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| Total Viewers (million) | 10.78 | 6.01 | 4.84 | 4.68 | 1.34 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-49 | 2.6/8 | 1.5/5 | 1.5/5 | 1.6/5 | 0.6/2 |
Bob Dylan was right — you don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows. And you probably didn’t need these numbers to know which way the Friday night ratings blew, but here they are anyway.
CBS wins again. Flashpoint was again solid in the middle of CBS’ lineup with 10.21 million viewers, but trailed both Ghost Whisperer, the night’s most watched program,with 11.27 million and a 2.8 rating among 18-49 year olds and Numb3rs with 10.86 million.
Full details:
| Time | Net | Show | Viewers (Millons) | 18-49 Rating/Share |
| 8:00 | CBS | Ghost Whisperer | 11.27 | 2.8/9 |
| FOX | Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader | 6.04 | 1.3/4 | |
| NBC | Howie Do It | 5.54 | 1.6/6 | |
| ABC | Wife Swap (R) | 3.89 | 1.4/4 | |
| CW | Everybody Hates Chris | 1.64 | 0.6/2 | |
| 8:30 | CW | The Game | 1.61 | 0.7/2 |
| 9:00 | CBS | Flashpoint | 10.21 | 2.4/7 |
| FOX | Don’t Forget the Lyrics | 5.99 | 1.7/5 | |
| ABC | Supernanny | 4.57 | 1.6/5 | |
| NBC | Friday Night Lights | 3.96 | 1.4/4 | |
| CW | 13: Fear is Real | 1.06 | 0.6/2 | |
| 10:00 | CBS | Numb3rs | 10.86 | 2.7/8 |
| ABC | 20/20 | 5.57 | 1.7/5 | |
| NBC | Dateline | 5.03 | 1.6/5 |
Shows are sorted by viewers in each time slot.
Nielsen TV Ratings: ©2009 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved. Source Marc Berman/Mediaweek.
Definitions:
Fast Affiliate Ratings: These first national ratings, including demographics, are available at approximately 11 AM (ET) the day after telecast, and are released to subscribing customers daily. These data, from the National People Meter sample, are strictly time-period information, based on the normal broadcast network feed, and include all programming on the affiliated stations, sometimes including network programming, sometimes not. The figures may include stations that did not air the entire network feed, as well as local news breaks or cutaways for local coverage or other programming. Fast Affiliate ratings are not as useful for live programs and are likely to differ significantly from the final results, because the data reflect normal broadcast feed patterns. For example, with a World Series game, Fast Affiliate Ratings would include whatever aired from 8-11PM on affiliates in the Pacific Time Zone, following the live football game, but not game coverage that begins at 5PM PT. The same would be true of Presidential debates as well as live award shows and breaking news reports.
Rating: Estimated percentage of the universe of TV households (or other specified group) tuned to a program in the average minute. Ratings are expressed as a percent.
Share (of Audience): The percent of households (or persons) using television who are tuned to a specific program, station or network in a specific area at a specific time. (See also, Rating, which represents tuning or viewing as a percent of the entire population being measured.)
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 think Supernanny was a repeat too.
Supernanny was new.
I think you’re right, it was an episode from the UK so I thought it was an old episode.
Poor Friday Night Lights. I hope the ratings are getting better because i want a season 4!!
I watched Battlestar Galactica on Space at 10 last night, but I recorded Numb3rs. ;D
Robert, I think the average you posted for the CW is wrong. I did the math and here’s what I got:
CW
EHC + TG + 13: FiR
1.64 + 1.61 + 1.06 = 4.28
4.28 / 3 = 1.43 million
Jole, it doesn’t work that way. You have to first average EHC and TG together, to get that hour’s average (1.625) and then average that with the 9pm hour. So it’s 1.34.
We have a houseful of Ghost Whisperer Fans! Love that show! But Melinda needs to wake up from her nightmare of her husbands death.
To Julia: Oh! Okay, so that’s how they do it… Thanks for clearing that up.
As I have seen FNL Season 3 on DirecTV, I watched “Don’t Forget the Lyrics” to catch a glimpse of Rick Springfield. Still gorgeous after all these years, he is! He was a little self-deprecating and fun too, asking the contestant for a cut of her winnings if he helped her out a little
Versus last week, DFTL has a slight bump in the ratings. Maybe I’m not the only one who wanted to see Rick Springfield?
Howie Do It Did worse than last week, about the same as Deal Or No deal know.
That was an awesome episode of Numb3rs. Hopefully CBS is sufficiently happy with the ratings to keep it afloat for a while.
Howie Do It has worse numbers than 5th Grader? Is it safe to say that this show is toast?
Any WWE Smackdown ratings on MYTV Network?
Is this not like the constant hihgest rated season of GW? Every episode is in 10-11 million! It seems after Jims death the viewers hung around, from season 2/3’s 8 Million average to this is pretty good. CBS must be happy.
Dylan, we don’t see MyNet ratings on an overnight basis, but they are available in the weekly ratings next Tuesday.
Hey does anyone know where I can find out how a cable show did? I’d like to know how Moonlight did in it’s SciFi channel premiere last night. Just curious. Thanks!
Barb, we don’t get overnight ratings for cable shows, but we should know by Tuesday and will report them in the weekly cable numbers.
Is it safe to say that Everybody Hates Chris won’t be back for another season? I’m a fan of the show, but judging by the ratings I don’t think it will.
Poor FNL, the future doesn’t look bright.
Thanks so much for the quick reply Robert!
If it should go away, fans can’t say that FNL wasn’t given a chance. I remember the nailbiter for the pick up for season 2. There were programs, on NBC mind you, that had better (demo) ratings that were axed in favor of keeping FNL. Then to have DirectTV save it from death for season 3! All I can say is enjoy it until the critics are not so much in love.
I could never understand the fascination with FNL. Yet another teen drama, and quite predictable at that. And I guess most people feel the same, because that boat is sinking and fast (as it should). I hope NBC wise up and won’t bring it back for another run of failure.
I’m delighted to see Flashpoint doing so well. It was a total waste as a summer show, since it’s a perfect fit for the regular season, and not just for Fridays.
Andrew, I agree with you – the turn GW has made is down a one way street to cancellation…love the show before they killed off hubby….not good at all!
The only thing FNL has in common with all the other teen dramas out there is that they all have commercial breaks..Not every show is about being predictable or not.FNL presents top quality acting and i think it should be judged by this.Failing to draw a large number of viewers doesn’t make this show a failure.
Shows that are loved by the critics but ignored by the veiwers are usually given 3 seasons before its canned for good.
If FNL has any problems it’s a fictional sports drama in a world where nowdays you can read/watch real life local sports drama just by reading/watching your hometown news. When was the last time a sports drama did well ratings wise?
I just wanted to say that ratings should not be the only measure of the quality of a show. Low ratings usually (if not always) translate into failure for networks but that’s not always the case for the viewers. I think that the few people who watch FNL classify the show as one of the best dramas currently on tv.
I love the twist on Ghost Whisperer. I think it’s become a more well rounded show since it happened.
Jayson, explain to me how it’s made the show well rounded. It has pushed it over the top in my opinion.
Omi: Unless they’re into pain, I doubt any of the few people who watch FNL would classify it as one of the worst shows on TV.
I must admit that killing Jim on GW had me all ready to quit the show but it surprised me the way they are handling it. I’m loving watching what’s going on with this whole storyline and judging by the ratings..so are alot of people, it will be interesting to see where it goes.. and David Conrad is getting alot more screen time than in past seasons, maybe it’s all his fans that are pushing the ratings up..whatever they are doing it’s working. the show is great!
NOOOO! i watch Ghost Whispere UK pace and Jim hasnt died yet!! iv been on here for 6 months and know one has said any spoilers about any show before! oh well my fault! Im not sure whats going to happen with GW, some people on here think its a good thing, some people dont!
Oh crap I’m SO sorry Josh..Really you hwve no idea! I guess it just slipped..normally I’m so careful..Darn I apologize again..though I know it doesn’t do anything to change the situation
Glad to see FLAHSPOINT doing so well. I watch Ghost Whisperer then right into Flashpoint and after that, check out PSYCH.
Selene, I agree with a lot of what Mike says. I think the twist has led them to showing more of the other characters. Usually we had the ghost every week and maybe a scene at home, a scene at the shop and that was it. Now we’re actually seeing the regular characters interact more, and I think that has made it a more compelling show.
exactly Jayson, Delia is more involved with this storyline too and that is great.We have even begun to see a bit more of Ned as well. Melinda is still front and center as usual but the supporting cast is getting more screen time and that is helping the show greatly. Following Jim and Melinda’s “lovestory” makes me appreciate their relationship even more than I already do. I agree that the way that they did it is over the top, but this is the kind of show where they can do something like that and get away with it because of the nature of the show. I love it and I can’t wait to see how it plays out! Even so, you can’t please everyone i guess..
Friday Night Lights might have been successful on a teen network like the CW, but not a major network.
Critics/industry insiders love FNL? Thats the things about critics – they tend to live in the old ivory tower and are usually out of touch with the larger viewing public. Its the same reason why Sean Penn wins best actor in a movie (that also won several Oscars) only hard core lefties and gays thought was great. No wonder the entertainment biz is falling on hard times. Without box office blowouts like WALL-E (ok never could figure out why people liked that one so much), Dark Knight and Iron Man, they would up sheet creek without a paddle.
Name Required, the funny thing is, you just mentioned three movies that got rave reviews from critics. http://criticstop10.com/ WALL-E and Dark Knight were number one and number two respectively, and Iron Man was number sixteen, when counting the number of top ten lists they each were on.
I guess FNL doesn’t get as many viewers as other shows because people just love their procedurals.. Maybe it is difficult for the audience to change its habbits and actually watch something more deep and realistic. If there are no extraordinary/fictional situations involved (like ghosts for example) and the critics love the show it means that the critics are out of touch with the public?? I have to agree though, that while some shows are currently enjoying the viewing trend there are some other shows out there that go against the flow and may some day considered as classsics.. Not all shows have to be about aliens, ghosts and mysterious happenings (we want those too offcourse, but we have plenty), so please don’t mock a show just because it sticks with a simpler yet a lot more touching storyline..
Go Ghost Whisperer
I love GW to bits!!
They Really have to bring back Jim
and dump Delia!!! I miss andrea!!!!!
For me the beauty of Friday Night Lights is it’s Simple Honest story about Life. It’s not about fancy cars, designer clothes, or trust funds. It’s a Coming of Age story that Timeless. It’s about Flawed people young and old. Trying to be a better Daughter. . Son. . .Mother. . .Father. . Friend. It’s about simple things. . a Look. .a Gesture. . a Smile. That will remind you of where you’ve been in Life. I don’t care where you were raised, or where you moved too. If you’re in small town Texas or big city New York. There’s will be something about Friday Night Lights that will speak to you. If you have ever been moved by a 60 second Hallmark Card Commerical. You know the ones. That make you Think. . Laugh. .and Cry. Remind you of old friends. . . teachers. . parents. . .your grandparents. . . even a old Lover. Maybe the one that got away. Then I think you would adore Friday Night Lights. It’s not just about Football. It’s the story of lives very similar to our own. It’s . .Simple. . Honest. . and Gorgeous to watch.