Ratings: Fans Keep Friday Night Date

Fridays ratings, at a glance:8 pm/ETGhost Whisperer was up a hair over its premiere, with 8.7 million total viewers. A Pushing Daisies encore drew 4.3 mil for ABC. (How did Daisies fare on Roush's, Ausiello's and Rochell's lists of top five new shows? Check out our updated Fall Preview Guide.)9 pmMoonlight led the hour with 8.25 mil, again showing strong retention out of GW. The long-awaited return of the highly acclaimed Friday Night Lights tied CBS' bloodsucker in the key demos, and with 6.48 million total viewers was up 200 thou over its Season 1 finale. Repeats of Private Practice and K-Ville delivered 4.9 mil and 3.33 mil, respectively.10 pmCBS' Numbers was up (with 9.53 mil), while NBC's Las Vegas (7.41 mil) was down 18 percent from last week's opener. (Did I mention that David Krumholtz will be celeblogging for TVGuide.com? Niiiice.)Entering the mix next Friday: ABC's Women's Murder Club and Men in Trees.