NBC TV Show Ratings for Friday, November 2, 2012

Last night, NBC aired a fundraiser called Hurricane Sandy: Coming Together. Below, the network shares their take on the ratings for that special, as well as regular editions of Grimm and Dateline.

Friday Primetime Results:

* From 8-9:01 p.m. ET, the networks of NBCUniversal televised “Hurricane Sandy: Coming Together” as sustaining programming and ratings will not be included in nightlong, weeklong or season averages.

* From 9:01-10 p.m. ET, “Grimm” (1.8/5 in 18-49, 5.7 million viewers overall) finished within 0.2 of last week’s season-high Friday rating (and within 0.1 of last week’s 1.9 in these prelim fast-affiliate ratings). In total viewers “Grimm” is running within 7 percent of last week’s season-high 6.1 million average. “Grimm” is #2 in the time period among ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox in adults 18-49 and other key demos.

* These are “Grimm’s” second-best Friday results in 18-49 and total viewers since January 20, 2012, behind only numbers from one week ago.

* Keep in mind that last season, “Grimm” originals added an average 69 percent to these next-day “live plus same day” 18-49 ratings when Nielsen issued “live plus seven day” results.

* At 10 p.m. ET, “Dateline NBC” reported a 1.1/3 in 18-49 and 3.8 million viewers overall.

NOTE: All ratings are “live plus same day” from Nielsen Media Research unless otherwise indicated.