Friday Ratings: Pac-12 Championship, Blue Bloods Lead Night
In the latest TV ratings, Fox‘s broadcast of Utah’s win over USC in the Pac-12 College Football Championship averaged 4.5 million total viewers and a 1.0 rating, dominating Friday in the demo.
Over on CBS, SWAT (4.7 mil/0.4) and Blue Bloods (5.5 mil/0.3) dipped, though the latter copped Friday’s largest audience. Fire Country (5.3 mil/0.4) was steady.
ABC’s Shark Tank (3.3 mil/0.4) dipped.
NBC’s Lopez vs. Lopez (2 mil/0.3), which just scored a full-season order, and Young Rock (1.4 mil/0.3) were both steady.
The CW’s Penn & Teller: Fool Us (740K/0.0) dipped, and Magic With the Stars (510K/0.0) drew a few more viewers than its most recent Saturday outing.
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The Live+Same Day numbers reported in our ratings column do not reflect a show’s overall performance, given the increased use of delayed playback via DVR and streaming platforms, plus out-of-home viewing. These numbers (Nielsen fast nationals, unless denoted as finals) instead aim to simply illustrate trends or superlatives. Kids, ask parents before calling.
Blue Bloods is the only 10:00pm series that I’m aware of that actually builds an audience from the 9:00 hour.
Which speaks volumes about the show’s quality as well as audience loyalty.