RATINGS RECAP: 10/9/15

ABC
8:00 Last Man Standing
Viewers: 6.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3
8:30 Dr. Ken
Viewers: 5.7 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3
9:00 Shark Tank
Viewers: 5.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5
10:00 20/20
Viewers: 4.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0

CBS
8:00 The Amazing Race
Viewers: 5.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1
9:00 Hawaii Five-0
Viewers: 9.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1
10:00 Blue Bloods
Viewers: 10.7 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3

NBC
8:00 Undateable
Viewers: 2.5 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8
9:00 Dateline NBC
Viewers: 4.6 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9

FOX
8:00 Gotham (Repeat)
Viewers: 1.5 million, 18-49 demo: 0.4
9:00 Rosewood (Repeat)
Viewers: 1.4 million, 18-49 demo: 0.3

In the only hour of the fall that has a comedy battle among networks, ABC was the clear winner on Friday. Last Man Standing was down two tenths in viewers but up a tenth in the demo. It has gone up a tenth each week so far and remains a very solid Friday option. Week two of Dr. Ken also held up pretty well. It was down a million viewers and two tenths in the demo from its series premiere, which isn't a bad second week at all for a Friday night comedy. The more troubling hour for ABC is 9pm where Shark Tank was down a million viewers and two tenths in the demo. This show is looking weaker this fall though it should be noted that its 1.5 demo was still tops of the night. At 10pm, 20/20 was up a tenth in viewers and down a tenth in the demo.

NBC was on the losing end of the comedy battle. Despite a lot of promotion to make it a live event, Undateable delivered an anemic 2.5 million viewers and 0.8 demo. It was always a major gamble here and a low 1 demo would have been acceptable, but instead the show fell flat on its face and I don't see the "live" nature of the episode lending itself to picking up a lot of delayed viewing. This also does not bode well for Truth Be Told's series premiere next week. At 9pm, Dateline NBC was down 1.1 million viewers and two tenths in the demo. Finally on CBS, The Amazing Race was down a tenth in viewers and the demo, Hawaii Five-0 was down two tenths in viewers and even in the demo, and Blue Bloods was down seven tenths in viewers and even in the demo.

WINNER OF THE NIGHT: Last Man Standing (ABC)
LOSER OF THE NIGHT: Undateable (NBC)