Source: http://www.thefutoncritic.com/cgi/ratin ... d=thursday

1. "CSI" (CBS) 16.1/24
2. "Without a Trace" (CBS) 14.4/24
3. "Dancing With the Stars" (ABC) 12.5/19
4. "CSI" (R, CBS) 12.4/14
5. "Crumbs" (ABC) 7.3/11
6. "MY Name Is Earl" (NBC) 6.5/10
7. "Primetime Live" (ABC) 6.3/11
8. "The Office" (NBC) 5.5/8
9. "ER" (R, NBC) 5.4/9
10. "Will & Grace" (NBC) 4.8/8
11. "Four Kings" (NBC) 4.2/6
12. "Smallville" (WB) 3.8/6
13. "The O.C." (FOX) 3.6/6
14. "That 70's Show" (R, FOX) 3.6/6
15. "That 70's Show" (FOX) 3.6/6
16. "Beauty and the Geek" (WB) 2.7/4
17. "Everybody Hates Chris" (R, UPN)
18. "Love, Inc." (R, UPN) 1.4/2
19. "Eve" (R, UPN) 1.4/2
20. "Cuts" (R, UPN) 1.3/2

I can't believe ABC has officially claimed the #2 position on thursday nights. I wonder what they'll do to keep it up after Stars is finished. Will they still put Alias at 8?

Crumbs continues to do well. Four Kings is dropping more every week. That one won't last. It's not surprising since pretty much everyone says it sucks.

Damn, DWTS is unstoppable! I can't wait to see what happens when Survivor returns next week.

Is that a season low for CSI?

Heh, Smallville passed The O.C.

I wonder how Idol would help The OC once they air before it.

Without a Trace is a freaking monster. It almost beat CSI.

It just don't get this crime-drama obsession. You'd think with 10 identical copies of each other on the air, there'd at least start to be an overload effect. But nah, all of them are giant hits. It's the easiest and most uncreative way to become succesful in a flash. God. I can't believe these shows like WaT and NCIS have actually went up this year.

Without a Trace is the only crime drama I watch regularly, I think it's best of the lot by far. It's really not too typical (at least not as much as the others), I think it has more substance, better acting, better stories, etc. The only other decent crime drama I think is SVU, Criminal Intent is a pain and the regular Law & Order is too procedural and old. and ugh I hate the CSI shows, each and every one of them.

anyway I hope Dancing With the Stars doesn't hurt Survivor too much, I have a bad feeling though cause it doesn't seem like CBS has really been advertising it as much as other seasons, or is just that I haven't been watching CBS as much? I hope it's the latter.

I don't care for most of the crime dramas but Criminal Minds is fantastic. It's like a weekly serial killer thriller ala any number of Ashley Judd/Morgan Freeman films.

They both go after younger audiences, so it'll probably boost ratings quite a bit.