Fast National ratings for Friday, October 10, 2009

Friday night's ratings for CBS took a similar path to last Friday giving it the most viewers thanks to new series "Medium" and mainstays "Ghost Whisperer" and "Numb3rs." But NBC's justice slate of "Law & Order" and "Dateline" came in second, proving that scheduled repeats of new series "FlashForward" and "Modern Family" just isn't enough when so few viewers are available.

CBS averaged 8 million viewers and an 5.1 rating/9 share in households. NBC took second with 6.5 million viewers and an 4.4/8 share, ABC (4 million, 2.8/5) was third, followed by FOX (2.3 million, 1.5/3) came in fourth, ahead of The CW (1.7 million, 1.1/2).

In the adults 18-49 demo, CBS garnered a 1.9 rating. NBC scored a 1.5, followed by ABC at 1.0, FOX with 0.9 and The CW at 0.7.

Friday night hour by hour:

8 p.m.

CBS: "Ghost Whisperer" (8.6 million viewers, 5.3/10 households)
NBC: "Law & Order" (7.2 million, 4.7/9)
ABC: "FlashForward" (3.1 million, 2.2/4)
FOX: "Brothers" (2.3 million, 1.5/3)/"'Til Death" (2.3 million, 1.5/3)
The CW: "Smallville" (2.3 million, 1.4/3)

18-49 leader: "Ghost Whisperer" at 2.1.

9 p.m.

CBS: "Medium" (8.3 million, 5.2/9)
NBC: "Dateline: NBC" (7 million, 4.9/9)
ABC: "Modern Family" (2.9 million, 1.9/3)/"The Middle" (2.7 million, 1.8/3)
FOX: "Dollhouse" (2.2 million, 1.4/3)
The CW: "America's Next Top Model" (1.1 million, 0.8/1)

18-49 leader: "Medium" (1.9)

10 p.m.

CBS: "Numb3rs" (7.1 million, 4.7/9)
ABC: "20/20" (6 million, 4.3/8)
NBC: "The Jay Leno Show" (5.3 million, 3.6/7)

18-49 leader: "Numb3rs" (1.6)

Ratings information includes live and same-day DVR viewing. All numbers are preliminary and subject to change.