CBS Pulls Through to Win Friday
FOX scoops up the 18-to-49 demo
Despite an up-and-down evening, CBS' programming ultimately did the trick once again, winning Friday night among households with a 5.1 rating/9 share. FOX was second with a 4.8/8 while NBC came in third with a 4.6/8. ABC managed fourth place with a 4.2/7, while The CW trailed behind with a 2.8/5.
Among 18 to 49-year-olds, FOX ruled with a 2.5/7 to NBC's 2.2/6. CBS was still in the game with a 2.0/6, ahead of ABC's 1.9/5 and The CW's 1.4/4.
At 8 p.m., CBS started the night with the highest-rated show of the night, a primetime edition of "Price Is Right," 5.9/10, easily beating NBC's game show "1 vs. 100," 4.7/8. A repeat of "Bones" performed solidly for FOX, 4.6/8, while The CW gave over its evening to "Friday Night Smackdown." ABC languished in last place with a "Grey's Anatomy" repeat.
FOX shot up to first place at 9 p.m. with a "House" repeat, 5.1/8. The series premiere of NBC's new Dennis Miller-hosted game show Amne$ia" debuted with a 4.7/8 while ABC moved to third with "20/20," 4.4/7, while "Ghost Whisperer" dropped CBS to fourth place with a 4.2/7, still well ahead of The CW's wrestling.
ABC got an hour in the No. 1 position at 10 pm. with the special "20/20: What Would You Do," 5.6/10. CBS was back in second with "Numb3rs," 5.1/9. NBC finished off its night with "Dateline," 4.3/7.
Ratings information is taken from fast national data, which includes live and same-day DVR viewing. All numbers are preliminary and subject to change.
Fall TV
What's new, what's coming back and what to watch.
Emmy Awards
Find everything you need to know about the 2008 Primetime Emmy Awards.
Pick your favorite channels
Customize our TV listings to show only the channels you care about.
Get Zap2it delivered
Sign up for our new daily e-mail newsletter so you'll always know what to watch and where to watch it.
More Headlines
Pilots: Lisa Rinna, Harry Hamlin Exposed for TV Land
Anne Heche, 'Men in Trees' Co-star Expecting Baby
'Pushing Daisies' Creator Set to Rejoin 'Heroes'
'Baywatch's' Gena Lee Nolin a Mom Again
Meet the '13 - Fear Is Real' Brave Souls
NBC Makes Post-Super Bowl Plans
'Californication' Lubes up for a Third Season
Kevin Federline Was 'Blindsided' by Britney Spears
Daily Blog
Contests and Giveaways
RSS Feeds
-
Zap2it.com offers several content feeds you can use in RSS news readers. Click on the feeds you're interested in for instructions on adding them to My Yahoo!, Newsgator, Bloglines, and other readers.

TV and Movies 
TV news 
Movie news 
From Inside the Box 
It Happened Last Night 
Celebrity News 
Zap2it's Guide to 'American Idol' 
Zap2it's Guide to 'Lost' 
Zap2it's Guide to 'Gossip Girl'



