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RATINGS RECAP: 2/8/13

ABC 
8:00 Last Man Standing
Viewers: 7.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5
8:30 Malibu Country
Viewers: 6.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3
9:00 Shark Tank
Viewers: 6.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.8
10:00 20/20
Viewers: 5.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3

CBS
8:00 The Job
Viewers: 4.0 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9
9:00 CSI: NY
Viewers: 9.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6
10:00 Blue Bloods
Viewers: 11.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5

NBC
8:00 Dateline NBC
Viewers: 6.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4
10:00 Rock Center with Brian Williams
Viewers: 5.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2

FOX
8:00 Touch
Viewers: 3.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1 

It was another DOA midseason premiere on Friday night and CBS' new reality show The Job flopped in its premiere with a pitiful 0.9 demo that tied Do No Harm's historically bad premiere number. It was also a full demo point below Undercover Boss last week. It seems unlikely that CBS will stick with this show for long as they have Boss on the bench. At 9pm, CSI: NY was down eight tenths in viewers but up a tenth in the demo in a two part crossover episode with CSI. At 10pm, Blue Bloods was down three tenths in viewers but even in the demo.  

FOX also had a rough start for Touch in its second season premiere. Without a lead-in of American Idol, it plummeted from its average last season which was expected. This show didn't even do that well behind Idol and it would be a miracle if it saw a third season. NBC had a surprisingly decent night from its newsmagazines as Dateline did well from 8-10pm and the new timeslot for Rock Center gave it better numbers than it was getting on Thursday.  

Finally on ABC, Last Man Standing benefited from less competition in the hour on CBS as it was up four tenths in viewers and two tenths in the demo. It swings up and down but I think it'll get a third season easily. At 8:30pm, Malibu Country was up a tenth in viewers and the demo but the gap seems to be widening between Last Man and this show. At 9pm, Shark Tank was again the top performer of the night as it was down six tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo. Finally at 10pm, 20/20 was down a tenth in viewers and two tenths in the demo and only managed to tie Rock Center in the demo. 

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