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Some networks and shows manage to find a surprising amount of success on Fridays, ranging from [[CBS]]'s ''[[Ghost Whisperer]]'' to [[NBC]]'s successful move of ''[[Las Vegas]]'' from Monday nights. ''GW'' is somewhat family-friendly and ''Vegas'' had a large, dependable fanbase, a mostly comedic style, and a lot of celebrity guest appearances along with the preexisting tendency to re-air it on Fridays anyway, so these aren't all ''that'' surprising, but fans of the shows certainly breathed a sigh of relief when they survived to be renewed. In addition, [[CBS]] in its history had numerous series that got great ratings for Friday, the lineup of ''[[The Incredible Hulk]]'', ''[[The Dukes of Hazzard]]'' and ''[[Dallas]]'' in the late 1970s and early 1980s are the major example. (Meanwhile, Saturday nights, which is an even ''more'' iffy time for TV programming at present, were practically CBS's bread and butter in the '70s, thanks to a lineup that included shows like ''[[All in The Family]]'', ''[[M*A*S*H (TV)|Mash]]'', ''[[The Mary Tyler Moore Show]]'', ''[[The Bob Newhart Show]]'', and ''The Carol Burnett Show''.) [[ABC]]'s ''TGIF'' block in [[The Nineties]], with such shows as ''[[Family Matters]]'', ''[[Boy Meets World]]'', and ''[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch (TV)|Sabrina the Teenage Witch]]'', was perhaps the most spectacular subversion of this, as it not only turned the entirety of Friday night into a moneymaker for the network, but also one of its few success stories in what was otherwise a bad decade for the network.
More common and less surprising is the fact that Friday lineups do much better on cable. Such as [[Adult Swim]]'s Friday lineup, [[USA Network]]'s airing of ''[[Monk]]'' and ''[[Psych]]'' on Fridays, or more impressively, [[Sci Fi]] Channel's [[Sci Fi]] Friday lineup, which they claim is one of their "biggest" nights as far as ratings go; both the ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' and ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]'' TV series met with great success in this lineup, as did the imported new ''[[
However, these are frequently treated as exceptions to the rule. The list below shows why.
* The [[ABC]] [[Game Show]] ''[[The Names the Same (TV)|The Names the Same]]'' held a 7:30 Monday slot since it was [[
* Though a number of factors combined to kill it in just 14 episodes (only 11 of which were ever actually aired, in the wrong order), part of the reason ''Firefly'' got canceled by Fox was because it was in the 8 PM (Eastern) Friday slot, failing to attract the more adult audience at which it was aimed and being constantly preempted by sports broadcasts to boot. Its success in the 7 PM Friday slot on cable years later is usually considered ironic. Creator [[Joss Whedon]] now reportedly refuses to work with the network ever again precisely because of how badly they burned him with ''Firefly''. Of course, producer Tim Minear didn't even ''allegedly'' vow such a thing, but in light of other shows of his that have aired on the network including the next listing, probably should have.
** Eliza Dushku, however, had a contract with Fox, and so she brought Joss Whedon back to Fox for ''[[Dollhouse]]'', which aired 2009-2010 on Fridays. Despite poor ratings, Fox renewed this for a second season (still on Friday), although it was canceled fairly early in its second run due to the already low ratings declining further.
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