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TV Ratings: Canceled 'Medium' helps CBS to another Friday Win
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Fast National ratings for Friday, Nov. 19, 2010CBS continues its successful Friday streak -- led by the just canceled "Medium," which experienced a slight raise in the ratings this week. Also notable was NBC's TV Movie "Harmony: A Film Inspired by the Prince of Wales," which debuted to mediocre ratings despite the current renewed interest in the Royals' personal lives.
CBS averaged 9.6 million viewers and took a 6.1 rating/11 share of households for the night. ABC was second with 5.3 million and a 3.5/6. NBC came in third (4.0 million, 2.7/5). FOX was in fourth (3.0 million, 1.8/3) and the CW came in fifth (2.3 million, 1.4/3).
ABC bested CBS with a 1.6 in the key demo. CBS (1.5), The CW (1.0), NBC (0.9) and FOX (0.9) followed.
Friday hour by hour:
8 p.m.
CBS: "Medium" (7.3 million, 4.6/8)
ABC: "Supernanny" (4.1 million, 2.8/5)
FOX: "House" rerun (3.3 million, 2.1/4)
CW: "Smallville" (2.6 million, 1.5/3)
NBC: "School Pride" (2.5 million, 1.8/3)
18-49 leader: "Medium" (1.4)
9 p.m.
CBS: "CSI: NY" (10.2 million, 6.5/11)
ABC: "Primetime: What Would You Do?" (4.9 million, 3.2/6)
NBC: "Dateline" (5.7 million, 3.9/7)
FOX: "The Good Guys" (2.7 million, 1.6/3)
CW: "Supernatural" (2.0 million, 1.3/2)
18-49 leader: "Primetime" (1.6)
10 p.m.
CBS: "Blue Bloods" (11.3 million, 7.0/13)
ABC: "20/20" (6.8 million, 4.6/9)
NBC: "Harmony: A Film Inspired by the Prince of Wales" (3.7 million, 2.5/5)
18-49 leader: "20/20" (2.0)
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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wow.......... blue bloods did IT again, what a show last night..
BLUE BLOODS is the best show on tv this year.. thank you CBS..
I LOVE BLUE BLOODS..
What an irony Medium was the only CBS show of winning its time skit in the 18-49 key demo for the night !! Shame on you CBS canceling this great show even when its win its time slot what a shame..
Why are they canceling Medium! Damn i hate CBS right now.... Can't believe there will be no Medium after January.....
Thank you for the wonderful interview of Prince Charles. As always, Brian Williams did a superb job. That program as well as the show that followed - "Harmony" - were truly worthwhile. So much important information was presented. It is well worth repeating. (I'm sorry that I didn't have the capacity to video tape it.) Thank you!!
I agree with Donna, CBS always seems to cancel shows with good ratings and win their hour. Close to Home is a great example. That was a great show that had a good following, and always won it's time slot. Shame on CBS for canceling Medium, one of the best shows on TV right now.
CBS is stupid. They always cancel shows that are leading in demographics and has high ratings. They cancelled 'Close to Home' a few years ago when it averaged 10 million viewers an episode. And for a 8pm on a Friday, thats goooood! so stupid.
The people at CBS that cancelled Medium are absolute idiots! Medium is one of my 'must watch' weekly shows and has been since it began!
To cancel Medium who is the stupid one doing this. Cancel them like FIRE the idiots.
Will miss Medium. It always wins it's time slot too. And Blue Bloods was awesome last night!!! I can't believe how good it was!
Way to go Blue Bloods--I absolutely love that show. I don't understand how they choose which shows to cancel but I hope they never even consider canceling this one. Last night's show was really really good.Love Tom and the rest of the crew.