TV Jots

8pm: ABC’s Pushing Daisies led the first hour with 7.51 million viewers and a 2.3 rating/7 share for the 18–49 demographic. Its fellow CBS rookie Kid Nation did a very good job playing catch up, which resulted in a second-place finish of 7.29 million viewers and a 2.0/6. The first-season finale of NBC’s Phenomenon (6.17m, 1.9/6) was third, followed by repeats of the Fox sitcoms Back to You (5.35m, 1.5/5) and ‘Til Death (4.67m, 1.5/4) and a fresh America’s Next Top Model (3.62m, 1.6/5) on The CW.

9pm: In the next hour, CBS’ Criminal Minds (15.82m, 3.8/11) dominated. Next, the first hour of NBC’s two-episode Deal or No Deal (8.83m, 2.3/7) staged a coup on the ABC Grey’s Anatomy spinoff Private Practice (8.45m, 2.6/8), taking over Bionic Woman‘s normal time slot with an excellent showing for The Peacock in total viewers. Fox’s Kitchen Nightmares (5.34m, 2.3/7) then easily beat a repeat of The CW’s Gossip Girl (1.26m, 0.6/2).

10pm: The night closed with a clear lead for CSI: NY (14.36m, 3.7/11) on CBS, a strong second-place finish for the final hour of Deal or No Deal (11.47m, 3.4/10) on NBC, and a typically average outcome for ABC’s splendid Dirty Sexy Money (6.52m, 2.1/6).

Overall: CBS (12.48m, 3.1/9) managed a double win for the second week in a row, while NBC (8.82m, 2.5/7), ABC (7.49m, 2.3/7), Fox (5.18m, 1.9/6), and The CW (2.44m, 1.1/3) all trailed.

DATA EXPLANATION: In the households figure 6.4/11, 6.4 is the household RATING that indicates what average percentage of U.S. households tuned into a particular show (6.4%), while 11 is the household SHARE that refers to what average percentage of televisions in use were tuned into a particular show (11%).

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