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Not a great night for bubble shows.
CBS: On a night where CSI NY and BLUE BLOODS both won their hours and were up slightly from last week, A GIFTED MAN went down 0.1 and tied for 3rd place at 8PM.FOX: KITCHEN NIGHTMARES and FRINGE were both down 0.1 from last week, but while that still left Kitchen comfortably in 2d place for its hour, Fringe matched a series low 1.1 and continued to make it hard for FOX to consider renewing it.
NBC: WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE, with a heavily-promoted “Marisa Tomei murder mystery” episode, held steady with its season premiere, and then things got even better. GRIMM was up 0.2 from last week, just 0.1 from the lead in its hour, and DATELINE (some big story/interview this week?) was up a whopping 0.4 from last week, beating out 20/20.
ABC: SHARK TANK got the night off to a great start, up 0.3 for the week and winning the 8PM slot. PRIMETIME was up 0.1, and while that was only enough for 3rd place at 9PM, it was a closely-bunched trio. But then 20/20 fell flat at 10PM, down 0.3 from last week.
CW: NIKITA held at a 0.5, and although SUPERNATURAL was down 0.1, its 0.7 is still solid for CW.
Tomorrow night’s big event is the GRAMMYS, the one night of the year CBS pretends it’s hip. The show scored a 9.9 last year (up a bit from the year before), and faces all-new episodes on ABC and FOX, plus a 2-hour FEAR FACTOR special on NBC.
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