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| Rating/Share: Adults 18-49 | 1.5/6 | 1.1/4 | 1.0/4 | 0.9/3 | 0.5/2 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 5.06 | 4.57 | 4.81 | 3.15 | 1.21 |
A repeat of Primetime: What Would You Do? and 20/20 led ABC to yet another Friday win. 20/20 was the night’s top program on the broadcast networks. I didn’t watch, but according to TV Guide the topics were:
A profile of a former Washington Redskins cheerleader who suffered from a mysterious neurological disorder; a report on parents who give their children medical marijuana; a look at the market for counterfeit shoes.
Even though it was a repeat, ABC’s Primetime: What Would You Do? was the night’s second-most watched program, both overall and with adults 18-49.
In the battle of semi-original scripted programming, Canadian import Flashpoint at 10pm topped NBC’s Friday Night Lights in both viewers and adults 18-49. I say “semi-original” since Friday Night Lights had already aired on DirecTV and I’m guessing Flashpoint had already aired in Canada. But, they were original at least for the U.S. broadcast networks.
Broadcast primetime ratings for Friday, July 23, 2010:
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating/Sh | Viewers (Millions) |
| 8:00 | ABC | Wife Swap | 1.2/5 | 3.92 |
| CBS | 48 Hours Mystery (R) | 1.0/4 | 5.02 | |
| NBC | Friday Night Lights | 1.0/4 | 3.58 | |
| FOX | House (R) | 0.9/4 | 2.89 | |
| CW | Smallville (R) | 0.5/2 | 1.36 | |
| 9:00 | ABC | Primetime: What Would You Do? (R) | 1.6/6 | 5.05 |
| NBC | Dateline NBC | 1.0/4 | 4.58 | |
| CBS | Medium (R) | 0.8/3 | 3.39 | |
| FOX | Bones (R) | 0.8/3 | 3.40 | |
| CW | Supernatural (R) | 0.4/2 | 1.05 | |
| 10:00 | ABC | 20/20 | 1.8/6 | 6.22 |
| NBC | Dateline | 1.3/5 | 5.55 | |
| CBS | Flashpoint | 1.2/4 | 6.06 | |
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Nielsen TV Ratings: ©2010 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved. Source: Marc Berman/Mediaweek.
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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.
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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 think ABC is saving new episodes of WWYD to fill in for whatever new show flops in the fall.
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Let's go Smallville!!
WOOHOOO! Bringing up the night average as usual!
I'll give Flashpoint credit for staying consistent in the overall viewership. I love the show, but I think CBS is wasting it in the summer. They should have started airing it on Sunday's after they canned Three Rivers. I'm worried about how Blue Bloods is going to do in this timeslot in 2 1/2 months.
I couldn't concentrate to Flashpoint last night because those black pillar bars on an HDTV distract me too much, I don't know why the NBC and CBS affiliates in New Orleans weren't broadcasting primetime shows in HD last night,
Supernatural fans were too busy winning the semi-final v LOST for the title of 'BEST SHOW EVER' on spoilertv.
Best show EVER? Supernatural? Haha, thats a good one!
Yeah, they are even putting out the call for ideas from viewers at the end of the show. 5 million and tops in “the Demo”, even if still the majority of viewers are older on a Friday, is impressive if you take into account the show is a repeat that holds absolutely no interest to anybody who watched the episode before, so theoretically 5 million unique/new viewers.
I do think, and ABC is a network perhaps capable of this more than any other…..hint rhymes with Jillionare…..they could easily over do this show/formula by making it more than an occasional part of programming.
when will CW end up Smallville ? I am watching season 10 . Smallville is my favorite.
I can't either but it's dirt cheap and it won its time slot.