TV Ratings: 'Undercover Boss' drops, but 'Blue Bloods' helps CBS hold onto Friday
'Fringe' and 'Shark Tank' rise on Friday
Donnie Wahlberg of "Blue Bloods"
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Fast National ratings for Friday, February 24, 2012.
"Undercover Boss" took a sizable drop in its second Friday airing, but still held on to deliver the night's best 18-49 performance, while "Blue Bloods" drew the evening's biggest audience. The result was the Friday status quo: A slim demo win for CBS and an easy overall win.
On the bubble front, FOX's "Fringe" was up a hair in its last airing before a brief spring hiatus, while NBC's "Grimm" dropped a bit from its last airing, but still won its hour with young viewers.
Among adults 18-49, CBS averaged a 1.6 rating for the night, edging out the 1.5 rating for ABC. NBC and FOX both posted a 1.3 rating, while The CW averaged a 0.4 rating.
Overall, CBS averaged an estimated 9.62 million viewers to go with a 6.2 rating/11 share for the Friday night. ABC was a distant second with a 3.3/6 and 5.08 million viewers, nipping the 3.2/5 and 4.91 million viewers for NBC. FOX averaged a 2.0/3 and 3.29 million viewers, easily beating the 0.8/1 and 1.135 million viewers for The CW.
8 p.m. - "Undercover Boss" won the 8 p.m. hour with 8.63 million viewers and a 1.9 rating among adults 18-49, but those numbers were down by a couple million viewers and half a ratings point from last week's time period premiere. "Shark Tank" recovered some of the juice it lost against "Boss" last week, averaging 5.89 million and a 1.8 key demo rating, both up. FOX's "Kitchen Nightmares" also went up, with 3.48 million viewers and a 1.5 key demo . NBC's "Who Do You Think You Are?" was down with 4.985 million viewers and a 1.0 key demo rating. On The CW, a repeat of "Nikita" drew a suspiciously high 1.22 million viewers and a 0.4 key demo rating.
9 p.m. - Also falling for CBS was "A Gifted Man," which dropped to 9.07 million viewers, still enough to win the 9 p.m. hour, and a 1.3 rating among adults 18-49, which was good enough for third. NBC's "Grimm" was second overall with 4.75 million viewers and won the hour with a 1.5 key demo rating. ABC's "Primetime: What Would You Do?" averaged 4.63 million viewers and a 1.4 key demo rating. FOX's "Fringe" eased into its hiatus with 3.09 million viewers and a 1.2 key demo rating, both up from last week by a Nielsen hiccup. The CW's "Supernatural" repeat averaged 1.05 million viewers and a 0.4 key demo rating.
10 p.m. - While CBS' first two primetime hours were down, "Blue Bloods" posted slight gains to win the 10 p.m. hour with 11.175 million viewers and a 1.7 rating among adults 18-49. NBC's "Dateline" averaged 5 million viewers and a 1.3 key demo, just in front of the 4.73 million viewers and 1.2 key demo for ABC's "20/20."
All ratings information comes from preliminary Fast National Nielsen data, which includes live and same-day DVR viewing. All numbers are subject to change.
A long-time member of the TCA Board and a longer-time blogger of "American Idol," Dan Fienberg writes about TV, except for when he writes about movies or sometimes writes about the Red Sox. But never music. He would sound stupid talking about music.
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