Preliminary Ratings: Friday 10/05/2018

The new FOX Friday night dominates for the second week in a row, as the network averages a 0.7 rating in Adults 18-34, a 1.0 rating in Adults 18-49 and 4.1 million viewers. CBS is second on the night with a 0.4 rating in the A18-34 and a 0.8 rating in the A18-49 demographic, along with the highest viewer average of 7.1 million. NBC and ABC were neck and neck, with each averaging a 0.2 in the A18-34 demo and a 0.5 in the A18-49 demo. NBC drew more viewers, with 2.9 million, to ABC's 2.4 million. The CW hovered around 900,000 viewers and a 0.2 rating in the A18-49 demo.

At 8 PM, LAST MAN STANDING was king, drawing over six million viewers and a solid 1.3 rating in Adults 18-49. THE COOL KIDS retained 4.8 million viewers and 85% in the demo. MACGYVER was second in the hour with a 0.7 demo rating and 5.8 million viewers. the ABC comedies averaged 2.6 million viewers and a 9.6 demo, topping the MANIFEST encore on NBC.

FOX continued the good ratings at 9 PM, as HELL'S KITCHEN was #1 in the A18-34 demo (0.6 rating) and tied CBS' HAWAII FIVE-O in the A18-49 demo, with a 0.8 rating. H5O won the A25-54 demo, with a 1.2 rating and had more total viewers, with 7.3 million viewers. HK drew just 2.8 million. ABC game show, CHILD SUPPORT tied the NEW AMSTERDAM encore with minimal ratings.

CBS costed to an easy 10 PM win, with BLUE BLOODS attracted the night's highest viewer total, with 8.5 million and posted a 0.8 rating in the A18-49 demo. DATELINE topped 20/20, 3.2 million viewers to 2.5 million viewers, and in the A18-49 demo, 0.6 to 0.4 ratings.

The CW's lone original, MASTERS OF ILLUSION, drew 900k in total viewers and a 0.2  rating in Adults 18-49.