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Friday Ratings: Ex List is No Moonlight

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.

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Friday Ratings: Debate Fails to Meet Expectations

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.

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Friday Ratings: CBS and ABC Split Lackluster Evening

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.

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Wednesday Ratings: America’s Got Talent Takes Win for NBC

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Friday Ratings: Game Shows Trump ABC

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.

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Wednesday Ratings: FOX Comedies Bring Network Down

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.

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Friday Ratings: Cancer Takes a Back Seat to 5th Graders

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.

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Friday Ratings: FOX on Top of Boring Night

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.

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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

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.

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  • * (5 million, 1.2/5 in 18-49) saw 200,000 spirits disappear.
  • * (4.1 million, 0.9/4) also slipped by 200,000.
  • (4 million, 1.2/5) got 200,000 more in the ring.
  • ’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 .

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