Primetime Ratings, Friday, 12/7/12

A rather uneventful night of TV saw NBC win the demos for the first Friday in quite a while, although CBS still drew more total viewers.

Speaking of CBS, Undercover Boss dropped two tenths of a point, while procedurals CSI: NY and Blue Bloods both dropped a single tenth from last week. ABC comedies Last Man Standing and Malibu Country dropped small amounts as well. 20/20 took a bigger hit, dipping down four tenths.

On FOX, Fringe tied its last original episode, while Kitchen Nightmares rose a little, but still only managed a 1.2. The demo night was so bad that NBC managed to win with a line-up consisting of an recently shown SNL Christmas compilation, which actually brought lead-out Dateline up over half a point. As for the C-dubs, Nikita came in even with last week's (still rather meager) season high.

Key: Broadcast Network - Show Name - 18-49 Rating - 18-49 Share - Total Viewers In Millions

8PM

CBS - Undercover Boss (N) - 1.6 - 6 - 7.93

NBC - SNL Christmas - 1.5 - 5 - 4.40

ABC - Last Man Standing (N) - 1.4 - 5 - 6.56

FOX - Kitchen Nightmares (N) - 1.2 - 4 - 3.12

CW - Nikita (N) - 0.4 - 1 - 1.18

8:30PM

ABC - Malibu Country (N) - 1.4 - 5 - 6.08

9PM

ABC - Shark Tank (R) - 1.5 - 5 - 5.53

CBS - CSI: NY (N) - 1.4 - 4 - 9.97

FOX - Fringe (N) - 0.9 - 3 - 2.70

CW - Arrow (R) - 0.2 - 1 - 1.86

10PM

NBC - Dateline (N) - 1.7 - 5 - 5.68

CBS - Blue Bloods (N) - 1.4 - 4 - 11.07

ABC - 20/20 (N) - 1.3 - 4 - 4.63

Source: Nielsen Media Research