Saturday December 12, 2009 11:44 am
Friday Ratings: Big Bump for Betty
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Kids, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Talk Shows, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Medium, Ratings,
Okay, so CBS was in repeats—but I think we’d all accept gifts when we can. A lack of competition helped Friday’s broadcast of Ugly Betty reach its best numbers of the season. Thankfully, the program will be given a new opportunity when it starts airing on Wednesdays in January.
8pm
- Law & Order (8.8 million, 1.7/6) had a long-awaited win in its hour.
- Yes, Virginia (1.3/5) entertained 5.3 million.
- Supernanny (1.3/5) scolded 4.6 million.
- The Big Bang Theory* (1.4/5) contributed 4.6 million to the evening.
- The first hour of Dollhouse (1.0/3) raised 2.7 million.
- Smallville* (0.5/1) averaged 1.4 million over two hours.
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| TV by the Numbers
9pm
- Dateline (2.0/6 in 18-49) scored 9.3 million.
- Ugly Betty (4.8 million, 1.4/4) added on 600,000.
- Medium* (1.1/3) registered 4.1 million.
10pm
- 20/20 (7.3 million, 1.7/5 in 18-49) improved by 1.6 million.
- The Jay Leno Show (5.8 million, 1.5/5) raised another 1 million.
- Numb3rs* (1.2/4) turned in 5.4 million.
*denotes repeat
(You can review last Friday’s ratings here.)
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