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It being a Friday, not a single show on network television could even manage a 2 rating in 18-49s. Even within that narrow radius, though, there was room to be a loser.CBS: A GIFTED MAN (see our Pilot + 1 Review) had little room to fall after a blah debut, and now it has none at all: its 14% drop from the premiere isn’t a bad retention, but its 1.2 rating is considerably lower than anything else on the network’s Friday, and although the show easily wins the timeslot with older viewers, it may be doomed if it drops any lower. BLUE BLOODS and CSI: NY held up the flag for original scripted programming on Fridays.
FOX: FRINGE‘s 1.2 was a bad 20% drop from the season premiere, and the show is again stepping dangerously close to the area where FOX will finally give up on it.
NBC: The network again went the promo route in the night’s first hour, repeating UP ALL NIGHT and WHITNEY to negligible results. DATELINE was down considerably from last week, but still pulled a decent number for 2 hours.
ABC: Promo runs of MODERN FAMILY, SUBURGATORY and PAN AM at least hit a 1.0 or more, but of course those shows were more successful than NBC’s to begin with. With a weaker Dateline as competition, 20/20 even edged up a bit.
CW: NIKITA and SUPERNATURAL were pretty much stable with last week, which this network will count as a win.
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