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What follows are the fast affiliate results for Friday, December 7 broken out by network and by program (by half-hour):

-Total Viewers:
CBS: 9.66 million, ABC: 5.50, NBC: 4.83, Fox: 2.92, CW: 1.03

-Adults 18-49:
NBC: 1.6 rating/5 share, CBS: 1.5/ 5, ABC: 1.4/ 4, Fox: 1.0/ 3, CW: 0.3/ 1

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-Winners:
Nothing

-Losers (excluding repeats):
Kitchen Nightmares (Fox), Nikita (CW), Fringe (Fox)

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8:00 p.m.

ABC – Last Man Standing
Viewers: 6.57 million (#2), A18-49: 1.4/ 5 (#2)

CBS – Undercover Boss
Viewers: 7.40 million (#1), A18-49: 1.5/ 5 (#1)

NBC – SNL Christmas (R)
Viewers: 4.33 million (#3), A18-49: 1.2/ 4 (#3)

Fox – Kitchen Nightmares
Viewers: 3.14 million (#4), A18-49: 1.1/ 4 (#4)

CW – Nikita
Viewers: 1.19 million (#5), A18-49: 0.4/ 1 (#5)

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8:30 p.m.

ABC – Malibu Country
Viewers: 6.08 million (#2), A18-49: 1.4/ 5 (#3)

CBS – Undercover Boss
Viewers: 8.48 million (#1), A18-49: 1.8/ 6 (#1)

NBC – SNL Christmas (R)
Viewers: 4.48 million (#3), A18-49: 1.5/ 5 (#2)

Fox – Kitchen Nightmares
Viewers: 3.11 million (#4), A18-49: 1.2/ 4 (#4)

CW – Nikita
Viewers: 1.18 million (#5), A18-49: 0.4/ 1 (#5)

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9:00 p.m.

ABC – Shark Tank (R)
Viewers: 5.37 million (#2), A18-49: 1.4/ 4 (#3)

CBS – CSI: NY
Viewers: 9.79 million (#1), A18-49: 1.5/ 5 (#2)

NBC – SNL Christmas (R)
Viewers: 4.43 million (#3), A18-49: 1.6/ 5 (#1)

Fox – Fringe
Viewers: 2.77 million (#4), A18-49: 1.0/ 3 (#4)

CW – Arrow (R)
Viewers: 872,000 (#5), A18-49: 0.2/ 1 (#5)

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9:30 p.m.

ABC – Shark Tank (R)
Viewers: 5.69 million (#2), A18-49: 1.6/ 5 (#2)

CBS – CSI: NY
Viewers: 10.16 million (#1), A18-49: 1.4/ 4 (#3)

NBC – SNL Christmas (R)
Viewers: 4.36 million (#3), A18-49: 1.7/ 5 (#1)

Fox – Fringe
Viewers: 2.64 million (#4), A18-49: 0.9/ 3 (#4)

CW – Arrow (R)
Viewers: 858,000 (#5), A18-49: 0.3/ 1 (#5)

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10:00 p.m.

ABC – 20/20
Viewers: 4.85 million (#3), A18-49: 1.3/ 4 (#3)

CBS – Blue Bloods
Viewers: 10.98 million (#1), A18-49: 1.4/ 4 (#2)

NBC – Dateline
Viewers: 5.43 million (#2), A18-49: 1.7/ 5 (#1)

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10:30 p.m.

ABC – 20/20
Viewers: 4.41 million (#3), A18-49: 1.2/ 4 (#3)

CBS – Blue Bloods
Viewers: 11.16 million (#1), A18-49: 1.4/ 4 (#2)

NBC – Dateline
Viewers: 5.95 million (#2), A18-49: 1.7/ 5 (#1)

Source: Nielsen Media Research data

Terrible for Fringe but dont matter at this stage. Surprised Arrow didnt repeat better.

CBS maintained its status at the most-watched network on this first Friday in December care of Undercover Boss, CSI: NY and Blue Bloods. But the older skew of the three hours was not enough to beat NBC for first among adults 18-49, which populated the evening with an encore of two-hour special SNL Christmas and newsmagazine Dateline. Blue Bloods on CBS topped the evening in total viewers, with 11.07 million at 10 p.m., according to the fast affiliate results from Nielsen. And Undercover Boss on the Eye was first overall in the demo, with a 1.6 rating/6 share at 8 p.m.

As a reminder, midseason CBS drama Golden Boy moves into the Friday 9 p.m. hour (in place of CSI: NY, which concludes for the season or series) on March 8.

Elsewhere, ABC comedies Last Man Standing and Malibu Country remained perfectly compatible, albeit modest rated, with an average 6.32 million viewers and a 1.4/ 5 among adults 18-49 in the 8 p.m. hour. Next on the alphabet net was a repeat of relocated Shark Tank at 9 p.m., followed by granddaddy 20/20 at a No. 1 finish in the demo at 10 p.m. (with a 1.7/ 5). Fox could not compete, meanwhile, with Kitchen Nightmares and soon-to-conclude Fringe. Nor could The CW with relocated Nikita and an encore telecast of Arrow.

Nice to see ‘Nikita’ stabilizing at the 0.4 A18-49…perhaps when it returns with new episodes in 2013, The CW will see some growth. The CW finished the week (subject to finals) with a 1.1HH/2%, 1,608,000 P2+, 0.6 A18-49, 0.6 A18-34, 0.8 W18-34, 0.5 M18-34.

I am also pleased to see ‘Malibu Country’ stabilizing so nicely on Fridays at 8:30 pm with a renewable 1.6 A18-49, 7,010,000 P2+ average in her Live+Same Day Nielsens. It must be the lingering memory of WB/CW’s ‘Reba’ on Fridays, because the series is also snaring a solid 1.1 A18-34 average rating.

‘Reba’s back on Fridays, and ‘Malibu Country’ has A18-34s flocking to the Alphabet net.

Quote from marcberman on December 8, 2012, 17:13
Grimm is going off for a few months. Dateline will aired from 8-10 p.m. into relocated Rock Center With Brian Williams effective on Feb. 8.

Quote from TVisme on December 8, 2012, 16:59
I saw a promo during Dateline that starting in January, they were going to be airing all-new 2 hour Datelines.
I guess that’s how NBC is plugging up the 8PM slot.
But I thought I read that Grimm had new 3 new episodes in January? If that’s true, how does Grimm stay at 9PM?

I think ‘Grimm’ is being rested because it repeats poorly…in seven encore airings this season, it has ranged between a 0.4 and 0.6 in A18-49s, and those numbers just kill ‘Dateline’ afterwards.

I think the NBC Friday strategy to go all newsmag is a good one, and who knows, it might work out so well that NBC is motivated to find another timeslot for ‘Grimm’ when it returns in March, perhaps pinch-hitting on Thursdays at 10 pm if NBC’s new offering there flops, and ‘Elementary’ and ‘Scandal’ are both looking so vulnerable to being dominated in the hour.

Essentially, ‘Grimm’ is ready to carry its A18-49 winning ways over to another night for NBC should an opportunity open up in March.