Ratings: Bruce Jenner Interview Draws Nearly 17 Million Viewers to ABC

Matt Webb Mitovich
Ratings: Bruce Jenner Interview Draws Nearly 17 Million Viewers to ABC
Ratings: Bruce Jenner Interview Draws Nearly 17 Million Viewers to ABC

ABC’s special two-hour 20/20 broadcast, Bruce Jenner: The Interview, delivered (and hopefully enlightened the better part of) 16.9 million total viewers while scoring a 5.2 demo rating on Friday night.

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That’s an increase of 300 percent and more than 400 percent versus the newsmagazine’s week-ago broadcast, delivering its best Friday numbers in more than 15 years (a March 2000 interview with John and Patsy Ramsey).

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Opening ABC’s night, Shark Tank settled into its new time slot with 7.8 mil and a 1.7, up 20 and 13 percent week-to-week.

Elsewhere….

NBC | Grimm (4.7 mil/1.0) added a few eyeballs while steady in the demo.

CBS | Amazing Race (6 mil/1.1) and Hawaii Five-0 (8.3 mil/1.1) each added some viewers while steady in the demo; Blue Bloods (9.8 mil/1.0) slipped 5 percent and two tenths to season lows.

THE CW | Pending adjustment due to MLB preemptions in New York, Hartford and Chicago, Cedric’s Barber Battle (1.4 mil/0.4) rose from its premiere, Whose Line (1.3 mil/0.4) was flat and The Messengers (1.2 mil/0.4) ticked up a tenth.

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