BODY OF WATER IS #1


	BOdY OF WATER IS #1

Release Date:

January 24, 2009

Press Release:

Tribune Media Service
and The Nielsen Company

THE EPISODE DIRECTED BY JENNIFER LOVE HEWITT WAS #1 @ 8 PM EASTERN AND #1 FOR THE NIGHT!.....TV Ratings: CBS Knows What Viewers Want on Friday Network also tops the 18-to-49 demo.....

Actress-producer-boss Jennifer Love Hewitt with "Ghost Whisperer" executive producer and her boss Ian Sander on the set of the GW episode "Body of Water." Jennifer Love Hewitt marked her directing debut for this episode.

LOS ANGELES -- Fast National ratings for Friday, January 23, 2009

While the other networks continue to cast about for something to do with their Friday night schedules, CBS took home another end-of-the-week win with a 6.7 rating/12 share among households. FOX was a distant second with a 3.6/6, followed by ABC, 3.2/6, NBC, 3.1/5, and The CW, 0.9/2.

Among 18 to 49-year-olds, CBS was also tops with a 2.6. ABC managed a 1.6 over FOX and NBC's 1.5. The CW was last with a 0.6.

CBS started off at 8 p.m. with the highest-rated, most-watched show of the evening, "Ghost Whisperer," 7.1/12. FOX's "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?" came in second over NBC's "Howie Do It," 3.3/6. ABC's "Wife Swap" repeat, 2.7/5, received more than double the viewership of The CW's "Everybody Hates Chris" and "The Game," which averaged a 1.1/2 for the hour.

At 9 p.m., "Flashpoint," brought CBS down to a 6.2/11, but still handily won the hour. FOX held on to second place with "Don't Forget the Lyrics," 3.2/6. ABC rose to third with "Supernanny" as "Friday Night Lights," 2.5/4, dropped NBC to fourth place.

The CW ended its night with a new episode of "13: Fear Is Real," 0.7/1.

CBS bounced back at 10 p.m. to a 6.7/12 with "Numb3rs." ABC stayed in second place with "20/20," 3.8/7, and NBC made its way back to a 3.4/6 with "Dateline."

Ratings information is taken from fast national data, which includes live and same-day DVR viewing. All numbers are preliminary and subject to change.

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