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Primetime Ratings: ABC's ‘Wipeout' Wins, ‘Goode Family' Not So Good In Debut

Fox's ‘So you Think you Can Dance,' CBS George Strait Concert nab most viewers

By David Tanklefsky -- Broadcasting & Cable, 5/28/2009 11:39:56 AM

Wipeout scored a 3.2/10 at 8 p.m. The first hour of Dance pulled in second at 3.0/9. George Strait's concert earned a 1.9/6 but led in viewers with 9.1 million on CBS. NBC was next at 1.1/3 for Law & Order: Criminal Intent. The CW finished fifth with a re-run of America's Next Top Model coming in at 0.5/2.

Fox moved into first at 9 p.m. with the second hour of Dance earning a 3.9/11, the highest-rated hour of the night. CBS moved into second with the second hour of Strait's performance drawing a 2.5/7 and the highest viewer total for the night with 12 million. NBC stayed in third, rising to a 1.7/4 for a re-run of Law & Order: SVU. The Goode Family earned a 1.6/5 from 9-9:30 (third place, ahead of NBC and the CW) followed by Surviving Suburbia (1.0/3 from 9:30-10). ABC averaged a 1.3/4 on the hour, placing it fourth. The CW was fifth at 0.5/1 with a re-run of Hitched or Ditched.

CBS jumped into first at 10 with a Criminal Minds re-run delivering a 2.0/6 and 8.8 million viewers. A re-run of Law & Order on NBC was next at 1.8/5, while ABC's The Unusuals came in at 1.2/3.

On the night Fox was first with a 3.5/10, well ahead of second place CBS at 2.1/6. CBS was first in viewers with 10 million. Despite the strong start, ABC finished third at 1.9/5. NBC was next at 1.5/4. The CW finished fifth at 0.5/1.

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• Brian Doyle Murray is the only good thing about Goode Behaviour,even the Wipeout lead in won't keep the liberal stinkbomb premise of goode behavior from cancellation.

  
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