TV Patrol: Wednesday’s Rating Day!

ER did go out with good numbers, which it should. It came in at #6 & the “Look Back” show also made the list at #16. This show was at the top of the heap for over 8 years. CBS’s CSI finally knocked it down a peg or two. That and the loss of some of it’s most favored charactors (Dr. Green) helped in the fall of a great drama series. The finale was good. The interaction of the old cast & the present ones was a tad awkward at times, but it wrapped up some loose ends & let us all know that Carter spent all of Nana’s money on a fancy clinic for the poor & uninsured.

Here is Mr. Nielson’s “Top Twenty” list for the week of Mar. 30 to Apr. 5….

1. American Idol FOX (tues. 24.4mil) Nothing can touch this show.

2. American Idol FOX (wed. 24.3mil) Where are all the girls?

3. Dancing With the Stars ABC (mon. 20.5mil) The judges really don’t like Steve-O.

4. NCIS CBS (17.2mil) No surprise here.

5. The Mentalist CBS (17mil) Our hot psychic is Emmy bound.

6. ER NBC (16.4mil) “I need a BP, CBC, Chem-7, Tox-screen with an IV Push..STAT!”

7. 44th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards CBS (14.8mil) Hooray for Carrie Underwood! Girls Rule!

8. CSI CBS (14.6mil) This episode sucked ass.

9. Two and a Half Men CBS (14.6mil) Someone needs to do something with that kid’s hair. Awful dorky!

10. NCAA Basketball: Villanova vs.UNC CBS (14.5mil) I’ve had enough of this screwing up my DVR recordings!

11. Dancing With the Stars Results Show ABC (tues.13.5mil) It was a two-fer night & it was bye-bye Woz & Holly. I didn’t know that Boyz to Men were still together!

12. CSI: Miami CBS (13.5mil) I’m watching this again, now that Calleigh & Delco are bun buddies.

13. Without a Trace CBS (12.5mil) I missed it again.

14. House FOX (12.5mil) I saw this story on ER with the redhead from “Sex in the City”.

15. 60 Minutes CBS (12.3mil) The Prez didn’t show up this week. WTF?

16. Survivor: Tocantins CBS (11.3mil) Most boring season EVER.

17. 24 FOX (11.3 mil) The female Prez is a dumbass.

18. Rules of Engagement CBS (11mil) How can you not love Patrick Warburton.

19. ER Retrospective NBC (10.6mil) This made me want to see the first season one more time.

20. Eleventh Hour CBS (10.4mil) The finale made the list as have all the other episodes for it’s first season.

I don’t have the rankings for these network shows, but I do have the viewership numbers. This is how some of our other favorites are doing:

I Get That A Lot CBS 10.3mil

LOST ABC 9.5mil

Law & Order: SVU NBC 9.3mil

Castle ABC 9mil

The Osbournes FOX 8.3mil

Cupid ABC 7.2mil

Celebrity Apprentice NBC 7.1mil

Hell’s Kitchen FOX 6.9mil

Heroes NBC 6.4mil

Life on Mars Finale ABC 5.6mil

America’s Next Top Model CW 3.9mil

Dollhouse FOX 3.4mil

Howie Do It NBC 3.3mil

Gossip Girl CW 2.4mil

As you can see, things are pretty much the same this week on cable. The ratings don’t focus on just the primetime hours, so the overall viewership is a bit different. Here are the “Top Ten” for the week of Mar. 30 thru Apr. 5.

1. WWE Wrestling USA (10:00pm) 5.3mil

2. WWE Wrestling USA (9:00pm) 4.9mil

3. NCIS USA (Tue 7:00pm 4.2mil)

4. NCIS USA (Wed 7:00pm) 4.2mil

5. NCIS USA (Mon 7:00pm) 4.1mil

6. Penguins of Madagascar NICK (Sat 10:00am) 4mil

7. Penguins of Madagascar NICK (Sun 10:00am) 4mil

8. Penguins of Madagascar NICK (Sun 10:30am) 4mil

9. The O’Reilly Factor FOXNews (Wed) 3.9mil

10. SpongeBob NICK (Sat 9:30am) 3.8mil

Here’s just a few of our other favorite cable shows:

South Park COM 3mil

Ghost Hunters SCIFI 2.7mil

The Closer TNT 2.1mil

Saving Grace TNT 1.9mil

Real World XXI: Brooklyn Finale & Reunion MTV 1.6mil

Rock of Love Bus VH1 1.6mil

Who Was Jesus? DSC 1.5mil

Ax Men HIST 1.4mil

Breaking Bad AMC 1.2mil

Damages Finale FX 1mil

Well, that’s the numbers for this week. On the non-advertising networks, Showtime’s Sunday night premiere of The Tudors (726,000 viewers) beat HBO’s season premiere of In Treatment (657,000 viewers).

There ya have it kids. See ya next week.

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