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| Total Viewers (million) | 10.20 | 5.18 | 4.68 | 4.13 | 1.88 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-49 | 2.2/7 | 1.6/5 | 1.5/5 | 1.4/4 | 0.7/2 |
Update: We used Marc Berman's numbers (he was first) but other sites, including James Hibberd are reporting different numbers than what Berman provided. From James Hibberd:
"Wasn't planning to post yet another story on Fox's "Terminator" and "Dollhouse" ratings, but I figure an item is only fair given what happened last night. For the first time, both shows went up.
"Terminator" (3.5 million, 1.2/4) went up 20% for last night's "Today is the Day Part 1? (which at these viewing levels translates to a couple tenths). "Dollhouse" (4.3 million, 1.6/5) went up one tenth - 7%. "
I have changed the numbers in the table to reflect Hibberd's accounting for Dollhouse and TSCC.
As usual CBS won Friday night led by Ghost Whisperer, but Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles bounced higher from last week and Dollhouse was up in total viewers versus last week though flat in terms and up 1/10th of a point in 18-49 viewers. What's any of that mean? Probably not much really, but it should keep the internets buzzing for at least another week.
Flashpoint failed to deliver a 2.0 at 9pm, and Numb3rs just made the 2.0 threshold. Even though Numb3rs had almost identical total viewing last week it was down ~13% among 18-49 year olds.
The news magazines 20/20 and Dateline must not have been that interesting last night.
Previous Friday overnight reports are available for comparison
Full details:
| Time | Net | Show | Viewers (Millons) | 18-49 Rating/Share |
| 8:00 | CBS | Ghost Whisperer | 11.1 | 2.6/9 |
| ABC | Wife Swap | 4.5 | 1.4/5 | |
| NBC | Howie Do It | 4.3 | 1.3/5 | |
| FOX | Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles | 3.5 | 1.2/4 | |
| CW | Everybody Hates Chris | 1.8 | 0.7/2 | |
| 8:30 | CW | The Game | 2.07 | 0.8/3 |
| 9:00 | CBS | Flashpoint | 9.4 | 1.9/6 |
| ABC | Supernanny | 5.6 | 1.7/5 | |
| NBC | Friday Night Lights | 4.4 | 1.5/5 | |
| FOX | Dollhouse | 4.3 | 1.6/5 | |
| CW | America's Next Top Model (R) | 1.9 | 0.7/2 | |
| 10:00 | CBS | Numb3rs | 10.1 | 2.0/6 |
| ABC | 20/20 | 5.2 | 1.6/5 | |
| NBC | Dateline | 4.7 | 1.5/5 |
Shows are sorted by viewers in each time slot.
Nielsen TV Ratings: ©2009 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved. Source Marc Berman/Mediaweek.
Definitions:
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Time Shifted Viewing – Program ratings for national sources are produced in three streams of data – Live, Live+Same Day (Live+SD) and Live+7 Day. Time shifted figures account for incremental viewing that takes place with DVRs which are currently in approximately 24.4% of all U.S. TV households. Live+Same Day (Live+SD) include viewing during the same broadcast day as the original telecast, with a cut-off of 3:00AM local time when meters transmit daily viewing to Nielsen for processing. Live+7 Day ratings include incremental viewing that takes place during the 7 days following a telecast.
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I was really hoping Dollhouse would fall to 1.3 just to see how Nick C. spins it as still renewable.
Me too!
Hell yeah! Great for Ghost Whisperer. That episode was AMAZING!!!
nbc bounced up in the demo. still, when i look at them and abc, i just cant help but thinking, mediocre, mediocre, mediocre. all three hours are just blah. neither net is trying. at least you could argue fox tried.
If there’s such a thing as a Friday night hit, Ghost Whisperer is it. I’m surprised none of the posters has said, Move GW to Wed night, scuttle the would be comedy block and make Wed nite on CBS ” Weird Must-See Seance TV!!! “
Wow ! FNL did amazing this week ! Is it a season high ?
Also glad for Dollhouse and TSCC.
“Hell yeah! Great for Ghost Whisperer. That episode was AMAZING!!!”
I’m still not feeling the “Jim/Sam” story arc…
I really wish they would somehow undo what they did this season but I have to admit the writers got exactly what they wanted; higher ratings and tons of attention for the show.
So ultimately they probably think they did the right thing regardless of what the fans say.
That’s good numbers for Ghost Whisperer. Ghost Whisperer would have had higher numbers if it was not pre-empted in some places.
The next Ghost Whisperer episode 4.19 “Thrilled To Death” will definetly have high numbers due to Hilary Duff being on it.
I, too am looking forward to seeing how Nick C spins Dollhouse’s results this week. Should be good for a laugh. I’m guessing he references “insider information” at least 3 times, with a possibility of 5.
Majarvis, Holding steady at a 1.5 is easy to spin, especially since he already defended it at a 1.5 last week. It didn’t fall any more and since it’s supposed actually be watchable starting next week, it could (theoretically) grow.
I’m also looking forward to Richard Stephen Hack’s daily TSCC bashing about how horrible it was last night and that everyone is stupid for watching it.
wow sarah connor was up nearly a mil and up .4 in the demos. pity dollhouse didnt have such a rise it may have had a rise in viewers but its demos were the same
Dave, you know that your expectations for FNL are low when you describe an 18-49 demo rating of 1.5 as “amazing”.
TSCC jumped a million viewers from last week! No, I won’t get too excited, okay (at least not on here), but do you guys think the jump may have been due, as some suspected, to the Watchmen premiere (y’know, since it’s kind of the same audience)?
FOX still came in 4th for the night which is not an improvement from the gameshows.
Hi Robert have you the Half hour numbers for TSCC?
For the second friday the 13th the numbers seemed higher for Terminator and Dollhouse. But both shows are still gonna be axed.
watch out friday shows Hilary Duff is invading Ghost Whisperer and she ganna rock the ratings
I am wondering, what are the chances of everything (TSCC, FNL & Dollhouse) being up in viewers not holding up in finals, because some local markets got basketball instead? Or was that really minor occurence?
Dan, no, Dollhouse had higher ratings last Friday the 13th. It was 4.72 in viewers and 2.0 in the demo. (And TSCC was 1.4 in the demo, though it did go up very slightly in viewers.)