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TV Ratings (Thursday 5th & Friday 6th)

I don't entirely blame Fox for Fringe's issues - they could have had a really great second season after all of the stuff that they revealed at the end of last season, but instead of returning to the highly interesting story arc they just ignore it entirely for several episodes while showing freaky encounter of the week instead. It has been disappointing.
 
Final numbers for the Thursday and Friday SFF shows:

Thursday

FlashForward (ABC) - 8.57 million viewers (5.5/9 HH and 2.6/7 A18-49). That's a new low in overall viewers and in the demo, so there was no post-baseball rebound.

Fringe (Fox) - 4.857 million viewers (3.0/5 HH and 1.7/4 A18-49). That's a new series low and a whopping drop in the demo from the previous episode. Bones was only down slightly, so it's arguable to what extent the late scheduling was a factor. In any event, whatever the reason, Fringe can't survive at this level. It needs to get back up to at least a 2.2 in the demo, and preferably higher.

Supernatural (CW) - 2.645 million viewers (1.6/3 HH and 1.2/3 A18-49). Down from 2.917 million viewers the week before.

The Vampire Diaries (CW) - 4.090 million viewers (2.6/4 HH and 1.9/5 A18-49). Down from 4.184 million viewers the week before.

Friday

Ghost Whisperer (CBS) - 7.992 million viewers (5.0/9 HH and 1.9/6 A18-49).

Medium (CBS) - 7.741 million viewers (5.0/9 HH and 1.9/6 A18-49).

Sanctuary (Syfy) - 1.42 million viewers (1.0/2 HH and 0.5/2 A18-49). Down from 1.606 million viewers the week before.

Smallville (CW) - 2.626 million viewers (1.7/3 HH and 1.2/4 A18-49). Its best numbers so far this season.

Stargate Universe (Syfy) - 1.626 million (1.1/2 HH and 0.7/2 A18-49). Down from 1.974 million viewers the week before. Both Stargate Universe and Sanctuary have dropped every week so far this season and haven't found a floor yet.

Edit to add: ABC has ordered five more episodes of The Forgotten and decided not to order anymore episodes of Eastwick, effectively cancelling it.
 
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