Gold Rush bounced back nearly a full adults 18-49 ratings point and led Friday with a 1.9 adults 18-49 rating. In a virtual tie in adults 18-49 (definitely not its target) was the series finale of Disney's Wizards of Waverly Place which averaged nearly 10 million viewers (9.76 million). Disney's Jessie was third for the night with a 1.2 adults 18-49 rating.
Friday Night Smackdown was even with the previous week's 0.8 adults 18-49 rating.
Merlin's fourth season marked its U.S. debut on Syfy with a 0.4 adults 18-49 rating and 1.6 million viewers.
Update via @TVBill: The Life And Times Of Tim was up a tenth from last week to a 0.1 adults 18-49 rating and 118,000 total viewers.
Update 2: via "Nick" in the comments:
Portlandia (IFC)
-10 PM: 0.255 million viewers, 0.14 A18-49, 0.13 A18-34
-1 AM: 0.111 million viewers, 0.05 A18-49, 0.02 A18-34
Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret (IFC)
-10:30 PM: 0.139 million viewers, 0.07 A18-49, 0.09 A18-34
-1:30 AM: 0.070 million viewers, 0.03 A18-49, 0.01 A18-34
Action (IFC)
-2 AM: 0.060 million viewers, 0.03 A18-49
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Selected Friday cable ratings (all Live+Same Day ratings):
| Program | Net | Time | Viewers (000) | 18-49 Rating |
| Gold Rush | DISC | 9:00 PM | 4688 | 1.9 |
| Wizards of Waverly Place | DSNY | 8:00 PM | 9755 | 1.9 |
| JESSIE | DSNY | 9:00 PM | 7317 | 1.2 |
| American Dad | ADSM | 10:30 PM | 2039 | 0.8 |
| WWE FRI NIGHT Smackdown | SYFY | 8:00 PM | 2589 | 0.8 |
| Flying Wild Alaska | DISC | 10:01 PM | 2198 | 0.8 |
| NBA REGULAR SEASON L | ESPN | 8:06 PM | 1794 | 0.8 |
| KUNG FU PANDA | NICK | 7:30 PM | 2862 | 0.7 |
| Pardon The Interruption | ESPN | 5:30 PM | 1333 | 0.7 |
| HOUSE OF PAYNE | TBSC | 9:30 PM | 1606 | 0.7 |
| VERY FUNNY NEWS | TBSC | 10:00 PM | 1480 | 0.6 |
| HOUSE OF PAYNE | TBSC | 9:00 PM | 1416 | 0.6 |
| DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES | FOOD | 10:00 PM | 1759 | 0.6 |
| NBA REGULAR SEASON L | ESPN | 10:38 PM | 1290 | 0.6 |
| WIPEOUT | TRU | 8:00 PM | 1410 | 0.6 |
| REAL HOUSEWIVES ATLANTA | BRVO | 9:00 PM | 1172 | 0.6 |
| Fish Hooks | DSNY | 9:30 PM | 4375 | 0.6 |
| Fashion Police Weekly | ENT | 10:30 PM | 935 | 0.5 |
| Four Weddings | TLC | 10:00 PM | 1406 | 0.5 |
| AROUND THE HORN | ESPN | 5:00 PM | 940 | 0.5 |
| AUSTIN & ALLY | DSNY | 10:00 PM | 3303 | 0.5 |
| Merlin | SYFY | 10:00 PM | 1602 | 0.4 |
| INVENTION USA | HIST | 10:00 PM | 1061 | 0.4 |
| Say Yes to the Dress: ATL | TLC | 9:30 PM | 1474 | 0.4 |
| STAR WARS:CLONE WARS | TOON | 8:00 PM | 1388 | 0.4 |
| CRAVE | FOOD | 11:30 PM | 1032 | 0.3 |
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