SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 1.2.2015

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CBS’s fans were happy to see their shows return.

DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ shares) and total viewership (thousands of people over the age of 2).

Ratings analysis and comparisons follow the chart.

CBS:  UNDERCOVER BOSS, HAWAII 5-0 and BLUE BLOODS were all at 1.4.  This was UNDERCOVER BOSS’s season Friday debut, and it was down 0.4 from its Sunday airing (a much higher-watched night), but up 0.1 from the season finale of THE AMAZING RACE in that slot, and up even more from regular episodes of Race.  Hawaii was up 0.3 from its last fresh episode, and Bloods was up 0.2.

ABC:  20/20 was the only other original show to air on Friday, down 0.1 to 1.1.  It was preceded by reruns of LAST MAN STANDING (0.9), CRISTELA (0.7) and SHARK TANK (1.0).

NBC:  Reruns of GRIMM (0.4) and DATELINE (1.0).

FOX:  Not a good sign for the return of GLEE next week that its rerun (0.3) was handily outrated by the BROOKLYN NINE-NINE reruns that preceded it at 0.6/0.5.

CW:  A trio of 0.4s for reruns of WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY and PENN & TELLER: FOOL US.

Tonight belongs to NBC, which airs an NFL WILD CARD PLAYOFF game.  (The afternoon game airs on ESPN, joining the NFL postseason club.)  On Sunday, midseason begins in earnest, as ABC launches its odd fairy tale musical GALAVANT in an odd way, running 2 half-hour episodes per week.  For our sins, NBC returns CELEBRITY APPRENTICE to the schedule.  Far more pleasantly, PBS has Season 5 of DOWNTON ABBEY on hand.  All the holdover shows air fresh episodes as well.