It’s getting to be time for the season’s first cancellation.
CBS: MADE IN JERSEY plummeted to 0.8, below even (gulp!) Fringe, and can’t be long for this world. It probably didn’t have much effect on the long-running CSI NY and BLUE BLOODS that surround it, but they’re slumping too, with twin 1.2s that are far behind last season’s 1.9 and 2.0 averages.
NBC: A very solid episode of GRIMM (which unfortunately killed off one of the more appealing recurring characters) held even at 1.6, making it the highest-rated scripted show of the night, however narrow that distinction may be. The night started with a 0.9 VOICE rerun, and otherwise NBC probably would have won the night, since DATELINE took the 10PM hour with 1.3.
ABC: SHARK TANK‘s 1.7 romped at 8PM. The 9-11PM newsmagazines were both down a bit from last week, with PRIMETIME at 1.4 and 20/20 at 1.2.
FOX: Following a 1.0 X FACTOR rerun, FRINGE was also at 1.0, down a tick from last week’s season premiere.
CW: A steady 0.5 for AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL, followed by 0.2 for a HART OF DIXIE rerun.
College football on 3 networks tonight, with CBS airing reruns. SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE features host Daniel Craig, beginning his promotional duties for next month’s Skyfall (already airing a fair number of promos, even though it doesn’t open until Nov. 9) and musical guests Muse. On Sunday, FOX has the yearly Treehouse of Horror episode of THE SIMPSONS (almost a month before Halloween!), while in other horror news, ABC will hope 666 PARK AVENUE doesn’t plunge too deeply into the bowels of hell with its 2d episode. AMC airs the 2-hour season finale of HELL ON WHEELS.
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