Dollhouse

Friday 12/18/09

 Total Viewers:

NBC: 5.92 million, CBS: 5.54, ABC: 5.40, Fox: 2.10, CW: 1.46

 Adults 18-49:

ABC and CBS: 1.4 rating/5 share each, NBC: 1.3/ 4, Fox: 0.7/ 2, CW: 0.6/ 2

Note: Any prior rating results are based on the final nationals. Since the level of DVR penetration has increased from 27 percent at this same point last year to approximately 33 percent at present, the overall results may be negatively impacted.

 Friday’s Winners (keep in mind that the expectations are lower on Friday):

Nothing

 Friday’s Losers (excluding repeats):

The night overall

 Ratings Breakdown:

NBC was the most-watched network on this typically low-rated Friday, while ABC and CBS tied for first among adults 18-49. NBC opened the evening with a repeat of Law & Order (Viewers: #2, 6.20 million; A18-49: #2, 1.2/ 4 at 8 p.m.), followed by Dateline (Viewers: #1, 5.99 million; A18-49: #1t, 1.4/ 4) and The Jay Leno Show (Viewers: #2, 5.56 million; A18-49: #2, 1.4/ 5) from 9-11 p.m.

CBS got some mileage out of repeat holiday specials Frosty the Snowman (Viewers: #1, 7.00 million; A18-49: #1, 2.1/ 8) and Frosty Returns (Viewers: #1, 6.51 million; A18-49: #1, 1.9/ 7) from 8-9 p.m. That led into repeats of Medium (Viewers: #3, 4.51 million; A18-49: #3, 1.2/ 4) and Numb3rs (Viewers: #3, 5.35 million; A18-49: #3, 1.2/ 4) from 9-11 p.m.

ABC kicked-off this third Friday in December with Supernanny (Viewers: #3, 4.10 million; A18-49: #3, 1.1/ 4), which is not capable of anchoring the evening, followed by two episodes of veteran 20/20, which fared as follows:

20/20 (ABC)

9:00 p.m. – Viewers: 5.39 million (#2), A18-49: 1.4/ 5 (#1)

10:00 p.m. – Viewers: 6.72 million (#1), A18-49: 1.8/ 6 (#1)

Elsewhere, Fox burned off two more episodes of canceled Dollhouse (Viewers: #4, avg. 2.10 million; A18-49: #4, avg. 0.7/ 2 from 8-10 p.m.), while the last two encore telecasts of The CW’s week-long marathon of The Vampire Diaries was last with an average 1.46 million viewers and a 0.6/ 2 among adults 18-49 from 8-10 p.m. As always, there is very little of note on troubled Friday.

Source: Nielsen Media Research data (R = repeat)