TV Jots

8pm: NBC worked it in the first hour of the night, thanks to Deal or No Deal’s 10.67 million and 2.6/9 showing. The game show was bested by CBS’ Ghost Whisperer, however, in terms of the 18–49 demographic (9.45m, 2.7/9). In third place was ABC’s Ann Heche dramedy Men in Trees (6.4m, 1.7/5), followed by The CW’s predictable fourth place for Friday Night SmackDown! (4.42m, 1.4/5) and fifth place for Fox’s decidedly unpopular The Next Great American Band (2.49m, 1.1/4).

9pm: Yet another split characterized the second hour of the night. While ABC’s rookie crime procedural Women’s Murder Club led in total viewers (8.94m, 1.8/6), CBS’ Moonlight pulled into first among those aged 18 to 49 (8.21m, 2.7/8). The sophomore NBC drama Friday Night Light’s was third (5.96m, 2.1/6), and Fox’s Don’t Forget the Lyrics (4.95m, 1.8/6) was fourth, just creeping pass the second hour of The CW’s SmackDown! (4.84m, 1.5/4).

10pm: The CBS FBI procedural Numb3rs closed out the night handily, with 10.24 million watching to yield a night best of 2.8/9. NBC’s Las Vegas (6.74m, 2.0/6) ranked third, with the ABC newsmagazine 20/20 (6.44m, 1.9/6) not far behind.

Overall: CBS (9.3m, 2.7/8) was the night’s network leader, with NBC (7.78m, 2.2/7) second, and ABC (7.26, 1.8/5) third. In the bottom two spots, The CW (4.67m, 1.4/4) led in total viewers, although Fox (3.71m, 1.5/5) produced better results among 18–49-year-olds.

DATA EXPLANATION: In the households figure 6.4/11, 6.4 is the household RATING that indicates what average percentage of U.S. households tuned into a particular show (6.4%), while 11 is the household SHARE that refers to what average percentage of televisions in use were tuned into a particular show (11%).

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