NBC's 'Heroes' holds own against Fox's '24'

January 24, 2007 The peacock opened the night at No. 1 by a wide margin with an average of 17.6 million viewers and 5.2 rating/13 share in adults 18-49 for game show "Deal or No Deal," according to preliminary estimates. "Heroes" (14.8 million, 6.5/15) grew in the demo derby at 9 p.m. even in the face of "24" (14.4 million, 5.4/12) with its first regular time period airing of the season following last week's four-hour premiere spread over Sunday and Monday nights. Miami (18.7 million, 6.0/15) was dominant as ever, beating the combined numbers of its time slot competition, NBC's Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (7.4 million, 3.2/8) and ABC's What About Brian (5.4 million, 2.6/7).

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