RATINGS RECAP: 1/28/11

ABC
8:00 Supernanny
Viewers: 3.4 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9
9:00 Primetime: What Would You Do?
Viewers: 4.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3
10:00 20/20
Viewers: 5.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6

CBS
8:00 NCIS: Los Angeles (Repeat)
Viewers: 7.7 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1
9:00 CSI: NY (Repeat)
Viewers: 8.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2
10:00 Hawaii Five-0 (Repeat)
Viewers: 7.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3

NBC
8:00 Minute to Win It (Repeat)
Viewers: 4.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2
9:00 Dateline NBC
Viewers: 7.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.7

FOX
8:00 Kitchen Nightmares
Viewers: 4.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.7
9:00 Fringe
Viewers: 4.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.9

ABC had a low Friday night with its unscripted lineup. At 8pm, Supernanny was down nine tenths in viewers and two tenths in the demo for season lows. This spring is supposedly the end of this show and for good reason as its not even an adequate Friday filler anymore. At 9pm, Primetime: What Would You Do? was down six tenths in viewers and four tenths in the demo. The demo is a season low and this show hasn't been that strong either this year even by Friday standards. At 10pm, 20/20 was up six tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo which is good especially considering the lead-ins were down and competing Dateline NBC was strong. CBS got decent repeat numbers for three dramas. The struggling freshman drama The Defenders will move to the 8pm slot next week.

NBC had a decent night. A repeat of Minute to Win It did alright at 8pm. Next week those repeats will stop with the season premiere of Who Do You Think You Are? will take this slot. At 9pm though, Dateline NBC was up nine tenths in viewers and three tenths in the demo. The demo is a season high and it is by far the best performance the newsmagazine has had in the 9-11pm hour as it was stronger earlier in the season from 8-10pm. 

FOX had its second week of its new Friday lineup and had another decent performance by FOX Friday standards. At 8pm, Kitchen Nightmares was down two tenths in viewers and the demo which is still a decent performance. At 9pm, Fringe was down four tenths in viewers but even in the demo. These numbers might not look great but this is a nice step up from the fall performance of House encores and now cancelled The Good Guys.