| NBC | ABC | CBS | FOX | CW | |
| Adults 18-49: rating/Share | 1.4/4 | 1.1/3 | 1.0/3 | 0.8/3 | 0.2/1 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 5.444 | 5.330 | 4.556 | 2.345 | 1.056 |
NBC was number one in adults 18-49 and in total viewers.
On NBC, a rerun of Dateline scored a 1.7 adults 18-49 rating up a whopping 113% from last week's 0.8.
On ABC, Back to the Beginning With Christiane Amanpour earned a 1.0 adults 18-49 rating down 9% from last week's 1.1.
FOX aired Christmas specials after Christmas. Dreamworks Dragons Gift of the Night Fury garnered a 0.9 adults 18-49 rating down 40% from a 1.5 on December 17. Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas scored a 0.9 down 40% from a 1.5 on December 17.
Overnight broadcast primetime ratings for Friday, December 28, 2012:
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating/Sh | Viewers (Millions) |
| 8:00 | ABC | Shark Tank - R | 1.4/4 | 5.41 |
| CBS | Undercover Boss - R | 1.1/4 | 5.47 | |
| FOX | Dreamworks Dragons Gift of the Night Fury - R | 0.9/3 | 2.89 | |
| NBC | Go On - R | 0.8/3 | 2.95 | |
| CW | Nikita - R | 0.2/1 | 1.00 | |
| 8:30 | NBC | Go On - R | 0.9/3 | 2.68 |
| FOX | Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas - R | 0.7/2 | 2.40 | |
| 9:00 | NBC | Dateline (9-11PM) - R | 1.7/5 | 6.83 |
| ABC | Back to the Beginning With Christina Amanpour (9-11PM) | 1.0/3 | 5.29 | |
| CBS | Undercover Boss - R | 1.0/3 | 4.41 | |
| FOX | Kitchen Nightmares - R | 0.7/2 | 1.91 | |
| CW | Arrow - R | 0.2/1 | 1.11 | |
| 10:00 | CBS | Undercover Boss - R | 0.9/3 | 3.79 |
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via press note:
In late-night metered-market households Friday night:
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Undercover Boss one tenth less per hour
@sapra
Interesting…
@lll
You can’t tell me yours is more interesting than mine…
I am interested in ratings of tonight’s mob doctor and made in jersey?they share the same slot at Saturday 9pm
Shark Tank repeats well. Discovery, TLC etc. should consider buying its syndication rights.
by the way, I still waiting to see how will touch perform with kitchen nightmare’s weak leading in.it’s a shame that fox didn’t pair touch with fringe which would make FOX an amazing fatansy night
Not sure why CBS held back CSI:NY and BB repeats the past two weeks. It’s repeated all its other dramas. UC definitely did better than TGW “marathon.”
Does anyone even understand these ratings during the holidays?! I mean, yesterday we had a 3.3 for TBBT and today we have a 1.7 for a Dateline repeat a rating it doesn’t even mostly get for new episodes!!!!
What has Nielsen been drinking?!
The most miserable time of year for primetime. I decided to catch the 2 Go On episodes I never saw before. And tonight a brand new Mob Dr & I’ll be about the only 1 watching it I’m sure.
Cable networks should be jumping to get rights to Shark Tank. I would like to see season 1 episodes. ABC keeps repeating season 3 episodes.
NBC should consider airing Dateline from 8-10 then Grimm at 10. They would likely be a competitive 2nd place on Fridays.
@Samunto
One word: lack of competition. The same reasons why many cable repeats shows were higher the last few days than the normal (see TBBT)
@Touchsucks – Touch will r eturn very low probably at or lower than Fringe levels
Yay Shark Tank! What a beast!
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The second rerun of Go On says ABC on the chart – should be NBC. I didn’t watch anything, just the dvd of “Dark Knight Rises.”
@Oliver
It has to be expected. Look at the shows: cliched, tired, old, unoriginal. Why they expect people to waste 2-3 hours of their time watching that garbage is beyond me. In a world full of options they are the losers.
@ Dan S
No you won’t. I can’t wait to see the final four Mob Doctor ep’s.
I agree that it’s probably lack of competition that helped but I had to look up what last nights dateline was about. It seems it was about holiday survival and drinking and driving. Apparently MADD promoted it heavily on their sites so maybe that contributed to the ratings uptick.
Dan S
Nope you won’t be, I’ll be tuned into Mob Doctor after Made in Jersey, and I’m pretty sure my coworker that likes MD and MiJ will too.
I watched Dateline last night. It was good, but I had already watched a part of it on ID. The show presents the mysteries in such an great, organized way.
Keith Morrison is a great reporter, Lester Holt is a great host. Josh Mankewicz and others do good filling in for Keith as reporter.