TV Ratings: Canceled 'Medium' helps CBS to another Friday Win

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Fast National ratings for Friday, Nov. 19, 2010: CBS continues its successful Friday streak -- led by the just canceled "Medium," which experienced a slight raise in the ratings this week. Also notable was NBC's TV Movie "Harmony: A Film Inspired by the Prince of Wales," which debuted to mediocre ratings despite the current renewed interest in the Royals' personal lives.

CBS averaged 9.6 million viewers and took a 6.1 rating/11 share of households for the night. ABC was second with 5.3 million and a 3.5/6. NBC came in third (4.0 million, 2.7/5). FOX was in fourth (3.0 million, 1.8/3) and the CW came in fifth (2.3 million, 1.4/3).  ABC bested CBS with a 1.6 in the key demo. CBS (1.5), The CW (1.0), NBC (0.9) and FOX (0.9) followed.

8:00PM:
CBS: "Medium" (7.3 million, 4.6/8)
ABC: "Supernanny" (4.1 million, 2.8/5)
FOX: "House" rerun (3.3 million, 2.1/4)
CW: "Smallville" (2.6 million, 1.5/3)
NBC: "School Pride" (2.5 million, 1.8/3)

18-49 leader: "Medium" (1.4)

9:00PM:
CBS: "CSI: NY" (10.2 million, 6.5/11)
ABC: "Primetime: What Would You Do?" (4.9 million, 3.2/6)
NBC: "Dateline" (5.7 million, 3.9/7)
FOX: "The Good Guys" (2.7 million, 1.6/3)
CW: "Supernatural" (2.0 million, 1.3/2)

18-49 leader: "Primetime" (1.6)

10:00PM:
CBS: "Blue Bloods" (11.3 million, 7.0/13)
ABC: "20/20" (6.8 million, 4.6/9)
NBC: "Harmony: A Film Inspired by the Prince of Wales" (3.7 million, 2.5/5)

18-49 leader: "20/20" (2.0)

Ratings information includes live and same-day DVR viewing. All numbers are preliminary and subject to change. Source: The Nielsen Company.

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