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| Rating/Share: Adults 18-49 | 1.8/6 | 1.7/6 | 1.4/5 | 1.4/5 | 0.6/2 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 8.24 | 7.75 | 4.87 | 3.63 | 1.59 |
Details to come, but as usual, CBS won Friday night, though this was another Friday where no show made it to a 2.0 rating with adults 18-49. The season, and likely series finale of Numb3rs was the night's most-watched program with 8.7 million viewers. It's 1.8 rating with adults 18-49 won the hour, and trailed only Ghost Whisper's 1.9 rating for adults 18-49 for the night. Ghost Whisperer had 7.84 million viewers. Medium also had a 1.8 rating with the 18-49 crowd and 8.15 million viewers overall.
Miami Medical premieres at 10pm on CBS on April 2. For the next two weeks March Madness will take over Friday with the NCAA men's college basketball tournament.
With a 1.8 adults 18-49 rating and 7.15 million viewers, Who Do You Think You Are? is performing nicely for NBC, especially for a Friday night.
Details (will be updated later)
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating/Shr | Viewers (Millons) |
| 8:00 | CBS | Ghost Whisperer | 1.9/7 | 7.84 |
| NBC | Who Do You Think You Are | 1.8/6 | 7.15 | |
| ABC | Supernnany | 1.4/5 | 4.86 | |
| FOX | House (R) | 1.0/3 | 3.10 | |
| CW | America's Next Top Model (R) 8p-9:30p | 0.7/2 | 1.76 | |
| 9:00 | CBS | Medium | 1.8/6 | 8.15 |
| NBC | Dateline | 1.7/5 | 7.80 | |
| FOX | Kitchen Nightmares | 1.7/6 | 4.16 | |
| ABC | Supernnany | 1.2/4 | 4.17 | |
| CW | High Society (R) | 0.4/1 | 1.07 | |
| 10:00 | CBS | Numb3rs | 1.8/6 | 8.74 |
| NBC | Dateline | 1.8/6 | 8.29 | |
| ABC | 20/20 | 1.7/5 | 5.58 |
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Ratings data via Marc Berman's PI forums.
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Oh, sux for GW! I knew it… of course, the “SAVE THE SHOW” petition formula – amazing episodes + americans don't watch, cause they aren't fit enough to reach the remote control = americans hate the network, when they are the responsible ones. Hate me as much as you want, I don't care.
If Who…. continues to get those numbers, NBC has one less hour to worry about for next season.
They should move Ghost Whisperer to The CW and pair it with Vampire Diaries and Supernatural. Then they should make The CW start their news at 11:35. Have Conan at 11. And add numbers to their line-up, plus other shows.
NBC is doing better mid-season with their new shows than they were doing in the fall with them. I didn't expect WDYTYA to get above a 1.2 demo wise.
ghost whisperer even with low overall viewers has better demos for a Friday, which is still surprising 5yrs down the line.
Wow, that's a lot of wishful thinking
What is?
CBS should cancel TBBT and NCIS while they're at it.
Okay….the idea of Conan at the CW is laughable. He mostly pulls in a male crowd, which would be at odds with any ex at the CW whom they only see the 18-34 female demo as important.
Although GW moving to the CW is not laughable, it works well.
Who Do You Think You Are is a good format and I'm glad to see it doing relatively well. My only concern with the show going forward is whether it can produce a full 20+ episode season or whether this is something NBC might be better off keeping as a reduced run. Whilst I don't think they gel especially well a timeshare with The Marriage Ref next season on Friday might be something for NBC to look at given that I don't know how The Marriage Ref can produce a full 20+ episode season with a semi-decent line-up every week, especially if the numbers aren't great and its hard to believe they will be.
They should move Ghost Whisperer to The CW and pair it with Vampire Diaries and Supernatural. Then they should make The CW start their news at 11:35. Have Conan at 11. And add numbers to their line-up, plus other shows.
1)Ghost Whisperer isn't leaving CBS just yet.
2)The CW can't seem to be able to program 10 hours of content and you want them to add 7 1/2 more?
3) Do you honestly think The CW would want or could afford Conan?
So I'd say all that qualifies as a lot of wishful thinking if you ask me!
Hilarious, unlikely (but true) NBC press release: NBC up day to day in viewers while everyone else plummets nearly 50%!
It is pretty weird that their viewers would go up Thursday to Friday. I know they don't count, but maybe it wasn't such a great idea to renew ALL of the Thursday comedies especially when you add on how low the demos are.
post updated w/all show info. WDYTYA actually 1/10th higher than I initially had it and Kitchen Nightmares solid for FOX (relative to Dollhouse/TSCC anyway).
Well, I think Conan would improve the vewership at The CW. Anyway, they did say they are trying to get out of the women demo.
Well, the Numb3rs final was great. I liked the end.
It was clearly meant as a Series final, but inside of me I still hope for a Season 7.
I know, I know, wishfull thinking. It keeps winning the Friday nights though.
1) Well, not yet, but when/if it does, CBS owns The CW aloonside of WB, so why not add GW to its lineup?
2)Have 2 hours of ANTM, add another reality show, Add some better quality shows, keep their top rated ones, add conan, then you eliminate some of that 7 hours.
3)Nope, not at all.
Why does it say GW had 7.85 million viewers AND 8.12?
There must be monkeys run ABC because there ratings suck and they keep the same S**T on there air.
On a CW note can we all just take a moment to notice that the High Society repeat did pretty much the same demo as the original airing.
Not a press release, but here are NBC's ratings notes for the night:
• At 8 p.m. ET, “Who Do You Think You Are?” (1.8/6 in 18-49, 7.2 million viewers overall) is up in its second week by 13 percent in 18-49 (1.8 vs. 1.6) and 4 percent in total viewers (7.153 million vs. 6.909 million), pending updates. This is NBC's highest 18-49 rating in the time period with non-sports programming since January 15, 2009. “Who Do You Think You Are?” finished within a tenth of a rating point of first place for the hour in adults 18-49 and is currently tied for #1 among the major networks in adults, men and women 18-34.
• “Who Do You Think You Are?” improved on NBC's average in this time period during the traditional 2008-09 season by 50% in 18-49 (1.8 vs. 1.2) and 60% in total viewers (7.153 million vs. 4.471 million).
• From 9-11 p.m. ET, “Dateline NBC” (1.7/5 in adults 18-49, 8.0 million viewers overall) matched the show's highest Friday 18-49 rating since January 8. “Dateline” is currently tied for #1 in the slot in women 18-49 and is #2 in adults 25-54 and total viewers. “Dateline” improved on NBC's average in this time period during the traditional 2008-09 season by 21% in 18-49 (1.7 vs. 1.4) and 61% in total viewers (8.049 million vs. 4.992 million).
• For its second hour from 10-11 p.m., “Dateline NBC” tied for #1 in adults 18-49 and adults 25-54 and was #1 outright in women 25-54. “Dateline” out-rated ABC's 20/20 in adults 18-49, adults 25-54 and total viewers.
• For the 10:30 lead-in to local news, “Dateline NBC” was #1 in the key news demo of adults 25-54 (2.7 vs. 2.6 for CBS's “Numb3rs”). “Dateline” was also tied for #1 in the half-hour in adults 18-49.