Nielsen Wire » Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire Consumer Insights, News, Research & Reports Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:36:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Primetime Broadcast Ratings, October 24, 2008 http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/media_entertainment/primetime-broadcast-ratings-october-24-2008/ http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/media_entertainment/primetime-broadcast-ratings-october-24-2008/#comments Mon, 27 Oct 2008 22:11:11 +0000 admin http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/?p=3472 CBS’s “Ghost Whisperer” and “Numbers” were the number one- and number two-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Friday, October 24, 2008.

ABC’s “20/20″ rounded out the top three.

Rank Program Network Viewers (P2+)
1 GHOST WHISPERER CBS 10,142,000
2 NUMB3RS CBS 9,334,000
3 20/20-FRI ABC 7,504,000
4 DEAL OR NO DEAL-FRI NBC 6,124,000
5 CRUSOE NBC 6,088,000
6 SMARTER THAN 5TH GRADER FOX 5,870,000
7 DON’T FORGET THE LYRICS FOX 5,622,000
8 LIFE NBC 5,589,000
9 FUEGO EN LA SANGRE FRI UNI 5,519,000
10 EX LIST, THE CBS 5,329,000
Source: The Nielsen Company (October 24, 2008).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 8.3 million viewers, while NBC took second place with just over 5.9 million average viewers. FOX and ABC claimed third and fourth places with roughly 5.7 million and 5.5 million average viewers, respectively. Univision followed in fifth place with an average audience of just over 4.8 million viewers.

]]> http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/media_entertainment/primetime-broadcast-ratings-october-24-2008/feed/ 0 Primetime Broadcast Ratings, October 10, 2008 http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/media_entertainment/primetime-broadcast-ratings-october-10-2008/ http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/media_entertainment/primetime-broadcast-ratings-october-10-2008/#comments Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:51:09 +0000 admin http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/?p=2516 CBS’s “Ghost Whisperer” and “Numbers” were, respectively, the number one- and two-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Friday, October 10, 2008. 

“Ghost Whisperer” drew an average audience of almost 9.7 million viewers, while “Numbers” drew roughly 8 million average viewers.

ABC’s “20/20″ rounded out the top three, with just over 7 million average viewers.

RANK NAME NETWORK VIEWERS (P2+)
1 GHOST WHISPERER CBS 9,693,000
2 NUMB3RS CBS 8,012,000
3 20/20-FRI ABC 7,017,000
4 DEAL OR NO DEAL-FRI NBC 6,633,000
5 EX LIST, THE CBS 5,596,000
6 SMARTER THAN 5TH GRADER FOX 5,443,000
7 LIFE NBC 4,978,000
8 SUPERNANNY ABC 4,961,000
9 DON’T FORGET THE LYRICS FOX 4,829,000
10 FUEGO EN LA SANGRE FRI UNI 4,345,000
Source: The Nielsen Company (October 10, 2008).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 7.8 million viewers, while ABC took second place with almost 5.4 million average viewers. NBC and FOX claimed third and fourth places with roughly 5.2 million and 5.1 million average viewers, respectively. Univision followed in fifth place with an average audience of roughly 3.8 million viewers.

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