Friday Ratings: Ex List is No Moonlight
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Last Friday, number crunchers had their eyes on two events: the debut of The Ex List and the departure of Friday Night Smackdown. Unfortunately for CBS and CW, the news wasn’t good. Despite CBS’ win in both the demos and viewers, Moonlight started and ended better than Ex‘s premiere. Meanwhile, CW’s comedic lineup only did 1/2 as well as the network’s old wrestling staple.
8pm
- Ghost Whisperer (9.3 million. 2.4/6 in 18-49) rounded up 7% more than last year.
- Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (5.8 million, 1.3/5) added on 700,000.
- Wife Swap’s new time slot only drew in 3.8 million (1.3/5).
- America’s Toughest Jobs (3.4 million, 1.0/3) lost 1.2 million.
- Everybody Hates Chris (2.1 million, 0.8/3) and The Game (1.9 million, 0.8/3) were down over 2 million from last week’s Smackdown.
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Friday Ratings: Debate Fails to Meet Expectations
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Although there was high interest in Friday night’s debate, the numbers were lower than expected. The political event - still the most-watched program of the night - drew a smaller crowd than the Kerry/Bush meeting in 2004.
8pm
- A repeat of The Mentalist* (7.8 million, 1.9/6 in 18-49) topped the first-run programs in its hour.
- 20/20 (6.6 million, 1.7/6) picked up 900,000 since last week.
- Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (5.1 million, 1.4/5) slipped by 800,000.
- America’s Toughest Jobs (4.6 million, 1.3/5) added on 1.3 million.
- Friday Night Smackdown (4.2 million, 1.4/5) was down 200,000.
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Friday Ratings: CBS and ABC Split Lackluster Evening
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This past Friday, the networks didn’t give the viewers much to choose from. (That will, thankfully, change in just a few short weeks.) The tight race ended with an ABC win in the demos and a CBS victory with the viewers.
8pm
- Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (5.9 million, 1.3/5 in 18-49) plummeted by 1 million.
- America’s Funniest Home Videos* (1.5/6) averaged 5.5 million over two hours.
- Ghost Whisperer* (5.3 million, 1.4/5) shed 400,000.
- Friday Night Smackdown (4.4 million, 1.4/5) was up by 200,000.
- America’s Toughest Jobs (3.3 million, 1.1/4) did about the same as last week.
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Wednesday Ratings: America’s Got Talent Takes Win for NBC
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8pm
- America’s Got Talent (12 million, 3.1/9 in 18-49) picked up another 500,000.
- Bones (9.7 million, 3.2/10) unearthed 800,000 more.
- The New Adventures of Old Christine* (1.3/4) averaged 4.6 million over the hour.
- America’s Next Top Model (4.2 million, 2.1/6) added on 400,000 more.
- Wife Swap* (3.8 million, 1.3/4) slipped by 200,000.
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Friday Ratings: Game Shows Trump ABC
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Without a doubt, Charlie Gibson’s exclusive interview with Sarah Palin was the most-watched event on Friday night. Unfortunately, the ALMA Awards wasn’t. That ratings combination allowed FOX to take a win in both categories this weekend.
8pm
- Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (6.9 million, 1.8/6 in 18-49) slipped by 700,000.
- Ghost Whisperer* (1.5/5) scared up 5.7 million.
- Friday Night Smackdown (4.2 million, 1.3/4) let 500,000 get away.
- The 2008 ALMA Awards (1.0/3) turned in 3.8 million.
- America’s Toughest Jobs (1.1/4) looked weak with 3.4 million.
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Wednesday Ratings: FOX Comedies Bring Network Down
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Despite great numbers for last week’s debut of Bones‘ debut last week, FOX saw a decline for Week 2. (Poor performances from the network’s comedies didn’t help.) This allowed NBC to take back both the viewers and the demos yesterday.
8pm
- America’s Got Talent (11.5 million, 2.9/8 in 18-49) grew by 1.3 million.
- Bones (8.9 million, 2.9/9) slipped by 800,000.
- Greatest American Dog (5.5 million, 1.7/5) retrieved 600,000 more.
- Wife Swap* (4 million, 1.4/4) tacked on another 300,000.
- America’s Next Top Model (3.8 million, 2.0/6) improved by 300,000.
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Friday Ratings: Cancer Takes a Back Seat to 5th Graders
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Despite being a star-studded, newsworthy event, the Stand Up 2 Cancer special wound up falling behind an episode of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?. Thanks to split coverage between ABC, NBC and CBS, FOX was easily Friday night’s winner in both categories.
8pm
- The debut of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (2.0/7 in 18-49) scored 7.6 million.
- Friday Night Smackdown (4.7 million, 1.4/5) grew by 1 million.
- ABC’s coverage of the cancer special (0.9/3) pulled in 3.8 million.
- The Stand Up 2 Cancer event raked in 3.3 million (0.8/3) for NBC.
- CBS’ fundraising hour (0.7/3) registered 3.2 million.
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Friday Ratings: FOX on Top of Boring Night
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Although it was a close race, FOX managed to pass CBS with the viewers on Friday. The Eye network, though, did tie FOX and CW in the demos.
8pm
- Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?* (1.3/5 in 18-49) schooled 5.3 million over two hours.
- Ghost Whisperer* (1.4/5) had 5.2 million following along.
- Friday Night Smackdown (1.3/5) pinned down 3.7 million.
- America’s Toughest Jobs* (1.0/4) worked 3.5 million.
- ABC’s airing of How to Win a Date with Tad Hamilton (1.0/3) attracted 3.2 million.
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Fall 2008 Television Programming Schedule
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With the writers’ strike officially over, it’s now time for us to start anew. Let’s try to forget the repeats we’ve had to endure and focus on something else: the new Fall TV schedule!
There are many questions we all need to get answered. When will your favorite shows start? What days are they now on? Which DVR programming ‘conflicts’ will you have to resolve? Will you need to buy another television???
Hopefully our detailed guide can assist you in the weeks to come. We have compiled information from the five major networks and included the days, times and premiere dates for this season’s programs.
(NOTE: This schedule has been updated as of October 9. Don’t be surprised to see changes in the weeks to come.)
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Friday Ratings: Close Call Between CBS and NBC
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Friday night’s contest came down to the activity in the 9:00 hour. When the dust settled, CBS barely passed NBC in the viewers (5.09 million to 5.06 million) while tying both NBC and CW in the demos.
8pm
- Ghost Whisperer* (5 million, 1.2/5 in 18-49) saw 200,000 spirits disappear.
- Most Outrageous Moments* (4.1 million, 0.9/4) also slipped by 200,000.
- Friday Night Smackdown (4 million, 1.2/5) got 200,000 more in the ring.
- ABC’s airing of Lemony Snicket (1.1/4) entertained 3.5 million.
- Approximately 2.6 million were sucked into The Fog (0.9/3) on FOX.
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