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Titolo: Dati d'ascolto della 901

THE SEASON PREMIERE OF FRIENDS IS THE MOST-WATCHED EVER AS IT RETURNS
TO THE NUMBER-ONE SPOT AND DOUBLES UP ON SURVIVOR!
Fast National Ratings for September 26, 2002
Friends premiered its ninth season and soared to new heights on
Thursday night, easily ranking as the top show of the night and
reclaiming its spot as the number-one show on television! The final
numbers, which are due out soon, will be even higher, but for now, the
preliminary numbers show the episode having 33.3 million viewers. The
last new episode, which was last season's hour-long finale, had 33.4
million viewers based on the preliminary numbers and ended up with a
Thursday night record of 34.9 million viewers. At this point, it
appears this episode will rank third overall behind the episode that
aired after the 1996 Super Bowl and last season's finale. It has
already clinched the title of the most-watched season premiere in
Friends history!
Based on the preliminary ratings, Friends had the highest numbers of
any half-hour in the new television season, a 20.1 rating and a 31
share. The episode demolished Survivor: Thailand, which came away with
a 12.2 rating and a 19 share, down significantly from a 13.2 and a 22
for its premiere last week. During the half-hour that both shows
aired, Friends more than doubled Survivor in the ratings! Meanwhile,
CSI won the drama battle in premiere week for the first time, placing
number two with a 17.9/27 ahead of ER, which came in third with a
16.9/27. Will & Grace was at number four with a 14.1/21. The news was
mixed for Scrubs, which did not perform much better following the
season premiere of Friends than Inside Schwartz did last year, but
still beat Survivor with ease and placed fifth for the night with a
14.0/21. Survivor: Thailand was number six, new NBC comedy Good
Morning Miami was number seven with a 12.0/18, and new CBS drama
Without a Trace was number eight with an 11.0/18. Overall, NBC
continued its "Must-See TV" winning streak with a 15.6/24, though CBS
competed well with a 13.7/21.
With Thursday night's huge numbers, Friends is once again the
number-one show on television. The show climbed to number one on
November 29, 2001, and has not relinquished its position since (other
than the summer rerun period between seasons), finishing last season
as the most-watched show on television for the first time. Airing its
ninth and presumed final season this year, the numbers should continue
to dominate. On Sunday, Jennifer Aniston won an Emmy for Outstanding
Lead Actress in a Comedy Series and Friends won its first Emmy for
Outstanding Comedy Series!
For those who are not familiar with the numbers, the rating is the
percentage of all television homes tuned to a given show, while the
share is the percentage of in-use television homes tuned to the show.
For charts of all the ratings data from the past three years and
Friends episode previews, visit Dan's Friends Ratings. The link is
provided at the top of this article. Be sure to check out the rest of
Planet Dan, as well. I will post the final numbers here when the
become available...
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preliminary numbers show the episode having 33.3 million viewers
The final numbers, released Friday afternoon, reveal that the episode
had 34.0 million viewers.
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your eyeballs and skull fuck you!
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