Friday was not a good night for ABC’s Once Upon A Time or Marvel’s Inhumans. Both shows found new series lows, while other shows stayed steady compared to last week’s numbers.
First the bad news: Once Upon A Time reached a new low, with just 2.52 million viewers at 8 p.m. It had just a 0.5 18-49 rating, according to Nielsen ratings. It was far behind the most-watched show of the hour, CBS’ MacGyver, which had 6.81 million viewers and a 0.8 rating in the 18-49 demographic.
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Notably, Once barely beat a repeat of NBC’s Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Brothers, which had 2.33 million viewers and a 0.4 18-49 rating.
Fox’s Hell’s Kitchen tied MacGyver with a 0.8 18-49 rating, but its total viewership was much smaller at 2.82 million.
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At 9 p.m., the critically drubbed Inhumans had just a 0.4 18-49 rating and only 1.98 million viewers. It will be fascinating to see how long ABC sticks with the show, which has clearly not lived up to expectations after its disastrous IMAX premiere and reception.
CBS‘ Hawaii Five-0 was the highest-rated show of the night, with 8.53 million viewers and was the only show to notch a 1.0 18-49 rating. Blue Bloods followed with 8.85 million viewers and a 0.9 18-49 rating. All three CBS shows were even with last week’s numbers.
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Fox also had a new episode of The Exorcist last night, drawing 1.28 million viewers and a 0.4 18-49 rating.
The CW’s Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (640,000 viewers; 0.2 rating) was even with last week. Jane The Virgin (610,000; 0.2) dropped from last week‘s 0.28 rating.
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NEW YORK CITY – DECEMBER 19: "Toil and Trouble" – Elsbeth is thrown into the world of television after the showrunner of a long-running police procedural is brutally murdered in his office, and although it appears to be the act of a disgruntled fan, she begins to suspect the show's longtime star Regina Coburn (Laurie Metcalf) who yearns for artistic fulfillment. Meanwhile, Judge Crawford (Michael Emerson) continues to be a thorn in Elsbeth's side, on the CBS original series ELSBETH, Thursday, Dec. 19 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, and streaming on Paramount+ (live and on demand for Paramount+ with SHOWTIME subscribers, or on demand for Paramount+ Essential subscribers the day after the episode airs). Pictured (L-R): Carrie Preston as Elsbeth Tascioni and Carra Patterson as Kaya Blanke. (Photo by Michael Parmelee/CBS via Getty Images)
