'Knight Rider' leads 8 p.m. on debate night

NBC's freshman action-drama "Knight Rider" muscled aside competitors in the 8 p.m. hour Wednesday night, winning among entertainment programming.

Most regular programming was preempted by presidential debate coverage, which also dominated the ratings. "Rider" (7.7 million viewers, 2.4 preliminary adults 18-49 rating and a 7 share) was up a notch from last week to and tied CBS' "Gary Unmarried" as the evening's highest-rated entertainment program.

CBS aired "The New Adventures of Old Christine" (7.7 million, 2.1/6) and "Unmarried" (7.7 million, 2.4/7). "Christine" declined a tenth this week, but "Unmarried" held steady.

ABC's "Pushing Daisies" (6.3 million, 1.9/6) dropped again, down a tenth to place last in the hour among the major broadcasters.

Fox opted out of debate coverage to air the final game of the National League Championship Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies (8 million, 2.6/7). Fox's rating could shift to win the 8 p.m. hour when the nationals come in.

The CW's "America's Next Top Model" (3.2 million, 1.5/4) was a recap episode.

Comments

[tom desrosier]

I hated this show. The men are sisified and the women are manified.

Why cant men kick butt and woman just coo?

I miss the old knightrider.

Tom
http://www.dare2believe.com

[Kevin Moore]

NBC appears to have a lot of holes to fill with only a handful of dramas and comdies to pull from. Is their goal to put Lost and Found or LAPD in production for Spring of this season? Or are those two projects intended for Fall 09. How about the Lisa Kudrow family roots project. They just appear to be a mess and not enough fresh inventory to begin a rebuild.

Kevin