Prime-Time Ratings:
Weekend Highlights
Friday 11/17/06
Note: The following results are based on the fast national ratings (Live Plus Same Day data).
Household Rating/Share
CBS 6.8/12
NBC 6.7/12
ABC 5.1/ 9
CW 2.7/ 5
Fox 2.4/ 4
-Total Viewers:
NBC: 10.52, CBS: 10.44, ABC: 7.53, CW: 4.39, Fox: 3.59
-Adults 18-49:
NBC: 3.0 rating/ 9 share, CBS: 2.9/ 9, ABC: 2.4/ 7, Fox: 1.5/ 4, CW: 1.4/ 4
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-Friday’s Winners:
Deal or No Deal (NBC)
-Honorable Mention:
Ghost Whisperer (CBS), Close To Home (CBS), Numb3rs (CBS), Law & Order (NBC), Barbara Walters: 30 Mistakes in 30 Years (ABC)
-Friday’s Losers:
Trading Spouses (Fox)
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-Ratings Breakdown:
CBS and NBC shared Friday bragging rights, with CBS first in households and Deal or No Deal-ignited NBC No. 1 in total viewers and adults 18-49. ABC finished third despite airing part two of special Barbara Walters: 30 Mistakes in 30 Years, while Fox and the CW capped off the evening in competition for No. 4.
Beginning with 8 p.m., a Friday edition of NBC’s Deal or No Deal in place of the regularly scheduled 1 vs. 100 won the hour with a healthy 12.68 million viewers and a 3.4 rating/11 share among adults 18-49. Considering viewers were getting accustomed to the regularly scheduled 1 vs. 100 (I personally was), was it such a good idea pre-empting it at the last minute for another dose of Howie Mandel?
Second in the 8 p.m. hour was CBS’ Ghost Whisperer (Viewers: 10.13 million; A18-49: 3.2/10), followed by a repeat of ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy at 5.82 million viewers and a 1.8/ 6 among adults 18-49. The CW’s Friday Night Smackdown! (Viewers: #4, 4.39 million; A18-49: #5, 1.4/ 4) and a two-hour edition of Fox’s Trading Spouses (Viewers: #5, 3.59 million; A18-49: #4, 1.5/ 5) shared the No. 4 and 5 spots from 8-10 p.m.
At 9 p.m., leadership was also mixed, with CBS’ Close To Home No. 1 in total viewers (10.63 million) and second among adults 18-49 (2.6/ 8), and NBC’s Las Vegas just the opposite at 9.09 million viewers (#2) and a first-place 2.7/ 8 among adults 18-49. Although Close To Home built from lead-in Ghost Whisperer by 500,000 viewers, it dipped among adults 18-49 by 19 percent. Retention, meanwhile, for Las Vegas out of Deal or No Deal was a so-so 72 percent in total viewers and 79 percent among adults 18-49.
Also at 9 p.m. was an earlier edition of ABC’s 20/20 at a third-place finish in total viewers (7.49 million) and adults 18-49 (2.3/ 7).
At 10 p.m., CBS’ Numb3rs and NBC’s Law & Order shared leadership, while part two of ABC special, Barbara Walters: 30 Mistakes in 30 Years was a competitive No. 3 (and an improvement over regularly scheduled occupant 20/20). Take a look:
Friday 10 p.m.
Numb3rs (CBS)
Viewers: 10.56 million (#1), A18-49: 2.9/ 9 (#2t)
Las Vegas (NBC)
Viewers: 10.52 million (#2), A18-49: 3.0/ 9 (#1)
Barbara Walters: 30 Mistakes in 30 Years (ABC)
Viewers: 9.26 million (#3), A18-49: 2.9/ 9 (#2t)
Source: Nielsen Media Research data
Just my way of saying that to me FOX is nonexistent on most nights. I don't watch anything on FOX this year. And I won't be watching the OJ special either. TO me(my opinion) it's horrendous how low FOX will go to get ratings. "IF I killed her"--do you think it will get good ratings or be so repulsive to people that they stay away in droves. I hope they do--it will be a big flop(ratings and money wise) and send a message that as a society we disapprove of programs like this.
