'Smallville' hits season high; 'Nightmares' gains

The CW's two-hour "Smallville" movie "Absolute Justice" matched the show's season high Friday night in the adult demo while hitting a fresh peak among total viewers. "Smallville" was seen by 2.6 million viewers and earned a 1.2 preliminary rating among adults 18-49.

Meanwhile, the second week of Fox's "Kitchen Nightmares" grew. The Gordon Ramsay series went from a series low last Friday to a series high after "American Idol" on Tuesday. Now, with a "House" repeat lead-in improving on "Dollhouse" at 8 p.m., "Nightmares" was seen by 4.1 million viewers and landed a 1.8 rating, up 29% and in second place for the hour.

CBS won the night with originals of "Ghost Whisperer" (8.8 million, 2.2), "Medium" (9.1 million, 2.2) and "Numbers" (9.2 million, 2.0).

ABC enjoyed across-the-board season highs among total viewers, placing second in the demo for the night,  airng "Supernanny" (5.4 million, 1.5), the season finale of "Shark Tank" (4.7 million, 1.4) and "20/20" (8.6 million, 1.8).

NBC ran a repeat leading into "Dateline" (6.5 million, 1.5) and the Friday finale of "The Jay Leno Show" (4.5 million, 1.2).