What follows are the fast affiliate results for Friday, Jan. 18, 2008 in the order of the overall results by network and by half-hour by progam (ranked by most-watched network).

Overall

Total Viewers:
CBS: 9.38 million, NBC: 6.39, Fox: 6.05, CW: 4.75, ABC: 4.47

Adults 18-49:
CBS: 2.5 rating/8 share, Fox: 1.9/ 6, NBC: 1.8/ 5, CW: 1.5/ 5, ABC: 1.4/ 4

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8:00 p.m.

Ghost Whisperer
Viewers: 9.45 million (#1), A18-49: 2.5/ 8 (#1)

1 vs. 100 (NBC)
Viewers: 7.16 million (#2), A18-49: 1.8/ 6 (#2)

Bones R (Fox)
Viewers: 5.04 million (#3), A18-49: 1.4/ 5 (#4)

Friday Night Smackdown! (CW)
Viewers: 4.61 million (#4), A18-49: 1.5/ 5 (#3)

Grey's Anatomy R (ABC)
Viewers: 3.88 million (#5), A18-49: 1.2/ 4 (#5)

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8:30 p.m.

Ghost Whisperer
Viewers: 10.31 million (#1), A18-49: 2.8/ 9 (#1)

1 vs. 100 (NBC)
Viewers: 7.68 million (#2), A18-49: 1.8/ 6 (#2)

Bones R (Fox)
Viewers: 5.15 million (#3), A18-49: 1.5/ 4 (#3t)

Friday Night Smackdown! (CW)
Viewers: 4.60 million (#4), A18-49: 1.5/ 4 (#3t)

Grey's Anatomy R (ABC)
Viewers: 3.46 million (#5), A18-49: 1.2/ 4 (#5)

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9:00 p.m.

Moonlight (CBS)
Viewers: 8.39 million (#1), A18-49: 2.3/ 7 (#1)

Friday Night Lights (NBC)
Viewers: 5.38 million (#3), A18-49: 1.7/ 5 (#3)

House R (Fox)
Viewers: 6.59 million (#2), A18-49: 2.1/ 6 (#2)

Friday Night Smackdown! (CW)
Viewers: 4.93 million (#4), A18-49: 1.6/ 5 (#4)

Desperate Housewives R (ABC)
Viewers: 3.55 million (#5), A18-49: 1.1/ 3 (#5)

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9:30 p.m.

Moonlight (CBS)
Viewers: 8.28 million (#1), A18-49: 2.4/ 7 (#1t)

Friday Night Lights (NBC)
Viewers: 5.33 million (#3), A18-49: 1.8/ 5 (#3)

House R (Fox)
Viewers: 7.39 million (#2), A18-49: 2.4/ 7 (#1t)

Friday Night Smackdown! (CW)
Viewers: 4.84 million (#4), A18-49: 1.6/ 4 (#4)

Desperate Housewives R (ABC)
Viewers: 3.52 million (#5), A18-49: 1.1/ 3 (#5)

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10:00 p.m.

Numb3rs (CBS)
Viewers: 9.68 million (#1), A18-49: 2.5/ 7 (#1)

Las Vegas (NBC)
VIewers: 6.08 million (#2), A18-49: 1.8/ 5 (#2t)

20/20 (ABC)
Viewers: 5.99 million (#3), A18-49: 1.8/ 5 (#2t)

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10:30 p.m.

Numb3rs (CBS)
Viewers: 9.68 million (#1), A18-49: 2.5/ 7 (#1)

Las Vegas (NBC)
Viewers: 6.71 million (#2), A18-49: 2.1/ 6 (#2)

20/20 (ABC)
Viewers: 6.42 million (#3), A18-49: 1.9/ 6 (#3)

Anemic. Nothing could hit a 3.0 last night.

Anemic INDEED, no show in Broadcast TV hit a 3.0 mark in the 18-49 demographic. But CBS had a great possibility of hitting that mark.

Some shows on CW pull better demos than those GA and DH repeats. I truly don't get it why ABC doesn't try some game show on Fridays. Bingo was a failure but some other one might catch on

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Originally posted by TAYLORJNG:
Anemic. Nothing could hit a 3.0 last night.

Nothing (regularly scheduled) has hit a 3.0 all season on Friday. I'm not sure what the significance is of nothing doing it last night. All the CBS shows were at or above season average.

I think last night's numbers are low because people were out watching movies

Cloverfield registers the biggest January opening in movie history

Again great numbers for Moonlight. This show is a cult-show in the making

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Originally posted by Mredman:
Again great numbers for Moonlight. This show is a cult-show in the making

Cult show?

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Originally posted by Mredman:
Again great numbers for Moonlight. This show is a cult-show in the making

I think Moonlight's an almost certain return for next season. While not high by CBS standards, it's numbers are stable and Moonves sounded pleased at the conference last year. It has buzz and a high iTunes rank, does really well with teens. CBS wanted a younger skewing show and they've found it.

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Cult show?

Like Beauty and The Beast was a cult show to certain people. Not necessarily like X-Files was a cult show or Buffy.

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Originally posted by Mredman:
Again great numbers for Moonlight. This show is a cult-show in the making

Yeah fantastic numbers, outstanding numbers. They're making AI look a CW show.

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Originally posted by phaedre:

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Originally posted by Mredman:
Again great numbers for Moonlight. This show is a cult-show in the making

I think Moonlight's an almost certain return for next season. While not high by CBS standards, it's numbers are stable and Moonves sounded pleased at the conference last year. It has buzz and a high iTunes rank, does really well with teens. CBS wanted a younger skewing show and they've found it.

What will help Moonlight more than anything is the fact that the strike will delay all of the possible replacements CBS was setting up for that slot. Still, losing 2 million viewers from your lead in when the predecessor grew by 1 million and not to mention, losing .5 in the demo is never a good thing. Plus, a repeat of House tied it in the demo at 9:30. Perhaps its not the best fit for a Friday night. Maybe Tuesdays at 10 or Sundays at 8 would be better options in the future because its drug down CBS Fridays all season long and allowed ABC (when WMC is airing) to get into the game at least in total viewers.

I don't get why they didn't try Primetime and WMC repeats before going to this lineup. I agree some gameshows would be good counter programming or even repeats of Wife Swap and Supernanny.

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Originally posted by robert:
Some shows on CW pull better demos than those GA and DH repeats. I truly don't get it why ABC doesn't try some game show on Fridays. Bingo was a failure but some other one might catch on

The CW has a VERY BIG potential being a SUCCESSFUL network but The CW has LONG WAY to WALK!

ABC should do this

8:00 - Supernanny
9:00 - Primetime
10:00 - 20/20

or

8:00 - Primetime
9:00 - Supernanny
10:00 - 20/20