RATINGS RECAP: 10/12/12

ABC
8:00 Shark Tank
Viewers: 6.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.8
9:00 Primetime: What Would You Do?
Viewers: 4.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4
10:00 20/20
Viewers: 4.7 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4

CBS 
8:00 NCIS (Repeat)
Viewers: 7.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1
9:00 CSI: NY
Viewers: 9.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4
10:00 Blue Bloods
Viewers: 10.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4

NBC
8:00 The Voice (Repeat)
Viewers: 3.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1
9:00 Grimm
Viewers: 5.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6
10:00 Dateline NBC
Viewers: 4.7 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3 

FOX
8:00 The X Factor
Viewers: 2.4 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8
9:00 Fringe
Viewers: 2.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0 

The first CBS Friday without the cancelled Made in Jersey was a positive one. A repeat of NCIS at 8pm did about what a new CSI: NY did in the same slot last week. But at 9pm, CSI: NY was up 1.1 million viewers and two tenths in the demo from its performance last week and way up from Made in Jersey's numbers a week ago. This also helped Blue Bloods recover some as it was up seven tenths in viewers and two tenths in the demo. All in all, a positive night for CBS but these dramas could still be doing better in the demo. On NBC, Grimm was down three tenths in viewers and even in the demo for a third straight week while Dateline NBC was up four tenths in viewers and even in the demo.

On ABC, Shark Tank was up three tenths in viewers and even in the demo. People still think ABC will not move this to 9pm in November as planned and they really shouldn't. A 1.8 at 8pm Friday is really good and I have a hard time believing Last Man Standing and Malibu Country could do anything like that. They would be better suited at 9pm with the strong Shark Tank lead-in. At 9pm, Primetime: What Would You Do? was up two tenths in viewers and even in the demo. At 10pm, 20/20 was up six tenths in viewers and two tenths in the demo. On FOX, Fringe was down four tenths in viewers and even in the demo.