Ratings: Broadcast Finals for March 1, 2013

CBS and The CW take the night off, leaving ABC to rule Friday night.

ABC had an easy win, leading all networks in both total viewers and the A18-49 demographic. The leading program of the night was SHARK TANK, posting a 1.9 demo rating along with the 6.7 million viewers that tuned in. SHARK TANK will be on double duty again for the next two weeks as it will plug the whole left by cancelled drama ZERO HOUR, on Thursdays.

Earlier, LAST MAN STANDING and MALIBU COUNTRY benefited the diminished level of competition. Each series was up about one million viewers and 20% in the demo rating, from the previous week.

Closing out the night for ABC was 20/20. Although it drew less total viewers (5.2 million) than a repeat of BLUE BLOODS (7.1 million), it had a 50% higher A18-49 rating than the police drama (1.4 vs 0.9).

For the Night:

ABC - 6.2 million viewers, 1.6 rating in Adults 18-49.

NBC - 5.4 million viewers, 1.3 rating in Adults 18-49.

CBS - 6.4 million viewers, 0.9 rating in Adults 18-49.

FOX - 3.1 million viewers, 1.1 rating in Adults 18-49.

CW - 0.8 million viewers, 0.3 rating in Adults 18-49.

Time	Net	Program	Viewers*	Demo	+/-
8:00	ABC	Last Man Standing	7.05	1.5
8:30	ABC	Malibu Country	6.15	1.4	-13%
9:00	ABC	Shark Tank	6.69	1.9	+9%
10:00	ABC	20/20	5.22	1.4	-22%
8:00	CBS	Undercover Boss [R]	5.60	1.1
9:00	CBS	Blue Bloods [R]	5.75	0.8	+3%
10:00	CBS	Blue Bloods [R]	7.07	0.9	+23%
8:00	CW	Nikita	1.01	0.3
9:00	CW	The Vampire Diaries [R]	0.51	0.2	-50%
8:00	FOX	Kitchen Nightmares	3.30	1.3
9:00	FOX	Touch	2.90	0.8	-12%
8:00	NBC	Dateline	5.93	1.4
10:00	NBC	Rock Center	4.21	1.0	-29%

* - in millions