Recent Dateline Fri articles

Posted Mar 16, 2009

CBS’s “Ghost Whisperer”, “Numb3rs” and “Flashpoint” swept the top three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast television with an average audience of approximately 10.6, 9.5 and 8.8 million viewers Friday, March 13, 2009.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
GHOST WHISPERER
CBS
10,568,000

2
NUMB3RS
CBS
9,507,000

3
FLASHPOINT
CBS
8,807,000

4
20/20-FRI
ABC
6,463,000

5
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE FRI
UNI
5,179,000

6
DATELINE FRI
NBC
5,168,000

7
CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL FRI
UNI
4,778,000

8
SUPERNANNY
ABC
4,513,000

9
DOLLHOUSE
FOX
4,258,000

10
HOWIE DO IT 8:30
NBC
4,119,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (March 13, 2009).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 9.6 million viewers, while ABC took second place with almost 5.0 million average viewers. UNI and NBC claimed third and fourth places with roughly 4.5 million and 4.4 million average …

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Posted Mar 7, 2009

CBS’s “Ghost Whisperer”, “Numb3rs” and “Flashpoint” were the top three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV with an average audience of approximately 11.1, 10.1 and 9.9 million viewers Friday, March 6, 2009.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
GHOST WHISPERER
CBS
11,090,000

2
NUMB3RS
CBS
10,122,000

3
FLASHPOINT
CBS
9,859,000

4
20/20 SP EDITION-3/6(S)-03/06/2009
ABC
8,447,000

5
20/20-FRI
ABC
7,601,000

6
DATELINE FRI
NBC
4,865,000

7
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE FRI
UNI
4,557,000

8
CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL FRI
UNI
4,383,000

9
WIFE SWAP
ABC
4,267,000

10
HOWIE DO IT 8P
NBC
4,034,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (March 6, 2009).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 10.4 million viewers, while ABC took second place with almost 6.8 million average viewers. NBC and UNI claimed third and fourth places with roughly 4.2 million and …

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Posted Feb 28, 2009

CBS’s “Ghost Whisperer”, “Numb3rs” and “Flashpoint” were the top three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV with an average audience of approximately 11.5, 9.6 and 9.0 million viewers Friday, February 27, 2009.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
GHOST WHISPERER
CBS
11,543,000

2
NUMB3RS
CBS
9,623,000

3
FLASHPOINT
CBS
8,990,000

4
20/20-FRI
ABC
7,052,000

5
DATELINE FRI
NBC
5,779,000

6
SUPERNANNY
ABC
5,534,000

7
WIFE SWAP
ABC
4,530,000

8
HOWIE DO IT 8P
NBC
4,488,000

9
CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL FRI
UNI
4,459,000

10
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE FRI
UNI
4,434,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (February 27, 2009).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 10.1 million viewers, while ABC took second place with almost 5.7 million average viewers. NBC and UNI claimed third and fourth places with roughly 4.7 million and 4.0 million …

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Posted Feb 25, 2009

CBS’s “Ghost Whisperer”, “Numb3rs” and “Flashpoint” were the top three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV with an average audience of approximately 8.3 & 8.0 million viewers Friday, February 20, 2009.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
GHOST WHISPERER
CBS
8,293,000

2
NUMB3RS
CBS
8,048,000

3
FLASHPOINT
CBS
8,003,000

4
20/20-FRI
ABC
7,227,000

5
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE FRI
UNI
6,605,000

6
DATELINE FRI
NBC
5,619,000

7
SUPERNANNY
ABC
5,121,000

8
CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL FRI
UNI
4,904,000

9
DOLLHOUSE
FOX
4,250,000

10
HOWIE DO IT 8P
NBC
4,097,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (February 20, 2009).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 8.1 million viewers, while ABC took second place with almost 5.4 million average viewers. UNI and NBC claimed third and fourth places with roughly 5.1 million and 4.5 million average …

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Posted Feb 15, 2009

ABC’s “20/20-Fri” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on
broadcast TV for February 13, 2009. The show drew approximately 11.0 million average viewers Friday evening.
CBS’s “Ghost Whisperer” and “Numb3rs” rounded out the top three with 10.3 and 9.1 million average viewers respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
20/20-FRI
ABC
10,990,000

2
GHOST WHISPERER
CBS
10,305,000

3
NUMB3RS
CBS
9,105,000

4
FLASHPOINT
CBS
8,797,000

5
SUPERNANNY
ABC
6,090,000

6
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE FRI
UNI
5,000,000

7
DOLLHOUSE
FOX
4,760,000

8
DATELINE FRI
NBC
4,585,000

9
CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL FRI
UNI
4,292,000

10
WIFE SWAP
ABC
4,172,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (February 13, 2009).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 9.4 million viewers,
while ABC took second place with almost 7.1 million average viewers. FOX and …

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Posted Feb 7, 2009

CBS’s “Ghost Whisperer”, “Numb3rs” and “Flashpoint” swept the top three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV with an average audience of approximately 11.4, 10.3 and 9.5 million viewers Friday, February 6, 2009.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
GHOST WHISPERER
CBS
11,415,000

2
NUMB3RS
CBS
10,303,000

3
FLASHPOINT
CBS
9,515,000

4
20/20-FRI
ABC
7,373,000

5
SUPERNANNY
ABC
6,518,000

6
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE FRI
UNI
5,547,000

7
WIFE SWAP
ABC
5,004,000

8
DATELINE FRI
NBC
4,980,000

9
HOWIE DO IT 8P
NBC
4,732,000

10
CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL FRI
UNI
4,665,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (February 6, 2009).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 10.4 million viewers, while ABC took second place with almost 6.3 million average viewers. UNI claimed third place with approximately 4.6 million viewers while NBC and FOX came …

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Posted Feb 1, 2009

CBS’s “Flashpoint”, “Ghost Whisperer” and “Numb3rs” were the top three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV with an average audience of approximately 8.4, 8.2 and 7.5 million viewers Friday, January 30, 2009.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
FLASHPOINT
CBS
8,433,000

2
GHOST WHISPERER
CBS
8,222,000

3
NUMB3RS
CBS
7,506,000

4
20/20-FRI
ABC
6,642,000

5
DATELINE FRI
NBC
6,203,000

6
20/20 SPECIAL-1/30(S)-01/30/2009
ABC
6,078,000

7
HOWIE DO IT 8:30
NBC
5,367,000

8
HOWIE DO IT 8P
NBC
5,141,000

9
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE FRI
UNI
5,112,000

10
WIFE SWAP
ABC
4,964,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (January 30, 2009).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 8.1 million viewers, while ABC took second place with almost 5.9 million average viewers. NBC and UNI claimed third and fourth places with roughly 5.2 million and 4.4 …

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Posted Jan 26, 2009

CBS’s “Ghost Whisperer”, “Numb3rs” and “Flashpoint” were the top three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV with an average audience of approximately 11.2, 11.0 and 10.2 million viewers Friday, January 23, 2009.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
GHOST WHISPERER
CBS
11,183,000

2
NUMB3RS
CBS
10,959,000

3
FLASHPOINT
CBS
10,182,000

4
SMARTER THAN 5TH GRADER
FOX
6,072,000

5
DON’T FORGET THE LYRICS
FOX
6,041,000

6
HOWIE DO IT 8:30
NBC
5,679,000

7
20/20-FRI
ABC
5,591,000

8
HOWIE DO IT 8P
NBC
5,523,000

9
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE FRI
UNI
5,310,000

10
DATELINE FRI
NBC
5,087,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (January 23, 2009).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 10.8 million viewers,
while FOX took second place with almost 6.1 million average viewers. NBC and ABC
claimed third and fourth places with roughly 4.9 million …

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Posted Jan 17, 2009

CBS’s “Numb3rs”, “Ghost Whisperer” and “Flashpoint” swept the top three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV with an average audience of approximately 11.0, 10.6 and 10.3 million viewers Friday, January 16, 2009.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
NUMB3RS
CBS
11,022,000

2
GHOST WHISPERER
CBS
10,581,000

3
FLASHPOINT
CBS
10,283,000

4
20/20-FRI
ABC
6,132,000

5
HOWIE DO IT 8:30
NBC
6,064,000

6
HOWIE DO IT 8P
NBC
5,980,000

7
SMARTER THAN 5TH GRADER
FOX
5,641,000

8
DATELINE FRI
NBC
5,574,000

9
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE FRI
UNI
5,222,000

10
DON’T FORGET THE LYRICS
FOX
4,936,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (January 16, 2009).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 10.6 million viewers,
while NBC took second place with almost 5.4 million average viewers. FOX and ABC
claimed third and fourth places with roughly 5.3 million …

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Posted Jan 13, 2009

CBS’s “Ghost Whisperer”, “Numb3rs” and “Flashpoint” were the top three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV with an average audience of approximately 10.6, 10.1 and 10.0 million viewers Friday, January 9, 2009.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
GHOST WHISPERER
CBS
10,644,000

2
NUMB3RS
CBS
10,135,000

3
FLASHPOINT
CBS
10,000,000

4
20/20-FRI
ABC
7,906,000

5
HOWIE DO IT 8P
NBC
7,777,000

6
SUPERNANNY
ABC
5,552,000

7
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE FRI
UNI
5,257,000

8
DATELINE FRI
NBC
4,933,000

9
CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL FRI
UNI
4,849,000

10
WIFE SWAP
ABC
4,725,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (January 9, 2009).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 10.2 million viewers,
while ABC took second place with almost 6.1 million average viewers. NBC and UNI
claimed third and fourth places with roughly 5.6 million and 4.5 million average …

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