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"Kranks" gives Fox Wednesday ratings win

Thu Dec 27, 2007 8:43pm EST
Fuile photo shows actor Tim Allen posing for photographers during a photocall to promote his film ''Wild Hogs'' (Cerdos Salvajes) in Madrid March 27, 2007. The Tim Allen movie ''Christmas With the Kranks'' served as a late Christmas present for Fox, lifting the network to a primetime win among adults 18-49 on Wednesday. REUTERS/Sergio Perez

NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - The Tim Allen movie "Christmas With the Kranks" served as a late Christmas present for Fox, lifting the network to a primetime win among adults 18-49 on Wednesday.

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The 2004 theatrical averaged 7.2 million viewers and a 2.4 rating/7 share in adults 18-49, according to preliminary estimates released Thursday by Nielsen Media Research.

The top show in the demo was a repeat of NBC's "Law & Order: SVU" (8.7 million, 2.5/7). CBS's repeat "Criminal Minds" (9.1 million, 1.9/6) was the night's top show in viewership.

Meanwhile, CBS' coverage of the "Kennedy Center Honors" (6.2 million, 1.2/3) dropped 37% compared to last year's telecast on the same day. It was the night's only original programming.

Fox (7.2 million, 2.4/7) was the top network of the night among adults 18-49 against NBC (7.9 million, 2.2/6); CBS (7.2 million, 1.4/4); ABC (3.9 million, 1.2/3); and the CW (1.5 million, 0.6/2).

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