Ratings Round-Up

[CSI Files]

The flagship <I>CSI</I> series pulls disappointing numbers for episode 200.<p>On Monday, <I>CSI: Miami</I> won its timeslot with 13.36 million overall viewers and a 3.9 rating/10 share in the crucial 18-49 demographic prized by advertisers. Next was freshman drama <I>Castle</I> (9.81 million), with <I>Medium</I> bringing up the rear (7.26 million). Both shows tied for second place in the key demo with 2.5/7.<P><I>CSI: New York</I> aired a repeat on Wednesday, pulling in 9.98 million viewers and 2.3/6 among adults 18-49. It scored the top spot over a repeat of <I>Law and Order</I> (6.32 million) and the series finale of <I>Life on Mars</I> (5.86 million). <I>Life</I> came in second in the key demo with 2.1/6, beating <I>Law</I>'s 1.7/5.<p>The 200th episode of <I>CSI: Crime Scene Investigation</I> faced stiff competition on Thursday when the NBC drama <I>ER</I> aired its series finale from 9:00-11:00pm. <I>ER</I> had 15.07 million viewers in the 9:00pm hour and an average of 16.23 million viewers for the two-hour episode. <I>CSI</I> came in second with 14.38 million, beating out <I>Hell's Kitchen</I> (6.98 million), a repeat of <I>Grey's Anatomy</I> (4.90 million) and <I>Supernatural</I> (3.28 million). In the 18-49 demographic, <I>ER</I> earned a 5.5/14 in the 9:00pm hour and a 6/16 from 9:00-11:00pm. <I>CSI</I> was second with 3.7/10, <I>Kitchen</I> was third (3.2/8), and <I>Grey's</I> and <I>Supernatural</I> tied for fourth with 1.5/4.<p><I>CSI</I>'s lead-out <I>Eleventh Hour</I> aired its season finale, pulling in a second place 10.38 million viewers and 2.5/7, falling behind the second half of <I>ER</I>'s finale but beating a repeat of <I>Private Practice</I> (3.82 million, 1.2/3). <I>Eleventh Hour</I> will be replaced by <I>Harper's Island</I> starting April 9.<P>Ratings information for <A class="link" HREF="http://pifeedback.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/63310451/m/566108991">CSI: Miami</a>, <A class="link" HREF="http://pifeedback.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/63310451/m/381105002">CSI: New York</a> and <A class="link" HREF="http://pifeedback.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/63310451/m/918106002">CSI: Crime Scene Investigation</a> is courtesy of PI Feedback.<center></center>

 

[Faylinn]

I know CBS thinks CSI pwns everybody and their mother, but what possessed them to air the 200th episode (and the season finale of Eleventh Hour) up against the series finale of a show that's been on the air for 15 years? Those numbers would be nice for CSI:NY, but they're disappointing for the original - has the show ever gotten such low numbers for a new episode?

ER did better at 10:00 than at 9:00, but that's little comfort when such a major milestone gets such crap ratings.

Still, it's interesting that CSI was down 2.6 million viewers while Eleventh Hour was only down 1.4 million from the last new episodes. That may or may not mean a dang thing, but I thought it was interesting. (EH also had less of a loss in the 18-49 demo from the last episode.)

 

[electra]

CSI miami seems to be doing well in ratings.Considering that LV competed with ER ,they did pretty good.I have't watched ER in years but I tuned in to see the ending becouse it was the end of an era.ER was a top rated show years ago.