| 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.
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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.
Grimm keeps its throne as winner of the hour every week. Its definitely a safe bet that it’ll get a season 3.
@ thesnowleopard
Agree about Grimm, saw the twist immediately (good one, though).
Thought the BB episode was exceptional. Watched SOA @ 8:00, so good night for me.
why people are discussing music on a tv board? crazy
@ marcos
Maybe because The Voice & XFac were on last night & Christina A is a judge on the Voice. PINK sang with her in Lady Marmalade!
Honestly
@Sid: true, but repeat numbers dont mean that much. TSC always repeated well and look what happened there. Last year TVD mostly repeated with a 0.4, similar to several other CW shows, but when a new episode arrived, it soared above all the others.
@ Skylar
Sid is absolutely right & he stayed within the Gunsmoke rule. His comment stands.
Last season was different we have the observer world that was meant to be full of action and it has failed to deliver so far. It will improve i assume well i hope.
@The Old Man
For TSC and Ringer yes, for Hellcats and Nikita (S1) no.
Friday ratings are boring to me know. Not much interest or comments.
I see IMember everywhere bashing BATB. Seriously ppl like it move on
NCIS repeat matches last week’s CSI: NY and Blue Bloods. Hmmm.
The Voice repeat beats The X- Factor repeat by a good amount, the exact opposite of what happened last week.
Arrow and BATB to an extent are both repeating amazingly well. CW’s developement season= success, with a possible exception of Emily Owens MD
Grimm is just very, very consistent!
@ Eridapo, “Grimm 1.5 4.90/ 1.6 4.99″
I really hope for once that Grimm gets adjusted up. It’s already doing better on Fridays than some of NBC’s comedies on other days!
I watched the premiere of Arrow and I liked it. It repeated well. I think it may be a winner, with some coming attractions.
@Tessa
Fringe has never been an action show. It’s a science fiction mystery show with procedural elements. It’s the characters and the mysteries of the series’ mythology that they explore that are the appeal for most of the show’s viewers.
Glad Grimm did well last night and it will be adjusted up
@ Richard
Yeah this is the range, but 1.4 and 1.3 are good as well. It’s only when it would be 1.2 and below that the show would be in trouble.
Arrow’s repeat did better than Gossip girl, 90210 and Hart of dixie!!!
@Sid
Uhmm.. I asked a question because I have no idea. I didn’t even make a comment about Nikita. Is it really that hard to understand? Is anyone who questions/asks about Nikita ratings automatically becomes a hater? How shallow is that.
“true, but repeat numbers dont mean that much. TSC always repeated well and look what happened there. Last year TVD mostly repeated with a 0.4, similar to several other CW shows, but when a new episode arrived, it soared above all the others.”
TSC did not always repeat well. It always performed at the same level as the rest of The CW’s lineup(in some cases, worse). And repeats may not mean much, but they do matter. The point here is we’re comparing the Friday re-airing of CW pilots. I can almost guarantee that both Arrow and Beauty won’t repeat as well as they did last night because they’re new shows being sampled, that’s all.
NBC’s trailer for Mockingbird Lane, airing Friday October 26:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDmHcG8vq6Q
Fringe will be lowered to an 0.9 on the finals…it dipped below 3 Million viewers…
It doesn’t matter. Hellcats, Ringer and TSC crashed and burned on the spring and were in fact canceled. They all premiered above the 1.0 mark, and repeated around a 0.6 rating the next Friday. Beauty and the Beast could follow. Meanwhile, Arrow did pretty well, reaching above 2 million viewers, and it’s not usual on the netlet since last May.