Orange County Register

All of ABC’s promotion for “V” appears to have paid off.

The show averaged nearly 14 million viewers in its premiere hour Tuesday night and - more importantly to the network - bested “NCIS” among 18-to-49-year-olds.

The Watcher thought the first 10 minutes were spectacular, but I was less impressed with the next 50. We’ll get three more episodes of “V” before it goes on vacation until March.

In other news:

* The Jake Pavelka edition of “The Bachelor” will begin Jan. 4. This will be the first season broadcast in high-definition.

* CBS cut the season order for “Numb3rs” from 22 episodes to 16. “Numb3rs” clearly was a bubble show even before the news. This makes it more likely that we’re watching the final season.

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