| FOX | ABC | CBS | NBC | CW | |
| Adults 18-49: rating/Share | 3.1/9 | 1.5/4 | 1.4/4 | 1.2/4 | 0.3/1 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 11.207 | 5.836 | 8.878 | 4.477 | 1.027 |
Due to the nature of live programming the ratings for FOX (College Football) are approximate and subject to more than the typical adjustments in the final numbers. See below for more information on these Fast Affiliate Ratings.
FOX was number one in adults 18-49 and with total viewers.
On ABC, Last Man Standing earned a 1.4 adults 18-49 rating, down from a 1.5 on December 14. Malibu Country garnered a 1.2 adults 18-49 rating, down from December 14's 1.5. Shark Tank scored a 1.8 among adults 18-49, down a tenth from a 1.9 for its last new Friday episode on November 16. Your predictions were too optimistic . 20/20 notched a 1.4 adults 18-49 rating, down two tenths from a 1.6 on December 14.
On CBS, Undercover Boss earned a 1.5, down a tenth from a 1.6 on December 7. CSI:NY scored a 1.4, down a tenth from a 1.5 for its last new episode on December 7. Blue Bloods garnered a 1.3 adults 18-49 rating, down a tenth from December 7's 1.4.
On NBC, a two hour Dateline scored a 1.5 adults 18-49 rating, down two tenths from a 1.7 for last week's encore episode.
On FOX, The Cotton Bowl earned a 3.1 adults 18-49 rating, up six tenths from a 2.5 on January 6, 2012.
Overnight broadcast primetime ratings for Friday, January 4, 2013
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating | 18-49 Share | Viewers Live+SD (million) |
| 8:00PM | FOX | College football (8-10PM) | 3.1 | 9 | 11.207 |
| CBS | Undercover Boss | 1.5 | 5 | 7.510 | |
| ABC | Last Man Standing | 1.4 | 4 | 6.616 | |
| NBC | Go On -R | 0.6 | 2 | 2.272 | |
| CW | Nikita -R | 0.3 | 1 | 0.969 | |
| 8:30PM | ABC | Malibu Country | 1.2 | 4 | 6.020 |
| NBC | Go On -R | 0.6 | 2 | 1.884 | |
| 9:00PM | ABC | Shark Tank | 1.8 | 5 | 6.338 |
| NBC | Dateline NBC (9-11PM) | 1.5 | 4 | 5.677 | |
| CBS | CSI: NY | 1.4 | 4 | 9.176 | |
| CW | Arrow -R | 0.3 | 1 | 1.085 | |
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| 10:00 PM | ABC | 20/20 | 1.4 | 4 | 4.835 |
| CBS | Blue Bloods | 1.3 | 4 | 9.946 |
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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," 3.1/7; CBS's "Late Show with David
> Letterman," 2.5/6; and ABC's combo of "Nightline," 3.0/6; 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," 0.9/4; "Late Show," 0.6/2;
> "Nightline," 1.1/4; and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 0.5/3 with an encore.
>
> * At 12:35 a.m., "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" (1.9/6 in
> metered-market households) beat CBS's "Late Late Show with Craig
> Ferguson" (1.1/3 with an encore). In the 25 markets with Local People
> Meters, "Late Night" (0.7/4 in 18-49) topped "Late Late Show" (0.3/1
> with an encore).
>
> * At 1:35 a.m., "Last Call with Carson Daly" averaged a 1.0/4 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.
NO! Malibu Country. Hopefully it adjust up. Last night episode was hilarious.
I hope LMS gets renewed, I have really been enjoying this season. At first, I was skeptical of the cast additions and changes, as well as the tweaking of Tim Allen’s character. But once I watched a few episodes and understood the new characters etc. I realized that LMS became a different type of comedy, and in my opinion, is far funnier now then it was last season. I think the episode that really got me was when Boyd wasn’t allowed to play dodgeball. I was laughing a lot watching that episode.
I read here that Richarn Karn is on next week, if this is true, thats awesome. First of the old HI cast to be on LMS, and I for one am looking forward to it.
I think an early finale is better for CSI: NY. The Show will continue its Season with a 1.4-1.5 and almost 10 million viewers (Last year hiatus almost killed the Show which got a 1.2 for its Season finale). If it continues like that it’ll get a 10th Season (Blue Bloods is not strong enought to survive without it.
Decent for Shark Tank against the football. The producer hinted that we may see Barbara and Laurie in the same episode- not sure why it’s taken so long.
I thought Fringe was on last night.
Half hours for CBS ?
I don’t understand how CSI:NY performance has anything to do with the renewal of The Mentalist. CBS could simply decided to air The Mentalist on Friday by not having Undercover Boss in the Fall lineup. Undercover Boss could air at midseason to take over CSI:NY since that show would most likely have a shortened season. There is a possiblity CBS could keep all the bubble shows except Vegas, and have two of them with short episode orders.
Friday
8pm The Mentalist
9pm CSI:NY
10pm Blue Bloods
Midseason
8pm Undercover Boss
9pm The Mentalist
10pm Blue Bloods
Sunday
7:30pm 60 Minutes
8:30pm How I Met Your Mother
9pm The Amazing Race
10pm Survivor
Midseason
7pm 60 Minutes
8pm The Amazing Race
9pm Survivor
10pm The Good Wife
@ Networkman
I don’t think CBS will move HIMYM on Sunday and it’ll get a full season order. On the other hand, I agree that CBS could Renew all the Bubble Shows.
FRIDAY
8:00PM – NEW DRAMA / Undercover Boss
9:00PM – CSI: NY / The Good Wife
10:00PM – Blue Bloods
SUNDAY
7:00PM – 60 Minutes
8:00PM – The Amazing Race
9:00PM – Elementary
10:00PM – The Mentalist
I think The Mentalist would get a Season of 19 episodes to make room for a new Show in April like CSI: Miami did last year. On Friday, CSI: NY would get a 15-17 episodes order because CBS certainly want to pair it with Blue Bloods as long as possible. The Good Wife would have 13 episodes for its final season.
@Networkman
Sunday
7:30pm 60 Minutes
8:30pm How I Met Your Mother
9pm The Amazing Race
10pm Survivor
Still cheering for Malibu Country. Do not have to chase the kids out of the living room while we are watching it-love the show and cast.Hope it gets renewed.
@Networkman
Not sure why people like you insist that CBS should construct their Sunday lineup based on how it would work for a few weeks in the fall instead of the full 35 week season…
I agree with the previous writer. Malibu Country is a good, family comedy that our family watches together. The show has a great cast and Reba and Lilly Tomlin are great together.Hope we hear it is headed for a second season soon.
Oh crud, I forgot to record LMS. I didn’t think it was coming back until next week. TV Guide lied to me!
Dateline did better than what was shown. 1.5 was the average for the two hours but there was a dramatic increase in the second hour.
Wrong, they wanted to re-establish TGIF. Paul Lee has stated he wanted to bring back Friday comedies ever since ABC hired him.
TGIF, Friday Death Slot, Tomato Tomahto.
Alot of you on here are saying that you didn’t know Last Man Standing & Malibu Country were new. That’s because it said they were repeats. For those who gave up after only a few episodes of Malibu Country……..please give it another chance. It is a great comedy, and every show just needs to a little time to find it’s viewers. The show is actually getting better……….and really good.