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| Rating/Share: Adults 18-49 | 1.7/6 | 1.5/5 | 1.2/4 | 0.9/3 | 0.5/1 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 7.96 | 5.57 | 4.79 | 2.41 | 1.36 |
With CBS mostly in repeats, NBC ruled the night for a change with Dateline (focusing on Tiger Woods) the night's most-watched program on the broadcast networks. Law & Order was also strong and The Jay Leno Show's ratings were up versus a typical Friday, it was still not enough to lead it past ABC's 20/20.
Ahead of the move to Wednesdays at 10pm, Ugly Betty rose again with adults 18-49, from last week's 1.2 to a 1.4 rating and 4.8 million viewers overall, it's best on Friday since the season premiere.
Dollhouse was up a bit over last week, particularly in the 8pm hour where it pulled a 1.0 rating with adults 18-49 (versus last week's .8 rating for the 8pm episode). But how you gonna Lie To Me and be all up in my face about a treatment, I don't have time for no nerd convention. Did I fall asleep? Or something like that. Anyway, for the 9pm hour it was back down to a .8 rating with adults 18-49, but for the two hour block it averaged over 2.4 million viewers and a .9 with adults 18-49. Last week for the two hour block it averaged 2.05 million viewers and a .8 with adults 18-49.
Full details:
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating/Share | Viewers (Millons) |
| 8:00 | NBC | Law & Order | 1.7/6 | 8.77 |
| CBS | Yes, Virginia | 1.3/5 | 5.27 | |
| ABC | Supernanny | 1.3/5 | 4.63 | |
| FOX | Dollhouse | 1.0/3 | 2.72 | |
| CW | Smallville 8p-10p (R) | 0.5/1 | 1.36 | |
| 8:30 | CBS | The Big Bang Theory (Repeat) | 1.4/5 | 4.55 |
| 9:00 | NBC | Dateline NBC | 2.0/6 | 9.27 |
| ABC | Ugly Betty | 1.4/4 | 4.8 | |
| CBS | Medium (Repeat) | 1.1/3 | 4.08 | |
| FOX | Dollhouse | 0.8/2 | 2.09 | |
| 10:00 | ABC | 20/20 | 1.7/5 | 7.26 |
| NBC | The Jay Leno Show | 1.5/5 | 5.84 | |
| CBS | Numb3rs (Repeat) | 1.2/4 | 5.38 |
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Oh, my goodness! Yes, Ugly Betty’s ratings were up again. Hallelujah! Last week a 4.23 now it went up to 4.8! That’s a good improvement! I guess people really did want to know who was pregnant!
It also beat “Supernanny” it’s lead. Was this the first time this season it’s done that?
Total viewers do not really matter, except apparently to most of the people who read our site
But the demo gains are good, too, now up 75% since its “Black Friday” lows a few weeks ago. Still a dead show walking barring a miracle on Wednesday or ABC wanting more episodes for syndication regardless of the ratings.
Were there any major preemptions last night? (Do they even play pro football on Fridays?)
yey betty!
Hm, Well nobody can say they are happy with those DH ratings, but I would like to mention those two episodes that aired last night were quite good.
How did Law & Order fair last evening? What an excellent episode. Great to see Benjamin Bratt. Merkerson is outstanding with her story arc this season. So hopeful that the character survives and she’s back for season 21 *LOL*
Also, I read somewhere that NBC has ordered a full season of L&O (22 episodes – beyond the additional four that was announced a few weeks back). Does anyone know?
Tx
I think Law & Order should be on top of the chart at 8pm. right?
Law & Order keeps getting closer and closer to Season 21.
Post updated (and I’ll get the table resorted in a moment).
Holly, I saw no local preemptions that were a.) major or b.) would’ve impacted FOX at all. In Des Moines they got college b-ball instead of Ugly Betty.
Trevvy, I haven’t heard about a complete 22 episode order yet but I certainly wouldn’t be surprised if that was the case.
The only reason everything is up is because CBS was on repeats.
And what the fricks up with my picture? D:
In Washington State they aired “Big Daddy” instead of Ugly Betty. I was so mad.
i think you got the CBS and NBC pitures on the table mixed up
“and though a surprise appearance from Sarah Palin lifted The Jay Leno Show’s ratings versus a typical Friday”
This is incorrect. Palin appeared on The Tonight Show with Conan, not Jay’s show.
yikes. Thanks Ron, that was a pretty big error. I suppose since I don’t actually watch any of those shows, in my mind THE JAY LENO SHOW still IS the TONIGHT SHOW
Pretty glaring error though. Fixed!
Robert,
Betty got preempted in Seattle too. There they played the movie Big Daddy instead for whatever reason.
Yeah, KOMO in Seattle aired “Big Daddy.” West Coast pre-emptions are unsual.