Friends beats Survivor by 5.36 million.
Survivor Africa had 23.84 million viewers for its Thursday premiere, but that wasn’t enough to beat its first half-hour competition, NBC’s Friends.
+ also: reality TV ratings decline caused by the fact that “[t]here’s just too much of it now.”
+ plus: The Mole 2 was last in its slot Friday.

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