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Friday Final Nationals: CBS Rules the Night with ‘Blue Bloods’, ‘Hawaii Five-0’

CBS was Friday night’s top network in total viewers (9.86 million), adults 25-54 (2.1 rating/6 share), and adults 18-49 with a 1.4 rating and a 4.8 share, edging out Fox’s 1.4 rating/4.7 share. It was the fourth night within the past six nights where telecasts of two regularly scheduled CBS series each drew at least 10 million viewers in live plus same day data.

Fox did win the night, though, among adults 18-34.

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Programming Insider Friday, January 22, 2016
PROGRAM HH/Share Viewers
(000)		 Adults
18-34		 Adults
18-49		 Adults
25-54
8-11 Network Average 2.9/5 4464 0.6/3 0.9/3 1.3/4
8:00 Last Man Standing (r) 3.6/6 5800 0.6/3 0.9/3 1.4/4
8:31 Dr. Ken (r) 2.8/5 4348 0.5/2 0.8/3 1.2/3
9:00 Shark Tank (r) 2.8/5 4479 0.8/3 1.1/3 1.3/4
10:00 20/20 2.6/5 3803 0.5/2 0.8/3 1.2/3
PROGRAM HH/Share Viewers
(000)		 Adults
18-34		 Adults
18-49		 Adults
25-54
8-11 Network Average 6.1/11 9855 0.8/3 1.4/5 2.1/6
8:00 Undercover Boss 4.9/8 7938 0.9/4 1.4/5 2.0/6
9:00 Hawaii Five-0 6.2/11 10071 0.8/3 1.4/5 2.1/6
10:00 Blue Bloods 7.3/13 11555 0.8/3 1.5/5 2.2/6
PROGRAM HH/Share Viewers
(000)		 Adults
18-34		 Adults
18-49		 Adults
25-54
8-11 Network Average 3.3/6 5113 0.7/3 1.1/4 1.6/5
8:00 Caught on Camera with Nick Cannon (p) 2.3/4 3649 0.6/2 0.9/3 1.2/4
9:00 Dateline NBC 3.8/7 5844 0.7/3 1.3/4 1.8/5
PROGRAM HH/Share Viewers
(000)		 Adults
18-34		 Adults
18-49		 Adults
25-54
8-10 Network Average 2.5/4 4243 0.9/4 1.4/5 1.7/5
8:00 MasterChef Junior 2.8/5 4873 1.0/4 1.5/5 1.9/5
9:00 Hell’s Kitchen 2.2/4 3613 0.8/3 1.3/4 1.6/4
PROGRAM HH/Share Viewers
(000)		 Adults
18-34		 Adults
18-49		 Adults
25-54
8-10 Network Average 0.7/1 1225 0.3/1 0.3/1 0.4/1
8:00 Reign 0.8/1 1237 0.3/1 0.4/1 0.4/1
9:00 Penn & Teller: Fool Us (r) 0.7/1 1213 0.3/1 0.3/1 0.4/1
PROGRAM HH/Share Viewers
(000)		 Adults
18-34		 Adults
18-49		 Adults
25-54
8-11 Network Average 1.1/2 2069 0.8/3
7:00 Muchacha Italiana Viene a Casarse 1.2/2 2054 0.7/3
8:00 Antes Muerta Que Lichita 1.0/2 1922 0.7/2
9:00 Pasion y Poder (thru 11:00) 1.1/2 2143 0.8/3

Sub-Demo Breakdowns – Friday 01/22/16

“20/20” (ABC)
Women 18-34: 0.5/2
Men 18-34: 0.4/2
Women 18-49: 1.0/3
Men 18-49: 0.6/2

“Undercover Boss” (CBS)
Women 18-34: 1.1/4
Men 18-34: 0.7/3
Women 18-49: 1.7/5
Men 18-49: 1.2/4

“Hawaii Five-0” (CBS)
Women 18-34: 0.9/4
Men 18-34: 0.6/3
Women 18-49: 1.7/5
Men 18-49: 1.1/4

“Blue Bloods” (CBS)
Women 18-34: 0.9/4
Men 18-34: 0.7/3
Women 18-49: 1.7/5
Men 18-49: 1.3/4

“Caught on Camera with Nick Cannon” (NBC)
Women 18-34: 0.6/2
Men 18-34: 0.5/2
Women 18-49: 1.0/3
Men 18-49: 0.8/3

“Dateline NBC” (NBC)
Women 18-34: 0.9/4
Men 18-34: 0.6/3
Women 18-49: 1.6/5
Men 18-49: 1.0/4

“MasterChef Junior” (Fox)
Women 18-34: 1.3/5
Men 18-34: 0.8/4
Women 18-49: 1.8/6
Men 18-49: 1.2/4

“Hell’s Kitchen” (Fox)
Women 18-34: 1.0/4
Men 18-34: 0.6/3
Women 18-49: 1.6/5
Men 18-49: 1.0/4

“Reign” (CW)
Women 18-34: 0.4/1
Men 18-34: 0.2/1
Women 18-49: 0.4/1
Men 18-49: 0.3/1

“Gold Rush” (Discovery)
Women 18-34: 0.85
Men 18-34: 1.07
Women 18-49: 1.01
Men 18-49: 1.82

Cable Rankings – Friday 01/22/16
What follows are the top 20 most-watched shows in prime time on cable for Friday, January 22:


  1. “Gold Rush” (Discovery, 9 p.m.): 4.558 million (1.42 adults 18-49 rating)

  2. “The O’Reilly Factor Special” (Fox News Channel, 8 p.m.): 2.420 (0.17)

  3. “The Kelly File” (Fox News Channel, 9 p.m.): 2.296 (0.20)

  4. “Girl Meets World” (Disney Channel, 8:30 p.m.): 2.204 (0.51)

  5. “Alaskan Bush People Special” (Discovery, 10:02 p.m.): 2.125 (0.57)

  6. “Gold Rush” (Discovery, 8 p.m.): 2.019 (0.55)

  7. “NBA Basketball: Indiana Pacers @ Golden State Warriors” (ESPN, 10:35 p.m.-1:04 a.m., 1.29 household rating): 2.007 (0.88)

  8. “Family Guy” (Adult Swim, 10:30 p.m.): 1.950 (0.90)

  9. “BUNK’D” (Disney Channel, 8 p.m.): 1.862 (0.39)

  10. “Family Guy” (Adult Swim, 10 p.m.): 1.830 (0.81)

  11. “Austin & Ally” (Disney Channel, 9 p.m.): 1.608 (0.32)

  12. “Austin & Ally” (Disney Channel, 9:30 p.m.): 1.534 (0.29)

  13. “House Hunters International” (HGTV, 10:30 p.m.): 1.521 (0.38)

  14. Movie: “Man of Steel” (2013) (FX, 8 p.m.): 1.515 (0.61)

  15. “House Hunters” (HGTV, 10 p.m.): 1.495 (0.39)

  16. “Love It or List It” (HGTV, 8 p.m.): 1.411 (0.38)

  17. “Pawn Stars” (History, 8:30 p.m.): 1.338 (0.26)

  18. “Rap Game” (Lifetime, 10:02 p.m.): 1.326 (0.55)

  19. “Bring It!” (Lifetime, 9 p.m.): 1.326 (0.50)

  20. “Real Time with Bill Maher” (HBO, 10 p.m.): 1.292 (0.31)


  • “NBA Basketball: Miami Heat @ Toronto Raptors” (ESPN, 8:05-10:35 p.m., 0.79 household rating): 1.254 (0.53)

  • Movie: “Avengers: Age of Ultron” (2015) (Starz, 9:02 p.m.): 1.209 (0.49)

  • “Harvey Beaks” (Nickelodeon, 8 p.m.): 1.021 (0.20)

  • “Sanjay & Craig” (Nickelodeon, 8:15 p.m.): 0.986 (0.21)

  • “Pig Goat Banana Cricket” (Nickelodeon, 9 p.m.): 0.902 (0.19)


Source: Live+Same Day data, Nielsen Media Research

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