Back-to-back episodes of FOX’s “Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader” were the number one- and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Friday, September 5, 2008.
ABC’s “20/20” was sandwiched between the two, in second place.
Three Univision telecasts, “Fuego en la Sangre” (#4), “Al Diablo Con Guapos” (#5), and “Rosa de Guadalupe” (#8), also made the top ten.
| RANK | NAME | NETWORK | VIEWERS (P2+) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMARTER THAN 5TH 9/5-9P(S)-09/05/2008 | FOX | 8,566,000 |
| 2 | 20/20-FRI | ABC | 6,751,000 |
| 3 | SMARTER THAN 5TH GRADER | FOX | 6,637,000 |
| 4 | FUEGO EN LA SANGRE FRI | UNI | 5,063,000 |
| 5 | AL DIABLO CON GUAPOS FRI | UNI | 4,958,000 |
| 6 | AMER FUNN HM VIDEOS-9/5(S)-09/05/2008 | ABC | 4,349,000 |
| 7 | FRIDAY NIGHT SMACKDOWN | CW | 4,234,000 |
| 8 | ROSA DE GUADALUPE FRI | UNI | 3,634,000 |
| 9 | SWINGTOWN | CBS | 3,593,000 |
| 10 | DATELINE FRI | NBC | 3,498,000 |
| Source: The Nielsen Company (September 5, 2008) | |||
Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of more than 7.6 million viewers, while ABC took second place with almost 5.6 million average viewers. Univision and the CW claimed third and fourth places — with more than 4.5 million and 4.2 million average viewers, respectively. CBS and NBC followed in fifth and sixth places, with average audiences of almost 3.4 million and 2.7 million viewers, respectively.
