| Scoreboard | ABC | CBS | NBC | FOX | CW |
| Adults 18-49: rating/Share | 1.5/5 | 1.3/4 | 1.3/4 | 0.9/3 | 0.5/2 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 5.236 | 9.159 | 4.394 | 2.565 | 1.720 |
ABC was number one in adults 18-49, while CBS was on top in total viewers.
On CBS, CSI: NY earned a 1.4, up from last week's 1.2 adults 18-49 rating. Blue Bloods also scored a 1.4, up from last week's 1.2 adults 18-49 rating.
On ABC, Shark Tank was even with last week's 1.8 adults 18-49 rating. Primetime: What Would You Do? earned a 1.3, down a tenth from last week's 1.4 adults 18-49 rating. 20/20 earned a 1.4, up two tenths from last week's 1.2 adults 18-49 rating
On FOX, Fringe was even with last week's 1.0 adults 18-49 rating
On NBC Grimm notched a 1.5, down a tenth from last week's 1.6 adults 18-49 rating. Dateline NBC was even with last week's 1.3
Overnight broadcast primetime ratings for Friday, October 12, 2012:
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating | 18-49 Share | Viewers Live+SD (million) |
| 8:00 PM | ABC | Shark Tank | 1.8 | 6 | 6.369 |
| CBS | NCIS -R | 1.2 | 4 | 7.604 | |
| NBC | The Voice -R | 1.1 | 4 | 3.511 | |
| FOX | The X Factor -R | 0.8 | 3 | 2.416 | |
| CW | Arrow -R | 0.6 | 2 | 2.024 | |
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| 9:00PM | NBC | Grimm | 1.5 | 5 | 4.949 |
| CBS | CSI: NY | 1.4 | 4 | 9.416 | |
| ABC | Primetime: What Would You Do? | 1.3 | 4 | 4.666 | |
| FOX | Fringe | 1.0 | 3 | 2.713 | |
| CW | Beauty And The Beast -R | 0.4 | 1 | 1.417 | |
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| 10:00 PM | CBS | Blue Bloods | 1.4 | 4 | 10.459 |
| ABC | 20/20 | 1.4 | 4 | 4.674 | |
| NBC | Dateline NBC | 1.3 | 4 | 4.721 | |
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via 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," 2.7/6; CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman," 2.4/6; and ABC's combo of "Nightline," 3.0/7; 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," 0.8/3; "Late Show," 0.6/2; "Nightline," 0.9/4; and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 0.5/3. * At 12:35 a.m., "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" (1.5/5 in metered-market households) beat CBS's "Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" (1.2/4). In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, "Late Night" (0.5/3 in 18-49) topped "Late Late Show" (0.3/2). * At 1:35 a.m., "Last Call with Carson Daly" averaged a 0.9/3 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.
WOW The CW repeat very well
Shame about Fringe 
Go Shark Tank!
Arrow skews old.
Shark 1.7 6.23/ 1.9 6.50
CSYNY 1.4 9.36/ 1.4 9.46
Fringe 1.0 2.78/ 1.0 2.64
Grimm 1.5 4.90/ 1.6 4.99
Blue Bloods 1.4 10.36/ 1.4 10.56
WWYD 1.4 4.83/ 1.3 4.51
20/20 1.4 4.85/ 1.3 4.50
Dateline 1.3 4.49/ 1.4 4.95
CBS saw big immediate benefit from getting rid of Made in Jersey.
Good move by CBS. I expect CSI: NY and Blue Bloods to grow in coming weeks.
Both Beauty and the Beast and Arrow skew old..
I don’t even know what to make of a friday repeat of beauty and the beast tying gossip girl and 90210. They should announce that this is the final season of 90210 immediately. Elsewhere: Grimm is still very stable, “dips” gives it a wrong interpretation, and CBS, as expected improved, after the lousy made in jersey experiment.
Also, ABC is just being stubborn by putting the multi cams at 8h. They should really come at 9, not messing up with the Shark Tank success.
Good move by CBS getting NY moved back to 9pm. 1.0 seems to be the average now for Fringe & by CW standards Arrow repeated fairly well. Next week Nikita comes back.
Amazing numbers for reapeat of Arrow and Beauty and The Beast
Arrow repeat beat 90210, Gossip Girl and Hart of Dixie
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Kevin Reilly really gave Fringe the kiss of death when he took a shot at Supernatural in Jan 2011 when Fringe moved to Friday
Dang it! I forgot about Grimm last night!
So with Made in Jersey gone, both CSI:NY and Blue Bloods perked up? Good decision by CBS to pull it.
@amabin
Yes announce the end of 90210 because a repeat of a show that premiered 24 hours before had a repeat that garnered higher rating than a show in it’s 5th Season airing on a crowded night. Genius.
Not a bad move by CBS. I never watched CSI:NY before, but it was nice lead in to Blue Bloods.
What do the CW number for today say about their Monday and Tuesday lineup…
Arrow and Beauty and the Beast skew 18-49. That’s all that matters right now.
Arrow and Beauty and the Beast could skew young not old…
Nice numbers for them. Hope ARROW does well next week.
Emily Owens will bomb.
“Shark Tank” is on fire this season, the easy winner for the night. Hope the momentum continues when it moves to 9 p.m.
That was good move for CBS love watch csiny and bluebloods . Keep good work.
Fringe has been pretty consistent this season, gotta be happy about it! Most loyal fandom ever!
Good to see CBS CSIM/BB up & NCIS wins battle of the reruns
Notice XFac 0.8 same as MIJ last week (just sayin)
The graveyard smash “Grimm” takes 9:00, Shark Tank takes night & 8:00
10:00 too close for my comfort but BB has more viewers than ABC/NBC combined
CW reruns not looking too bad