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Adieu, GIFTED MAN.
CBS: The season finale of A GIFTED MAN ticked up a bit to a 1.4, but while that would be great news for, say, Fringe, don’t get your hopes up for Man‘s renewal. A far more telling sign: we’ve talked here before about “second position” pilot deals for actors, and Gifted Man‘s female lead Rachelle Levebre just signed for one produced by Man‘s own production company (and that being CBS Studios, not unacquainted with its network). CBS won the night’s other hours (UNDERCOVER BOSS slightly up, BLUE BLOODS even) to tie for the evening win.ABC: SHARK TANK was down slightly at 8PM, but after that the night improved sharply, with 0.3 and 0.4 respective rises for PRIMETIME and 20/20, pulling the network to a tie for the night.
NBC: WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?, with a Reba McEntire episode (and possibly benefiting as well from the repeat on FOX) leaped half a ratings point from last week (although that still put it in 3d place for the hour), which helped propel GRIMM up 0.2 to tie for the lead at 9PM. DATELINE lost the newsmagazine battle and fell to 3d place at 10PM.
FOX:: With February sweeps over, the network slipped into repeats, falling into 4th place for the night with KITCHEN NIGHTMARES.
CW: Twin 0.3 ratings for repeats of NIKITA and SUPERNATURAL.
Tonight, a rarity: new Saturday night series programming! FOX premieres the Latin dance talent-search series Q’VIVA! THE CHOSEN from (not so incidentally) producer and Idol co-host Jennifer Lopez. It’s not clear why ABC cares about bragging rights to Saturdays, but the network will try to blunt Q’Viva with an all-new 2-hour 20/20. NBC continues its sad burn-off of THE FIRM. Sunday is so crammed with original programming, sweeps might as well be going on. The major event, of course, is ABC’s premiere of GCB (see Mitch Metcalf’s ratings prediction).
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