CSI Files
Captain
It was a surprise that came far out of left field – but only one of the CSI shows scored a home run for the CBS team this week, with the other caught out and the third never making it off the bench.
CSI: Miami battled admirably for the top spot on Monday evening but was fended off by the Fox network's screening of the Major League Baseball Championship Series, which claimed the top spot for the hour and won the night for Fox. Miami still gave a solid performance with a rating of 14.2/21.
These ratings mean that out of all the households in America, 14.2\% were watching Miami's <A class="link" HREF=http://www.csifiles.com/episodes/miami/season3/legal.shtml>"Legal"</a>, rising to 21\% when factoring only in those households actually watching TV at 10:00pm. Last week's rating was 15.3/23, showing a definite drop almost certainly due to Fox's baseball screenings.
The ball stayed with Miami but was then swiftly passed to CSI: Crime Scene Investigation's <A class="link" HREF=http://www.csifiles.com/episodes/csi/season5/crows_feet.shtml>Crow's Feet</a> -- completely bypassing CSI: New York, which was yanked from its Wednesday timeslot ("Crow's Feet" still beat the otherwise triumphant Fox baseball series into second place for the hour. CSI managed to pull in 28.23 million viewers last week; though considering the baseball game it showed opposite managed 17.39 million, the drop was comparatively small.
For more information on last week's ratings, visit <A class="link" HREF=http://www.mediaweek.com/mediaweek/columns/index.jsp>Mediaweek's Programming insider page</a>.<center></center>
CSI: Miami battled admirably for the top spot on Monday evening but was fended off by the Fox network's screening of the Major League Baseball Championship Series, which claimed the top spot for the hour and won the night for Fox. Miami still gave a solid performance with a rating of 14.2/21.
These ratings mean that out of all the households in America, 14.2\% were watching Miami's <A class="link" HREF=http://www.csifiles.com/episodes/miami/season3/legal.shtml>"Legal"</a>, rising to 21\% when factoring only in those households actually watching TV at 10:00pm. Last week's rating was 15.3/23, showing a definite drop almost certainly due to Fox's baseball screenings.
The ball stayed with Miami but was then swiftly passed to CSI: Crime Scene Investigation's <A class="link" HREF=http://www.csifiles.com/episodes/csi/season5/crows_feet.shtml>Crow's Feet</a> -- completely bypassing CSI: New York, which was yanked from its Wednesday timeslot ("Crow's Feet" still beat the otherwise triumphant Fox baseball series into second place for the hour. CSI managed to pull in 28.23 million viewers last week; though considering the baseball game it showed opposite managed 17.39 million, the drop was comparatively small.
For more information on last week's ratings, visit <A class="link" HREF=http://www.mediaweek.com/mediaweek/columns/index.jsp>Mediaweek's Programming insider page</a>.<center></center>
