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'Dollhouse' returns to lowest ever ratings
Published Saturday, Sep 26 2009, 17:10 BST | By Neil Wilkes
The opener, which guest-starred Jamie Bamber, pulled in just 2.57m for Fox in the 9pm hour. The ratings are the lowest ever for the Joss Whedon series but are roughly on par with the 2.75m audience for the first season finale in May.
The season premiere of Medium on CBS won the hour with 8.78m, while Dateline NBC managed 5.82m for the Peacock. Encores of new comedies Modern Family and Cougar Town put in respective audiences of 4.28m and 4.18m for ABC, and on The CW, a rerun of America's Next Top Model grabbed 1.17m.
The fifth season premiere of Ghost Whisperer won the 8pm hour for CBS with 8.58m, while the premiere of Law & Order delivered 6.29m for NBC. An encore of FlashForward took 4.55m for ABC, the series premiere of new Fox comedy Brothers had 2.82m, and the season premiere of Smallville appealed to just 2.5m on The CW.
At 10pm, the season premiere of Numb3rs logged an impressive 7.92m for CBS. ABC was second, with 7.11m for 20/20, while NBC's The Jay Leno Show averaged 5.68m.
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