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All three members of the franchise air new episodes, and all three series take the top spot.<p>On Monday, <I>CSI: Miami</I> came out on top in the 10:00pm hour with 13.62 million viewers and a 3.9 rating/10 share in the crucial 18-49 demographic. <I>Boston Legal</I> came in second with 9.40 million and 2.5/6, and the special Monday airing of <I>Life</I> came in third with 5.78 million and 2.3/6. Next week, NBC will start airing <I>My Own Worst Enemy</I> in the 10:00pm slot.<p><I>CSI: New York</I> had 15.68 million viewers at 10:00pm on Wednesday, rising to 16.03 million at the half-hour. It earned the top spot over <I>Dirty Sexy Money</I> (5.95 million) and <I>Lipstick Jungle</I> (4.77 million). In the 18-49 demo, <I>CSI: NY</I> had 4.2/11, rising to 4.4/12 at 10:30pm., easily beating <I>Money</I> (2.1/6, dropping to 1.9/5 at the half-hour) and <I>Jungle</I> (1.9/5, falling to 1.8/5).<p>The season nine premiere of <I>CSI: Crime Scene Investigation</I> crushed the competition with 22.98 million viewers and 7.0/17 in the vital 18-49 demographic. <I>Grey's Anatomy</I> came in second in both viewers (14.54 million) and the 18-49 demo (5.5/13), which it usually dominates. NBC came in third with a combination of <I>The Office</I> (9.00 million, 4.6/11) and <I>Saturday Night Live Weekend Update</I> (10.59 million, 5.0/12). Compared to the airing of <I>CSI</I> from a year ago, <I>CSI</I> was up 3.19 million viewers and 15% in the 18-49 demo year-to-year. <p><I>CSI</I> led into the new drama <I>Eleventh Hour</I> at 10:00pm, which pulled in 11.59 million viewers and 3.4/9 in the 18-49 demographic. Overall viewers put it in second place ahead of <I>ER</I> (9.34 million) but behind <I>Life on Mars</I> (11.60 million), which was also airing its series premiere. <I>Hour</I> was third in 18-49 behind <I>ER</I> (4.0/10) and <I>Mars</I> (3.8/10). <I>Life on Mars</I> and <I>Eleventh Hour</I> were close, but the new ABC drama had a higher retention rate from its lead-in, <I>Grey's</I> (80% of viewers and 69% of the demo), than <I>Hour</I> had from <I>CSI</I> (50% of viewers and 49% of the demo).<p>Check out more detailed ratings information for <A class="link" HREF="http://pifeedback.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/63310451/m/434105561">CSI: Miami</a>, <A class="link" HREF="http://pifeedback.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/63310451/m/292100661">CSI: New York</a> and <A class="link" HREF="http://pifeedback.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/63310451/m/582102661">CSI: Crime Scene Investigation</a>.<center></center>
NY's ratings just keep getting better. 