NBC claims 25 million people saw Heroes. That has to be including the stuff downloaded on Itunes, right?

I'm not sure how that works, but maybe they include Tivo?

they probably use the same stats that CBS uses.

"over 100 million people watched last weeks CSI"

9/27 - Wednesday
1. "Dancing with the Stars: Results Show" (ABC) 11.4/18
2. "Criminal Minds" (CBS) 11.4/17
3. "CSI: NY" (CBS) 11.2/18
4. "20/20" (ABC) 10.2/16
5. "Jericho" (CBS) 7.3/12
6. "Lost: Clips Show" (ABC) 7.0/10
7. "Bones" (FOX) 5.7/9
8. "Justice" (FOX) 5.1/8
9. "Kidnapped" (NBC) 4.8/8
10. "The Biggest Loser" (8-10:00pm) (NBC) 4.8/7
11. "America's Next Top Model" (CW) 4.7/7
12. "One Tree Hill" (Season Premiere) (CW) 3.1/5

Top Shows by Viewers
1. "Criminal Minds" (CBS) 16.46m
2. "CSI: NY" (CBS) 16.08m
3. "Dancing with the Stars: Results Show" (ABC) 15.61m
4. "20/20" (ABC) 13.34m
5. "Jericho" (CBS) 11.38m
6. "Lost: Clips Show" (ABC) 9.45m
7. "Bones" (FOX) 7.73m
8. "Justice" (FOX) 7.08m
9. "The Biggest Loser" (8-10:00pm) (NBC) 7.03m
10. "Kidnapped" (NBC) 6.31m
11. "America's Next Top Model" (CW) 4.80m
12. "One Tree Hill" (Season Premiere) (CW) 3.64m

Network Ranks
1. CBS 10.0/15
2. ABC 9.6/15
3. FOX 5.4/8
4. NBC 4.8/7
5. CW 3.9/6

Notes
- Kidnapped lost 20% and 1.28m viewers over last week. Will this be the first to be canned?

not looking good for kidnapped

me too. when the hell did ballroom dancing become popular

Wonder how Criminal Minds will do against Lost next week? I know it'll lose to it, but it'll be interesting to see how many viewers they hold on to. Also, I read that there will be 6 new episodes of Lost before it goes on a 3 MONTH hiatus... Geez.

The Justice numbers aren't bad for a show that is already announced as on hiatus. It has almost as many viewers as its lead-in Bones.

Which will be followed by the rest of the season, with no breaks. Much better than how they did it last season.

I hope it moves slots first...of all the new shows I've seen this season, it's the best of the lot.

9/28 - Thursday
1. "Grey's Anatomy" (ABC) 16.1/24
2. "CSI" (CBS) 15.3/22
3. "Ugly Betty" (Series Premiere) (ABC) 12.2/19
4. "ER" (NBC) 10.6/17
5. "Shark" (CBS) 10.5/17
6. "Survivor: Cook Islands" (CBS) 9.6/15
7. "Six Degrees" (ABC) 7.5/12
8. "Deal or No Deal - Thursday" (NBC) 5.8/8
9. "My Name is Earl" (NBC) 5.6/9
10. "The Office" (NBC) 5.3/8
11. "Smallville" (Season Premiere) (CW) 3.8/6
12. "Til Death" (8:00pm) (FOX) 3.7/6
13. "Til Death" (R) (8:30pm) (FOX) 3.4/5
14. "Supernatural" (Season Premiere) (CW) 3.0/4
15. "Celebrity Duets" (FOX) 2.7/4

Top Shows by Viewers
1. "CSI" (CBS) 23.49m
2. "Grey's Anatomy" (ABC) 23.31m
3. "Survivor: Cook Islands" (CBS) 16.60m
4. "Ugly Betty" (Series Premiere) (ABC) 16.09m
5. "Shark" (CBS) 14.72m
6. "ER" (NBC) 14.27m
7. "Six Degrees" (ABC) 10.81m
8. "Deal or No Deal - Thursday" (NBC) 9.31m
9. "My Name is Earl" (NBC) 8.25m
10. "The Office" (NBC) 7.68m
11. "Til Death" (8:00pm) (FOX) 5.75m
12. "Til Death" (R) (8:30pm) (FOX) 5.44m
13. "Smallville" (Season Premiere) (CW) 5.04m
14. "Celebrity Duets" (FOX) 4.02m
15. "Supernatural" (Season Premiere) (CW) 3.81m

Network Ranks
1. ABC 11.9/18
2. CBS 11.8/18
3. NBC 7.3/11
4. CW 3.4/5
5. FOX 3.1/5


Well, if those numbers hold, CSI beat out Grey's Anatomy in viewers (the numbers are based on fast nationals and are not final).

I may also make this a daily item with top viewers by time period.

8:00-9:00
1. "Survivor: Cook Islands" (CBS) 16.60m
2. "Ugly Betty" (Series Premiere) (ABC) 16.09m
3. "My Name is Earl"/"The Office" (NBC) 7.97m
4. "Smallville" (Season Premiere) (CW) 5.04m
5. "Til Death" (2eps) (FOX) 3.55m

9:00-10:00
1. "CSI" (CBS) 23.49m
2. "Grey's Anatomy" (ABC) 23.31m
3. "Deal or No Deal - Thursday" (NBC) 9.31m
4. "Celebrity Duets" (FOX) 4.02m
5. "Supernatural" (Season Premiere) (CW) 3.81m

10:00-11:00
1. "Shark" (CBS) 14.72m
2. "ER" (NBC) 14.27m
3. "Six Degrees" (ABC) 10.81m

CSI being so popular is very weird to me. I feel you never hear people talk about it anywhere at anytime. I hear people mention Desperate Housewives, American Idol, 24, Lost, Grey's Anatomy, etc...

I don't ever hear people talking about CSI. And yet it's highly rated every year.

I don't know the age range of the people talking about those other shows, but I believe CSI skews older while shows like Desperate Housewives, American Idol and the others seem to attract younger viewers. I don't have any evidence, just a hypothosis about why there isn't much talk (plus, while each episode, IMO, is good, outside of the Tarantino-directed finale, there isn't really much to talk about).

It's not really a format that generates much discussion IMHO. They are usually stand alone shows that are completely resolved before the end credits. There's a couple of things that carry over from show to show but it's nothing to the level of "what's in the hatch" like on Lost.

Can someone please explain to me how a show with less viewers can have a higher rating? Are certain viewers weighted more than others?

Number of Households vs. Number of Viewers vs. the 18 - 49 age group.

Shame The Office lost so many viewers from last week.

Figures, I'm really enjoying "Kidnapped" and it will probably be the first show to get cancelled this season if the two Fox shows do come back (Happy Hour, Justice). This show is getting killed on Wednesdays at 10:00pm.
Do something NBC!

What I find interesting is that the strong ratings for both CSI and Gray's Anatomy at 2100 hours ET/2000 hours CT could send usage of VCR's soaring and sales of PVR's soaring, too.

9/29 - Friday
1. "Close to Home" (CBS) 7.3/13
2. "Numb3rs" (CBS) 7.2/13
3. "Law & Order" (NBC) 6.8/12
4. "Deal or No Deal - Friday" (NBC) 6.6/13
5. "Ghost Whisperer" (CBS) 6.2/12
6. "Dateline" (NBC) 6.0/11
7. "20/20" (ABC) 5.1/9
8. "Men in Trees" (ABC) 4.7/8
9. "Grey's Anatomy" (R) (ABC) 4.1/8
10. "Celebrity Duets (Series Finale)" (FOX) 2.7/5
11. "Friday Night Smackdown!" (CW) 2.5/4
12. "Justice" (R) (FOX) 2.2/4

9/30 - Saturday
Unavailable

10/1 - Sunday
1. "Desperate Housewives" (ABC) 13.2/20
2. "NFL Overrun" (CBS) 12.9/23
3. "60 Minutes" (CBS) 10.1/17
4. "Sunday Night Football" (NBC) 9.6/15
5. "Without a Trace" (CBS) 9.5/16
6. "Brothers & Sisters" (ABC) 9.1/15
7. "Cold Case" (CBS) 9.1/14
8. "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" (ABC) 8.7/14
9. "The Amazing Race 10" (CBS) 7.8/12
10. "Football Night in America" (NBC) 6.0/10
11. "America's Funniest Home Videos" (ABC) 5.6/10
12. "The Simpsons" (R) (FOX) 4.4/7
13. "Family Guy" (R) (FOX) 4.2/6
14. "'Til Death" (R) (FOX) 3.9/6
15. "The Simpsons" (R) (FOX) 3.6/6
16. "The War at Home" (FOX) 3.5/5
18. "Girlfriends" (CW) 1.7/3
19. "The Game" (CW) 1.7/3
20. "America's Next Top Model" (R) (CW) 1.7/3
21. "Everybody Hates Chris" (CW) 1.6/3
22. "All of Us" (CW) 1.4/2

10/2 - Monday
"CSI: Miami" (CBS) 12.4/19
"Two and a Half Men" (CBS) 10.9/16
"The New Adventures of Old Christine" (CBS) 9.4/14
"Heroes" (NBC) 9.4/14
"Deal or No Deal - Monday" (NBC) 8.5/13
"Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" (NBC) 7.2/11
"How I Met Your Mother" (CBS) 6.6/10
"Prison Break" (FOX) 6.1/9
"The Class" (CBS) 6.0/9
"Wife Swap" (ABC) 5.0/8
"Vanished" (FOX) 4.6/7
"7th Heaven" (CW) 3.4/5
"Runaway" (CW) 1.6/2

Top Shows by Viewers (10/2)
"CSI: Miami" (CBS) 17.35m
"Two and a Half Men" (CBS) 15.93m
"The New Adventures of Old Christine" (CBS) 13.71m
"Heroes" (NBC) 12.57m
"Deal or No Deal - Monday" (NBC) 13.04m
"How I Met Your Mother" (CBS) 9.44m
"Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" (NBC) 9.05m
"Prison Break" (FOX) 8.93m
"The Class" (CBS) 8.00m
"Wife Swap" (ABC) 7.70m
"Vanished" (FOX) 6.39m
"7th Heaven" (CW) 4.30m
"Runaway" (CW) 1.95m

Notes
- Studio 60's Decline:
9/18 - 13.41m
9/25 - 10.83m (-19.2%)
10/2 - 9.05m (-16.4%)

Also, the second half of Studio 60 dropped 8% and 650k viewers...

It makes me smile to see 7th Heaven tank in the ratings. Serves them right for picking that show over "Everwood."

A 3.4 rating? Didn't Everwood used to get at least that? And now that the re-run are on ABC Family I am sure there would be even more people watching than last year.

10/3 - TUESDAY
Total Ratings
1. "Dancing with the Stars" (8-9:30PM) (ABC) 13.2/20
2. "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (NBC) 11.1/18
3. "NCIS" (CBS) 10.8/16
4. "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (NBC) 9.1/13
5. "The Unit" (CBS) 8.5/13
6. "Boston Legal" (ABC) 7.6/12
7. "Help Me Help You" (ABC) 7.6/11
8. "MLB Division Playoff - Detroit vs. New York: Game 1" (FOX) 6.7/11
9. "Smith" (CBS) 5.8/9
10. "Friday Night Lights" (Series Premiere) (NBC) 5.3/8
11. "Gilmore Girls" (CW) 4.0/6
12. "Veronica Mars" (Season Premiere) (CW) 2.4/4

18-49 Age Range
1. "Dancing with the Stars" (8-9:30PM) (ABC) 5.2/14
2. "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (NBC) 5.2/14
3. "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (NBC) 4.2/11
4. "The Unit" (CBS) 4.1/11
5. "NCIS" (CBS) 4.0/11
6. "Help Me Help You" (ABC) 3.1/8
7. "Boston Legal" (ABC) 2.9/8
8. "Smith" (CBS) 2.8/8
9. "Friday Night Lights" (Series Premiere) (NBC) 2.7/8
10. "MLB Division Playoff - Detroit vs. New York: Game 1" (FOX) 2.5/7
11. "Gilmore Girls" (CW) 2.0/6
12. "Veronica Mars" (Season Premiere) (CW) 1.4/4

Total Viewers
1. "Dancing with the Stars" (8-9:30PM) (ABC) 18.28m
2. "NCIS" (CBS) 15.52m
3. "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (NBC) 14.18m
4. "The Unit" (CBS) 13.17m
5. "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (NBC) 12.04m
6. "Boston Legal" (ABC) 10.60m
7. "Help Me Help You" (ABC) 10.40m
8. "Smith" (CBS) 8.43m
9. "MLB Division Playoff - Detroit vs. New York: Game 1" (FOX) 7.80m
10. "Friday Night Lights" (Series Premiere) (NBC) 7.18m
11. "Gilmore Girls" (CW) 4.71m
12. "Veronica Mars" (Season Premiere) (CW) 3.27m


8:00-9:00
1. "Dancing with the Stars" (8-9:30PM) 18.28m*
2. "NCIS" (CBS) 15.52m
3. "Friday Night Lights" (Series Premiere) (NBC) 7.18m
4. "Gilmore Girls" (CW) 4.71m

9:00-10:00
1. "The Unit" (CBS) 13.17m
2. "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (NBC) 12.04m
3. "Help Me Help You" (9:30-10:00PM) (ABC) 10.40m
4. "Veronica Mars" (Season Premiere) (CW) 3.27m

10:00-11:00
1. "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (NBC) 14.18m
2. "Boston Legal" (ABC) 10.60m
3. "Smith" (CBS) 8.43m

Notes:
"Dancing with the Stars" (9-9:30PM) (ABC) 14.6/21, 20.09m, 5.7/17
"Help Me Help You" dropped 15% and 1.08m viewers (and 11% amongst the 18-49 group)

"Smith"
Week 1 - 7.8/12, 11.00m
Week 2 - 6.7/11, 9.67m
Week 3 - 5.8/9, 8.43m
-26% in overnights and 2.57m viewers and -22% amongst 18-49 adults.

Unless they make miraculous recoveries, Smith and Friday Night Lights will probably get cancelled. I can't see FNL gaining viewers and Smith's decline is concerning...

So here's my predictions of shows to be cancelled thus far:
- Friday Night Lights (NBC)
- Kidnapped (NBC)
- Smith (CBS)

Also, I did not include the baseball playoffs in the time breakdown as it ran from 8:15-11:30.

Maybe I'm the only one, but that's a great cut of the data.