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CBS dispatched its reality thug Undercover Boss to Fridays to show rivals who is, er, boss. Moving over from Sunday nights, Boss (10.7 million viewers, 2.4 adults 18-49 rating) was easily Friday's top-rated broadcast show, ...
Moving over from Sunday nights, Boss (10.7 million viewers, 2.4 adults 18-49 rating) was easily Friday?s top-rated broadcast show, putting a beat down on ABC?s recently improving Shark Tank (5.7 million, 1.5), which fell 17 percent from last week?s season high. On its other flank, Boss also crushed Fox?s Kitchen Nightmares (3.1 million, 1.3).
The 8 p.m. Boss gave a lead in to CBS? struggling freshman drama A Gifted Man (9.5 million, 1.5), now moved to 9 p.m. and tying CSI: NY?s average in the spot. Though Gifted was 25 percent higher than the show?s average, the medical drama is considered a long-shot to to earn a second season.
ABC managed to edge out CBS to win the night, however, thanks to 20/20 devoting two hours to Whitney Houston (7.9 million, 2.0). Also Friday: Fox?s Fringe (3 million, 1.1) was unchanged in the demo. CBS? Blue Bloods (10.6 million, 1.6) was OK. Ratings for The CW?s Nikta (1.6 million, 0.6) and Supernatural (1.7 million, 0.7) were pretty standard.
EW- Umm, can you not use "Boss" as a shortcut for Undercover Boss? I thought you were talking about the real, the 10x better tv show, BOSS, starring Kelsey Grammar!!
Nikita better get renewed over gossip girl. It gets the same rating but more viewers on friday with less promotion. Gossip girl will be hitting new lows in april.
Oh Fox, if only you hadn't screwed with Fringe and just left it on Tuesday. The low numbers are even more painful when it averaged ten million viewers in its first season.
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