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RATINGS RECAP: 10/26/12

ABC 
8:00 Shark Tank
Viewers: 6.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.8
9:00 20/20: All Access Nashville with Katie Couric
Viewers: 5.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3
10:00 20/20
Viewers: 5.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4

CBS 
8:00 NCIS (Repeat)
Viewers: 7.2 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9
9:00 CSI: NY
Viewers: 10.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5
10:00 Blue Bloods
Viewers: 11.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5

NBC 
8:00 Mockingbird Lane
Viewers: 5.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5
9:00 Grimm
Viewers: 6.1 million, 18-49 demo: 2.0
10:00 Dateline NBC
Viewers: 4.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4

FOX 
8:00 Kitchen Nightmares
Viewers: 2.7 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9
9:00 Fringe
Viewers: 2.6 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9

On Friday night, NBC offered up the pilot to planned series Mockingbird Lane, a reboot of The Munsters. The special airing did better than NBC has done in the slot in quite awhile but I don't think it did enough to make NBC decide to pick it up as a series. I do wish networks would show "busted" pilots like this more often. The good news was that the better lead-in propped up Grimm as it was up 1.1 million viewers and a big half a demo point for its best Friday demo since the series premiere a year ago. This show needs an 8pm companion even if that's not Mockingbird Lane. On ABC, Shark Tank was down a bit from its series high last week as it dropped three tenths in viewers and two tenths in the demo. The show moves to 9pm next week to make room for Last Man Standing and Malibu Country. At 9pm was a 20/20 special with Katie Couric which did ok. A regular 20/20 followed with similar numbers to the special as it was up four tenths in viewers and even in the demo.

FOX had the season premiere of Kitchen Nightmares and it was way down from last year's season premiere. This used to be a viable Friday option for FOX but it got clobbered last night. Maybe viewers didn't know it was back? We'll see if it goes up in weeks to come. At 9pm, Fringe was even in viewers and down a tenth in the demo. Finally on CBS, CSI: NY was up six tenths in viewers and three tenths in the demo as it seems to be perking up at 9pm. Blue Bloods followed and was up a good eight tenths viewers and two tenths in the demo.

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