Preliminary Ratings: Friday 09/04/15

The start of the Labor Day holiday featured very little in original programming from the five english language networks. ABC and NBC featured newsmagazines, while The CW had its summer staple, MASTERS OF ILLUSION. Of the three, DATELINE posted the best A18-49 and A25-54 demographic ratings of the night. 20/20 tied DATELINE in total viewers.

CBS was the most watched network of the night, with its all crime drama encores. But it tied FOX for third place, in the demographic ratings.

ABC's second repeat of SHARK TANK did manage to tie DATELINE for the top ratings in the two older demographic categories and post the night's best A18-34 rating

Preliminary L+SD Network Averages:

	Total viewers	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
ABC	4.30 million	0.6	0.9	1.1
CBS	4.40 million	0.3	0.5	0.8
CW	1.30 million	0.3	0.3	0.4
FOX	1.40 million	0.4	0.5	0.6
NBC	3.70 million	0.4	0.8	1.1

Time	Net	Program	Viewers*	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
8:00	ABC	Shark Tank [R]	4.10	0.7	0.9	1.1
9:00	ABC	Shark Tank [R]	4.40	0.7	1.0	1.3
10:00	ABC	20/20	4.40	0.4	0.7	1.0
8:00	CBS	Elementary [R]	3.50	0.3	0.5	0.7
9:00	CBS	Hawaii Five-O [R]	4.50	0.3	0.5	0.8
10:00	CBS	Blue Bloods [R]	5.20	0.3	0.5	0.8
8:00	CW	Masters of Illusion	1.30	0.3	0.3	0.4
8:30	CW	Whose Line[R]	1.10	0.2	0.3	0.4
9:00	CW	Penn & Teller: Fool Us [R]	1.30	0.3	0.3	0.4
8:00	FOX	Masterchef [R]	1.70	0.4	0.6	0.7
9:00	FOX	Gotham [R]	1.10	0.3	0.4	0.4
8:00	NBC	America's Got Talent [R]	3.40	0.4	0.7	1.0
10:00	NBC	Dateline	4.40	0.4	1.0	1.3

* - in millions