Broadcast TV Ratings for Friday, August 26, 2011

Network	HH Rating/Share	Viewers	A18-49 Rating/Share
	na	6.56M	2.0/7
	na	4.61M	1.2/4
	na	4.22M	1.1/4
	na	2.91M	0.7/2
	na	1.14M	0.4/1

Complete ratings and breakdowns, including week-to-week comparisons, etc., follows after the jump.

Note: HH rating/share data was not available this week.

CBS finished in first place for the evening with 6.56 million viewers and a 2.0/7 rating/share among adults 18-49.

Last Week:

x.x/x HH Rating/share

6.21M viewers [#1]

1.2/4 A18-49 [#4]

• 8:00 p.m.: NFL Preseason: Green Bay Packers at Indianapolis Colts (4.1/8 HH rating/share, 6.74M viewers, 2.0/7 A18-49 rating/share).

Last week’s numbers (Flashpoint – 8:00-9:00):

Households – 3.7/7
Viewers – 5.85M
Adults 18-49 – 1.0/4

NBC followed in second place for the evening with 4.61 million viewers and a 1.2/4 rating/share among adults 18-49.

Last Week:

x.x/x HH Rating/share

5.09M viewers [#2]

1.4/5 A18-49 [#t1]

• 8:00 & 8:30 p.m.: Friends with Benefits (2.33M viewers, 0.6/2 A18-49 rating/share).

Last week’s numbers (Friends with Benefits – 8:00-8:30):

Households – 1.4/3
Viewers – 1.98M
Adults 18-49 – 0.5/2

Last week’s numbers (Friends with Benefits – 8:30-9:00):

Households – 1.1/2
Viewers – 1.54M
Adults 18-49 – 0.5/2

• 9:00 p.m.: Dateline NBC (5.76M viewers, 1.4/5 A18-49 rating/share).

Week-to-week numbers:

Households – 3.5/6
Viewers – 5.02M to 5.76M (+15%/+0.74M)
Adults 18-49 – 1.3/4 to 1.4/5 (+8%)

ABC finished in third place for the evening with 4.22 million viewers and a 1.1/4 rating/share among adults 18-49.

Last Week:

x.x/x HH Rating/share

4.51M viewers [#3]

1.3/4 A18-49 [#3]

• 8:00 p.m.: Shark Tank–REPEAT (4.27M viewers, 1.2/4 A18-49 rating/share).

• 9:00 p.m.: Karaoke Battle USA (3.77M viewers, 1.0/3 A18-49 rating/share).

Week-to-week numbers:

Households – 2.4/4
Viewers – 3.74M to 3.77M (+1%/+0.03M)
Adults 18-49 – 0.9/3 to 1.0/3 (+11%)

• 10:00 p.m.: 20/20 (4.72M viewers, 1.2/4 A18-49 rating/share).

FOX followed in fourth place for the evening with 2.91 million viewers and a 0.7/2 rating/share among adults 18-49.

Last Week:

x.x/x HH Rating/share

4.04M viewers [#2]

1.4/5 A18-49 [#1]

• 8:00 p.m.: Kitchen Nightmares-REPEAT (2.69M viewers, 0.9/4 A18-49 rating/share).

Last week’s numbers (NFL on FOX Preseason: Atlanta Falcons at Jacksonville Jaguars):

Households – 2.6/5
Viewers – 4.17M
Adults 18-49 – 1.4/5

The CW finished in fifth place for the evening with 1.14 million viewers and a 0.4/1 rating/share among adults 18-49.

Last Week:

x.x/x HH Rating/share

0.989M viewers [#5]

0.4/1 A18-49 [#5]

• 8:00 p.m.: Nikita-REPEAT (1.12M viewers, 0.3/1 A18-49 rating/share).

• 9:00 p.m.: Supernatural-REPEAT (1.16M viewers, 0.4/1 A18-49 rating/share).

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Note: Network average numbers from the week prior are based on fast affiliate data. Comparisons from the week prior (or episode-to-episode, etc.) on specific shows are based on final national data. Ratings for the current day are based on fast affiliates. (Expect all three scenarios to be the case at all times, unless otherwise noted). The final rating for first-run episodes that aired this evening will be reported the following week. So for example, the final rating for tonight’s episode of “NFL Preseason: Green Bay Packers at Indianapolis Colts” will be reported in next weeks report for Friday, September 2, 2011. Also keep in mind that because these are fast affiliate numbers, when the finals are released there may be noticeable changes.

And lastly, there may be some errors in the data due to rounding/human error. I’ll do my best to limit those mistakes and correct them in time for the next weeks report.

Sources: Fast Affiliate/Final National Ratings Data from Nielsen Media Research. Daily ratings figures can be found at Zap2It, TV Media Insights, and TV by the Numbers.