RATINGS RECAP: 10/28/11

ABC 
8:00 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
Viewers: 4.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0
9:00 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
Viewers: 4.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1
10:00 20/20
Viewers: 4.7 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2

CBS
8:00 A Gifted Man (Repeat)
Viewers: 5.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0
9:00 CSI: Miami (Repeat)
Viewers: 7.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1
10:00 CSI: NY (Repeat)
Viewers: 8.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4

NBC
8:00 Chuck
Viewers: 3.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0
9:00 Grimm
Viewers: 6.6 million, 18-49 demo: 2.1
10:00 Dateline NBC
Viewers: 5.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3

FOX
8:00 MLB World Series Game 7
Viewers: 25.4 million, 18-49 demo: 7.4

FOX was easily on top with Game 7 of the World Series on Friday night as the series picked up steam thanks to some great games but the bigger news for TV fans was NBC's results. Grimm stunned most observers with a solid 6.5 million and 2.1 demo premiere. While those numbers may not look great, they are great for a Friday (especially against a World Series) and they are good for NBC. In fact, it premiered higher than The Playboy Club and Prime Suspect in a much more difficult timeslot. We'll see how things hold up but this was a great and surprising start for Grimm. Earlier in the night, Chuck's final season premiere hit an embarrassing series low. Good thing it's the final season. At 10pm, Dateline NBC was up a nice 1.1 million viewers and three tenths in the demo from last week's two hour edition. Elsewhere, ABC saw big drops for the second Friday of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. We should wait and see how it does against normal competition though. At 10pm, 20/20 came back to Earth as it was down 2.9 million viewers and eight tenths in the demo.