Friday Ratings: Truth Be Told Ties Historical Low+Shark Tank Continues to Fall


Time
Show Name
Network
A 18-49 Rating
Last Week’s 18-49
8
Last Man Standing
ABC
1.3
1.3
The Amazing Race
CBS
1.1
1.1
Undateable
NBC
0.9
0.8
ALCS
FOX
1.4
0.4 (for Gotham)
Reign
CW
0.3
0.3
8:30
Dr Ken
ABC
1.3
1.3
The Amazing Race
CBS
1.1
1.1
Truth be Told
NBC
0.7
0.8 (for Undateable)
ALCS
FOX
1.4
0.4 (for Gotham)
Reign
CW
0.3
0.4
9
Shark Tank
ABC
1.3
1.5
Hawaii 5-0
CBS
1.0
1.1
Dateline NBC
NBC
0.9
0.9
ALCS
FOX
1.7
0.3 (for Rosewood)
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (R)
CW
0.3
0.3 (for America's Next Top Model)
9:30
Shark Tank
ABC
1.3
1.5
Hawaii 5-0
CBS
1.0
1.1
Dateline NBC
NBC
0.9
0.9
ALCS
FOX
1.7
0.3 (for Rosewood)
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (R)
CW
0.3
0.4 (for America's Next Top Model)
10
Blue Bloods
CBS
1.1
1.3
20/20
ABC
1.2
1.1
Dateline NBC
NBC
0.9
1.1
10:30
Blue Bloods
CBS
1.1
1.3
20/20
ABC
1.2
1.1
Dateline NBC
NBC
0.9
1.1







11:35
The Tonight Show
NBC
1.0
0.8 
Jimmy Kimmel Live (R)
ABC
0.6
0.6
Late Show
CBS
0.5
0.5
12:35
Late Night (R)
NBC
0.5
0.4
Nightline
ABC
0.4
0.4
Late Late Show (R)
CBS
0.2
0.3

Primetime ratings from ShowBuzzDaily. Late night ratings from TVbytheNumbers and will be added soon.

No one thought Truth be Told was going to do good, and we were right: premiered to a 0.7. Still, that's a little higher than I thought. It could in part be due to the fact that its lead-in, Undateable (0.9) grew a tenth from its premiere. In other 8pm comedy news, Last Man Standing (1.3) and Dr Ken (1.3) were both steady, and the two seem to be proving to be a perfect match a la The Middle and The Goldbergs.

Not so great news for Shark Tank (1.3), as it hit a low to tie its comedy-hour lead-in. Not sure what the decline is due to, but Shark Tank was always the saving grace of Friday, and now seems to be deteriorating. Following Shark Tank was 20/20 (1.2), which managed to beat Dateline (0.9).

FOX on Friday carried the ALCS baseball game between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Kansas City Royals. In addition to what is shown in the chart, the 10pm hour had a 1.8 rating.

More of the same for CBS, with The Amazing Race (1.1), Hawaii 5-0 (1.0), and Blue Bloods (1.1) all proving that it is impossible to distinguish their ratings with the non-Cyber Sunday dramas.

Over on The CW, Reign (0.3) tied its premiere audience, although there's really not much lower it can go. They decided to repeat Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (0.3) in the 9pm hour, which could have been a nightmare but surprisingly tied its premiere audience in demo and came close to it in total viewers. Again, not much more down it could have possibly went, but The CW may be looking at their new Friday show with that ratings hold.

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