In total viewers
1 EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND - 32.94 million, CBS
2 CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION - 30.73 million, CBS
3 DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES - 30.62 million, ABC
4 AMERICAN IDOL WEDNESDAY - 27.93 million, FOX
5 AMERICAN IDOL TUESDAY - 24.98 million, FOX
6 EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND: THE LAST LAUGH - 24.52 million, CBS
7 TWO AND A HALF MEN - 24.24 million, CBS
8 CSI: MIAMI - 22.98 million, CBS
9 GREY'S ANATOMY - 22.22 million, ABC
10 WITHOUT A TRACE - 21.42 million, CBS
11 ER - 18.76 million, NBC
12 LOST - 18.62 million, ABC
13 EXTREME MAKEOVER: HOME EDITION - 17.80 million, ABC
14 HOUSE - 17.68 million, FOX
15 LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT - 16.21 million, NBC
16 COLD CASE - 14.60 million, CBS
17 THE APPRENTICE - 14.02 million, NBC
18 LAW & ORDER - 12.41 million, NBC
19 CSI: NY - 12.30 million, CBS
20 40th ANNUAL COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS - 11.95 million, CBS

Is this from Entertainment Weekly or something?

Thanks, Libs. I've always wanted to see a chart like this posted, but I didn't want to ask anybody. Geez...NBC really sucks.

Nope, they post these at the end of the week on the same site I get ratings from.

And we're just now getting them posted? j/k Thank you much!

Two and a Half Men looks like it's going to replace Everybody Loves Raymond pretty well, if these numbers are any indication. I'm sure that lead-in didn't hurt, but I think it'll do well in that slot next season.

Are those the finales of Grey's and Desperate Housewives?

Yes, sir.

Its crazy that ER barely beat newbie Lost, ER used to be a horse!! Sunday is to ABC now as Thursday used to be for NBC (now for CBS)!

Also worth noting is the finale of CSI outpacing the finale of Desperate Housewives by only 110,000 viewers.

#1 show next season is fair game.

Thank you.

Desperate Housewives was close at passing CSI. Next season it will.

Well, CSI being 2 hours hurt it as well. Had it only been 1 hour, it would've been closer to 34 million.

3 DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES - 30.62 million, ABC


W000t!

Desperate Housewives ends here in the UK in one hour on Cabsat; or in one week if your watching it on terrestrial.
Im hoping to catch the finale tonight.

I think that if one more person says "Looks like Desperate Housewives is going to be the #1 show next season" i am going to go crazy.
CSI averaged about 28mil viewers for this season. Desperate Housewives averaged about 24mil. (i am talking first run eps, not including reruns). CSI's season finale was 2 hours (aka 2 eps), volume one had about 25mil viewers and vol 2 had about 35mil viewers. Desperate Housewives managed one episode of 30mil+ viewers, and it took the season finale for that. CSI had 5 episodes that managed 30mil+. CSI was #1 this season and will be #1 next season as well. I am so sick of hearing about DH and how great it is. I don't hate it or anything, but i don't know how much more i can take.

Well, CSI wasn't number one the first season, so you never know how Desperate's ratings would go up.

They're only speaking the truth.

I see no reason why it wouldn't be #1, or at least a very very close second (like 1 million viewers apart at most)

I think Desperate Housewives is going to be the #1 show next season. Sorry to drive you to the looney bin, Dr. Malcom, but there is help out there for your condition.

I still think CSI is gonna stay #1. Did DH even beat CSI once this year? I don't think it did.

The CSI fatigue is already showing in the lacklustre perfomance of CSI NY

That's because it is almost the same as the other two, and people saw that. The original CSI is miles better than NY, and CSI performed just as good, if not better, than last season.

Considering Jerry B has 5 shows in the Top 20 including CSI: NY, Whay CSI fatigue - Sorry but I think your comments are misguided.

In total viewers
2 CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION - 30.73 million, CBS
8 CSI: MIAMI - 22.98 million, CBS
10 WITHOUT A TRACE - 21.42 million, CBS
16 COLD CASE - 14.60 million, CBS
19 CSI: NY - 12.30 million, CBS

Tisk, Tisk.

Unfortunately, we will never know where these came from as Libs broke her own forum rules by not crediting the source.

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:duel - getting ready for a duel as I assume somebody, will be coming to stand up for her honor.

CSI being 2 hours hurt it in ratings but not in credibility. I think it's ratings will go up next season, possibly to averaging 30 million viewers per episode. This is going to kill The Apprentice, but oh well, it had a good run. DH won't replace it as #1 show, and I'll stick to that. The battle is on.

Yes that is a good point to those who mentioned above that CSI numbers weren't higher.

Even on here, i remember half of the people saying that they forgot it started at 8 and was 2 hours.

I am wondering what the ratings were for in the 9 PM hour

I noticed that this was already posted.

Looks like about 10 million missed the start of CSI.

As their number in the 9 PM hour was 35 Million.

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So that puts a better look at these numbers

In total viewers
1 EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND - 32.94 million, CBS
2 CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION - 30.73 million, CBS
3 DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES - 30.62 million, ABC
4 AMERICAN IDOL WEDNESDAY - 27.93 million, FOX
5 AMERICAN IDOL TUESDAY - 24.98 million, FOX