Tuesday - 05/01
Top Shows by Viewers
1. “American Idol” (FOX) 25.76m
2. “House” (FOX) 21.27m
3. “Dancing with the Stars” (ABC) 15.81m
4. “NCIS” (CBS) 13.70m
5. “Law & Order: SVU” (NBC) 11.27m
6. “Boston Legal” (ABC) 10.25m
7. “The Unit” (CBS) 9.77m
8. “CSI: NY” (R) (CBS) 7.74m
9. “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” (NBC) 7.35m
10. “Dateline” (NBC) 5.45m
11. “George Lopez” (8:30-9) (ABC) 4.76m
12. “George Lopez” (R) (8-8:30) (ABC) 4.61m
13. “Gilmore Girls” (CW) 4.04m
14. “Veronica Mars” (CW) 2.44m

8:00-9:00
1. “American Idol” (FOX) 25.76m
2. “NCIS” (CBS) 13.70m
3. “Dateline” (NBC) 5.45m
4. “George Lopez” (R) / “George Lopez” (ABC) 4.69m
5. “Gilmore Girls” (CW) 4.04m

9:00-10:00
1. “House” (FOX) 21.27m
2. “Dancing with the Stars” (ABC) 15.81m
3. “The Unit” (CBS) 9.77m
4. “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” (NBC) 7.35m
5. “Veronica Mars” (CW) 2.44m

10:00-11:00
1. “Law & Order: SVU” (NBC) 11.27m
2. “Boston Legal” (ABC) 10.25m
3. “CSI: NY” (R) (CBS) 7.74m

Shows by 18-49 Demo
1. “American Idol” (FOX) 9.8/28
2. “House” (FOX) 8.9/22
3. “Law & Order: SVU” (NBC) 4.0/11
4. “Dancing with the Stars” (ABC) 4.0/10
5. “NCIS” (CBS) 3.2/9
6. “The Unit” (CBS) 2.9/7
7. “Boston Legal” (ABC) 2.5/7
8. “CSI: NY” (R) (CBS) 2.4/6
9. “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” (NBC) 2.2/6
10. “Gilmore Girls” (CW) 2.1/7
11. “Dateline” (NBC) 1.6/4
12. “George Lopez” (8:30-9) (ABC) 1.7/4
13. “George Lopez” (R) (8-8:30) (ABC) 1.5/5
14. “Veronica Mars” (CW) 1.3/3

ouch, talk about crushing the competition.

I can't believe anyone is watching Dancing with the Stars? I have seen it a few times while over at my parnters Mom's house and it is a horrible show. It's like Solid Gold but not even that good.

I have been saying that all along. Horrible god awful show along with American Idol.
I guess sadly we can pretty much as goodbye to Law & Order: CI. At least Law & Order: SVU is holding up well. NCIS may have great ratings, especially against American Idol but this 4th season in my opinion has shown a decline in Quality. The first 3 seasons of the show were triffic but this show has lost alot of its charm.

Although I think Cheryl Burke (Ian's partner) is sexy as hell and I thought she and Drew Lachey were awesome 2 seasons ago, I just can't get into DWTS anymore. I have to admit, the main reason I started watching was to see Stacy Keibler and she was a delight. I tried watching last season and dropped it after 4 weeks because I just didn't care who won. This season I tried again to watch it and again I wasn't feeling it. Right now, I just don't care which of these celebrities wins that piece of junk trophy.

Ouch. :(

Wednesday - 05/02
Top Shows by Viewers
1. “American Idol” (FOX) 28.07m
2. “Criminal Minds” (CBS) 13.31m
3. “CSI: NY” (CBS) 12.93m
4. “Lost” (ABC) 12.10m
5. “Bones” (FOX) 10.42m
6. “Jericho” (CBS) 8.16m
7. “Medium” (NBC) 7.64m
8. “According to Jim” (ABC) 6.38m
9. “Thank God You’re Here” (NBC) 6.26m
10. “Notes from the Underbelly” (ABC) 6.10m
11. “Crossing Jordan” (NBC) 5.92m
12. “America’s Next Top Model” (CW) 5.13m
13. “Lost” (R) (9-10) (ABC) 4.07m
14. “One Tree Hill” (CW) 3.28m

8:00-9:00
1. “Bones” (FOX) 10.42m
2. “Jericho” (CBS) 8.16m
3. “Thank God You’re Here” (NBC) 6.26m
4. “According to Jim” / “Notes from the Underbelly” (ABC) 6.24m
5. “America’s Next Top Model” (CW) 5.13m

9:00-10:00
1. “American Idol” (FOX) 28.07m
2. “Criminal Minds” (CBS) 13.31m
3. “Crossing Jordan” (NBC) 5.92m
4. “Lost” (R) (ABC) 4.07m
5. “One Tree Hill” (CW) 3.28m

10:00-11:00
1. “CSI: NY” (CBS) 12.93m
2. “Lost” (ABC) 12.10m
3. “Medium” (NBC) 7.64m

Shows by 18-49 Demo
1. “American Idol” (FOX) 10.8/27
2. “Lost” (ABC) 5.2/14
3. “CSI: NY” (CBS) 3.9/10
4. “Criminal Minds” (CBS) 3.5/9
5. “Bones” (FOX) 3.0/10
6. “Medium” (NBC) 2.7/7
7. “Thank God You’re Here” (NBC) 2.4/8
8. “America’s Next Top Model” (CW) 2.3/7
9. “Notes from the Underbelly” (ABC) 2.3/7
10. “According to Jim” (ABC) 2.2/7
11. “Jericho” (CBS) 2.2/7
12. “Crossing Jordan” (NBC) 1.6/4
13. “One Tree Hill” (CW) 1.5/4
14. “Lost” (R) (9-10) (ABC) 1.4/4

Looks like Lost is improving in viewership. I am glad.

good to see lost back above the 12m mark.

Yep, great to see LOST moving up a bit in viewership. As always, very, very solid in the key demo. I like the place the show is in at the moment. It's got decent viewership and a really strong demo rating to keep it on the air, but its costs and the fact it isn't regularly hitting 16-20m a week as it used to means ABC will probably allow Damon and Carlton to end it on their own terms.

It was good to see Jericho gain some viewers this week. It was over 8 million for the 1st time in a few weeks.

Say goodbye to Crossing Jordan sadly. I like both Criminal Minds & CJ (actually Criminal minds is a bit better) but 5.92m is very low #'s for a 1hr drama & with the state that NBC is in rite now there is no way they are going to pay for a show that gets low #'s like that.

Again I like both shows & its nice to see that they have around the same #'s. I take it that Lost will reach 13/14 million on its season finale, same with CSI: NY.

Thursday - 05/04
Top Shows by Viewers
1. “Grey’s Anatomy” (9-11) (ABC) 20.97m
2. “CSI” (CBS) 18.88m
3. “Survivor: Fiji” (CBS) 13.72m
4. “Shark” (Season Finale) (CBS) 12.66m
5. “Ugly Betty” (ABC) 10.71m
6. “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader” (FOX) 8.63m
7. “ER” (NBC) 8.02m
8. “My Name is Earl” (8-8:30) (NBC) 7.58m*
9. “The Office”/”Scrubs” (8:30-9:30) 6.71m*
10. “Scrubs” (9:30-10) 5.02m*
11. “Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy” (FOX) 4.40m
12. “Smallville” (CW) 3.55m
13. “Supernatural” (CW) 3.16m

8:00-9:00
1. “Survivor: Fiji” (CBS) 13.72m
2. “Ugly Betty” (ABC) 10.71m
3. “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader” (FOX) 8.63m
4. “My Name is Earl” / “The Office” (NBC) 7.51m*
5. “Smallville” (CW) 3.55m

9:00-10:00
1. “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC) 21.14m
2. “CSI” (CBS) 18.88m
3. “The Office” (9-9:15) / “Scrubs” (NBC) 5.50m*
4. “Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy” (FOX) 4.40m
5. “Supernatural” (CW) 3.16m

10:00-11:00
1. “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC) 20.80m
2. “Shark” (Season Finale) (CBS) 12.66m
3. “ER” (NBC) 8.02m

Shows by 18-49 Demo
1. “Grey’s Anatomy” (9-11) (ABC) 9.0/24
2. “CSI” (CBS) 5.5/14
3. “Survivor: Fiji” (CBS) 4.5/14
4. “Ugly Betty” (ABC) 3.6/11
5. “My Name is Earl” / “The Office” (NBC) 3.5/11*
6t. “ER” (NBC) 3.2/9
6t. “Shark” (Season Finale) (CBS) 3.2/9
8. “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader” (FOX) 3.0/9
9. “The Office” (9-9:15) / “Scrubs” (NBC) 2.8/7*
10. “Scrubs” (9:30-10) 2.5/6*
11. “Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy” (FOX) 1.8/5
12. “Smallville” (CW) 1.5/4
13. “Supernatural” (CW) 1.4/3

* NBC programming only loose estimates due to extended shows.

Woah, CSI took a huge hit. Like almost 3 million people. Wonder why.

Well, GA was hyped a bit this week with a 2-hour episode plus, and maybe this is unlikely, but The Office was an extended episode that went to 9:19. I watch both The Office and CSI on Thursdays but I watched the entire Office before switching over to CSI... I'll see what the half-hour breakdowns were and if it increased in viewers from 9:30-10.

Either way, it's a shame that one of the better seasons of CSI isn't getting great numbers like the other did (last season at this time, it got 26m viewers).

Surprisingly a few days ago, Michael Ausiello wrote that even though the cast and crew expects CJ to get shut down, there is some buzz that NBC may actually give it another season. It said that NBC is actually budgeting some money already for next season, so I guess we'll have to wait and see until the May up fronts are announced. I think if this is true, NBC will probably either move it to Friday's and pair it with Las Vegas or order another condensed season.

I think Scrubs is officially dooooooomed.

Since CJ and LV have already had a few cross-overs, I think it would work well on Friday's together...

Almost all of NBC's shows are getting low ratings this season. I don't see them canceling The Apprentice, Studio 60, Law & Order, Law & Order: CI, Crossing Jordan, Medium, Scrubs and ER. The only hit shows they have left are Heroes, Deal or No Deal, and Law & Order SVU.

Wow, looks like people just stopped watching ER cold turkey.

Slight improvement for Scrubs this week thankfully. CSI took a shot in the face and ER is on the rocks not only in the ratings but in Quality.
At least Earl & the office stood half-assed in the ratings which at this point is NBC's goal.

Friday - 05/04
Top Shows by Viewers
1. “Close to Home” (CBS) 9.46m
2. “Numb3rs” (CBS) 9.40m
3. “Ghost Whisperer” (CBS) 9.17m
4. “Law & Order” (NBC) 8.93m
5. “20/20” (ABC) 7.86m
6. “Dateline” (8-10) (NBC) 7.55m
7. “Grey’s Anatomy” (R) (8-10) (ABC) 4.87m
8. “Friday Night Smackdown!” (8-10) (CW) 3.98m
9. “Bones” (R) (FOX) 3.59m
10. “Nanny 911” (R) (FOX) 2.82m

8:00-9:00
1. “Ghost Whisperer” (CBS) 9.17m
2. “Dateline” (NBC) 7.03m
3. “Grey’s Anatomy” (R) (ABC) 4.53m
4. “Friday Night Smackdown” (CW) ?
5. “Nanny 911” (R) (FOX) 2.82m

9:00-10:00
1. “Close to Home” (CBS) 9.46m
2. “Dateline” (NBC) 8.07m
3. “Grey’s Anatomy” (R) (ABC) 5.21m
4. “Friday Night Smackdown” (CW) ?
5. “Bones” (R) (FOX) 3.59m

10:00-11:00
1. “Numb3rs” (CBS) 9.40m
2. “Law & Order” (NBC) 8.93m
3. “20/20” (ABC) 7.86m

Saturday - 05/05
Top Shows by Viewers
1. “48 Hours Mystery” (CBS) 7.14m
2. “CSI: Miami” (R) (CBS) 6.91m
3. “Movie: Meet the Fockers” (R) (9-11) (ABC) 6.41m
4. “Criminal Minds” (R) (CBS) 6.41m
5. “Law & Order” (R) (NBC) 6.38m
6. “America’s Most Wanted” (R) (ABC) 5.47m
7. “NASCAR” (8-10) (FOX) 4.84m
8. “Law & Order: SVU” (R) (NBC) 4.82m
9. “Barbaro: A Nation’s Horse” (NBC) 3.31m

At least Law & Order didn't take third in its respective timeslot this week.

Ghost Whisperer was CBS's lowest rated show on friday, & even through it took first place in its respective timeslot, knowing CBS they will think about cancelling it.

And yet, their (CBS) highest rated show on (that) Friday is Close to Home and that is most likely gone...