| 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:
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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.
Great numbers for Grimm. A 1.6 on a Friday is excellent, especially for NBC.
Made in Jersey is not long for the world. But that shouldn’t really surprise anyone. The question is whether NY would recover if moved to 9.
@senor chang
It is not just CBS… Look at Fox…. Besides XF, everything else is tanking.
@petar Ivanov
I can not recall anything premiering lower than Jersey (Drama wise), but Bill Gorman could probably tell you if there was…
I was to generous in the ratings, but surprised that MIJ and Fringe tied with a 1.1. but glad that Grimm won the night with a 1.6.
My biggest worry is, once Fringe ends, there is no real Sci-Fi on television. I have heard Fox ordered a new series, written by Fringe writers and is a bad robot production and is set in the near future and is based on Androids and human relationship.
Guessed 1.1 for both Fringe & Made in Jersey–RIGHT ON!
Blue Bloods losing .5 from last season is rather surprising.
Made in Jersey pilot–couldn’t believe all the young cast members + a Florence & the Machine song to end the episode. Was this CBS?
0.2 Nikita–really?
@Holly, we’ll see soon enough. I imagine a timeslot swap between MIJ and CSINY is coming ASAP.
Well throw ABC in the mix too. Other than Greys and MF, ABC is down too. DWTS is collapsing, and the 10PM shows are between 1.8 to 2.2.
The only network that has improved is NBC, but it is not hard when you were already at or near the bottom of the well..
@eridapo
Thanks.
@ Omabin
Since Blue Bloods is in its third season, a second season is a given
@Petar Ivanov
Thanks for the words. The one where I blew it was Greys…. I really did not expect the show to premiere as well as it did. Just goes to show the loyalty of its female fanbase who have not grown tired of the show….
GREAT for GRIMM
But last nights episode was dreadful
The “sheep” attacking the bluthboth was hilariously stupid
@Bill, are you sure? I’m wondering if CBS might move Hawaii 5-0 to Fridays.
@ Bill Gorman
Was Jersey’s 1.1 the lowest rated CBS premiere ever for a drama?
@Jake
“So which show is better Grimm or Revolution?”
IMO, so far, Grimm. Revolution is okay, but with too many issues. If they can iron them all out and make some very MAJOR changes, it will be a very good show.
@eridapo
“Fringe 1.2 3.42/ 1.1 2.93
MIJ 1.1 7.80/ 1.1 7.68
Grimm 1.5 5.09/ 1.6 5.53
CSY:NY 1.3 8.81/ 1.3 9.19
Blue Bloods 1.5 10.96/ 15 11.07″
Thanks. Grimm was able to build its audience in the coveted demo! Sadly, poor Fringe lost some viewers in the second half hour.
Broadcast ratings are down so much.
Sure NBC improved, but it is a lot easier to improve when the previous season you have all-out flops and “I give up” programming like The Playboy Club and The Sing Off on Mondays! It is like NBC didn’t even try last season.
For Made in Jersey, you know it is bad news when you TIED with a final season premiere of Fringe (which is getting renewed due to good faith by the network?) and a repeat of a Last Resort which itself is considered to have premiered at best modestly last night.
Well…at least Made In Jersey was stable?
I know it’s in its final season, but it’s so bizarre not having 99% of the comments on Friday’s ratings about Fringe!
Grimm, the only show I watched last night.
Check out last night’s winners and losers. http://tinyurl.com/8swh87y
@Rob3008
Simply because FRINGE fans have no need to post about the ratings
We got our ending