RATINGS RECAP: 2/3/12

ABC
8:00 Shark Tank
Viewers: 5.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5
9:00 Primetime: What Would You Do?
Viewers: 5.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4
10:00 20/20
Viewers: 5.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.7

CBS
8:00 A Gifted Man
Viewers: 8.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3
9:00 CSI: NY
Viewers: 10.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6
10:00 Blue Bloods
Viewers: 11.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.7

NBC
8:00 Who Do You Think You Are?
Viewers: 6.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2
9:00 Grimm
Viewers: 4.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4
10:00 Dateline NBC
Viewers: 4.7 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1

FOX
8:00 Kitchen Nightmares
Viewers: 3.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6
9:00 Fringe
Viewers: 3.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2

On Friday night, CBS was new again with its lineup of dramas. At 8pm, A Gifted Man was down four tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo from its last new airing. CSI: NY followed and was down three tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo. Will A Gifted Man be able to improve its ratings when it gets a trial run in CSI: NY's timeslot in a few weeks? That's the last best hope for CBS's lowest rated drama. At 10pm, Blue Bloods was down seven tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo.

ABC's unscripted lineup continued to post decent Friday numbers. At 8pm, Shark Tank was down two tenths in viewers and even in the demo, but it was edged by FOX in the demo. At 9pm, Primetime: What Would You Do? was down a tenth in viewers and three tenths in the demo. Is the fatigue for this show setting in already? Finally at 10pm, 20/20 was down a tenth in viewers but up two tenths in the demo. This newsmagazine has been stronger than usual lately. 

NBC started things off with the season premiere of Who Do You Think You Are? While the viewer total wasn't bad for a Friday night, the demo landed the show in fourth place and couldn't improve on Chuck in that area. Just more trouble for NBC. At 9pm, Grimm was down a big 1.1 million viewers and four tenths in the demo from its last airing. It's probably good that this show is getting some Thursday exposure because NBC keeps leaving it out to dry on Friday. At 10pm, Dateline NBC was up a tenth in viewers but down a tenth in the demo.

Finally on FOX, Kitchen Nightmares was up four tenths in viewers and two tenths in the demo, climbing back to first place in the demo after losing to Shark Tank for a couple weeks. At 9pm, Fringe was down a tenth in viewers and even in the demo. FOX can't really be considering renewing this show for another season, can it? You think we'd have heard something about it ending by now though if it was going to.