| Scoreboard | CBS | ABC | NBC | FOX | CW |
| Adults 18-49: rating/Share | 1.3/4 | 1.3/4 | 1.2/4 | 1.1/4 | 0.3/1 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 9.253 | 4.688 | 4.316 | 3.228 | 0.908 |
ABC & CBS tied the night in adults 18-49, while CBS was on top in total viewers.
On ABC, Shark Tank earned a 1.5, down a tick from last week's 1.6 adults 18-49 rating. 20/20 was flat with last week.
On NBC, the Friday premiere of Grimm earned a 1.6 adults 18-49 rating, up a tenth from the 1.5 18-49 rating its last original earned. Dateline scored a 1.3, down from last season's 2.0 fall premiere rating
On CBS, the season premiere of CSI: NY earned a 1.3, down from last year's premiere which earned a 1.8 18-49 rating. The series premiere of Made In Jersey earned a 1.1 adults 18-49 rating, your predictions were far too optimistic . Blue Bloods earned a 1.5, down from last year's 2.0 season premiere rating.
On FOX, Fringe was down from last year, earning a 1.1 18-49 rating vs. last season's 1.5 adults 18-49 premiere rating.
On the CW, America's Next Top Model was even with last week's 0.5 adults 18-49 rating.
Overnight broadcast primetime ratings for Friday, September 28, 2012:
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating | 18-49 Share | Viewers Live+SD (million) |
| 8:00 PM | ABC | Shark Tank | 1.5 | 6 | 5.892 |
| CBS | CSI: NY | 1.3 | 5 | 8.999 | |
| FOX | The X Factor -R | 1.1 | 4 | 3.281 | |
| NBC | Grimm -R | 0.7 | 2 | 2.843 | |
| CW | America's Next Top Model | 0.5 | 2 | 0.916 | |
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| 9:00PM | NBC | Grimm | 1.6 | 5 | 5.312 |
| ABC | Last Resort -R | 1.1 | 4 | 4.008 | |
| CBS | Made In Jersey -P | 1.1 | 4 | 7.744 | |
| FOX | Fringe | 1.1 | 4 | 3.176 | |
| CW | Nikita -R | 0.2 | 1 | 0.633 | |
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| 10:00 PM | CBS | Blue Bloods | 1.5 | 5 | 11.106 |
| ABC | 20/20 | 1.4 | 4 | 4.165 | |
| NBC | Dateline NBC | 1.3 | 4 | 4.794 | |
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via press note:
In Nielsen's 56 metered markets, household results were: "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," 2.9/7; CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman," 2.7/7; and ABC's combo of "Nightline," 2.7/6; and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 1.5/4.
- In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, adult 18-49 results were: “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” 1.0/5; "Late Show," 0.6/3; "Nightline," 0.9/4; and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 0.5/3.
- At 1:35 a.m., "Last Call with Carson Daly" averaged a 0.8/3 in metered-market households and a 0.3/2 in adults 18-49 in the 25 markets with local people meters.
Nielsen TV Ratings: ©2012 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved.
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.
“Supernatural, to date, hasn’t been a serious target for Cancellation Bear. The brothers could always outrun some of their CW brethren. Therefore, Bill and Robert don’t focus on it.”
Now, that’s far too logical to be recognized as such by the crazy.
CBS should put Rules of Engagement and Friend Me on Friday at 8 and 8:30, then move CSI: NY to 9.
@bigbrotherfan
So glad you stated that you “warm up” while watching MIJ
Back when I was clubbing, we watched the classic CBS lineup of All In The Family, Mary Tyler Moore & Bob Newhart, then even stuck around for Carol Burnett
We wouldn’t be caught dead on the streets before 11:00, as that’s when the party really got started
Glad to see it hasn’t changed much in the last 35 years (when I was 25) or so
CSI New York should have been cancelled instead of Miami. Friday nights are fine, thanks to Grimm
Have to admit I never commented two years ago, however did read some of the comments for amusement but always read the posts
Decided to make up for lost time both last year & this
@Tyson “Supernatural, to date, hasn’t been a serious target for Cancellation Bear. The brothers could always outrun some of their CW brethren. Therefore, Bill and Robert don’t focus on it”
They don’t focus on it because they hate the show and hope it fails and are in cahoots with the Neilsens, the Masons, the Knights Templar and Space Aliens to suppress the numbers to hide the truth from the public because they’re worried there’d be mass panic if we realized it wasn’t a scripted show after all but true reality TV. Run away, run away.
ymmv
RIP Michael O’Hare (B5: Cmdr Jeffrey Sinclair)
What dummy said BYE BYE Blue Bloods when its in its third season and getting the highest viewership on the night for two straight seasons going on three?
@ K
Ar you serious bro?
CSI: NY has been getting it done on Fridays for two season now. It’s been keeping that block together after Ghost Whisperer left. Miami aired on a better night and was getting out-rated by CSI: NY most weeks.
Please stop being dumb guys and get real with yourselves.
@dumb guy
Miami aired on a better night and was getting out-rated by CSI: NY most weeks
There was a not a single week last season in which a new episode of CSI:NY had a higher rating than a new episode of CSI:Miami.
there must a glitch in the matrix i see several commets about blue bloods total viewers under 10 million but it has 11,1 million ( see chart) and in my math class 11 is more not less than 10
Ultima there is not a single post you made without dissing somebody.
@ billy mac
A lot of people need glasses or their Hooked on Phonics.
@Bill
Could you please stop calling everyone who asks you a question, “Crazy”?
1. I don’t know what your site statistics are. All I have access to, is the number of comments. So, its normal for an outsider to think the number of comments is directly proportional to traffic. But I wasn’t 100% sure of the above formula, so I asked you about the Supernatural on this site.
2. I never said, your website is snubbing the show. There were a lot of instances in the past, where Supernatural was said to be given step-child treatment. I myself have seen, how brutally it was trodden under feet by People Choice Awards. My statement was based on all the instances, but NOT AT ALL on your website.
3. I have no idea what happened back then, but according to various reports Supernatural was always in the danger zone during its first three seasons.
Supernatural outlasted a network. Somehow.
Unforgettable probably isn’t even in production yet for mid-season.
CBS is off to a bad start:
Partners is a flop
2BG is okay but this is Mon at 9…home of Everybody Loves Raymond and Two and a Half Men
Hawaii 5-0 had a big decline
CBS Tuesday is okay but Vegas is skewing too old even for CBS’ standards
Survivor-Criminal Minds-CSI > nothing to crow about. All aging shows, not really a ratings winner
Thursday- Only Big Bang is meeting expectations. Lots of questions about the TAAHM move…could’ve performed better in its original Monday at 9 home; POI – ehh;, Elementary – very middling result
and Friday – well, you just read it – LOWS for CSI:NY and Blue Bloods; and another flop in MIJ
@billy mac
in my math class 11 is more not less than 10
Yes, we’re all dumb and didn’t know that.
There’s no possible way that those comments were made before the number was edited to the correct value, because that would just be ridiculous.
Ultima clearly is Hooked on Phonics can’t read or write.
Ye gods at MIJ’s premiere.
Clearly, it won’t be airing at 9pm come sweeps, but the question is what will the schedule be? MIJ/CSI:NY, Vegas Repeats/CSI:NY, or Elementary Repeats/CSI:NY? (I don’t think CBS breaks out UB this early, especially given the shallow bench, but that’s not impossible either.)
@KS
But I never see you or Robert giving credit to the show. I wonder why that poor little show always is the victim of snubbing
That is what you said. It sure seems like you are saying this website snubs the show. That may not be what you intended, but that is how it came off.
CBS has some major choices to make in the coming weeks:
1) The Cancelation of Partners and Made in Jersey.
2) Give a full season order for Vegas (22 episodes) and Elementary (23 episodes).
3) Give two more episodes to CSI: NY (the season will end with 200 episodes) and move it back to 9/8c.
For next season CBS should:
1) Move Hawaii Five-0 to Sunday at 9/8c.
2) Move Criminal Minds to Friday at 9/8c (I know it’s still a high rated show but it could be an excellent lead-in for Blue Bloods + CSI: NY Had the same ratings when it moved).
3) Cancel The Good Wife, Vegas, (maybe ?) Rules of Engagement, Friend Me and Golden Boys.
@oink
CBS is off to a bad start:
Nonsense. Excluding football, they’re the highest rated network this week.
CBS Tuesday is okay but Vegas is skewing too old even for CBS’ standards
CBS is the highest rated network on Tuesday! Also, it’s completely irrelevant how old a show skews. Vegas had a 2.5, that is all; it’s not great, but not awful either.
Elementary – very middling result
It was the second highest rated new show this week (after Revolution) and is doing significantly better than anything else at 10pm.
Their premiere week wasn’t as big as last year’s, but it’s hard to qualify it as “bad.” They’re still very strong and everyone else is having problems as well.
Sure, there will likely be some quick cancellations, but CBS knew they had a weak development season and brought back a couple veterans to plug the inevitable holes.
Finally, nothing has happened so far that suggests there’s even a small chance that CBS will not finish the season at #1.