Broadcast primetime live + same-day ratings for Friday, March 15, 2019
Note: An ACC basketball preemption on NBC may result in more adjustments than usual for the network in the finals.
The numbers for Friday:
| Time | Show | Adults 18-49 rating/share | Viewers (millions) |
| 8 p.m. | Last Man Standing (FOX) | 0.9/5 | 5.02 |
| MacGyver (CBS) | 0.7/4 | 5.96 | |
| Fresh Off the Boat (ABC) | 0.6/3 | 3.15 | |
| Blindspot (NBC) | 0.5/3 | 2.83 | |
| Dynasty (The CW) | 0.1/1 | 0.55 | |
| 8:30 p.m. | The Cool Kids (FOX) | 0.7/4 | 3.81 |
| Speechless (ABC) | 0.5/3 | 2.42 | |
| 9 p.m. | Hawaii Five-O (CBS) | 0.8/4 | 6.73 |
| 20/20 (ABC) (9-11 p.m.) | 0.7/4 | 4.02 | |
| The Blacklist (NBC) | 0.5/3 | 3.55 | |
| Proven Innocent (FOX) | 0.4/2 | 2.09 | |
| Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (The CW) | 0.1/1 | 0.37 | |
| 10 p.m. | Blue Bloods (CBS) | 0.8/4 | 8.19 |
| Dateline (NBC) | 0.5/3 | 3.20 |
The CW’s Friday scripted shows returned in somewhat steady fashion this week.
At 8 p.m., “Dynasty” posted a 0.1 rating in adults 18-49, down a tenth from its last episode. “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” however, stayed even with the same 0.1 as its most recent outing.
ABC’s “Fresh Off the Boat” similarly held steady with another 0.6, while “Speechless” managed to tick back up from its previous 0.4 to a 0.5. “20/20” rounded out the night for ABC with a 0.7, up a tenth from its broadcast the Friday before.
The same could not be said for FOX’s “Last Man Standing,” which was the night’s highest-rated broadcast, but did fall one-tenth to a 0.9. Also on FOX, “The Cool Kids” matched its episode from a week ago, as did “Proven Innocent” (0.4).
Elsewhere, NBC’s “Blindspot” (0.5) and “The Blacklist” (0.5) both held steady week-to-week, but “Dateline” (0.5) ticked down from its previous episode’s 0.6. Meanwhile, CBS’ “MacGyver” (0.7), “Hawaii Five-O” (0.8), and “Blue Bloods” (0.8) all slipped one-tenth.
Network averages:
| CBS | ABC | FOX | NBC | CW | |
| Adults 18-49 rating/share | 0.7/4 | 0.7/4 | 0.6/3 | 0.5/3 | 0.1/1 |
| Total Viewers (millions) | 6.96 | 3.61 | 3.25 | 3.19 | 0.46 |
Late-night metered market ratings (adults 18-49, households):
11:35 p.m.
“The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”: 0.5/3, 3.0/8
“The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon”: 0.4/2, 1.7/4
“Jimmy Kimmel Live” – R: 0.4/3, 1.6/4
12:35 a.m.
“Nightline”: 0.3/2, 1.1/4
“Late Night with Seth Meyers” – R: 0.3/2, 0.9/3
“The Late Late Show with James Corden” – R: 0.2/2, 1.3/4
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.
Fast Affiliate Ratings: These first national ratings are available at approximately 11 a.m. ET the day after telecast. 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.
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.
Time Shifted Viewing: Program ratings for national sources are produced in three streams of data – Live, Live +Same-Day and Live +7 Day. Time-shifted figures account for incremental viewing that takes place with DVRs. Live+SD includes viewing during the same broadcast day as the original telecast, with a cut-off of 3 a.m. local time when meters transmit daily viewing to Nielsen for processing. Live +7 ratings include viewing that takes place during the 7 days following a telecast.
Source: The Nielsen Company.
