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Fast National ratings for Friday, Jan. 15, 2010CBS rolled to its usual ratings victory on Friday night, sweeping all three hours of primetime.
Led by "Numb3rs," CBS drew 9.05 million viewers and a 5.5 rating/10 share in households for the night. NBC (6.8 million, 4.5/8) finished second. ABC (5.1 million, 3.2/6) was third, followed by FOX, which had 3 million viewers and a 1.9/3. The CW (1.2 million, 0.8/1) trailed.
CBS also won the adults 18-49 demographic with a 2.2 rating. ABC and NBC tied for second at 1.5, and FOX scored a 1.0. The CW managed only a 0.5.
Friday hour by hour:
8 p.m.
CBS: "Ghost Whisperer" (8.6 million viewers, 5.3/9 households)
NBC: "Law & Order" (7.3 million, 4.7/8)
ABC: "Supernanny" (5.4 million, 3.5/6)
FOX: "Bones" rerun (3.9 million, 2.4/4)
The CW: "Smallville" rerun (1.2 million, 0.8/1)
18-49 leader: "Ghost Whisperer" (2.2)
9 p.m.
CBS: "Medium" (9 million, 5.5/9)
NBC: "Dateline" (7.75 million, 5.1/9)
ABC: "Shark Tank" (4.4 million, 2.7/5)
FOX: "Dollhouse" (2.1 million, 1.4/2)
The CW: "Smallville" rerun (1.3 million, 0.8/1)
18-49 leader: "Medium" (2.2)
10 p.m.
CBS: "Numb3rs" (9.5 million, 5.7/10)
NBC: "The Jay Leno Show" (5.44 million, 3.6/6)
ABC: "20/20" (5.41 million, 3.6/6)
18-49 leader: "Numb3rs" (2.2)
Ratings information includes live and same-day DVR viewing. All numbers are preliminary and subject to change. Source: The Nielsen Company.
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Still not really sure why CBS is ending Numb3rs when it still tops the friday graveyard numbers for them.
Law & Order's total number of viewers is slightly down from last week (it still hasn't been explained about whether last Friday's episode on NBC at 8 pm was a new episode or a repeat, when EpGuides.com didn't have a new episode as airing on 8th January).
Funny to see Medium winning its timeslot and remaining one of the top shows of the night. Another example of NBC being clueless and getting rid of this show.
CBS should definity keep Numb3rs. It's my favorite crimeshow on TV. They cancelled two of my other favorites on CBS Without a trace and Shark.
Jay Leno is still slowly destroying NBC. Good to hear.
Just glad Leno is finally getting canceled but how much Dateline can you put on the air without over-exposing it?
I'm from Brazil, the ratings always like this:
Globo: 20 million viewers
Record: 5 million viewers
SBT: million viewers
someone knows how the ratings of House MD on Monday
thanks
Well CBS has been known in the past to cancel shows that still have life in them.
The House rating on Monday was 12.2 million viewers, 7.3/11 households. you're welcome.