TV Ratings: 'Chuck' slips, but 'Grimm' helps NBC to demo win

Fast national ratings for Friday, Dec. 16, 2011

Even in reruns, CBS remains powerful on Friday nights. The Eye continued its reign this week, on a slow Friday with few remarkable changes. "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" didn't suffer (or profit) from announcing its cancelation this week -- it remained steady. Meanwhile, on NBC, "Chuck" was down half a million viewers and "Grimm" continued its successful streak.

CBS scored just a smidge over 6 million viewers with a 4.0 rating/7 share in households. Thanks to a boost from "Grimm," NBC followed (4.8 million, 3.1/5) with ABC not far behind (4.5 million, 3.0/5). FOX drew 3.1 million viewers (1.8/3) and The CW 1.2 million (0.8/1).


In the 18-49 demographic, NBC got a nice boost from "Grimm" and "Dateline," leading the pack with 1.2. It was followed by ABC (1.1), FOX (1.0), CBS (0.9), and The CW (0.4).

Friday ratings hour-by-hour:

8 p.m.:
CBS: "A Gifted Man" rerun (5.1 million viewers, 3.5/6)
ABC: "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" (4.7 million, 3.0/5)
NBC: "Chuck" (3.2 million, 2.0/4)
FOX: "Happiness Is A Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown" (3.0 million, 1.8/3)
The CW: "Nikita" rerun (1.3 million, 0.9/2)

18 - 49 leader: "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" (1.2)

9 p.m.
CBS: "CSI: NY" rerun (6.3 million, 4.2/7)
NBC: "Grimm" (5.1 million, 3.2/6)
ABC: "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" (5.1 million, 3.2/6)
FOX: "Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas" (3.7 million, 2.0/3); "The Simpsons" (2.9 million, 1.6/3)
The CW: "Supernatural" rerun (1.1 million, 0.7/1)

18 - 49 leader: "Grimm" (1.5)

10 p.m.

CBS: "Blue Bloods" re-run (6.6 million, 4.3/8)
NBC: "Dateline: NBC" (6.0 million, 4.1/7)
ABC: "20/20" (3.7 million, 2.6/5)

Ratings information includes live and same-day DVR viewing. All numbers are preliminary and subject to change. Source: The Nielsen Company.

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