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| Total Viewers (million) | 9.29 | 6.25 | 5.32 | 3.94 | 1.81 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-49 | 2.2/7 | 2.0/6 | 1.3/4 | 1.1/3 | 0.5/2 |
CBS easily won the night with a combination of Ghost Whisperer, a repeat of Numb3rs and a new episode of Numb3rs. Lipstick Jungle fared no better in the 9pm slot, and the return of Dateline went mostly unnoticed.
Full details:
| Time | Net | Show | Viewers (Millons) | 18-49 Rating/Share |
| 8:00 | CBS | Ghost Whisperer | 9.71 | 2.4/8 |
| ABC | How the Grinch Stole Christmas 8p-10p (R) | 6.17 | 2.1/7 | |
| FOX | Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader | 5.45 | 1.4/4 | |
| NBC | Greatest Holiday Moments | 4.44 | 1.03 | |
| CW | Grandma Got Run Over...(R) | 1.89 | 0.6/2 | |
| 9:00 | CBS | Numb3rs (R) | 8.45 | 1.9/6 |
| FOX | Don't Forget the Lyrics | 5.19 | 1.5/5 | |
| NBC | Lipstick Jungle | 3.58 | 1.1/3 | |
| CW | The Story of Santa Claus (R) | 1.73 | 0.5/2 | |
| 10:00 | CBS | Numb3rs | 9.72 | 2.4/7 |
| ABC | 20/20 | 6.42 | 1.8/6 | |
| NBC | Dateline | 3.80 | 1.1/3 |
Shows are sorted by viewers in each time slot.
Nielsen TV Ratings: ©2008 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved. Source Marc Berman/Mediaweek.
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GW dropped in the ratings a bit.
W00t, Ghost Whisperer FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It’s a MAN’S show! Unlike Football.
When can I find out how many viewers Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh got?
Running repeats last week really killed Ghost Whisperer’s momentum. Though I suppose some of the drop could be explained as longtime viewers finally tuning out now that the new status quo has been established.
LadiesMan, we get weekly cable show data on Tuesdays watch here:
http://tvbythenumbers.com/category/ratings/nielsen-top-cable-tv-show-ratings
Wow how many Christmas movies does ABC have in the storeroom?
Ben, ABC = Disney. I believe the answer to your question is “unlimited”.
Is it me or is it not worth noting that the CW numbers don’t entirely suck!
Tony, it’s you. While those aren’t the CW’s regular Friday shows, they are just about exactly their regular, dreadful Friday numbers.
NBC….. we make FOX look good!
I’m working on the idea that on any other night, the CW would take being within a quarter to a half of the 18-49 of the leader.
I MISS MOONLIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well all is well still in the world, it’s a Friday Ratings post and we got our first poster referring to MOONLIGHT!
I was getting worried for a second there that they had given up.
Yeah, Vampgirl, I miss Moonlight, too. Friday nights will NEVER be the same (at least until next month when SciFi runs the series again
Nick C cracks me up
ok wtf, zappy and greg r u adevertising??????
I like the ratings tables on this website and the cancel-renewal index.
NBC, really sucks on Fridays now, actually they suck all together. that’s what they get for canceling Las Vegas. That show was the only one that stood a chance against Numb3rs. It was also one of the stronger shows on Friday night. Because of the fact that Las Vegas barely got any promotions from NBC, the ratings for the show were nothing but exceptional. Right?
I “Zapp’d” Zappy & Gregg’s comments. While we love the Zap2it site a.) their reports are not up HOURS before ours, (quite often, by several minutes though) b.) I seriously doubt whoever that was is really from Zap2it and c.) yeah, pretty tables
zap2it’s reports suk and i wonder how dollhouse does on fridays and id laugh if tscc got better ratings on friday