It was mostly carnage on the first Friday of the season, with NBC's freshman Outlaw barely surviving the transition to Fridays and CBS' veteran CSI: NY and Fox's summer entry The Good Guys also hard-hit in their move to TV's equivalent of a grave yard. But if there is one man impervious to time slots, it's Tom Selleck as loyalists tuned in for the premiere of his new CBS cop drama Blue Bloods, the highest-rated program on TV last night with an audience number rarely seen on Friday night: 13 million. Also logging a strong debut was the reunited CW duo of�Smallville and Supernatural. Here is a quick network-by-network round-up:
Where is Ghost Whisperer when you need it? The cancelled drama starring Jennifer Love Hewitt was one of very few series that could open Friday night with a decent number. Still, CBS showed some nice rating build-up hour-to-hour and easily won the night in 18-49 and total viewers. It was successful in bringing in the (mostly older) available audience on Friday night, with two series crossing the 10 million viewer mark, CSI: NY and Blue Bloods. New 8 PM anchor Medium (1.4/5, 6.1 million) was the night's weakest link, down 39% from the season premiere of Ghost Whisperer last fall and down 33% from its own season premiere in the 9 PM last year. (Even ... Read More »
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