Ratings News - 29th October 2011 *Full Tables Added*

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The final season of NBC’s Chuck and new drama Grimm had to premiere up against Game 7 of the World Series on Friday night. Here’s how they did:

– Chuck‘s fifth season returned to 3.4 million viewers and a 1.0 in the adults 18-49 rating, down to an all-time low.

– Grimm, however, opened quite well, all things considered. The supernatural drama delivered 6.5 million viewers and a 2.1 in the demo. That’s building 110 percent upon its lead in. Grimm ranked as Friday’s highest-rated non-sports show. The drama also built slightly from 8 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

NBC was aided by CBS going into repeats to avoid the smash-up. So did Fox (while releasing this video to appease Fringe fans).

Given the situation, both performances deserve to be graded on a big curve (ball). And the issue isn’t “did NBC do poorly in the ratings” anyway, but whether these shows are going to be able to perform well in the weeks to come if viewers miss these launch episodes since they were watching the Big Game. As the new kid on the block, Grimm in particular has a lot on the line (Chuck fans, one suspects, will find the show). For once, DVR is the network’s friend

Source: EW