RATINGS RECAP: 1/16/15

ABC
8:00 Last Man Standing
Viewers: 6.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3
8:30 Cristela
Viewers: 5.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1
9:00 Shark Tank
Viewers: 8.6 million, 18-49 demo: 2.2
10:00 20/20
Viewers: 5.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4

CBS
8:00 Undercover Boss
Viewers: 8.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4
9:00 Hawaii Five-0
Viewers: 10.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5
10:00 Blue Bloods
Viewers: 12.7 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4

NBC
8:00 Constantine
Viewers: 3.1 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8
9:00 Grimm
Viewers: 4.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2
10:00 Dateline NBC
Viewers: 4.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0

FOX
8:00 World's Funniest Fails
Viewers: 3.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0
9:00 Glee
Viewers: 2.0 million, 18-49 demo: 0.7

Friday night had the series premiere of FOX's new unscripted show World's Funniest Fails. It didn't do much but it was at least on the map for a Friday unscripted premiere. After all, it beat Constatine in the hour and it easily beat its lead-out of Glee. It could have been worse. At 9pm, Glee was down three tenths in viewers and even in the demo from last week's two hour season premiere. CBS had 1.4 demos across the board. Undercover Boss was down two tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo, Hawaii Five-0 was down nine tenths in viewers and even in the demo, and Blue Bloods was down two tenths in viewers and even in the demo.

NBC returned with a slight alteration to their lineup. Constantine moved to 8pm and was down two tenths in viewers and the demo from its last airing at 10pm. Grimm was down half a million viewers and a tenth in the demo. Dateline NBC got whacked by airing against 20/20 and hit a season low. Finally on ABC, the comedies came back after last week's highs. Last Man Standing was down 1.7 million viewers and three tenths in the demo while Cristela was down 1.5 million viewers and two tenths in the demo. Despite the lead-in drop, Shark Tank roared back impressively. It was up nine tenths in viewers and three tenths in the demo for a season high. The viewer total is a series high. 20/20 closed things out down six tenths in viewers and even in the demo.

WINNER OF THE NIGHT: Shark Tank (ABC)
LOSER OF THE NIGHT: Constantine (NBC)

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