TV ratings for Friday, October 7: “Blue Bloods”, “Fire Country” on CBS

In the latest TV show ratings, there was a five-way tie for Friday’s demo win. Blue blood captured the biggest audience of the night, and CBS’ fire land emerged as the most watched of the fall Start of production (so far).

CBS | A beautiful one gossip Premiere attracted a total of 4.6 million viewers and a demo rating of 0.4, which is just a tad below previous averages. fire land debuted at 5.7 million and 0.4, attracting a few more viewers than its NBC-linked timeslot predecessor MagnumPI (which averaged 5.2m/0.4 last season). fire land averaged a TVLine reader rating of “B+” with 86% planning to stay tuned. Blue blood‘ Season opener (6.1m/0.4) was right in line with his previous averages.

ABC | shark tank (3.2 mil/0.4) held up against tougher competition.

FOX | Friday night smackdown (2.1 mil/0.4) dipped in both measures.

ABC | college bowl (1.7mil/0.2) ticked off.

THE CW | Night 1 of the iHeartRadio Music Festival averaged 550K/0.1.

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The Live+Same Day numbers reported in our review column do Not reflect the overall performance of a show, given the increasing use of delayed playback across DVR and streaming platforms, as well as viewing outside the home. These numbers (Nielsen Fast Nationals unless designated Finals) instead aim to simply illustrate trends or superlatives. This is an exhibition only, not a competition; Please no bets.