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TV Ratings: CBS' 'Blue Bloods' dominates Friday night
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Fast national ratings for Friday, Jan. 13, 2012The combined TV prowess of Tom Selleck and Donnie Wahlberg proved unbeatable on Friday night as CBS' "Blue Bloods" -- the crime procedural starring the duo -- handily snagged a run-away ratings win.
CBS scored an overall 10.3 million viewers and a 6.6 rating/11 share in households for the night -- not bad for a Friday evening. ABC was a distant second with 6 million viewers (3.9/7), followed by NBC (4.3 million, 2.9/5), FOX (3.3 million, 2.1/3) and The CW (1.5 million, 1.0/2).
CBS tied, though, with ABC for the adults 18-49 demographic -- both scored 1.6, topping FOX (1.4), NBC (1.2) and The CW (0.6). Friday hour by hour:
8 p.m.
CBS: "A Gifted Man" (8.7 million viewers, 5.6/9)
ABC: "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" (6 million, 3.7/6)
FOX: "Kitchen Nightmares" (3.8 million, 2.4/4)
NBC: "Chuck" (3.2 million, 2.1/4)
The CW: "Nikita" (1.5 million, 1.0/2)
18-49 leader: "Kitchen Nightmares" (1.7)
9 p.m.
CBS: "CSI: NY" (10.5 million, 6.7/11)
ABC: "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" (6.5 million, 4.1/7)
NBC: "Grimm" (4.6 million, 2.9/5)
FOX: "Fringe" (2.8 million, 1.8/3)
The CW: "Supernatural" (1.5 million, 1.0/2)
18-49 leader: "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" and "CSI: NY" (1.7 each)
10 p.m.
CBS: "Blue Bloods" (11.9 million, 7.4/13)
ABC: "20/20" (5.6 million, 3.8/6)
NBC: "Dateline: NBC" (5.1 million, 3.6/6)
18-49 leader: "Blue Bloods" (1.8)
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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