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Up against a slate full of repeats (*), and gang easily won last night’s Reward Challenge for .

8pm
Survivor

9pm

  • A stale * (12.3 million, 3.4/8 in 18-49 demo) was still the hour’s top draw.
  • * (3.1/8) attended to 8.96 million patients.
  • (2.8/7) kept most of its lead-in with 8.6 million.
  • * (3.0/7) raked in 6 million; Scrubs (5.9 million, 3.1/7) did about the same.
  • * (1.84 million, 0.8/2) was just about ordinary.

10pm

  • A repeat * (9.9 million, 2.5/7 in 18-49 demo) still left an impression.
  • A new (8.6 million, 3.4/9) couldn’t manage better than second.
  • (5.98 million, 2.4/6) was looking pretty small.

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Gallery: Thursday Ratings: ‘Survivor’ Wins the Ratings Challenge


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MONDAY (11/26)

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Gallery: This Week on TV (11/26-12/2)


Still high from Wednesday night’s victory, came back for another ratings blow:

8pm
Jorja Fox

9pm

  • About 21.3 million saw Jorja Fox’s last episode of (6.4/15 in 18-49 demo).
  • (19.5 million, 8.2/19) did about the same as last week.
  • (8.9 million, 4.8/11) was slightly up; (6.04 million, 3.2/7) was slightly down.
  • (6 million, 2.1/5) lost about 500,000.
  • (2.9 million, 1.2/3) did about the same.

10pm

  • Without Grissom to help out, (4.1/11 in 18-49 demo) sailed back down to 14.5 million.
  • About 9.5 million saw Kovac return on (3.8/10).
  • A special episode of (3.2/9) drew in 8.5 million.

(You can review last Thursday’s ratings here.)

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Gallery: Thursday Ratings: Another Strong Night For CBS


A / crossover pulled in large numbers for the network.  This week, managed to nab the largest audience and the best demos.

8pm
Without a Trace

9pm

  • (6.4/15 in 18-49) rolled over the competition with its 21.9 million fans.
  • (19.6 million, 8.1/9) still managed to score the hour’s best demos.
  • (8.3 million, 4.3/10) and (6.4 million, 3.2/7) were practically even with last week.
  • (2.3/5) sang its tune to 6.5 million.
  • (1.2/3) rounded off the hour with 3 million.

10pm

  • (21.4 million, 6.3/17 in 18-49) retained CSI’s large numbers.
  • (8.4 million, 3.5/9) declined from last week.
  • (8.0 million, 2.8/8) was the smallest show of the hour.

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Gallery: Thursday Ratings: CBS Pulls Off Huge Ratings Stunt


NBC's 'Green Week' sucks a big oneOk, I’m all for saving the world, cleaning up the air and preventing whatever horrible fate Al Gore has decided awaits us in the coming decades - but this NBC “Green Week” is absolutely awful. In a week that has seen this huge writer strike, it would seem to me that network television needs every spark it can possibly get. What did NBC deliver instead? The guy from Windtalkers (now on Law & Order: SVU) telling me to recycle a pizza box … before he almost gets blown up by the bomb inside.

Oh, but the tree-hugging horror doesn’t stop there. Follow me after the jump to take a look at some of the other cringe-inducing moments from “Green Week.”

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It was another tight race between the Eye and Alphabet networks.  On the first night of sweeps, walked away with the viewers while scored a win in the demos.

8pm
Big Shots

  • (4.8/13 in 18-49 demo) had 14.3 million viewers watch the two tribes merge last night.
  • (9.9 million, 3.4/9) remained about even with last week.
  • A 2-hour (8.5 million, 2.5/6) came back after a World Series break.
  • A full hour of (7.3 million, 3.1/9) was down almost 1 million.
  • (1.7/5) rounded off the hour with 4.3 million.

9pm

  • (18.76 million, 8.1/19 in 18-49) bested CSI in both the viewers and demos.
  • (18.75 million, 5.6/13) barely landed in second.
  • Both (8.4 million, 4.5/11) and (6.7 million, 3.7/9) were down from last week.
  • (3.3 million, 1.3/3) was pretty much even.

10pm

  • (14.6 million, 3.9/11 in 18-49 demo) rebounded with nearly 2 million more viewers than last week.
  • (9.1 million, 3.8/10) did about the same.
  • (7.5 million, 3.0/8) was slightly down from last Thursday.

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Gallery: Thursday Ratings:  Another Close Battle at 9PM


Scrubs

 

MONDAY (10/22)

**No new episode of Ellen today.  She’s still recovering from all the doggy drama**

  • Live With Regis and Kelly (ABC, syndicated):  will be pulling double-duty this week as he fills in for Regis Philbin in NY and tapes his show in LA.  (I’m guessing we’ll still be seeing him on as well.)  If we’re lucky, Guillermo will fill in for Gelman too.
  • Prison Break (FOX, 8pm):  The show returns tonight after being preempted by baseball last week.  What?  You don’t care either?
  • Heroes (NBC, 9pm):  Many fans have been waiting for Kristen Bell’s debut tonight.  Unfortunately, she’s one more new character I’ll have to ignore.

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Gallery: This Week On TV (10/22-10/28)


The debut of CBS’s Viva Laughlin (and the temporary departure of Without A Trace) should have made it an easy night for ABC.  But despite low numbers at 10pm, CBS still came very close to taking the night in both viewers and demos.

8pm

  • With 13.4 million viewers, the aging (4.3/13 in 18-49 age group) shows no signs of slowing down. Viva Laughlin
  • FOX’s Red Sox/Indians game (3.3/8) averaged about 11.6 million fans through the evening.
  • (9.7 million, 3.1/9) dropped about 730,000 viewers this week.
  • NBC’s (7.3 million, 2.7/8) and (6.3 million, 2.6/7) were both down from last week.
  • (5.1 million, 2.0/6) saw a 300,000 increase.

9pm

  • (20.8 million, 6.4/15 in 18-49) gained over 1 million new viewers to claim the night’s biggest audience.
  • (17.7 million, 7.1/17) took another 9pm win in the demos category.
  • An hour-long episode (8.5 million, 4.4/11) lost about 400,000.
  • (1.3/3) rounded off the hour with 3 million viewers.

10pm

The 9pm hour proves to be Thursday night’s most heated battleground.  And just like Wednesday night, ABC ruled the 18-49 age group while CBS gathered the largest audience.

8pm

9pm

  • (18.9 million, 7.8/19 in 18-49) led the night in the demo market.
  • (19.6 million, 6.0/14) raked in just enough viewers for evening’s win (despite being down about 1 million).
  • (8.9 million, 4.7/11) gained about 410,000 viewers from last week while (3.2 million, 1.2/3) was up over 250,000.
  • (1.8/4) came in fourth with 5.6 million viewers overall.

10pm

  • Although down 18% from its debut, (13.6 million, 3.6/10 in 18-49) ruled the hour in viewers.
  • (9.3 million, 3.6/10) was up 600,000 while (8.4 million, 3.4/10) was down about the same.

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Gallery: Thursday Ratings: ‘Grey’s’ and ‘CSI’ Both Come Out on Top


Although the introduction of ‘Seinfeld Vision’ helped the premiere of 30 Rock, it didn’t do do much for the network.  CBS took Must See Thursday—followed by ABC, NBC, FOX and CW.

8pm
30 Rock

  • (14.1 million, 4.4/13 in 18-49 demo) took the hour in both viewers and the key demographic group.
  • ABC’s (9.8 million, 3.4/10) saw a loss of over 1 million viewers this week, while (8 million, 3.4/10) lost 1/2 as much.
  • Emmy-award winning (7.4 million, 3.4/9) saw a 53% viewer increase from last season’s finale.


9pm

  • Although (20.8 million, 6.3/16 in key demo) lost 16% of last week’s viewers, it still took the crown from Grey’s.
  • (18.1 million, 7.4/18) also saw a loss in viewers but remained dominant in the 18-49 demo.
  • A million less viewers saw Pam and Jim outed in this week’s episode of (8.5 million, 4.5/11).


10pm

  • (14.5 million, 3.8/11) lost 13% of last week’s audience and narrowly won in the key demos.
  • (9 million, 3.7/10) was down 1 million this week; (8.7 million, 3.7/10) was down from it’s 11.1 million premiere.

 

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Gallery: CBS Takes the Thursday Ratings Win


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