ABC Hoofs Its Way to Friday Win ('Book of Daniel' Continues Ratings Decline)

LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) Fast National ratings for Friday, Jan. 20, 2006 The "Dancing with the Stars" results show generated enough momentum for ABC early Friday night to carry the network to a ratings win.

ABC averaged a 7.5 rating/13 share in primetime to score a comfortable win over CBS, 6.1/10. NBC finished third at 4.7/8. UPN and FOX tied for fourth in households at 2.8/5, although UPN held an edge in viewers. The WB trailed with a 1.7/3.

Among adults 18-49, ABC's 3.2 rating led the way. CBS took second with a 2.6, followed by NBC at 2.2 and FOX at 1.9. UPN averaged 1.6 and The WB 1.1. The "Dancing" results show, 10.0/17, snagged the biggest audience of the night at 8 p.m. A rerun of "Ghost Whisperer," 5.4/9, put CBS in second. "Most Outrageous TV Moments" finished third for NBC, ahead of "Friday Night Smackdown!," 2.8/5, on UPN. FOX averaged 2.4/4 with two episodes of "The Bernie Mac Show." The WB went with "What I Like About You" and "Living with Fran."

ABC held onto the lead in households at 9 p.m. with "In Justice," 6.0/10, although CBS' "Close to Home," 5.9/10, had a few more viewers. NBC was right behind in third with "Dateline," 5.8/9. FOX moved up to fourth with "Trading Spouses," which drew a 3.2/5. The second hour of "Smackdown!" beat The WB's "Reba" and "Twins."

At 10 p.m., a repeat of CBS' "Numb3rs" scored a 7.0/12 to beat ABC's "20/20," 6.5/11. "The Book of Daniel" averaged 4.1/7 for NBC.

Last week's ratings:

At 10 p.m., "Numb3rs" scored an 8.3/14 for CBS to beat ABC's "20/20," 6.8/12, and NBC's "Book of Daniel," 4.7/8.

Out of morbid curiosity (and boredom as I'm sick with a cold) I watched some of "Book of Daniel" last night. It is purely an attack on traditional values, and not convincing in the slightest. It doesn't even rate as good propaganda - it is full-on venom against decency.

Normal people don't want this **it.

I hope they go bankrupt over it. They are already bankrupt morally for showing this. It's sick and mocks genuine Christianity - which is their point.

3 posted on 01/21/2006 12:31:20 PM PST by nmh (Intelligent people believe in Intelligent Design (God))

That's the whole idea.

Attack Christianity. Mock it. Promote depravity.

People DON'T want this crap and the ratings are showing it.

Movies like Narnia are making mega bucks. Movies about a fagot cowboy have ratings in the toilet - and losing money.

4 posted on 01/21/2006 12:33:20 PM PST by nmh (Intelligent people believe in Intelligent Design (God))

I've tried to watch Numbers about 5 times, the show is like a sleeping pill for me. I managed to stay awake through a Sat. AM rerun once, which was good, since I got to find out "who dunit". It's too bad since it's a good show, I think it's just a case of too much math!

Monk has all new episodes running at 10 PM eastern time on USA. Most highly recommended to all.

5 posted on 01/21/2006 12:45:10 PM PST by jocon307 (The Silent Majority - silent no longer)

I'm still not sure why Christians are upset about a series concerning a spiritually deluded clergyman of an apostate formerly-Christian denomination with a dysfunctional family.

I'm also not sure why anyone would want to watch such a series. (And evidently, as the ratings show, even most TV-watching folk feel that way, too.)

6 posted on 01/21/2006 2:09:43 PM PST by The_Reader_David (And when they behead your own people in the wars which are to come, then you will know. . .)

Local station here in Colorado Springs pre-empted the "Dancing Results Show" with a local college hockey game! Argh!!!!!

7 posted on 01/21/2006 10:56:52 PM PST by LiteKeeper (Beware the secularization of America)

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