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Not a lot of viewer enthusiasm on a night when nothing topped a 1.8.
NBC: CHUCK continued to lurch toward its January 27 finale with a 0.9. The network’s issue comes at 9PM: one obvious move would be to yank the horribly rated THE FIRM off Thursday and put GRIMM in that slot, but Grimm hit a series low 1.4 last night, making it harder and harder to consider the show a “hit,” even on NBC. Leave Grimm on Friday where not much is expected from it (but where returns are low), or try to make it more of a mainstream success (and risk losing it altogether)? Tough call. DATELINE wound up the night with an unimpressive 3rd place finish.ABC: A tie for the night’s win, sparked by the final regular-series hour of EXTREME MAKEOVER: HOME EDITION and a Madonna interview on 20/20 that both gave the network a 1.7 in their hours (tying for 1st place at 9PM, 2d place by 0.1 at 10PM), following a 1.4 for the first hour of the Extreme Makeover finale.
CBS: Shared 1st place for the night, with a 1.3 for A GIFTED MAN at 8PM but better results the rest of the night.
FOX: KITCHEN NIGHTMARES started the night off well with a 1.7 that won the 8PM hour, but then FRINGE fell to 4th place at 9PM, tying its 1.1 series low. Let’s hope the producers have an endgame in mind for the rest of this season, because the show’s tenuous lease on life may be nearing an end.
CW: Both NIKITA and SUPERNATURAL were down from last week to 0.5 and 0.6, respectively.
Saturday night will be dominated, possibly to a historic extent, by CBS’s coverage of the Tim Tebow/Tom Brady Armageddon Bowl. ABC will try to zig a little bit to that massive zag by airing the Miss America pageant. In late night, Daniel Radcliffe (who has a movie opening) will test his post-Harry Potter appeal by hosting Saturday Night Live, with music guest Lana Del Rey. Sunday will feature debuts by CBS’s Undercover Boss and FOX’s animated version of Napoleon Dynamite, but the night’s big event will be NBC’s Ricky Gervais-hosted Golden Globes.
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