After weeks of steady declines, FOX’s Friday night lineup did something unusual: it improved. Terminator and Dollhouse‘s increases gave the network a slightly less embarrassing 4th place finish.

8pm

• Ghost Whisperer (11.1 million, 2.6/9 in 18-49) remained even.
• Wife Swap (4.5 million, 1.4/5) picked up 300,000.
• Howie Do It (4.3 million, 1.3/5) was up a few notches.
• Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (3.5 million, 1.2/4) grew by a 1/2 million.
• Everybody Hates Chris (0.7/2) turned in 1.8 million; The Game (0.8/3) dialed up 2.1 million.

9pm

• Flashpoint (9.4 million, 1.9/6 in 18-49) slipped by 400,000.
• Supernanny (1.7/5) raised 5.6 million.
• Friday Night Lights (4.4 million, 1.5/5) rounded up 600,000 more.
• Dollhouse (4.3 million, 1.6/5) added on 800,000.
• America’s Next Top Model* (1.9 million, 0.7/2) did about the same.

10pm

• Numb3rs (10.1 million, 2.0/6) scooped up another 100,000.
• 20/20 (5.2 million, 1.6/5) gave up 2.4 million.
• Dateline (4.7 million, 1.5/5) was down a smidge.

*denotes repeat

(You can review last Friday’s ratings here.)