Friday 9/29/06 ratings

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Ian J. Ball...

Hey! This isn't Marc Berman!!1!

CBS Has Best 'Numb3rs' Friday
'Dateline,' 'L&O' lead NBC to 18-49 win

Fast National ratings for Friday, Sept. 29, 2006

CBS held off NBC to take the overall ratings crown Friday night, but
the two networks switched places in the all-important 18-49
demographic.

CBS averaged a 6.8 rating/12 share in primetime, beating out NBC's
6.4/12. ABC finished third at 4.6/8. The CW's 2.5/4 edged FOX's 2.4/4
for fourth.

NBC snagged the No. 1 spot among adults 18-49 with a 3.0 rating. CBS
was a close second at 2.8. ABC, 2.2, came in third, followed by The
CW, 1.5, and FOX, 1.2.

Obveeus...

So, is this two nights a week where CW is topping FOX?

Still not sure how they are ever going to compete with the big 3 without
adding that third hour of primetime to their schedule. Does the early news
hour on the CW/FOX stations get good enough local ratings to beat out the
actual programming on the other stations?

Uniblab...

The 10:00 pm news is a big money maker for Fox's O&O stations, as well as
some of its affiliates. A third hour of primetime is not going to happen.

"Deal or No Deal," 6.6/13, put NBC on top at 8 p.m. CBS' "Ghost
Whisperer" took second with a 6.2/12. A repeat of "Grey's Anatomy,"
4.1/8, gave ABC third. The first hour of "Friday Night Smackdown!" on
The CW scored a 2.3/4, topping a "Justice" rerun on FOX.

CBS moved to the front at 9 p.m. with "Close to Home," 7.3/13. NBC

Ian J. Ball...

Why the frig are people still watching this show?!...

Anthony D. Langford...

Cause they like the show?

Anthony (who likes the show)

Casey McDonald's Guidance Counsellor, Ian J. Ball...

"Close to Home"?!...

You actually like "Close to Home"?!...

Huh....

Ian (Even Jennifer Finnigan can't get me to like "Close to Home"... :(
)

fell one spot to second with "Dateline," 6.0/11. "Men in Trees" kept
ABC in third with a 4.7/8. The finale of FOX's "Celebrity Duets" (won
by Alfonso Ribeiro) averaged 2.7/5, tying for fourth with "Smackdown!"

"Numb3rs" closed the night for CBS with a 7.2/13 at 10 p.m. NBC's "Law
& Order" posted a 6.8/12, and ABC's "20/20" was third at 5.0/9.

Ratings information is taken from fast national data, which includes
live and same-day DVR viewing. All numbers are preliminary and subject
to change.

GarondoMarondo...

So how is Ghost Whisperer's second season ratings holding up to Joan of
Arcadia's second season ratings? Thanks.

altec3220...

Fast Nationals for the first two episodes of each series' respective
second season:

Joan of Arcadia S2
"Only Connect" - 5.9/11
"Out of Sight" - 5.7/??

Ghost Whisperer S2
"Love Never Dies" - 6.4/12
"Love Still Won't Die" - 6.2/12

The first two episodes of JoA averaged roughly 8.5 million viewers in
the final ratings; looks like GW will average close to 10 million for
its first two episodes this season.

GarondoMarondo...

Thanks again.