Despite being a star-studded, newsworthy event, the Stand Up 2 Cancer special wound up falling behind an episode of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?. Thanks to split coverage between ABC, NBC and CBS, FOX was easily Friday night’s winner in both categories.

8pm

• The debut of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (2.0/7 in 18-49) scored 7.6 million.
• Friday Night Smackdown (4.7 million, 1.4/5) grew by 1 million.
• ABC‘s coverage of the cancer special (0.9/3) pulled in 3.8 million.
• The Stand Up 2 Cancer event raked in 3.3 million (0.8/3) for NBC.
• CBS’ fundraising hour (0.7/3) registered 3.2 million.

9pm

• America’s Funniest Home Videos* (1.3/4 in 18-49) had 4.4 million laughing out loud.
• A CBS Fall Preview special (0.8/3) had 3.4 million intrigued.
• The New Adventures of Old Christine* (0.8/2) roped in 3 million.
• NBC’s NFL Opening Kickoff presentation (0.7/2) sacked 1.9 million.

10pm

• 20/20 (6.7 million, 2.0/6 in 18-49) did 2 million better than last week.
• The season (series?) finale of Swingtown (1.2/4) bowed to 3.6 million.
• Dateline (0.9/3) closed the night with 3.5 million.

*denotes repeat

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