| Scoreboard | ABC | NBC | CBS | FOX | CW |
| Adults 18-49: rating/Share | 1.1/4 | 1.0/4 | 0.7/3 | 0.7/3 | 0.3/1 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 4.762 | 4.438 | 4.827 | 2.235 | 1.312 |
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ABC won the night in adults 18-49, But CBS got the edge with total viewers
On ABC, 20/20 earned a 1.2 adults 18-49 rating, down two tenths from its last original two weeks ago.
On NBC, Dateline scored a 1.3 adults 18-49 rating, up two tenths from last week's 1.1.
Late-night ratings are below the primetime data.
Overnight broadcast primetime ratings for Friday, June 22, 2012:
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating | 18-49 Share | Viewers Live+SD (million) |
| 8:00PM | ABC | Shark Tank -R | 1.1 | 4 | 4.540 |
| CBS | Undercover Boss -R | 0.9 | 4 | 4.817 | |
| NBC | Whitney -R | 0.5 | 2 | 2.500 | |
| FOX | House -R | 0.6 | 3 | 1.985 | |
| CW | Nikita -R | 0.3 | 1 | 1.265 | |
| 8:30 PM | NBC | Community -R | 0.4 | 2 | 1.800 |
| 9:00PM | NBC | Dateline NBC (9-11 PM) | 1.3 | 4 | 5.600 |
| ABC | 20/20 (9-11PM) | 1.2 | 4 | 4.872 | |
| FOX | Bones -R | 0.7 | 2 | 2.486 | |
| CBS | CSI: NY -R | 0.6 | 2 | 4.356 | |
| CW | Supernatural -R | 0.4 | 1 | 1.359 | |
| 10:00PM | CBS | Blue Bloods -R | 0.6 | 2 | 5.308 |
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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," 2.8/7; CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman," 2.1/5 with an encore; and ABC's combo of "Nightline," 3.3/8; and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 1.5/4 with an encore.
- In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, adult 18-49 results were: “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” 0.9/4; "Late Show," 0.6/3 with an encore; "Nightline," 1.0/4; and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 0.5/3 with an encore.
- At 1:35 a.m., "Last Call with Carson Daly" averaged a 0.8/3 in metered-market households with an encore and a 0.3/2 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.
Kinda surprised at how many viewers Nikita and SPN get on Fridays considering Breaking Point and Catalina get a little over half the viewers these reruns do.
CW very highly inflated. Both shows will adjust down.
CW was preempted..
Whitney and community repeats look very weak.
Whitney seems like a sitcom that can work on Friday, It skews older, so the older audience will still be there, giving it respectable viewers. But it still doesn’t skew too old and will have some younger viewers so it can also do respectable in the demo.
Supernatural was pre-empted for baseball in both New York and Chicago (and maybe elsewhere too), so yeah unfortunately it will get adjusted down.
To win the night with a 1. The networks must be so proud. Must not see tv.
Go supernatural! Great repeat, can’t wait for season 8!!!!
Nikita is gonna sink in the finals. A .1 is not out of the question.
Whitney and community are gonna bomb so hard on Fridays.
Must have been sports on somewhere, I’ll be astonished if SPN doesn’t adjust down in the finals.
The person inside NBC who is trying to kill Community is doing a great job.
Rob may i ask why you hate Nikita. It is a fantastic show you should give it a try instead og bashing it for no reason. Both spn and nikita will be adjusted down but to say a 0.1 is just ridiculous
Looking at Supernatural’s numbers, I think it’s obvious why the CW is still alive and kickin’ – their shows skew very young. Compare SPN’s 0.4 to CSI:NY’s 0.6.
The CW is very inflated. It was preempted in New York for a Mets-Yankees game. Definitely adjusted down.
Whitney has as many viewers as a new 30 Rock. I love the show people who hate it probably never saw it.
Yeah both CW shows will adjust down.
“Nikita is gonna sink in the finals. A .1 is not out of the question.”
Get a life dude!
Nikita will still be back.
Bashers are usually immature children at least mentally.
@glover
The person inside NBC who is trying to kill Community is doing a great job.
Obviously not, as it was renewed for next season. You are aware networks have the power to just cancel shows, right?
@Nick
The CW is very inflated. It was preempted in New York for a Mets-Yankees game. Definitely adjusted down.
Supernatural was also preempted for baseball in Chicago.
@timotey
I think it’s obvious why the CW is still alive and kickin’
Yes it is, but apparently not to you. There’s two reasons why the CW is still around. The first is that the production companies found a way to at least break even with the network via online streaming deals. The second is that most of the local affiliates are locked into a ten year contract with the network.
How young a show skews is irrelevant (at least financially), because total viewers do not matter.