RATINGS RECAP: 1/27/12

ABC 
8:00 Shark Tank
Viewers: 5.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5
9:00 Primetime: What Would You Do?
Viewers: 5.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.7
10:00 20/20
Viewers: 5.7 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5

CBS
8:00 A Gifted Man (Repeat)
Viewers: 6.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0
9:00 CSI: NY (Repeat)
Viewers: 7.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2
10:00 Blue Bloods (Repeat)
Viewers: 8.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3

NBC
8:00 Chuck
Viewers: 4.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2
9:00 Chuck
Viewers: 4.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3
10:00 Dateline NBC
Viewers: 4.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2

FOX
8:00 Kitchen Nightmares
Viewers: 3.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4
9:00 Fringe
Viewers: 3.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2

On Friday night, ABC had another successful outing with its unscripted lineup. At 8pm, Shark Tank was down nine tenths in viewers and two tenths in the demo from its season premiere last week. Will this show be negatively affected when fellow unscripters Who Do You Think You Are? and Undercover Boss join the 8pm hour in the coming weeks. At 9pm, Primetime: What Would You Do? was down seven tenths in viewers but up a tenth in the demo from its season premiere last week. Finally at 10pm, 20/20 was down 1.5 million viewers and three tenths in the demo.

NBC aired the final two episodes of Chuck. While the show saw a season high for its finale, this show didn't really deserve to last five years with the ratings it got. Still, it had a small but loyal fanbase that is sad to see it go. At 10pm, Dateline NBC was down nine tenths in viewers and two tenths in the demo. FOX had its usual lineup with Kitchen Nightmares up down half a million viewers for a season low and two tenths in the demo and Fringe up a tenth in viewers and the demo.