Total Viewers
1 AMERICAN IDOL TUESDAY (FOX) - 31.15 million
2 AMERICAN IDOL WEDNESDAY (FOX) - 28.74 million
3 CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION (CBS) - 27.42 million
4 GREY'S ANATOMY (ABC) - 25.42 million
5 DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES (ABC) - 23.47 million
6 XX OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES SATURDAY (NBC) - 23.24 million
7 XX OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES SUNDAY (NBC) - 23.42 million
8 HOUSE (FOX) - 22.24 million
9 XX OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES OPENING (NBC) - 22.17 million
10 WITHOUT A TRACE (CBS) - 20.34 million
11 DANCING WITH THE STARS (ABC) - 19.96 million
12 SURVIVOR: EXILE ISLAND (CBS) - 18.75 million
13 LOST (ABC) - 18.74 million
14 CSI: MIAMI (CBS) - 18.68 million
15 GRAMMY AWARDS (CBS) - 17.00 million
16 TWO AND A HALF MEN (CBS) - 16.33 million
17 NCIS (CBS) - 16.05 million
18 EXTREME MAKEOVER: HOME EDITION (ABC) - 15.90 million
19 LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT (NBC) - 15.24 million
20 DANCING WITH THE STARS (ABC) - 14.59 million

Adults 18-49
1 AMERICAN IDOL TUESDAY (FOX) - 12.9/32
2 AMERICAN IDOL WEDNESDAY (FOX) - 11.4/29
3 GREY'S ANATOMY (ABC) - 11.3/25
4 DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES (ABC) - 10.0/21
5 CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION (CBS) - 9.3/22
6 HOUSE (FOX) - 8.7/20
7 LOST (ABC) - 7.7/17
8 XX OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES SUNDAY (NBC) - 7.5/17
9 GRAMMY AWARDS (CBS) - 7.1/18
10 XX OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES SATURDAY (NBC) - 6.7/19
11 SURVIVOR: EXILE ISLAND (CBS) - 6.6/17
12 XX OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES OPENING (NBC) - 6.5/19
13 WITHOUT A TRACE (CBS) - 6.3/16
14 CSI: MIAMI (CBS) - 6.3/15
15 ER (NBC) - 6.1/16
16 EXTREME MAKEOVER: HOME EDITION (ABC) - 6.1/14
17 24 (FOX) - 5.8/13
18 DANCING WITH THE STARS (ABC) - 5.5/14
19 LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT (NBC) - 5.4/14
20 TWO AND A HALF MEN (CBS) - 5.4/12

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It's really amazing to see how far abc has come in 2 years...

Grey's Anatomy
Desperate Housewives
Dancing with the Stars
Lost
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

5 stellar ratings giants in their own regards. Sad to see Lost slipping but great to see Grey's Anatomy near the top of the list.

This is the forst time since the last Olympics that NBC had a program top 20M viewers.

No joke.

What do you mean?

It was the first time NBC won a week in the ratings since September 2004 but it's had plenty of 20m+ rating fair in the years after the Olympics.

Really, though? The last Olympics were summer 2004, I can't think of any 20M+ ratings NBC has had since then off the top of my head.

If Grey's didn't air after the Super Bowl, House would be ahead. I'll be anxious to see these ratings for the two shows, post-Olympics. Both are deserving, but I'm rooting for House.

*sees Libs point a gun at his head*

I'm rooting for Grey's Anatomy.

House is far better than the soap opera that is Grey's Anatomy.

Meh. Grey's is my favorite show but I also love House.

None have. I've been keeping track of 20M+ programs since the beginning of Fall '04, and nothing has topped 20M for NBC. Not E.R., not L&O, not THe pprentice, not even the Golden Globes. Zip. Nada. I think the closest they ever came was the E.R. episode wth Ray Liotta as the guy who dies in real-time.

Well, not many people seem to agree with you (about Grey's Anaotmy sucking, I mean).

And didn't you say you'd only seen it once or twice?

I'm so sorry. I misunderstood. I thought you meant the last winter olympics.
So, in this case, that's pretty interesting. Fascinating that you were keeping track of it.