Friday Overnight Ratings: Low Turnouts for Season Premieres of ‘Blindspot’, ‘Dynasty’, ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2018

Notes: MLB National League Championship Series Game 1 (FS1: LA Dodgers-Milwaukee: 8:09pm ET)

NIELSEN DELAY : Richmond, Raleigh-Durham, Greensboro, Norfolk

Household Rating/Share (52 of top 56 markets)
CBS: 5.0/ 9, NBC: 2.9/ 5, Fox: 2.8/ 5, ABC: 2.3/ 4, CW: 0.4/ 1

-Household Percent Change from the Year-Ago Evening (10/13/17):
Fox: +87, ABC: +21, NBC: – 3, CBS: – 6, CW: -20

What follows are the household overnight ratings for Friday, October 12 broken out by half-hour:

PRIME TIME

8:00 p.m.
ABC: 2.1/ 4 (#4) — “Fresh Off the Boat”
CBS: 3.9/ 7 (#2) — “MacGyver”
NBC: 2.2/ 4 (#3) — “Blindspot” (season premiere)
Fox: 4.0/ 8 (#1) — “Last Man Standing”
CW: 0.6/ 1 (#5) — “Dynasty” (season premiere)

8:30 p.m.
ABC: 1.6/ 3 (#4) — “Speechless”
CBS: 4.0/ 7 (#1) — “MacGyver”
NBC: 2.0/ 4 (#3) — “Blindspot” (season premiere)
Fox: 3.1/ 6 (#2) — “The Cool Kids”
CW: 0.5/ 1 (#5) — “Dynasty” (season premiere)

9:00 p.m.
ABC: 1.6/ 3 (#4) — “Child Support”
CBS: 5.0/ 9 (#1) — “Hawaii Five—0”
NBC: 3.0/ 6 (#2) — “Dateline”
Fox: 2.0/ 4 (#3) — “Hell’s Kitchen”
CW: 0.4/ 1 (#5) — “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” (season premiere)

9:30 p.m.
ABC: 1.7/ 3 (#4) — “Child Support”
CBS: 5.2/ 9 (#1) — “Hawaii Five-0”
NBC: 3.3/ 6 (#2) — “Dateline”
Fox: 1.9/ 4 (#3) — “Hell’s Kitchen”
CW: 0.3/ 1 (#5) — “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” (season premiere)

10:00 p.m.
ABC: 3.4/ 6 (#2) — “20/20: Being Melania: The First Lady”
CBS: 5.8/11 (#1) — “Blue Bloods”
NBC: 3.3/ 6 (#3) — “Dateline”

10:30 p.m.
ABC: 3.6/ 7 (#2) — “20/20: Being Melania: The First Lady”
CBS: 5.8/11 (#1) — “Blue Bloods”
NBC: 3.4/ 7 (#3) — “Dateline”

LATE NIGHT

11:30 p.m.
ABC: 2.0/ 5 (#3) — “Jimmy Kimmel” (repeat)
CBS: 2.3/ 6 (#1t) — “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (repeat)
NBC: 2.3/ 6 (#1t) — “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon”

12:00 a.m.
ABC: 1.3/ 4 (#3) — “Jimmy Kimmel” (repeat)
CBS: 1.4/ 4 (#2) — “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (repeat)
NBC: 1.8/ 5 (#1) — “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon”

12:30 a.m.
ABC: 1.1/ 4 (#3) — “Nightline”
CBS: 1.2/ 4 (#2) — “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (repeat)
NBC: 1.4/ 4 (#1) — “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (repeat)

1:00 a.m.
CBS: 1.0/ 4 (#1) — “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (repeat)
NBC: 0.9/ 3 (#2) — “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (repeat)

1:30 a.m.
NBC: 0.6/ 3 — “Last Call with Carson Daly” (repeat)

Source: Nielsen Media Research