Final Broadcast Ratings: October 3, 2014

The fourth season premiere of the ABC comedy LAST MAN STANDING won the 8 p.m. hour, posting a 1.3 rating in Adults 18-49, and drawing 6.9 million viewers. Compared to the 2013 season premiere, LAST MAN STANDING was up in viewers, by 200k, but was down in the A18-49 ratings by 13%. I am a bit surprised that ABC has such a low expectation for the episode, in the Live+3 ratings.

 The CW premiered its Friday night line up, with a WHOSE LINE IS IT ANY WAY  and AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL back on their regular night. Both programs did relatively well, drawing over a million viewers each. TOP MODEL was within a tenth of a ratings point from the FOX encore of GOTHAM, at 9 p.m.

Here is a look at the gains/losses of the Friday series that premiered last week.

SHARK TANK - down just 160,000 viewers and even in the A18-49 ratings.
20/20 - down 1.7 million viewers and -19% in the A18-49 ratings.

THE AMAZING RACE - gained 600k in total viewers and +9% in the demo rating.
HAWAII FIVE-O - gained 800k in total viewers and +8% in the demo rating.
BLUE BLOODS - even in both total viewers and in the demo rating.

Final L+SD Network Averages:

ABC - 6.4 million viewers, 1.5 rating in A18-49

CBS - 8.9 million viewers, 1.2 rating in A18-49

CW - 1.1 million viewers, 0.4 rating in A18-49

FOX - 1.8 million viewers, 0.6 rating in A18-49

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

Time	Net	Program	P+2*	A18-49	L+3^	L+7^
8:00	ABC	Last Man Standing	6.91	1.3	8.10(1.4)	8.40(1.5)
9:00	ABC	Shark Tank	7.29	1.9	9.10(2.2)	9.50(2.3)
10:00	ABC	20/20	4.89	1.3	5.10(1.3)	5.2(1.3)
8:00	CBS	The Amazing Race	6.08	1.2
9:00	CBS	Hawaii Five-O	9.77	1.3
10:00	CBS	Blue Bloods	10.85	1.2
8:00	CW	Whose Line?	1.29	0.4
8:30	CW	Whose Line? [R]	1.05	0.3
9:00	CW	ANTM	1.12	0.4
8:00	FOX	Utopia	1.75	0.6
9:00	FOX	Gotham [R]	1.78	0.5
8:00	NBC	Bad Judge [R]	4.04	0.8
8:30	NBC	A to Z [R]	3.01	0.8
9:00	NBC	Dateline	5.45	1.1

* - total viewers, in millions
^ - projected Live+3 and Live+7:
millions of viewers(18-49 demo rating)