CBS's 'Blue Bloods' launches to 12.8m

CBS's new crime drama Blue Bloods premiered to high ratings on Friday night, early viewing figures show.

Starring Tom Selleck and Bridget Moynahan, the show attracted 12.01m in the 10pm hour, thrashing NBC's Outlaw, which only found 4.99m in its new slot.

Also premiering on CBS, CSI: NY topped the 9pm hour with 10.28m, and Medium logged 6.12m.

Meanwhile, Smallville and Supernatural returned with respective audiences of 2.9m and 2.79m for The CW.

NBC's two-hour Dateline interested 7.21m from 8pm, while a repeat of Human Target and the season premiere of The Good Guys fetched 3.11m and 2.91m.

Over on ABC, reruns of Modern Family and Better With You appealed to 4.17m and 3.07m, then The Whole Truth managed 2.91m, and 20/20 averaged 5.43m at 10pm.