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| rating/Share: Adults 18-49 | 1.7/5 | 1.4/4 | 1.3/4 | 1.3/4 | 1.1/3 | 0.3/1 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 6.417 | 5.073 | 3.533 | 3.238 | 7.508 | 0.843 |
With CBS in all repeats on the night, ABC's unscripted line up topped the night's adults 18-49 ratings.
The season premiere of Shark Tank drew a 1.7 adults 18-49 rating, vs. a 1.2 rating for its Friday premiere on 3/25/11. The season premiere of Primetime: What Would You Do? had a 1.6 adults 18-49 rating. 20/20 drew a 1.8 adults 18-49 rating, up a tenth vs. a 1.7 rating last week.
Chuck hit a season high 1.1 adults 18-49 rating, was up two tenths vs. a 0.9 rating last week. Grimm also saw a jump its 1.8 adults 18-49 rating, was up 29% vs. a season/series low 1.4 rating last week. Dateline NBC drew a 1.4 adults 18-49 rating, up a tenth vs. 1.3 rating last week.
Kitchen Nightmares had a 1.5 adults 18-49 rating at 8pm, vs. a 1.7 rating last week. Fringe's 1.1 adults 18-49 rating matching its series low 1.1 rating last week.
Interestingly, yet another Remodeled repeat equalled the premiere original 0.3 adults 18-49 ratings.
Overnight broadcast primetime ratings for Friday, January 20, 2012:
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating | 18-49 Share | Viewers Live+SD (million) |
| 8:00PM | ABC | Shark Tank (season premiere) | 1.7 | 5 | 6.226 |
| FOX | Kitchen Nightmares | 1.5 | 5 | 3.881 | |
| NBC | Chuck | 1.1 | 3 | 3.848 | |
| CBS | A Gifted Man -R | 1.0 | 3 | 6.942 | |
| CW | Remodeled -R | 0.3 | 1 | 0.776 | |
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| 9:00PM | NBC | Grimm | 1.8 | 5 | 5.904 |
| ABC | Primetime: What Would You Do? (season premiere) | 1.6 | 5 | 5.826 | |
| CBS | CSI:NY -R | 1.1 | 3 | 7.101 | |
| FOX | Fringe | 1.1 | 3 | 3.185 | |
| CW | Supernatural -R | 0.3 | 1 | 0.910 | |
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| 10:00PM | ABC | 20/20 | 1.8 | 5 | 7.199 |
| NBC | Dateline NBC | 1.4 | 4 | 5.466 | |
| CBS | Blue Bloods -R | 1.3 | 4 | 8.482 | |
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Late night ratings via NBC press note:
In late-night metered-market households Friday night:
In Nielsen's 56 metered markets, household results were: "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," 3.3/8; CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman," 2.6/6; and ABC's combo of "Nightline," 3.6/8; and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 1.7/5.
In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, adult 18-49 results were: “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” 1.0/4; "Late Show," 0.6/3; "Nightline," 1.0/4; and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 0.6/3.
At 12:35 a.m., "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" (2.0/6 in metered-market households) beat CBS's "Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" (1.3/4). In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, "Late Night" (0.7/4 in 18-49) topped "Late Late Show" (0.4/2).
At 1:35 a.m., "Last Call with Carson Daly" averaged a 1.1/4 in metered-market households and a 0.4/2 in adults 18-49 in the 25 markets with local people meters.
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NOTE: All ratings are "live plus same day" from Nielsen Media Research unless otherwise indicated.
Definitions:
Rating: Estimated percentage of the universe of TV households (or other specified group) tuned to a program in the average minute. Ratings are expressed as a percent. More information on ratings is available here.
Share (of Audience): The percent of households (or persons) using television who are tuned to a specific program, station or network in a specific area at a specific time. (See also, Rating, which represents tuning or viewing as a percent of the entire population being measured.)
Fast Affiliate Ratings: These first national ratings, including demographics, are available at approximately 11 AM (ET) the day after telecast, and are released to subscribing customers daily. These data, from the National People Meter sample, are strictly time-period information, based on the normal broadcast network feed, and include all programming on the affiliated stations, sometimes including network programming, sometimes not. The figures may include stations that did not air the entire network feed, as well as local news breaks or cutaways for local coverage or other programming. Fast Affiliate ratings are not as useful for live programs and are likely to differ significantly from the final results, because the data reflect normal broadcast feed patterns. For example, with a World Series game, Fast Affiliate Ratings would include whatever aired from 8-11PM on affiliates in the Pacific Time Zone, following the live football game, but not game coverage that begins at 5PM PT. The same would be true of Presidential debates as well as live award shows and breaking news reports.
Time Shifted Viewing – Program ratings for national sources are produced in three streams of data – Live, Live+Same Day (Live+SD) and Live+7 Day. Time shifted figures account for incremental viewing that takes place with DVRs. Live+Same Day (Live+SD) include viewing during the same broadcast day as the original telecast, with a cut-off of 3:00AM local time when meters transmit daily viewing to Nielsen for processing. Live+7 Day ratings include incremental viewing that takes place during the 7 days following a telecast.
For more information see Numbers 101 and Numbers 102.
