9:00 p.m.
ABC – Desperate Housewives (R)
Viewers: 3.61 million (#5), A18-49: 1.0/ 3 (#5)
CBS – Garth Brooks: Live in LA
Viewers: 8.13 million (#1), A18-49: 2.1/ 6 (#2)
NBC – Friday Night Lights
Viewers: 5.37 million (#3), A18-49: 1.9/ 5 (#3)
Fox – House (R)
Viewers: 7.30 million (#2), A18-49: 2.2/ 6 (#1)
CW – Friday Night Smackdown!
Viewers: 5.18 million (#4), A18-49: 1.5/ 4 (#4)

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9:30 p.m.
ABC – Desperate Housewives (R)
Viewers: 3.51 million (#5), A18-49: 1.1/ 3 (#5)
CBS – Garth Brooks: Live in LA
Viewers: 8.23 million (#1), A18-49: 2.1/ 6 (#2)
NBC – Friday Night Lights
Viewers: 5.30 million (#3), A18-49: 2.0/ 5 (#3)
Fox – House (R)
Viewers: 7.96 million (#2), A18-49: 2.5/ 7 (#1)
CW – Friday Night Smackdown!
Viewers: 5.21 million (#4), A18-49: 1.5/ 4 (#4)

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NBC was second overall in households, total viewers and adults 18-49 as a result of 1 vs. 100 (Viewers: #2, 7.69 million; A18-49: #2, 1.9/ 6), which I still say is a better game show than Deal or No Deal, Friday Night Lights (Viewers: #3, 5.76 million; A18-49: #3, 1.9/ 6) and Las Vegas (Viewers: #2, 7.06 million; A18-49: #2, 2.1/ 6). Needless to say, these are three series on the fence for renewal for next season (if this damn writers strike is ever settled, that is).

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NBC dominated this first Friday of 2007 in total viewers and adults 18-49 with its combination of the season-premiere of 1 vs. 100 (Viewers: #1, 8.59 million; A18-49: #1, 2.4/ 8), Friday Night Lights (Viewers: #3, 5.53 million; A18-49: #2t, 1.8/ 5) and Las Vegas (Viewers: #2, 7.08 million; A18-49: #2, 2.0/ 6). A few observations:

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9:00 p.m.
CBS - Moonlight
Viewers: 8.19 million (#2), A18-49: 2.7/ 8 (#1)
NBC - Friday Night Lights
Viewers: 6.45 million (#3), A18-49: 2.2/ 6 (#2)
ABC - Women's Murder Club
Viewers: 8.82 million (#1), A18-49: 1.7/ 5 (#3)
CW - Friday Night Smackdown!
Viewers: 4.74 million (#4), A18-49: 1.4/ 4 (#5)
Fox - Don't Forget the Lyrics
Viewers: 4.38 million (#5), A18-49: 1.6/ 5 (#4)

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9:30 p.m.
CBS - Moonlight
Viewers: 8.22 million (#2), A18-49: 2.7/ 8 (#1)
NBC - Friday Night Lights
Viewers: 5.47 million (#4), A18-49: 2.0/ 6 (#2t)
ABC - Women's Murder Club
Viewers: 9.06 million (#1), A18-49: 1.9/ 6 (#4)
CW - Friday Night Smackdown!
Viewers: 4.93 million (#5), A18-49: 1.5/ 4 (#5)
Fox - Don't Forget the Lyrics
Viewers: 5.51 million (#4), A18-49: 2.0/ 6 (#2t)

So Friday Night Lights averaged 5.96 Million Viewers for Friday's episode.

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And Fox got unexpected mileage out of a Friday edition of Don’t Forget the Lyrics, with 6.30 million viewers (#3) and a second-place 2.3/ 7 among adults 18-49. Comparably, that more than doubled the performance of lead-in The Next Great American Band, with double-digit growth over year-ago occupant Trading Spouses. Lost in the 9-10 p.m. shuffle was NBC’s ratings-challenged Friday Night Lights, at a fourth-place finish in both total viewers (5.60 million) and adults 18-49 (1.9/ 5).

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