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| Rating/Share: Adults 18-49 | 1.4/4 | 1.2/4 | 1.1/4 | 1.1/4 | 0.5/1 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 4.79 | 5.31 | 4.37 | 3.74 | 1.21 |
On a night filled with repeats and old movies, ABC ran an all original lineup and still could manage no better than a tie for third place with adults 18-49. 20/20 was the night's top program in viewers (6.2 million) and adults 18-49 (1.6/5).
FOX actually won the night with adults 18-49 with the movie Ice Age Two: Meltdown, which won the 9pm hour outright. While it was a new episode of Ugly Betty last night, it still came in fourth place at 9pm. Sure, it did about as well as Supernanny, but it did worse than a repeat of The Jay Leno Show.
Even with a lineup of all repeats CBS had the most viewers for the night, and came in second with adults 18-49.
Full details:
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating/Share | Viewers (Millons) |
| 8:00 | CBS | Ghost Whisperer (R) | 1.3/4 | 5.63 |
| FOX | Movie: Ice Age Two: The Meltdown | 1.3/4 | 4.39 | |
| NBC | Movie: The 40 Year Old Virgin (R) | 1.2/4 | 3.90 | |
| ABC | Supernanny | 0.9/3 | 3.48 | |
| CW | Smallville (R) | 0.6/2 | 1.58 | |
| 9:00 | FOX | Movie: Ice Age Two: The Meltdown | 1.5/5 | 5.19 |
| NBC | Movie: The 40 Year Old Virgin (R) | 1.3/4 | 3.86 | |
| CBS | Medium (R) | 1.2/4 | 5.11 | |
| ABC | Ugly Betty | 0.9/3 | 3.39 | |
| CW | America's Next Top Model (R) | 0.4/1 | 0.84 | |
| 10:00 | ABC | 20/20 | 1.6/5 | 6.25 |
| CBS | Numb3rs (R) | 1.1/3 | 5.19 | |
| NBC | The Jay Leno Show (R) | 1.0/3 | 3.48 |
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Stick a fork in Ugly Betty – she’s flatter than a foundered flounder…
…Jay beat Betty, eight to the bar
…and no one did well last night – with 20/20 doing Twilight last night, it being top was no real surprise…
…I wonder how Dollhouse would have done
I would expect a “hiatus” announcement for UB any day now.
Dollhouse would have done worse than Ice Age 2. The good news for the show’s fans is Dollhouse returns next week.
Yowtch! ABC fall down, go plop!
Ouch UB is becoming ABC’s Dollhouse. I know it was a holiday weekend but still. Those are really bad numbers.
betty hold on!!!!
…omg – I was first?!
Anyone watching the Bearcat – Illini game on ABC yesterday afternoon got a very entertaining game. I presume next week sometime for the ratings for that, Bill and Robert?
Someone said that their teenage daughter was at the theatre watching New Moon last weekend, and got bit on the neck by an older man – no wonder 20/20 did the vampire story yesterday…
…too bad John Stossel is not there any more – I would have paid $5 to see him do that story
Maybe Joss needs to incorporate Scrat into a Dollhouse episode – hint at a bit of bestiality, animal sacrifice, anything to get a 2.0 demo before JBF goes into mourning, so he can enjoy the wake
17 percent watching the broadcast nets last night – if I recall, not a terrible Friday night based on current trends…
…Bill, Robert, is there any way that you can post a tracking chart based on just that number – and do you have historical data conveniently at hand for this?
Maybe Betty was bad due to Thanksgiving…
Hopefully next week it’ll rise and ABC will air it Wednesdays at 10 in the spring.
Please!!!!
To be fair, though – I know some parts of the East Coast couldn’t even watch Ugly Betty because it was totally pre-empted. (Some people complained that they only saw an infomercial during the hour that UB was supposed to air.) So, do they factor this into the ratings at all? Because out of fairness, I think we should take that into consideration as to why UB did so poorly.
Granted, it was a Holiday weekend – but a 0.9 for a fresh episode is just BAD. I guess the chances of this show even being moved to Wednesday (let alone get a NEW season) are practically nil.
That was a really good episode of UB last night! Its a shame no one watched it.
Jason makes a good point. Do they figure in that Ugly Betty was pre-empted in some parts of the country? Because I couldn’t even see it!
You guys, it doesn’t matter that Ugly Betty was preempted in parts of the country. With or without a 0.9 on Thanksgiving weekend, Betty is dead. (Sorry to whoever is upset that it constantly needs to be pointed out, but as evidenced here, a lot of fans don’t seem to realize that yet!)
Jason, other than sports I don’t see ABC preempting UB especially for an infomercial. But to answer your question, these ratings are the fast overnights taking from what the numbers were for that hour on the network no matter what each affiliate was showing. Anything that was aired that preempted UB will get stripped out of the final numbers.
Oh, I see. Thanks for the explanation, Tommy. LOL, no, I’m not a fan who’s terribly sad about Ugly Betty’s demise. But I thought I would be fair for once and mention what I found out from other places. (Believe me, some people actually saw an infomercial.)
Thanks for saying it this time Julia, you’ll get all the heat for it this week
Theoacme: there is no way for us to easily compile that data.
As for any Ugly Betty pre-emptions, I’m not sure where it was pre-empted, but the way these overnight numbers work, whatever aired instead *is* counted in the numbers below, so it’s hard to blame THESE numbers on other stuff airing. If it drops to a .7 in the finals, you can then blame some of the difference between the .9 and the .7 on the pre-emptions, but there’s absolutely no way to look at the numbers other than that they are bad, regardless of the circumstances.
I taped UB and havent watched it yet but I find it a shame that ABC has tossed this show into the trash heap. UB is one of the Most Original and Freshest Shows to come on tv in years. It just puzzles me the treatment that ABC has given it. its almost as if ABC wants the show to die.
I wish ABC would just cancel the show and another network pick it up and it flourishes from there, that would be sweet justice(and yes , I know I am dreaming)
JG – I expect hiatus announcements for NBC, the CW, FOX Fridays, CBS Sundays, and ABC Saturdays after football, to be quietly announced in positively spun press releases within the next few weeks…
…as well as the hiatus of Nikki Finke
UB isn’t quite Dollhouse – it did have decent ratings once, and is still quite entertaining (particularly the snarky fashion reporter they use as a plot moving device – can you use his pic to headline another UB disaster week, guys?)…
…but I hear Celine Dion singing “Our Love Will Go On (To Starbucks For A Grossly Overpriced And Undersized Cup Of Highly Pretentious Coffee)” now, along with a shower of freshly shaved ice and some “glug-glug’s”, for UB now.
And what did Jay repeat? Maybe he should do a “Best-of” clip show on nights when he’s off?
OMG – ANTM doing ion audience levels? Maybe ion could buy the CW – I hear that the reserve price is just $6 million
Yeah i agree Ugly Betty was preemted over here in the DC/Maryland/VA area for a movie and also other parts of the East Coast i know they are showing it on Sunday @ 3pm in maryland do they take that into account. I know that this is deff. UB’s last season i just hope they get a full ride and dont get cup ala Eastwick