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March 10, 2012
 

THE SKED’S FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3/9/12

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Written by: Mitch Salem
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A preview of next season’s schedule?
CBS:  The network experimented with a new episode of THE MENTALIST at 9PM, and while the 2.0 rating was 20% below the show’s Thursday season low, Friday offers fewer available eyeballs, so a decline was to be expected.  Mentalist nevertheless considerably outrated what CSI NY and A Gifted Man have been doing at 9PM, easily winning its timeslot, pushing Grimm near a series low, and helping BLUE BLOODS inch up to a 1.8.   And that wasn’t even CBS’ best news of the night:  in the 4-way unscripted battle at 8PM, UNDERCOVER BOSS was the winner by far with a 2.2, the highest rated broadcast on any network last night.

NBC:  Against Mentalist, GRIMM‘s 1.5 was 0.1 above its series low.  WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? was a weak 3rd place at 8PM with 1.0 (tying a repeat on FOX), but DATELINE, while behind Blue Bloods, nosed out ABC for 2d place at 10PM.
ABC:  SHARK TANK managed 2d place at 8PM (although a big 0.7 behind CBS), but PRIMETIME and 20/20 fell to third the rest of the evening. 
FOX:  A repeat KITCHEN NIGHTMARES tied for 3d in both of its hours.  
CW:  Repeats were at a typical (for CW repeats) 0.3-0.4.
Tonight continues to be something of a bonanza for Saturday original programming (as long as quality doesn’t come into play):  THE FIRM on NBC, Q’VIVA! THE CHOSEN on FOX, and a 20/20 invitingly titled My Extreme Affliction.  Yum!  Then tomorrow, all the networks are new (with a return of Dylan Baker’s Hannibal Lecter-ish character on THE GOOD WIFE), with the main “events” being HARRY’S LAW return to the NBC schedule at 8PM and the 2d episode test for ABC’s GCB at 10PM.

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About the Author

Mitch Salem
MITCH SALEM has worked on the business side of the entertainment industry for 20 years, as a senior business affairs executive and attorney for such companies as NBC, ABC, USA, Syfy, Bravo, and BermanBraun Productions, and before that, at the NY law firm of Weil, Gotshal & Manges. During all that, he has more or less constantly been going to the movies and watching TV, and writing about both since the 1980s. His film reviews also currently appear on screened.com and the-burg.com. In addition, he is co-writer of an episode of the television series "Felicity."
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