| Scoreboard | ABC | NBC | CBS | FOX | CW |
| Adults 18-49: rating/Share | 1.0/4 | 0.7/2 | 0.6/2 | 0.4/2 | 0.4/2 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 4.345 |
2.661 | 3.643 | 1.626 | 1.072 |
ABC won the night in adults 18-49 and total viewers.
The Stand Up to Cancer telethon aired from 8-9 PM on ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC. It averaged a 2.1 adults 18-49 rating across all four networks, down from a 2.3 for the September 10, 2010 telecast. (There was no telethon in 2011.) Thus ends a week in which all the networks frequently aired the same programming at the same time.
On ABC, a new two-hour 20/20 scored a 1.2 adults 18-49 rating.
On NBC, Dateline earned a 0.9 adults 18-49 rating, matching the performance of its last new Friday episode on August 24.
On the CW, America's Next Top Model garnered a 0.7 among adults 18-49, winning its time period by airing against the telethon, and rising 75% from last week's 0.4. This was the show's best performance among adults 18-49 since last season's finale on May 30, 2012.
Late night ratings are below the primetime ratings table.
Overnight broadcast primetime ratings for Friday, September 7, 2012:
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating/Sh | Viewers (Millions) |
| 8:00 | CW | America's Next Top Model | 0.7/2 | 1.55 |
| ABC | Stand Up to Cancer | 0.6/2 | 2.99 | |
| NBC | Stand Up to Cancer | 0.6/2 | 2.52 | |
| CBS | Stand Up to Cancer | 0.5/2 | 2.29 | |
| FOX | Stand Up to Cancer | 0.4/2 | 1.22 | |
| 9:00 | ABC | 20/20 (9-11PM) | 1.2/4 | 5.02 |
| CBS | CSI: NY - R | 0.6/2 | 3.84 | |
| FOX | Bones - R | 0.5/2 | 2.03 | |
| NBC | Grimm - R | 0.5/1 | 1.73 | |
| CW | Nikita - R | 0.2/1 | 0.54 | |
| 10:00 | NBC | Dateline | 0.9/3 | 3.74 |
| CBS | Blue Bloods - R | 0.6/2 | 4.80 |
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In late-night metered-market households Friday night:
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Friday's Ratings Via TV Media Insights
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Woah I don’t think I’ve ever seen that before
CW in first place is this a trick lol
lol at Nikita 0.53?? haha
Grimm repeats badly too
Good for ANTM
Put’s Nikita to shame
ANTP should thank the SUTC telethon; they will never see those ratings again.
Why do you hate Nikita?
There was probably a lot of preemptions
Dennis Nikita was a repeat you know they right
ANTM won one for the CW! Who wooda thought..
Saw Lawless at the cinema yesterday & a promo for “Go On” was right there on the big screen! NBC is just everywhere these days, except top of the ratings charts!
Go Grimm
CW won the night… 2012 – the end is near
Go Top Model!Good for it!Thats the highest rating for CW all summe(in demo & possibly total viewers)..Its way up in demo from this seasons previous weeks. I think this ratings better than OhSits, the Batmobile special,& a few Nikita repeats that had over a million viewers. I guess it took people a couple weeks to find it at its new day and time.
ANTM 0.7 is better then Nikita’s last dozen original episodes!! ha
“The Stand Up to Cancer telethon aired from 8-9 PM on ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC. It averaged a 2.1 adults 18-49 rating across all four networks”
Overall it got a 2.1 if you add up the rating totals, technically though the average of the 4 was a 0.5?
@ Raykov
CW only won 8-9 hr, not night
Dennis are you for real look at the competition and then look at Nikita competition in the fall and spring. You are crazy
Still there could be preemptions you really are a fool
I am not surprised by ANTM being up so much. I remember the CW was up alot a couple of years ago when the Stand up to Cancer special was on every other channel. Good for them winning the hour. To bad they did not have a special show on at 9 pm to keep the audience instead of aring a Nikita repeat though.
Wow, ANTM is pulling Supernatural numbers!!!!!!!!!!
@ Kieran
Technically the average was 0.525, but you would drop the 25 to get to .5
@ Brandy in total viewers yah it is the most. As i remember the Batmobile special got 1.1 million and the first episode got 1.2 million. and the first episode of Ohsit got a .5 and i dont remember the rating for the Batmobile special. i think it was a .4.
There were no significant pre-emptions for The CW.
Just based on network competition this Fall, Nikita will have a tough time.
Nikita’s season 3 premiere will be lucky to get a 0.6