TV Jots

8pm: CBS got to business right away with Ghost Whisperer (9.98 million viewers, 2.7 rating/8 share among viewers aged 18 to 49). NBC’s Family Man (6.42m, 1.8/5) came in second, trumping third-place Men in Trees (5.57m, 1.5/5) on ABC, fourth-place Friday Night SmackDown! (4.96m, 1.6/5) on The CW, and a way last Next Great American Band (2.61m, 1.1/3) on Fox.

9pm: ABC took the lead in total viewers at 9pm, with the crime procedural Women’s Murder Club drawing a crowd of 7.76 million (1.6/5). The highest achiever in the 18–49 demographic, however, was the middle portion of NBC’s The Family Man (7.21m, 2.4/7), which bested even CBS’ fan favorite Moonlight (7.33m, 2.2/6) and delivered a close third in overall viewers. At fourth was the final hour of SmackDown! (5.2m, 1.7/5), followed by a new installment of Don’t Forget the Lyrics (4.27m, 1.5/4) on Fox.

10pm: The night’s highest-rated show in total viewers was CBS’ reliable Numb3rs (10.07m, 2.6/8). It tied the hour’s second best overall performer, NBC’s The Family Man (7.56m, 2.6/8), in the 18–49 demographic, and both shows were second for the night on that measure, just behind the leader Ghost Whisperer (2.7/8). ABC’s 20/20 (6.43m, 1.8/5) placed third between 10pm and 11pm.

Overall: CBS (9.13m, 2.5/7) managed a complete win, while NBC (7.06m, 2.2/7) produced a respectable second-place finish. ABC (6.43m, 1.6/5) took third in total viewers, but tied The CW (5.08m, 1.6/5) among 18–49-year-olds. Fox (3.44m, 1.3/4) was last on both measures.

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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