| NBC | ABC | CBS | FOX | CW | |
| Adults 18-49: rating/Share | 1.6/5 | 1.5/5 | 1.3/4 | 0.9/3 | 0.3/1 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 5.330 | 6.027 | 9.375 | 6.027 | 0.996 |
NBC was number one in adults 18-49, while CBS was on top in total viewers.
On ABC, Shark Tank garnered 1.8, down two tenths from last week's series high 2.0 adults 18-49 rating. All Access With Katie Couric earned a 1.4 adults 18-49 rating. 20/20 was flat with last week's 1.4 adults 18-49 rating.
On FOX, Kitchen Nightmares earned a 0.9 for its season premiere. That's WAY down from last year's premiere, which notched a 1.6 adults 18-49 rating. Fringe earned a 0.9, down a tenth from its last original's 1.0
On CBS, CSI: NY earned a 1.4, up two tenths from last week's 1.2 adults 18-49 rating. Blue Bloods scored a 1.4, up a tenths from last week's 1.3 adults 18-49 rating.
On NBC, the Mockingbird Lane one-off special earned a 1.5 adults 18-49 rating. Your predictions were too optimistic. Grimm notched a 1.9, up four tenths from last week's 1.5 adults 18-49 rating. Dateline NBC earned a 1.5, up two tenths from last week's 1.3 rating.
On the CW, America’s Next Top Model garnered a 0.4 adults 18-49 rating, down from last week's 0.6 rating. Nikita fell a tenth to a 0.2, after last week's 0.3 premiere rating.
Overnight broadcast primetime ratings for Friday, October 26, 2012:
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating | 18-49 Share | Viewers Live+SD (million) |
| 8:00 PM | ABC | Shark Tank | 1.8 | 6 | 6.752 |
| NBC | Mockingbird Lane -S | 1.5 | 5 | 5.435 | |
| CBS | NCIS -R | 1.0 | 3 | 7.353 | |
| FOX | Kitchen Nightmares | 0.9 | 3 | 2.671 | |
| CW | America's Next Top Model | 0.4 | 1 | 1.138 | |
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| 9:00PM | NBC | Grimm | 1.9 | 6 | 6.007 |
| ABC | All Access Nashville With Katie Couric | 1.4 | 4 | 5.545 | |
| CBS | CSI: NY | 1.4 | 4 | 9.965 | |
| FOX | Fringe | 0.9 | 3 | 2.638 | |
| CW | Nikita | 0.2 | 1 | 0.793 | |
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| 10:00 PM | NBC | Dateline NBC | 1.5 | 5 | 4.547 |
| ABC | 20/20 | 1.4 | 4 | 5.786 | |
| CBS | Blue Bloods | 1.4 | 5 | 10.806 | |
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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," 3.0/7; CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman," 2.4/6; and ABC's combo of "Nightline," 3.5/8; and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 1.8/5. * In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, adult 18-49 results were: "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," 0.8/4; "Late Show," 0.5/2; "Nightline," 1.1/5; and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 0.6/3. * 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) trailed "Late Late Show" (0.4/2). * 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.
Mockingbird is dead.
Nikita…..wow.
1.5 is pretty good for Mockingbird Lane. Not enough for NBC to order it to series, but not bad considering the timeslot and relative amount of promotion. It also boosted Grimm, so NBC made a smart decision to air it.
0.2 for Nikita is just miserable.
GO GRIMM!!!!
Go CSI: NY !!!
Mockingbird Lane really boosted Grimm. Demonstrates the benefits of a decent lead-in.
Cancel Nikita already
@Brad Mockingbird was never really alive to being with
Ouch for Nikita, same for Fringe but there’s no point in caring.
Good for Grimm. <3
GRIIIIIIIIIM!! *.*
Brilliant rating for Grimm there that’s what it is capable of with a decent lead-in. Mockingbird Lane did OK but not enough to get a series.
Awful start for Kitchen Nightmares – what happened there?
Wow, 0.9 for Kitchen Nightmares is really horrible. Kitchen Nightmare repeats were getting that in Summer.
Great for Grimm, hope it gets adjusted to 2.0
I thought Kitchen Nightmares would hurt Shark Tank but woah 0.9?
What the heck nikita?! Should of kept it at 8pm… Idk why Nikita slipped like that.
SHARK TANK IS KING
mockingbird really boosted Grimm …wow
So NBC won 4 night this week?
WOw. Awesome.
Oh Nikita. That’s a repeat #s.
So weird Original ep matches its repeat =_=
thats shameful for nikita. ouch! maybe they should just cancel it and forget the sindycation deal. how long can it go from here next season?
Yay for Grimm, so happy about it! Grimm ties or wins every ABC drama during weekdays but Revolution! Amazing! They should have a lead-in more often! On another note… ouch for Nikita. I don’t know why people don’t watch the show, it’s a good one!
LMAO at Nikita. GG and 90210 look like monster hits compared to that disaster.
Shark Tank is still doing steady numbers. ABC is stupid to move it for those ABC comedies as they should keep Shark Tank at 8pm and move the comedies to 9pm does anyone agree?
Mockingbird Lane was a great lead-in to Grimm. The problem is the show is too expensive maybe they could make it cheaper and have it as a special summer show. I enjoyed it quite a bit.
Nikita IMO is as good as cancelled and IMO its time for CW to hang its hat on America’s Next Top Model. Its had a great 10 year run but its time to retire it. Anyone agree its just time for it to be put to bed?
CSI NY/Blue Bloods are strong business on CBS. IMO does anyone think CBS should move the Good Wife to 8pm on Friday’s. I think it would blend well with CBS Friday’s.
Wow, Grimm! Are we sure those are correct? It as a great episode last night. Well deserving of those ratings.