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LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - Fast National ratings for Friday, Nov. 8, 2002

If it's Friday, it must mean NBC is the Nielsen winner on TV, as it has been for pretty much every week this season.

NBC averaged a 9.4 rating/17 share in primetime, more than three ratings points ahead of second-place CBS, 6.0/11. ABC was third at 5.0/9, with FOX trailing at 3.5/6.

Among adults 18-49, NBC led with a 4.2 rating, followed by ABC, 2.9, FOX, 2.7, and CBS, 2.2.

"Providence" started the night for NBC with an 8.0/14. CBS took second with "48 Hours Investigates," 6.7/12. "America's Funniest Home Videos" on ABC was third, with FOX's "Firefly" bringing up the rear at 2.9/5.

At 9 p.m., "Dateline" kept NBC in first place, while CBS stayed in second with "Hack," 6.7/12. FOX moved up to third with "John Doe," 4.1/7. "The Drew Carey Show" on ABC struggled in its Friday debut. Back-to-back episodes averaged 3.5/6.

NBC capped the night with "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," 11.6/21. ABC's "20/20" 5.8/10, took second over CBS' "Robbery Homicide Division," 4.7/9.

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Originally posted by Haken:
One thing is certain, John Doe is doing really well, and depending on how you look at it, it isn't good news for Firefly.

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