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TV Ratings: CBS, NBC duke it out, 'Miami Medical' is most-watched Friday
Fast national ratings for Friday, April 2.Although CBS won the evening with viewers, NBC was right there nipping on its heels and snagged the households crown. Also, CBS' debut of "Miami Medical" did well for itself, pulling in 7.6 million viewers, the most for any program on network TV that night. ABC's "Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution" slipped from its strong rerun performance the week before.
CBS took in an average of 6.5 million viewers and a 4.3 rating/8 share for the night. NBC was breathing down its neck with 6.4 million viewers and a 4.3/8 as well. Third place went to ABC with 4.2 million and a 2.8/5, then FOX, 3.2 million and 2.1/4 and finally The CW, 1.6 million and 1.0/2.
The adults 18-49 went to NBC just barely with a 1.5 rating. CBS was also in contention with a 1.4 followed by ABC, 1.3, FOX, 1.2, and The CW, 0.7.
Friday hour by hour:
8 p.m.
CBS: "Ghost Whisperer" (5.91 million viewers, 3.9/8 households)
NBC: "Who Do You Think You Are?" (5.89 million, 4.0/8)
ABC: "Wife Swap" (3.6 million, 2.4/5)
FOX: "House" rerun (2.8 million, 1.9/4)
The CW: "Smallville" (1.99 million, 1.3/3)
18-49 leader: "Who Do You Think You Are?" (1.4)
9 p.m.
NBC: "Dateline NBC" (6.6 million, 4.4/8)
CBS: "Medium" (6.2 million, 4.0/8)
ABC: "Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution" (4.3 million, 2.8/5)
FOX: "Kitchen Nightmares" rerun (4.3 million, 2.8/5)
The CW: "America's Next Top Model" rerun (1.3 million, 0.7/1)
18-49 leader: "Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution" tied with "Kitchen Nightmares" rerun (1.5)
10 p.m.
CBS: "Miami Medical" series premiere (7.6 million, 4.8/9)
NBC: "Dateline NBC" (6.7 million, 4.4/8)
ABC: "20/20" (4.9 million, 3.3/6)
18-49 leader: "Miami Medical" tied with "Dateline NBC" (1.6)
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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and they renewed Smallville with less than 2 million? Lol.
Easy there, Andre. :) Granted next to no one watched the show but new episodes haven't really been on for some time. And if you have a network with a lineup of shows that hardly anyone watches, kinda hard to promote new episodes. Know what I mean? In any case, last night's Smallville was entertaining as all get out. They could drop the boring Zod storyline and perhaps continue the comical developments of the main characters relationships. Clark explaining that he now has "control" when knocking boots was priceless.
"Miami Medical" Grate.
I really enjoyed the new series ( Who do you think you are. ) It's very educational & the celebrities are very suprise to see who there ancestor are & what happen to them it's awesome. The series Miami,Medical sucked I did care for it.
THEY TOOK OFF NUMB3RS FOR THAT!! I FLIPPED THE CHANNEL AND FOUND NCIS. WHAT A SHAME.
Miami Medical . . . yawn because it's the same ole stuff. It looked like the opening scenes were straight from CSI:Miami.
Hot bikinis, hot bodies and just when you were thought you were going to see Horatio from CSI:Miami, you see an ER room with Andre Braugher (Dr. Raynard) talking to his students.
This show is sooooooo boring!! I was glad to watch it online because I can press the pause button & check the laundry, run some errands , make sandwich & still come back. The plot will not have advanced one iota.
Who was it that said, "they'd rather watch a good movie twice, than watch a bad movie once" was talking about this show!!
Andre Braugher has been unable to play the sage/older but wiser character since letting his hair go gray & his belly flip-flopping like a beached whale!
When his character, Dr Raynard freaks out because some blood from a hypodermic dripped on his clean deck shoes, he starts to freak out by taking off ALL of his clothes. When he takes off his shirt, there were layers of fat that should have been surgically removed in the ER before he left! I mean the rolls of fat on him are just ugly & totally unattractive for a man his age. He's not able to pull off being old & letting his hair go gray does nothing for him or the characters he's been playing lately.
He was hot when he was on Homicide: Life on the Streets! He was tall, thin & lookin' mitey fine. But these days, he looks like panhandler outside any Whole Foods store with a cup.
Andre . . . dude . . . please return to the treadmill & exercises of hotness and come back to us who loved you in Homicide.
"This show is sooooooo boring!! I was glad to watch it online because I can press the pause button & check the laundry, run some errands , make sandwich & still come back. The plot will not have advanced one iota."
So the plot doesn't advance when the show is paused? That's so weird.
That was the fastest hour I've spent in a LONG time. I enjoyed EVERY minute of it. Mike Vogel is HOTT!!
Andre you shouldn't judge Smallville only on its ratings during Good Friday. Less people watch televisions during the holidays. Grey's Anatomy had less than 10 million viewers this past Thursday. Would you say that Grey's Anatomy should be moved to Fridays because of that number?