With special guest Dean Cain, ABC’s Shark Tank put up super numbers on Friday night, delivering its largest audience ever (8.5 million total viewers, up 10 percent) and a season-high demo rating (2.2, up 16 percent).
Opening ABC’s night, Last Man Standing (7 mil/1.3) slipped 19 percent, while Cristela (5.2 mil/1.1) dropped 21 and 15 percent.
Elsewhere….
NBC | Constantine christened its new time slot with 3.1 mil and a 0.8, losing a handful of eyeballs and two tenths in the demo versus its last fresh outing, tying it series low. Grimm (4.6 mil/1.2) dipped 10 percent and a tenth.
CBS | Undercover Boss (8.2 mil/1.4) and Hawaii Five-0 (10.4 mil/1.4) each shed some eyeballs as well as a tenth in the demo, while Blue Bloods (12.6 mil/1.4) was steady.
FOX | Leading out of World’s Funniest Fails (3.3 mil/1.0), Glee (2 mil/0.7) dipped a bit in audience versus its final opener while steady in the demo.
THE CW | Hart of Dixie (1.2 mil/0.4) was steady versus its December opener. Masters of Illusion (1 mil/0.3) grew about 33 percent.
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