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TV Ratings: 'Blue Bloods,' 'CSI: NY' lead Friday; 'Smallville' finale boosts CW
Fast National ratings for Friday, May 13, 2011CBS held on strong all evening with help from "CSI: New York" and the cop drama "Blue Bloods," which pulled in 11.4 million viewers. The CW enjoyed a bit of a boost from last weeks ratings with the "Smallville" series finale.
CBS averaged 9.7 million viewers and a 6.1 rating/11 share in households to win the night. NBC was next in line with 4.8 million, 3.3/6, followed by ABC at 4.4 million, 2.8/5. FOX was fourth at 3.5 million, 2.1/4 and the CW put up an impressive 2.97 million, 1.8/3.
CBS led the 18-49 demo with a 1.5, with FOX on their heels at 1.4. ABC and the CW tied for third at 1.3 and NBC trailed behind with 1.1.
Friday hour by hour:
8 p.m.
CBS: "Flashpoint" (7.5 million viewers, 4.7/9 households)
ABC: "Shark Tank" (5 million, 3.1/6)
FOX: "Kitchen Nightmares" (3.7 million, 2.3/4)
NBC: "Friday Night Lights" (2.8 million, 2.1/4)
The CW: "Smallville" (2.8 million, 1.7/3)
18-49 leader: "Kitchen Nightmares" (1.5)
9 p.m.
CBS: "CSI: New York" (10.2 million, 6.4/11)
NBC: "Dateline" (5.3 million, 3.7/6)
ABC: "Primetime: What Would You Do?" (3.7 million, 2.3/4)
FOX: "Kitchen Nightmares" (3.2 million, 1.9/3)
The CW: "Smallville" (3.1 million, 1.9/3)
18-49 leader: "CSI: New York" (1.5)
10 p.m.
CBS: "Blue Bloods" (11.4 million, 5.5/10)
NBC: "Dateline" (6.3 million, 4.3/7)
ABC: "20/20" (4.4 million, 3.1/5)
18-49 leader: "Blue Bloods" (1.7)
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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You got it wrong at 9PM for Fox. The network broadcast a rerun of Kitchen Nightmares in that time slot and not Fringe.
The entry for Fox is incorrect at 9PM EST. They showed a rerun of Kitchen Nightmares and not Fringe.
Forgive me for the two double entries I posted. I guess the server was working slow on my end, so when I saw my first entry did not post, I entered the second. Again, MY BAD.
Smallville was great and after watching it for 10 years I am sorry to see it go - Blue Bloods was really good too - great Friday night of TV! Top it off with Ghost Adventures on Travel and you've got a little bit of everything good TV has to offer - I hope Supernatural returns with some good episodes next week.
About time Smallville was dropped, its been crap for at least 3 years.
Sorry Andre, but season 10 was Smallville's best one of them all. Glad to see how they worked the major characters back in for the grand finale in a great story. Much better that many other season finales, such as Seinfeld, St Elsewhere etc.
Sorry to see it go, the number of show for me to watch is diminishing every year. I'm down to three.
Congrats to everyone involved with Smallville the quality never dropped for me.
Thanks
Love how the new copy and paste got the ratings posts wring , sad how poor thing is too dumb to notice Fridge isn't the same show as kitchen nightmares ... Preta will be mad at poor Sofitel :(
Hey Donna, cut Sophie some slack. From all I can see, she's pretty much right-on with anything she chooses to write and therefore is basically beyond any criticism. Welcome aboard Sophie!
Can anyone send me those two episodes of Paul Reiser's shoe so I can smell them over and over again?
i love Blue Bloods. beautifully written' great cast, great story lines. sure hope it's renewed for next season.! please , oh please