Nobody watched TV on the day after Thanksgiving. No network averaged more than 5.31 million viewers or delivered more than a dismal 1.4 rating in the 18-49 demo.
Daniel Fienberg
<div>Fast National ratings for Friday, November 27, 2009.</div>
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<div>Nobody watched TV on the day after Thanksgiving. </div>
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<div>We could leave our ratings story at that, but interested readers probably crave more details on a primetime Friday evening in which no network averaged more than 5.31 million viewers or delivered more than a dismal 1.4 rating in the 18-49 demo.</div>
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<div>It was FOX that claimed the key demo with the 1.4 rating among adults 18-49. CBS' 1.2 rating was a close second, with ABC and NBC doing a 1.1 rating to tie for third. The CW was fifth with a 0.5 rating.</div>
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<div>Overall, CBS averaged the 5.31 million viewers to go with a 3.5 rating/6 share. ABC was second with a 2.9/5, beating FOX's 2.6/5, though FOX finished second for the night in total viewers. NBC's 2.4/4 was fourth, with The CW's 0.8/1 trailing.</div>
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<div>CBS started the night in first with a 3.8/7 for a repeat of "Ghost Whisperer." NBC's broadcast of "The 40 Year-Old Virgin" was second with a 2.5/5. FOX's broadcast of "Ice Age 2: The Meltdown" was third, beating ABC's "Supernanny," which did a 2.3/4. The CW's "Smallville" repeat had a 1.0/2 for fifth.</div>
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<div>A "Medium" repeat kept CBS in first at 9 p.m. with a 3.4/6. FOX's "Ice Age 2: The Meltdown" had a 2.8/5 overall and won the hour in the 18-49 demo with a 1.5 rating. NBC's movie was third for the hour with a 2.5/5, edging the 2.3/4 for ABC's "Ugly Betty." And yes, that was actually a new episode of "Ugly Betty" averaging under 3.39 million viewers and a 0.9 demo rating. The CW's "America's Next Top Model" repeat trailed.</div>
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<div>ABC finished the night with "20/20" delivering Friday's best ratings with a 4.1/8 overall and a 1.6 demo rating. CBS' "Numb3rs" was second with a 3.3/6. A rare repeat of "The Jay Leno Show" was third for NBC. </div>
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<div><strong>All ratings information comes from preliminary Fast National Nielsen data, which includes live and same-day DVR viewing. All numbers are subject to change.</strong></div>
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