CSI Files
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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>