Final Broadcast Ratings: August 15, 2014

With plenty of local preemptions for NFL preseason football, the Friday night national ratings saw few tuning into the broadcast networks. Only two programs broke the five million viewer level and just one managed to get over six million.

DATELINE was the night's best program, in the A18-49 ratings, collecting a 1.1 rating. Only 20/20 managed to draw a one, along with DATELINE. DATELINE also drew 5.5 million viewers, under the most watched program, BLUE BLOODS.

The second, and last, original program of the night, MASTERS OF ILLUSION, managed just under one million viewers and a 0.4 demo rating. That is the lest amount of viewers to tune in for an episode for the summer magic series, but is the best A18-49 rating the program has pulled in.

Preliminary Network Averages:

ABC - 3.4 million viewers, 0.9 rating in A18-49

CBS - 5.3 million viewers, 0.6 rating in A18-49

CW - 0.9 million viewers, 0.3 rating in A18-49

FOX - 1.6 million viewers, 0.5 rating in A18-49

NBC - 4.2 million viewers, 0.9 rating in A18-49

Time	Net	Program	Viewers*	A18-49	+/-
8:00	ABC	Wipeout [R]	2.91	0.8
9:00	ABC	Shark Tank [R]	3.49	0.9	20%
10:00	ABC	20/20 [R]	3.78	1.0	8%
8:00	CBS	CSI [R]	4.77	0.6
9:00	CBS	Hawaii Five-O [R]	4.94	0.6	4%
10:00	CBS	Blue Bloods [R]	6.15	0.7	24%
8:00	CW	Masters of Illusion	0.98	0.4
9:00	CW	Penn & Teller: Fool Us [R]	0.84	0.2	-14%
8:00	FOX	Masterchef [R]	1.52	0.5
9:00	FOX	Bones [R]	1.75	0.5	15%
8:00	NBC	Running Wild with Bear Grylls [R]	2.69	0.7
9:00	NBC	Dateline	5.51	1.1	105%

* - in millions