Finale Ratings: Blue Bloods And Fashion Star Dip, Cancelled Vegas And Touch Steady

By Matt Webb Mitovich
Ratings Vegas Touch Series Finales "Sons of Nevada" -- “Sons of Nevada” – Sheriff Lamb and Savino (Michael Chiklis, pictured) join forces to take out Porter Gainsley, the man responsible for putting Katherine in the hospital and who Lamb believes killed his wife, on the season finale of VEGAS, Friday, May 10 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Michael Yarish/CBS © 2013 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Ratings Vegas Touch Series FinalesBlue Bloods' season finale this Friday drew 9.9 million total viewers — the night's largest audience — yet dipped two tenths in the demo to a 1.1, placing third in the hour behind both 20/20 and NBC's cancelled Rock Center.

Opening CBS' night, Undercover Boss' update special (7 mil/1.6) surged 33 percent in the demo, while Vegas' series finale (7.1 mil/0.9) was flat week-to-week.

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Over on ABC, Shark Tank (6.1 mil/1.8) topped the night in the demo, ticking up a tenth.

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NBC's Fashion Star Season 2 finale (2.5 mil/0.5) dropped two tenths and is well shy of the 1.6 rating its freshman capper did (on a Tuesday).

Fox's Kitchen Nightmares (3.33 mil/1.1) and the Touch series finale (2.5 mil/0.6) each added a few eyeballs while flat in the demo.

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The CW's renewed Nikita (1.1 mil/0.2) rose 6 percent in audience.

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