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TV Ratings: Royal Wedding coverage wins for CBS, 'Friday Night Lights' slips
Fast National ratings for Friday, April 29, 2011CBS was on top as usual and can send Prince William and Kate Middleton a nice wedding gift as a thank you. The Eye's coverage of the Royal Wedding (8.6 million viewers) plus new episodes of "CSI: NY" and "Blue Bloods" helped them win the night." "Friday Night Lights"' viewership was down almost 800,000 from last week, while "Fringe" held steady with 3.5 million viewers.
CBS averaged 9 9.1 million viewers and a 4.0 rating/7 share in households to win the night. ABC was next with 5.9 million, 4.0/7, following by NBC at 4.2 million, 2.7/5. FOX was fourth at 3.2 million, 2.1/4 and the CW put up a solid 1.9 million, 1.2/2.
In the 18-49 demo, CBS lead the pack with a 1.7. ABC came in second with a 1.4 followed closely by FOX with a 1.3. NBC earned a 1.0 and The CW was at 0.8.
Friday hour by hour:
8 p.m.
CBS: "The Royal Wedding: Modern Majesty" (8.6 million viewers, 4.5/9 households)
ABC: "Shark Tank" (4.5 million, 2.9/5)
FOX: "Kitchen Nightmares" (3.3 million, 2.1/4)
NBC: "Friday Night Lights" (3.0 million, 2.0/4)
The CW: "Smallville" (1.94 million, 1.3/2)
18-49 leader: "The Royal Wedding: Modern Majesty" (1.7)
9 p.m.
CBS: "CSI: NY" (9.2 million, 5.9/10)
ABC: "20/20" (6.6 million, 2.6/4)
NBC: "Dateline" (4.7 million, 3.1/5)
FOX: "Fringe" (3.5 million, 2.1/4)
The CW: "Supernatural" (1.93 million, 1.2/2)
18-49 leader: "CSI: NY" (1.7)
10 p.m.
CBS: "Blue Bloods" (9.7 million, 6.3/11)
ABC: "20/20" (6.8 million, 4.6/8)
NBC: "Dateline" (4.9 million, 3.2/6)
18-49 leader: "20/20" and "Blue Bloods" (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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i don't understand why people in the u.s. bothers with a wedding in the u.k.. this isn't england .
I miss the Paul Reiser show. But don't worry, I'll be sure to spoil the Bachelor Pad this summer by copying and pasting whole passages from Reality Steve.
FRINGE got its ratings groove back, what will happen during next week's season three finale and can NBC renewed "Chuck" for season five and definitely moved the spy comedy to Fridays?
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Bet you watched some part of that wedding too.
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i played scrabble and watched the spurs get embarrassed; they played junior varsity ball last night.
Spoilester: Oh shut the f' up you stupid tampon louse dipshit.
The Royal Wedding got great ratings, but the "hip" thing to say is no one really cares. 23 million people watched in the U.S.
I miss the Paul Reiser show. But don't worry, I'll be sure to spoil the Bachelor Pad this summer by copying and pasting whole passages from Reality Steve.
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