The reason that "The Mentalist" wasn't in the Top Ten (or anywhere) was because it wasn't on last week. It's a Tuesday show, and that was Election Day!

I'm glad "Eleventh Hour" made it into the Top 20--it's a good show.

Well now, that explains alot doesn't it! Thanks pixielated. I'm a fan of "The Mentalist", but have yet to see "Eleventh Hour".

Eleventh Hour is improving.

CBS provides extra entertainment, though. They seem to hire the second tier actors for multiple shows...so you'll see the same actor appear on Cold Case, Eleventh Hour, Numbers, and Without A Trace all within a three week span. For example last week actor Henry Lubatti was an Eleventh Hour on Thursday, and Numbers on Friday. He'll probably pop up on something else this week.
Tim DeKay has been on NCIS, The New Adventures Of Old Christine, and CSI Miami just in the last few weeks.

And they rotate their daytime stars into nighttime cameos, as well. Michael Graziadei (from Yound and the Restless) did a guest shot on Criminal Minds...last week Eric Braeden (also of Y&R) was on How I Met Your Mother.

It must save money to hire actors for "stable style" casting.

But it's a good game to spot the actor, then try to remember the other CBS shows you've seen them in recently...although sometimes I cheat and use IMDB.

I was going to comment on the fact that "The Mentalist" wasn't on last week, but I see someone else already has. My Mom and I love this show so far! Last night's episode was really good and its nice to have something to watch on Tuesday nights for a change. Plus, Simon Baker is a total hottie. :-)

Agreed! Simon Baker IS a total hottie!

I need to apologize to KENNY Chesney. I called him Kevin Chesney in my post. I must have had a 'senior' moment!

Yeah, I enjoy The Mentalist. It's more light-hearted than Eleventh Hour. It's nice to see Simon Baker in a lighter role than he had on The Guardian--he never smiled on that one. (He was still hot, though!)

Is Henry Lubatti the thin-faced guy that played the ill-fated construction worker on Eleventh Hour? I thought I saw him on something else last week.

Yes, Lubatti was the ill-fated construction worker. He was on Numbers the next night...but it wouldn't surprise me if he was on something else last week, too.

At first I thought it was my imagination, but the "stable style" casting has become more apparent in the last two years.

I actually like it. Many of the second tier actors are extremely talented, and being different characters on many shows in a short amount of time shows the actors' diversity.