There wasn’t any good news in the 8pm hour for the networks. Fringe and Shark Tank were down when compared to last week’s episodes. The CW’s Smallville was flat in the 18-49 demo but way down in the young female category (as was Supernatural). On NBC, Friday Night Lights was up but the numbers are still terrible.

CBS ended up the big winner of the night with their Girl’s Night Out: Superstars Women of Country special. It did about the same as what it replaced, CSI: NY and Blue Bloods.

8pm
CSI: NY (r)
– 5.999 million viewers
– 3.9/7 HH
– 1.0/3 A18-49

Shark Tank
– 4.828 million viewers
– 2.9/5 HH
– 1.4/5 A18-49 (-6.7%)

Friday Night Lights
– 3.379 million viewers
– 2.1/4 HH
– 0.9/3 A18-49 (0%)

Kitchen Nightmares (r)
– 2.551 million viewers
– 1.6/3 HH
– 1.0/3 A18-49

Smallville
– 2.352 million viewers
– 1.4/3 HH
– 1.0/4 A18-49 (0%)
– 0.7/3 A18-34
– 0.5/2 W18-34 (-37.5%)

9pm
Girl’s Night Out: Superstars Women of Country (120 min)
– 8.368 million viewers
– 5.1/9 HH
– 1.6/5 A18-49

Dateline (120 min)
– 5.827 million viewers
– 3.9/7 HH
– 1.3/4 A18-49 (-7.1%)

Primetime: What Would You Do?
– 4.004 million viewers
– 2.6/4 HH
– 1.2/4 A18-49 (-14.3%)

Fringe
– 3.325 million viewers
– 2.0/3 HH
– 1.2/4 A18-49 (-14.3%)

Supernatural
– 1.904 million viewers
– 1.1/2 HH
– 0.9/3 A18-49 (0%)
– 0.7/3 A18-34
– 0.6/2 W18-34 (-33.3%)

10pm
20/20
– 4.462 million viewers
– 3.1/5 HH
– 1.2/4 A18-49 (-29.4%)

Raw ratings data copyright Nielsen, courtesy AdWeek.

Image courtesy CBS.