TV Ratings: 'Blue Bloods' leads CBS to a Friday win

Fast National ratings for Friday, Feb. 24, 2012

CBS continues to dominate Friday evenings with its locked-in line-up of "Undercover Boss," "A Gifted Man" and "Blue Bloods."

"Blue Bloods" won the race with 11 million viewers and the most adults 18-49 viewers in its 10 p.m. slot. That led CBS to a win for the night with total average viewership of 9.6 million (6.2 rating/11 share). ABC (5 million, 3.3/6) finished second, NBC (5 million, 3.2/5) came in third, FOX (3.3 million, 2.0/3) with its "Fringe" midseason finale came in fourth and The CW (1.1 million, 0.8/1) finished last.

CBS won the adults 18-49 race with a 1.6 rating. ABC followed with 1.5, NBC and FOX tied with 1.3 and The CW finished with 0.4. Friday hour by hour:

8 p.m.

CBS: "Undercover Boss" (8.6 million, 5.4/9)
ABC: "Shark Tank" (5.9 million, 3.7/6)
NBC: "Who Do You Think You Are?" (5 million, 3.3/6)
FOX: "Kitchen Nightmares" (3.5 million, 2.2/4)
The CW: "Nikita" re-run (1.2 million, 0.8/1)

18-49 leader: "Undercover Boss" (1.9)

9 p.m.

CBS: "A Gifted Man" (9 million, 5.9/10)
NBC: "Grimm" (4.8 million, 2.8/5)
ABC: "What Would You Do?" (4.6 million, 3.0/5)
FOX: "Fringe" (3 million, 1.9/3)
The CW: "Supernatural" re-run (1 million, 0.7/1)

18-49 leader: "Grimm" (1.5)

10 p.m.

CBS: "Blue Bloods" (11 million, 7.2/13)
NBC: "Dateline: NBC" (5 million, 3.4/6)
ABC: "20/20" (4.8 million, 3.3/6)

18-49 leader: "Blue Bloods" (1.7)

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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