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

1. "Desperate Housewives" (ABC) 18.0/25
2. "Grey's Anatomy" (ABC) 13.3/20
3. "NFL Overrun" (CBS) 11.5/19
4. "60 Minutes" (CBS) 11.1/16
5. "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" (ABC) 9.9/14
6. "Cold Case" (CBS) 9.5/13
7. "MLB American League, Game 5" (FOX) 8.8/13
8. "Crossing Jordan" (NBC) 8.6/13
9. "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (NBC) 8.0/11
10. "The West Wing" (NBC) 6.7/10
11. "Movie: Walker, Texas Ranger" (CBS) 6.3/10
12. "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" (R, ABC) 5.6/9
13. "Dateline" (NBC) 5.6/9
14. "Charmed" (WB) 3.6/5
15. "Reba" (R, WB) 2.3/4
16. "Blue Collar TV" (WB) 2.0/3

Walker Texas Ranger got a /10? Ha. I hope they give Conan O'Brien a nice hefty cheque.

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is only miles from me right now doing a house. Nice to see Desperate Housewives go up a little.

[table][row][col]show[col]week 1[col]week 2[col]week 3[col]week 4
[row][col]"Desperate Housewives" (ABC) [col]19.2/26 (1)[col]18.4/26 (1)[col]17.5/25 (1)[col]18.0/25 (1)
[row][col]"Grey's Anatomy" (ABC)[col]13.3/20 (3)[col]12.6/19 (2)[col]12.9/20 (2)[col]13.3/20 (2)
[row][col]"NFL overrun" (CBS)[col]14.6/24 (2)[col]10/7/18 (4)[col][col]11.5/19 (3)
[row][col]"60 Minutes" (CBS)[col]12.1/18 (4)[col]8.5/14 (8)[col]8.3/13 (8)[col]11.1/16 (4)
[row][col]"Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" (ABC)[col]10.3/15 (5)[col]9.1/13 (5)[col]8.9/13 (6)[col]9.9/14 (5)
[row][col]"Cold Case" (CBS)[col]9.7/13 (6)[col]11.7/17 (3)[col]10.8/16 (3)[col]9.5/13 (6)
[row][col]"Crossing Jordan" (NBC)[col]9.3/14 (7)[col]8.8/14 (7)[col]8.6/13 (7)[col]8.6/13 (8)
[row][col]"Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (NBC)[col]8.3/11 (8)[col]9.1/13 (6)[col]9.1/13 (5)[col]8.0/11 (9)
[row][col]"The West Wing" (NBC)[col]7.3/10 (9) [col]6.4/9 (11)[col]6.5/9 (9)[col]6.7/10 (10)
[row][col]"The Simpsons" (FOX)[col]6.9/10 (10)[col]rerun 7.1/11 (9)[col][col]
[row][col]"Family Guy" (FOX) [col]5.8/8 (13)[col]rerun 5.7/8 (12)[col][col]
[row][col]"Dateline" (NBC)[col]5.7/9 (14)[col]5.2/9 (14)[col]5.8/9 (10)[col]5.6/9 (13)
[row][col]"America's Funniest Home Videos" (ABC)[col][col]5.1/8 (15)[col]5.1/8 (12)[col]
[row][col]"The War at Home" (FOX)[col]5.2/7 (16)[col]5.6/8 (13)[col][col]
[row][col]"American Dad" (FOX)[col]5.0/7 (17) [col]4.7/7 (16)[col][col]
[row][col]"King of the Hill" (FOX)[col]4.5/7 (18)[col][col][col]
[row][col]"Charmed" (WB) [col]3.4/5 (19)[col]3.2/5 (17)[col]3.3/5 (13)[col]rerun 3.6/5 (14)
[row][col]"Blue Collar TV" (WB)[col]1.9/3 (21)[col]1.6/2 (19)[col]1.8/3 (14)[col]2.0/3 (16)[/table]

Funny how marc berman claimed Charmed should start packing even though a repeat provided the seasons biggest ratings yet.

Well, he's an idiot, he can't help it.

In other news, looks like the Housewives will have some work to do to start beating CSI. Somewhere in the 25 million range last night. Pretty solid, but disappointing for those who thought it would beat CSI this year. It's funny how Lost and Desperate Housewives are talked about like 50 times more than CSI, and CSI still gets the highest ratings.

And, even though I don't like Grey's Anatomy, it's doing EXTREMELY well behind Desperate Housewives.

Charmed wasn't a repeat.

Either way; still this years biggest ratings.

Also: The West Wing he claimed should pack up and go. Whilst i dont particularly like the show its ratings, whilst bad, are slightly up from where it was heading. If TV networks are quite as quick at the axe as Marc Berman would be, I think the only thing showing would be Lost and Everybody Loves Chris.



One thing i can think of: Budget.
Another thing i can think of: Family dramas suck ass.

He said that? Man, how can someone be that stupid? When has an original, scripted series ever worked at 7pm on Sundays? Never. King of the Hill surely isn't thriving in its timeslot at 7:30, and we know how Futurama turned out. The WB supposedly is sinking from 8-10 as well, so why ruin the 7pm hour and waste money on something else? He really needs to get his head checked.

The moron.

I think it'll be interesting to see in which direction the viewers who are watching baseball will go when the World Series is over.