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TV Ratings: Everything down; CBS wins the night, but not demo
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Fast National ratings for Friday, Feb. 11, 2011CBS led the first two hours of primetime in viewers en route to a ratings win Friday night, while ABC's "20/20" about the harrowing Kim family disappearance and NBC's "Who Do You Think You Are?" with Tim McGraw also earned strong numbers. "Fringe" fell off some, but ratings were down slightly across the board.
CBS scored 8.3 million viewers and a 5.3 rating/10 share in households for the night, almost a million less viewers from last week. NBC took second with 5.998 million viewers and a 3.9/7. ABC was next with 5.5 million, 3.5/6, FOX was in fourth at 3.7, 2.2/4 and the CW was last with 2.1 million, 1.2/2.
There was a three-way tie for the lead among adults 18-49: ABC, FOX and NBC all averaged a 1.4 rating in the demographic. CBS was right behind with a 1.3 and the CW earned a 0.9.
Friday hour by hour:
8 p.m.
CBS: "The Defenders" (7.9 million viewers, 5.0/9 households)
NBC: "Who Do You Think You Are?" (6.6 million, 4.5/8)
ABC: "Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown" (3.9 million, 2.4/4)
FOX: "Kitchen Nightmares" (3.7 million, 2.3/4)
The CW: "Smallville" (2.3 million, 1.4/2)
18-49 leader: "Kitchen Nightmares" (1.5)
9 p.m.
CBS: "CSI: NY" (9.7 million, 6.2/11)
NBC: "Dateline" (5.7 million, 3.8/7)
ABC: "20/20" (5.3 million, 3.4/6)
FOX: "Fringe" (3.7 million, 2.2/4)
The CW: "Supernatural" (1.96 million, 1.1/2)
18-49 leader: "CSI: NY" (1.5)
10 p.m.
ABC: "20/20" (7.44 million, 4.7/9)
CBS: "Blue Bloods" rerun (7.38 million, 4.8/9)
NBC: "Dateline" (5.7 million, 3.8/7)
18-49 leader: "20/20" (1.9)
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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goodbye Fringe
Fringe, you're breaking my heart.
Fringe needs to stop going to the other universe for whole episodes. The storyline is great but there just isn't as much draw to watching the other side for the entire hour. Mix it up more please.
fringe has to to get the other storyline going to understand why things are happening the way they are and how it affects whats going on, its a really great show and if fox didnt mess the schedule up on it it would be just fine...ppl are busy on friday to sit down and think on tv shows on this night, reality and game shows would be better on this night
the X-Files was also on Fridays at 9 and it was a hit with 18-49demo...Fringe is not bringing what Fox is hoping it would bring...Goodbye Fringe!
wow 1st in total viwers but still FOURTH in demo? any dout that leslie moonbat has the old pople's netwart (fir divets lik sillyvester)? haha lol purr thin. noww back to Yoda.
you people are nuts to think they'd cancel fringe. i mean seriously! yeah its not a ratings juggernaut, but i think fox knows what this show is and their base of fans. and true fans enjoy the altverse and the storyline. i never post but i needed to seeing as how you morons bash it each week. we'd be better off with reality tv and all these damn singing/dancing/cooking/model shows.
Donna/*EOW, you're just so stupid as you can't even write a coherent sentence on here. Divet, preta, louse, yoda...what the hell kind of language are you even speaking, you worthless swine?!
Seriously, some days I wonder if you're on planet Earth or Mars.
Get a life will you and for all that's good, shut the hell up!!!!
Fringe is an awesome show and I would be very disappointed if it didn't get renewed. I think it is more likely that it renews than cancels. As far as the altverse episodes, the normal fringe fan LOVES them, and the casual watcher doesn't care one way or another since they aren't atuned into the standard characters. No people, Fringe is here to stay, and to just jump on here and say "goodbye"? What do you know?
I surely do hope that Fox realizes what a fan base they have in FRINGE. It's the best show on network television, and my DINK household (18-49 age bracket) watches religiously...