Ratings: Barbara Walters' 'Patrick Swayze: The Truth' sets ABC free
Jan 8, 2009, 02:42 PM | by Annie Barrett
Categories: TV Biz, TV Ratings
ABC's Barbara Walters Special Patrick Swayze: The Truth was Wednesday night's most-watched show in a night peppered generously with reruns. (Check out Ken Tucker's recap and watch a clip of Swayze and Walters over at EW.com's Watching TV blog.) Still, CBS drew in the most total viewers for the evening, combining its two-hour telecast of the People's Choice Awards with strong performances from repeats of its two half-hour sitcoms, The New Adventures of Old Christine and Gary Unmarried. The CW's new reality series Fear Is Real (whose opening credits feature both a stuffed rabbit that's supposed to look menacing and a contestant named "Melyssa," and that's as far as I got) debuted with 2.4 million viewers. The network's most recent new series, Stylista, debuted at 2.5 million.
| Time | Show | Viewers (in millions) |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 p.m. | Old Christine (CBS) Bones (Fox) Knight Rider (NBC) Scrubs (ABC) Fear is Real (The CW) |
8.2 (repeat) 6.6 (repeat) 5.7 4.5 (repeat) 2.4 |
| 8:30 | Gary Unmarried (CBS) Scrubs (ABC) |
7.4 (repeat) 4.4 (repeat) |
| 9:00 | People's Choice Awards (CBS) Special Edition 20/20 (ABC) Law & Order: SVU Bones 90210 |
9.3 8.0 7.4 (repeat) 6.5 (repeat) 1.9 (repeat) |
| 10:00 | Barbara Walters Special (ABC) Law & Order (NBC) |
12.6 10.1 |
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