. In stead they inundated us with storm shows and reruns. Most networks didn’t even air their Halloween shows on Halloween, so the kids had to sit through boring news with no releif in sight. Hopefully at least the shows that are supposed to air this week will not be as effected. And I can give my Netflix & OnDemand a little break.

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Diego Point November 3, 2012 at 6:39 pm

Tim is now Archie Bunker, the baby-daddy is Meathead and Gloria has become separated-in-vitro triplet air-heads.

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Tlh45 November 3, 2012 at 5:05 pm

I watched CSI NY, as I do religiously ever week. The episodes just keep getting better and better. I watched Malibu Country, it was ok, a lot like Reba, but I like Reba and Lily Tomlin adds comedy. Her kids, I didn’t care for. DVR’d Fringe, good thing it’s the ending episodes, because it’s hard to follow and I lost interest, but my husband still loves it.

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bob b. November 3, 2012 at 4:25 pm

On last man standing’s 2012 premiere show….first off,,,hated the changes of the eldest daughter, son and estranged ex-husband…didn’t like the girl especially…second thought,,,
abc’s hard core liberal left democrat owners/operators had their evil attitudes boldly obvious with their typical anti republican/conservative bias…they had tim allen showed as a conservative idiot/weakling and the daughters going democrat as being right and smarter than their dad…this is the typical day by day liberal democrat media one sided routine that they stick down america’s collective throats by presenting all good as bad and all bad as good…this is nothing different since creation (oh! I forgot, you liberals hate the idea of a creator) because satan’s children (liberal left) always hated God and His children (conservative right)…that’s why there has always been animosity from liberals toward conservatives especially in politics and will always be until God sets everything right which is much sooner than even most christians today might think…

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