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January 15, 2008
Terminator Tops Globes
By BENJAMIN TOFF
NBC’s bare-bones version of the “65th Annual Golden Globes” attracted just 5.8 million viewers on Sunday night, a small fraction of the 20 million who tuned in to the awards show a year ago, according to Nielsen’s estimates. The big hit on Sunday was Fox’s premiere of “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles,” which attracted 18.3 million viewers at 8 p.m. and the highest ratings by far of any new series this season. Although “Terminator” benefited from following a football game on Fox that attracted more than 35 million viewers during the 7 p.m. hour, no other scripted series debut on any broadcast network has done better in the 18-to-49 set in three years. The last scripted series debut on a broadcast network to earn higher ratings among adults 18 to 49 was CBS’s “Numb3rs” on Jan. 23, 2005. Fox easily led the night’s ratings, followed by CBS and ABC. NBC ranked fourth. Part one of CBS’s “Comanche Moon” drew 15.8 million viewers.