Shark Tank, CSI:NY, Undercover Boss and Grimm were each adjusted up a tenth among adults 18-49 versus Friday's preliminary ratings.
Final broadcast primetime ratings for Friday, May 4, 2012:
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 rating | 18-49 Share | Viewers Live+SD (million) |
| 8:00PM | ABC | Shark Tank | 1.8 | 7 | 6.060 |
| CBS | Undercover Boss | 1.5 | 6 | 6.340 | |
| FOX | The Finder | 1.0 | 4 | 4.000 | |
| NBC | Who Do You Think You Are? | 0.9 | 3 | 4.960 | |
| CW | Nikita | 0.4 | 2 | 1.220 | |
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| 9:00PM | NBC | Grimm | 1.4 | 4 | 4.730 |
| CBS | CSI: NY | 1.4 | 5 | 9.060 | |
| ABC | Primetime: What Would You Do? | 1.4 | 5 | 4.700 | |
| FOX | Fringe | 0.9 | 3 | 2.730 | |
| CW | Supernatural | 0.7 | 2 | 1.660 | |
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| 10:00PM | ABC | 20/20 | 1.5 | 5 | 5.160 |
| CBS | Blue Bloods | 1.4 | 4 | 10.360 | |
| NBC | Dateline NBC | 1.3 | 4 | 4.960 | |
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Nielsen TV Ratings: ©2012 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved.
Fringe appears to have reached Dollhouse numbers.
See, Ringer and TSC are getting axed no matter what. Dixie and GG are getting renewed and Nikita remains on the bubble. The CW probably won’t cancel it, because Nikita may be awarded to an Emmy, like it did last year.
@Simon
Before it was fixed, Amanda wrote that Fringe was down a tenth [mrgreen]
Damn wanted Fringe to go up.
“All current friday CBS shows do worse than A Gifted Man.”
Nay!
A Gifted Man averaged a 1.39 adults 18-49 rating in its episodes after Jan 1. And in the weeks it ran, it was always the lowest rated CBS scripted show this spring.
It’s still bottom of the barrel for CBS!
happy grimm went up
why didn’t cbs keep undercover boss on sundays? it’s starting to die on fridays, and it was the highest cbs show on sundays..dumb move, especially considering what nyc 22 does on sundays, they should have put that on friday…
Yay Grimm! This means no drop from last week and that I was right that the show has a faithful fan base that would not desert it for The Avengers, even though I did.
I still think Supernatural is being wasted on a Friday night – a Friday show should NOT be the second highest rated show on a network.
I’m not sure moving it off Friday’s next year is either a good or smart idea (because 1) why change what works and 2) why would the network put a Season 8 show in a weekday time slot over a new show), but it still seems like wasted potential.
Wow at Shark Tank!
Phil, Nikita has never won an Emmy. It was only nominated last year for a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series.
Me thinks NBC should move Grimm to a Sunday night or so along with SVU. While it’s performing well on Friday.. It could improve and make the series last longer.
@Mae
It seems as long as Mark Pedowitz is boss and the Cast & Crew want to keep going Supernatural has the Friday 9pm slot.
Keep mind too, with its Live+7 DVR 18-49 (I know DVR doesn’t matter that much but for a Friday show I think it matters more than normal) it has consistently all season been 1.1 in 18-49
HoD, GG, and TSC would of done same as Nikita. Ringer does worse. 90210 probably do little better.
Yay Grimm adjusted up
Too bad SPN didn’t. I wonder what would happen if one day SPN beat Fringe.
@Dillan
If TVD can get a 1.0+ every week, why can’t all other Monday-Thursday shows get above a 0.6? Same difference really.
Yay for Grimm adjusted up!
They’ll start showing Season 1 this summer on Tuesday at 10 pm from May 29; hopefully that’ll show NBC how it does in that time slot.
@Adrian
Nothing would happen… except lots of Supernatural fans would be happy, I guess.
@TVWATCHER
AND THEN SEASON TO STARTS IN…….MID-AUGUST!
Season 2, I mean ^^^^^^^^
I don’t see any drop for Fringe (to 0.8); I see the same demo (0.9) as the prelims. Has this table been edited?