via press note:
ABC ranked #1 on the final Friday of the season in Adults 18-49.
The season finale of ABC’s Shark Tank posted a strong first-place finish in the 8 o’clock hour among Adults 18-49, beating the finale of NBC’s Who Do You Think You Are? by 50%. In addition, Shark Tank was the top-rated TV show of the evening on the major nets in Adults 18-34, holding a 30% advantage over runner-up NBC’s season finale of Grimm.
- · On average, Shark Tank surged over the prior season by double-digit percentages in Total Viewers (+18%) and Adults 18-49 (+29%), marking its strongest-ever season on both Nielsen measures.
Opposite the season ender of NBC’s Grimm in the 9 o’clock hour, ABC’s Primetime: What Would You Do? took second place against its rivals across all key Adult demos (AD18-34/AD18-49/AD25-54).
- · The ABC newsmagazine grew its overall audience from the same night last year by 8%.
From 10-11pm, ABC’s 20/20 defeated NBC’s Dateline by 9% in Adults 18-49, winning the newsmagazine race in the hour on all 4 Fridays of the 2012 May Sweep. Anchored by Elizabeth Vargas and featuring reports from Vargas, Deborah Roberts, John Berman and Jay Schadler, 20/20 took viewers into the lives of people with some of medicine’s most rare conditions
haha, spin it how you like ABC, the fact remains that grimm was the top rated show of the night.
@alex. Spin it how you like, almost every week Shark Tank beats Grimm
Also alex, wait til the finals come out, grimm usually drops , while shark tank rises. I bet shark tank wins in the finals
@Renny
Shark Tank usually rises, but Grimm usually gets no adjustment, so I think they’ll probably tie. Dunno til the finals though.
It’s interesting that Shark Tank tops Grimm so much in 18-34…Grimm must be big in the 35-49 group to make up that difference.
Shark Tank is a lot cheaper to produce too, Grimm would be out first.
Shark Tank is a solid performer for Friday nights. I’ve never watched Grimm, but it’s too bad that as a scripted series, it’s relegated to Friday nights.
Go Shark Tank!!! Love that show.
My fridays are Grimm and Shark Tank, dont care who wins as long as they both stay on which looks likely since ther both renewed.
Shark Tank…Great show!