Steady CBS wins Friday among viewers 18-49

It appears CBS is the network to beat on Friday nights this season.

The network averaged a 1.2 overnight rating and 5 share among viewers 18-49 on Friday, according to Nielsen, even to the previous week and good for first place for the night.

“Blue Bloods” and “Hawaii Five-0” each posted a 1.2 rating in the demo, tied for first for the night with ABC’s “Shark Tank.” And its new drama “MacGyver” posted a 1.1, even to last week and giving CBS three of the top four shows of the night.

For ABC, “Shark Tank’s” 1.2 was a season high, and it also hit a season high among total viewers with 5.14 million.

At 10 p.m. the network’s “20/20” was up week-to-week among both total viewers (3.6 million) and 25-54s (1.2 rating).

ABC was second for the night among 18-49s with a 1.0 rating and a 4 share. Fox was third at 0.9/4, with NBC right behind at 0.9/3. CW was fifth for the night among English-language networks at 0.2/1.

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Top show of the night in 18-49s

CBS’s “Hawaii Five-0” and “Blue Bloods” and ABC’s “Shark Tank,” 1.2 rating each.

Top show of the night in total viewers

CBS’s “Blue Bloods” 10-11 p.m., 10.05 million.

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