Schedules Plus, ABC Friday

Schedules Plus is another innovative application of the historical ratings statistic A18-49+. I hope this will be the ultimate resource for comparing the evolution of shows, networks and timeslots over time, complete with ratings numbers that make a fair adjustment for the collective decline. Right now this only includes programs aired in the fall. Much more about the process that went into this at the bottom.

ABC Friday features the return and fall of TGIF, the rise of Shark Tank and a new TGIF, and the lean years in between.

ABC Friday

	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30	Avg
2001-02	America's Funniest Home Videos		Thieves		Once and Again		62
	64		60		62
2002-03	America's Funniest Home Videos		That Was Then		20/20		60
	74		43		63
2003-04	George Lopez	Married to the Kellys	Hope and Faith	Life with Bonnie	20/20		70
	65	61	77	68	75
	63		72
2004-05	8 Simple Rules	Complete Savages	Hope and Faith	Less Than Perfect	20/20		60
	52	50	62	57	69
	51		60
2005-06	Supernanny		Hope and Faith	Hot Properties	20/20		55
	51		54	47	64
			51
2006-07	Grey's Anatomy (R)		Men in Trees		20/20		55
	47		54		63
2007-08	Men in Trees		Women's Murder Club		20/20		54
	48		59		55
2008-09	Wife Swap		Supernanny		20/20		57
	50		57		64
2009-10	Supernanny		Ugly Betty		20/20		48
	43		43		58
2010-11	Supernanny		What Would You Do?		20/20		53
	43		57		58
2011-12	Extreme Makeover: Home Edition				20/20		56
	54		54		60
2012-13	Last Man Standing	Malibu Country	Shark Tank		20/20		75
	71	66	88		69
	68
2013-14	Last Man Standing	The Neighbors	Shark Tank		20/20		81
	71	51	104		78
	61
2014-15	Last Man Standing	Cristela	Shark Tank		20/20		84
	76	59	108		75
	68
Avg	56		65		65		62

2014-15 Update: ABC's already dominant Friday lineup made even more strides in 2014-15, as leadoff comedy Last Man Standing and reality centerpiece Shark Tank both held up swimmingly once again. In the middle was new comedy Cristela, which found itself in the same position as Forever on the drama side: a significant improvement on the very weak previous timeslot occupant, but still squeezed out because of the network's numerous successes elsewhere. ABC will take yet another stab at 8:30 with Ken Jeong's Dr. Ken.

Notable midseason replacements:

• One of the aforementioned shows tied as biggest on Friday in A18-49+ is the results shows of the winter 2006 edition of Dancing with the Stars (90). It was paired with one-and-done drama In Justice (55).
• Shark Tank has been in midseason mode for most of its run to date: its Friday episodes averaged a 54 in 2009-10, 51 in 2010-11 and 68 in 2011-12.

ABC's initial fall schedule in 2007 had 20/20 airing at 8:00 and Men in Trees at 10:00; the shows were flipped after just three weeks, so I went with the second sked.

See here for more explanations/disclaimers about Schedules Plus.