ABC Is #1 on Friday - "Shark Tank" Is Up as the Top Show and "20/20" Hits a 14-Month High in Adults 25-54
ABC Friday Prime (8-11pm - 6.1 million and 1.5/5 in AD18-49): ABC ranked #1 on the final Friday of the November sweep in Adults 18-49 (tie), beating NBC by 36% (1.1/4) and Fox by 36% (1.1/4). The Net tied its 2nd-highest Friday rating this season.
· Rising 6% over the prior week, ABC's Shark Tank was once again Friday's #1 TV show in Adults 18-49 (1.8/6), finishing as the November Sweep's top-rated program on the night.
· ABC's 20/20 was the night's #2 TV show in Adults 18-49 (1.6/6) and Adults 25-54 (2.3/6) and continued its run as Friday's #1 newsmagazine, outperforming NBC's Dateline (8-9pm) by strong double-digits in Total Viewers (+20% - 6.5 million vs. 5.4 million), Adults 18-49 (+45% - 1.6/6 vs. 1.1/4) and Adults 25-54 (+53% - 2.3/6 vs. 1.5/4). 20/20 hit season highs with Adults 18-49 (tie) and Adults 25-54, posting a 14-month high in the key news demo - since 9/14/12.
Last Man Standing (8-8:30pm - 6.2 million and 1.2/4 in AD18-49): At 8pm, ABC's Last Man Standing was up week to week in viewers and held steady in Adults 18-49..
The Neighbors (8:30-9pm - 4.0 million and 0.9/2in AD18-49): At 8:30pm, ABC's The Neighbors was up 13% week to week in Adults 18-49.
Shark Tank (9-10pm - 6.9 million and 1.8/6 in AD18-49): Doubling its lead-in at 9pm in Adults 18-49, ABC's Shark Tank led its hour by double-digit percentages over CBS' Hawaii Five-0 (+20% - 1.5/5), NBC's JFK news special (+64% - 1.1/4) and Fox's comedies (+125% - Raising Hope/Raising Hope - 0.8/3). Season to date, Shark Tank is up 14% in Adults 18-49 over the same point last year to the series' best performance ever.
20/20 (10-11pm - 6.5 million and 1.6/5 in AD18-49): ABC's 20/20 ranked #1 in the 10 o'clock hour in Adults 18-49 (1.6/6) and Adults 25-54 (2.3/6-tie), outdelivering the final hour of NBC's news special (1.0/3 and 1.5/4) by 60% and 53%, respectively. On "True Confessions," 20/20's team of correspondents got the dirt from the professionals we depend on, who confessed what really goes on behind the scenes.
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