Friday Ratings: Season High for Veteran ‘Blue Bloods’ on CBS

FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 2022
Fast Affiliate Ratings

Total Viewers: 
CBS: 5.25 million, ABC: 3.22, NBC: 2.78, Fox: 2.06, CW: 646,000

Adults 18-49:
ABC, CBS and Fox: 0.5 rating/4 share each, NBC: 0.4/ 3, CW: 0.1/ 1

CBS remains the network to beat in total viewers on Friday, with recent returnee “Undercover Boss” fitting in well at 8 p.m. ET. Take a look:

CBS/Friday
8:00 p.m. “Undercover Boss”
Viewers: 4.09 million (#1); A18-49: 0.5/ 4 (#1t)

9:00 p.m. “Magnum P.I.”
Viewers: 5.56 million (#1); A18-49: 0.5/ 4 (#1t)

10:00 p.m. “Blue Bloods”
Viewers: 6.11 million (#1); A18-49: 0.4/ 4 (#2t)

Three networks tied for leadership in adults 18-49 (ABC, CBS and Fox), with Fox a result of “WWE Friday Night Smackdown” (see network averages above) and ABC the combination of “Shark Tank” (Viewers: #2, 3.56 million; A18-49: #1t, 0.5/ 4 at 8 p.m.) and “20/20” (Viewers: #2, 3.06 million; A18-49: #1t, 0.5/ 4 from 9-11 p.m.).

Elsewhere, NBC featured an encore telecast of game show “The Wall” into two more hours of “Dateline” (Viewers: #2, 2.93 million; A18-49: #3, 0.4/ 4 from 9-11 p.m.). And The CW housed “Penn & Teller: Fool Us” (Viewers: #5, 871,000; A18-49: #5, 0.1/ 1 at 8 p.m.) into perennially low-rated “Nancy Drew” (Viewers: #5, 421,000; A18-49: #5, 0.1/ 1 at 9 p.m.).