Friday Ratings: Undercover Boss Goes Low, Nancy Drew Flat With Finale
The Nielsen-delayed numbers for Friday are now in, and ABC's Shark Tank and Fox's SmackDown split the nightly demo win, while CBS' Blue Bloods (as usual) easily copped the largest audience. [pmc_inline_gallery]
ABC's Shark Tank drew 3.9 million total viewers and a 0.6 demo rating, down a few eyeballs but steady in the demo week-to-week.
Fox's Friday Night SmackDown (2.2 mil/0.6) was steady.
Over on CBS, Undercover Boss (3.2 mil/0.3) slipped to new season lows (and got beat in the demo by NBC's That's My Jam rerun). Magnum P.I. (5.2 mi/0.5) and Blue Bloods (6.1 mil/0.5) held steady.
The CW's Nancy Drew closed out its third season with 349,000 viewers (down 26 percent week-to-week) while holding onto its 0.1 rating. TVLine readers gave the finale as well as all of Season 3 an average grade of "A"; read post mortem.
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