Source: http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/newsletters ... /index.jsp

1. "Numb3rs" (CBS) 8.2/15
2. "Ghost Whisperer" (CBS) 7.9/14
3. "Close To Home" (CBS) 7.8/13
4. "20/20" (ABC) 5.9/11
5. "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (R, NBC) 5.9/10
6. "Hope & Faith" (ABC) 4.9/8
7. "Dateline" (NBC) 4.6/8
8. "Supernanny" (ABC) 4.5/8
9. "Hot Properties" (ABC) 4.0/7
10. "Friday Night Smackdown!" (UPN) 3.1/5
11. "Bernie Mac" (FOX) 2.6/5
12. "Killer Instinct" (FOX) 2.4/4
13. "Malcolm in the Middle" (FOX) 2.2/4
14. "Reba" (WB) 2.6/4
15. "Reba" (R, WB) 2.1/4
16. "Twins" (WB) 2.1/3
17. "What I Like About You" (WB) 1.9/3

Close to Home is now a hit and thus guaranteed a full-season order. CBS should have had it on Fridays from the beginning of the season.

Now, if "Threshold" does well on Tuesdays, CBS is in business.

[table][row][col]show[col]week 1[col]week 2[col]week 3[col]week 4[col]Week 5[col]Week 6[col]Week 7[col]Week 8[col]Week 9
[row][col]"Ghost Whisperer" (CBS)[col]7.4/13 (1)[col]7.4/14 (2)[col]7.3/13 (1)[col]6.7/12 (2)[col]7.5/14 (1)[col]7.4/14 (1)[col]8.1/15 (1)[col]7.2/12 (3)[col]7.9/14 (2)
[row][col]"Numb3rs" (CBS)[col]7.0/13 (2)[col]7.6/14 (1)[col]7.1/13 (2)[col]7.2/13 (1)[col]7.2/13 (2)[col]6.2/11 (2)[col]7.2/13 (2)[col]8.0/15 (1)[col]8.2/15 (1)
[row][col]"Close To Home" (CBS)[col][col][col][col][col][col][col][col]7.9/14 (2)[col]7.8/13 (3)
[row][col]"Dateline" (NBC)[col]6.3/11 (3)[col]4.6/8 (6)[col][col]5.1/9 (8)[col]5.8/10 (4)[col]4.9/9 (6)[col]5.8/11 (4)[col]5.8/10 (4)[col]4.6/8 (7)
[row][col]"Three Wishes" (NBC)[col]6.3/11 (4)[col]4.3/8 (7)[col]4.6/6 (6)[col]5.4/10 (3)[col]6.3/11 (3)[col]5.9/10 (3)[col]5.6/10 (6)[col]5.3/9 (7)[col]
[row][col]"20/20" (ABC)[col]5.7/10 (5)[col]5.9/11 (3)[col]5.9/11 (3)[col]5.4/10 (4)[col]5.3/10 (6)[col]5.5/10 (5)[col]6.1/11 (3)[col]5.5/10 (6)[col]5.9/11 (4)
[row][col]"Threshold" (CBS) [col]5.6/10 (6)[col]5.7/10 (4)[col]5.4/9 (4)[col]5.3/9 (5)[col]5.7/10 (5)[col]R 4.4/8 (9)[col]5.3/9 (7)[col][col]
[row][col]"Hot Properties" (ABC)[col][col][col]4.2/7 (7)[col]3.8/7 (11)[col]3.8/6 (10)[col]4.4/8 (8)[col]4.0/7 (10)[col]4.2/7 (10)[col]4.0/7 (9)
[row][col]"Hope and Faith" (ABC)[col][col]5.3/9 (5)[col]3.9/7 (9)[col]4.3/7 (10)[col]4.1/7 (8)[col]4.4/8 (7)[col]4.6/8 (8)[col]4.5/8 (9)[col]4.9/8 (6)
[row][col]"Inconceivable" (NBC)[col]4.5/8 (7)[col]3.4/6 (9)[col][col][col][col][col][col][col]
[row][col]"Supernanny" (ABC)[col]4.2/8 (8) [col]4.2/8 (7)[col]4.1/7 (8)[col]4.7/9 (9)[col]4.0/7 (9)[col]R 3.8/7 (10)[col]4.2/7 (9)[col]5.1/9 (8)[col]4.5/8 (8)
[row][col]"Killer Instinct" (FOX) [col]3.5/6 (9)[col]3.0/5 (10)[col]3.2/6[col][col]2.8/5 (11)[col]2.9/5 (11)[col]3.0/5 (11)[col]2.4/4 (13)[col]2.4/4 (12)
[row][col]"Friday Night Smackdown" (UPN) [col]3.0/5 (10)[col]3.7/7 (8)[col]2.6/4 (11)[col]2.4/4[col]2.5/4 (13)[col] 2.6/5 (12)[col]2.5/4 (13)[col]2.7/5 (11)[col]3.1/5 (10)
[row][col]"Bernie Mac" (FOX)[col]2.6/5 (11)[col]2.6/4 (11)[col]2.5/5 (12)[col][col]2.7/5 (12)[col]2.6/5 (13)[col]2.5/5 (12)[col]2.4/4 (12)[col]2.6/5 (11)
[row][col]"Malcolm in the Middle" (FOX) [col][col]2.3/4 (12)[col]2.2/4 (13)[col][col]2.4/4 (14)[col]2.4/4 (14)[col]2.3/4 (15)[col]2.2/4 (14)[col]2.2/4 (13)
[row][col]"Reba" (WB) [col]2.3/4 (12)[col]2.1/4 (13)[col]2.1/4 (14)[col]2.4/4 (13)[col]R 2.0/4 (15)[col]2.4/4 (15)[col]2.4/4 (14)[col]2.1/4 (15)[col]2.6/4 (14)
[row][col]"Living With Fran" (WB) [col] 2.0/3 (13[col]1.7/3 (14)[col]1.7/3 (15)[col]1.9/3 (14)[col][col][col][col][col]
[row][col]"Twins" (WB)[col]4.4/7 (12)[col]1.5/3 (15)[col]1.6/3 (16)[col]1.5/3 (15)[col]1.6/3 (16)[col]2.0/4 (16)[col]2.0/3 (16)[col]1.6/3 (17)[col]2.1/3 (16)
[row][col]"What I Like About You" (WB)[col]1.4/3 (15)[col]1.4/3 (16)[col]1.5/3 (17)[col][col]R 1.4/2 (17)[col]1.5/3 (17)[col]1.6/3 (17)[col]1.5/3 (18)[col]1.9/3 (17)[/table]

Threshold is going to fail miserably on Tuesdays.

Here's a good article from zap2it on the future of the show:
http://tv.zap2it.com/tveditorial/tve_ma ... 1|,00.html

Close to Home's continued success does not surprise me, but it does infuriate me.

I'm hoping it will be but I'm skeptical since there's more competition.

I don't see the NCIS/Amazing Race audience staying around for an episode of a sometimes violent Sci-Fi show that they've never seen before.

It hasn't even been promoted very thoroughly, to the best of my knowledge (not that I watch CBS much anymore, but still....). Expect numbers below that of Close to Home's last airing in the slot.

Which, as I've said before, is kind of a shame. Threshold is a frustrating bag of missed opportunities and unfulfilled potential, but its still more watchable than anything else on CBS. Anything.

Fast Nationals for Friday (11/18):

1. Numbers (CBS) - 8.2/15
2. Ghost Whisperer (CBS) - 7.8/14
3. Close to Home (CBS) - 7.8/14
4. Law & Order: Criminal Intent (NBC) - 6.0/11 (R)
5. 20/20 (ABC) - 5.9/11
6. Hope & Faith (ABC) - 4.9/8
7. Dateline NBC - 4.6/8
8. Supernanny (ABC) - 4.5/8
9. Hot Properties (ABC) - 4.0/7
10. WWE Friday Night SmackDown (UPN) - 3.1/5
11. The Bernie Mac Show (FOX) - 2.6/5
12. Malcolm in the Middle (FOX) - 2.6/4
13. Reba (WB) - 2.6/4
14. Killer Instinct (FOX) - 2.5/4
15. Reba (WB) - 2.1/4
16. Twins (WB) - 2.1/3
17. What I Like About You (WB) - 1.9/3

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