| FOX | ABC | CBS | NBC | CW | |
| Adults 18-49: rating/Share | 1.7/6 | 1.7/6 | 1.1/4 | 1.1/4 | 0.5/2 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 6.361 | 5.795 | 8.359 | 4.161 | 1.210 |
ABC and Fox tied for number one in adults 18-49, while CBS was on top in total viewers.
Note: Due to live baseball coverage, FOX's ratings are subject to more than the usual adjustment in the finals.
On ABC, Shark Tank garnered a series high 2.0 adults 18-49 rating, up 11% from last week's 1.8. Primetime: What Would You Do? earned a season-high 1.6, up 14% from last week's 1.4 adults 18-49 rating. 20/20 notched a 1.4 adults 18-49 rating, even with last week.
On FOX, Baseball scored a preliminary 1.7 adults 18-49 rating, though that number will probably be adjusted in the finals.
On CBS, CSI: NY earned a 1.2, down 14% from last week's 1.4 adults 18-49 rating. Blue Bloods scored a 1.3 down 7% from last week's 1.4 adults 18-49 rating.
On NBC Grimm notched a 1.4, down 13% from last week's 1.6 adults 18-49 rating. Dateline NBC earned a 1.3 among adults 18-49, even with last week.
On the CW, America’s Next Top Model garnered a 0.6 adults 18-49 rating, up 20% from an 0.5 for the last original episode on October 5. The season premiere of Nikita scored what we believe is a series low 0.3 adults 18-49 rating, down 50% from a 0.6 for the last season premiere on September 23, 2011 and down 25% from a 0.4 for the season finale on May 18, 2012
Overnight broadcast primetime ratings for Friday, October 19, 2012:
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating/Sh | Viewers (Millions) |
| 8:00 | ABC | Shark Tank | 2.0/7 | 7.04 |
| FOX | Baseball Playoffs (8-10PM) - Live | 1.7/6 | 6.36 | |
| CBS | Hawaii Five-0 - R | 0.8/3 | 5.94 | |
| NBC | Grimm - R | 0.6/2 | 2.62 | |
| CW | America's Next Top Model | 0.6/2 | 1.47 | |
| 9:00 | ABC | Primetime: What Would You Do? | 1.6/5 | 4.93 |
| NBC | Grimm | 1.4/5 | 4.87 | |
| CBS | CSI: NY | 1.2/4 | 9.12 | |
| CW | Nikita (Season Premiere) | 0.3/1 | 0.95 | |
| 10:00 | ABC | 20/20 | 1.4/5 | 5.42 |
| CBS | Blue Bloods | 1.3/4 | 10.02 | |
| NBC | Dateline | 1.3/4 | 5.00 |
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via press note:
In Nielsen's 56 metered markets, household results were: "The
> Tonight Show with Jay Leno," 2.5/6 with an encore telecast; CBS's
> "Late Show with David Letterman," 2.4/6; and ABC's combo of
> "Nightline," 3.1/7; and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 1.5/4 with an encore.
>
> * In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, adult 18-49 results
> were: "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," 0.8/4 with an encore; "Late
> Show," 0.5/3; "Nightline," 1.0/4; and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 0.5/3 with
> an encore.
>
> * At 12:35 a.m., "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" (1.3/4 in
> metered-market households with an encore) tied CBS's first-run "Late
> Late Show with Craig Ferguson" (1.3/4). In the 25 markets with Local
> People Meters, "Late Night" (0.5/3 in 18-49 with an encore) 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 with an encore 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.
Grimm ratings are still good! They’ll adjust up in the finals
Terrible for Nikita! That was a great Premier that set up the new season really well.
Wow for shark tank..It did better than last premiere on sunday
Nikita performed bad even for the WC
That’s too bad for Grimm. Not good. Looks like Nikita and baseball had an effect. Hope it goes up next week for the Halloween episode.
I thought it would premiere with an 0.4… but 0.3 is terrible!!!
Ouch at Nikita that way too low get it back to 8pm it may get higher i think.
So sorry for Nikita. I am a pretty big fan of it but to be honest I forgot. I saw NO promos for it. I didn’t know it was back already.
Sorry worse than GG.
Those ugly numbers for Grimm probably not helped by the string of weak episodes … Something needs to happen quickly in the next few episodes.
Shark Tank is actually a very intriguing show and deviates from the traditional “reality show” types. Super surprised it’s doing so well on a Friday night! Those ratings are better than almost all of NBC comedies!
Grimm down big too
The last 3 episodes have been rubbish
Ouch!!! Poor Nikita….
Please Nikita was promoted dont start that nonsense.
0.3 for Nikita :O, they really should have canceled it.
Bet the big guys at the CW regret their decision to cancel TSC with the numbers Nikita, Emily Owens and B&TB are pulling so early on the season! If Nikita gets a 0.3 in the fall, than in the spring they will barely get a 0.1…
@John A
Its not worse than GG, Its on a Friday and if they bring GG here it will get a 0.2 or even a 0.1 i Know it
Amazing for Shark Tank! Never watched the show personally, but that’s great!
It makes me wonder though if ABC would want to give it a non-friday timeslot.
That’s so low for Nikita
It should go back to 8PM.
Why is everyone so worried about Nikita? Even L.A. Complex got the same ratings on CW. Yeah, its a Canadian Drama avaliable at a cheap price to the network, but, I think, even more money can be made on Nikita, using DVD sales, international viewership and syndication.
I think, it will survive in spite of low ratings because CW is not exclusively dependent on ratings. And on the top of that, we are not sure, if CW sells A18 – 49 for Nikita. I believe, CW sells A25 – 54 for Nikita.
NCIS should have aired at 8pm. H50 did pathetic and dragged down CSINY
Is Nikita guranteed 22 episodes this season or is it possible that the cw might cut the order ??