CBS surpassed ABC as Friday's #1 network in adults 18-49 and adults 25-54 while remaining first in viewers, according to live + 3-day ratings for Oct. 2.

With Friday live + 3-day ratings, CBS added +2.54m viewers (11.42m from 8.88m, +29%), +0.9 in adults 25-54 (2.7 from 1.8, +50%) and +0.7 in adults 18-49 (1.9 from 1.2, +58%), moving ahead of ABC as the top network of the night in both adults 25-54 and adults 18-49.

BLUE BLOODS posted the night's top lift in both viewers (+3.29m, 14.70m from 11.41m, +29%) and adults 18-49 (+0.7, 2.0 from 1.3, +54%) and added +0.8 in adults 25-54 (2.9 from 2.1, +38%).  BLUE BLOODS remained the night's top program in viewers, moved ahead of "Shark Tank" as the top program in adults 25-54 and cut the competitive gap with "Shark Tank" in half among adults 18-49 (-0.2 from -0.4). 

BLUE BLOODS posted its largest live +3-day audience since Feb. 13, 2015.

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