Ratings Round-Up

Repeats kick into high gear.

On Monday, the repeat of CSI: Miami came in first with 7.11 million total viewers, beating The Bachelorette's audience of 5.80 million. In the 18-49 demographic, however, The Bachelor beat the crime drama with a 2.1 rating/6 share (rising to 2.2/6 at the half-hour) over Miami's 2.2 rating/5 share.

Wednesday's CSI: New York repeat pulled in 9.44 million viewers and a score of 2.4/7 in the 18-49 demo, earning it the top spot at 10:00pm. Men in Trees came in second in viewers with 5.31 million, and the third game of the NHL Stanley Cups Finals averaged 4.46 million viewers from 8:00-11:00pm. In the 18-49 demo, the NHL game came in second with 1.9/5, and Men in Trees came in third with 1.6/5.

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation came in a solid third place on Thursday. The two-hour season finale of Lost came in first place with an average of 11.89 million viewers in the 9:00pm hour and a rating/share of 4.5/13 (4.7/12 at the half-hour). Behind Lost was So You Think You Can Dance?, which pulled in an average of 9.35 million viewers and 3.6/11 from 8:00-10:00pm. CSI's repeat had 8.70 million overall viewers and a 2.1/6 in the vital demographic.

Overall for the season, both CSI and Miami made it into the top 20 overall shows based on viewers. CSI came in ninth place with an average of 16.04 million, and Miami came in sixteenth with 13.12 million. CSI also made the top 20 for the 18-49 demographic with an average of 5.92 million viewers in that demo each week. For CBS, the season was down 17.2% in average viewer numbers and down 21.4% in the 18-49 demographic from last season. The network experienced the sharpest decline between January and the end of March, when the writers' strike had extra repeats on the air. The overall ratings went up from April onwards.

Check out more detailed ratings information for CSI: Miami, CSI: New York and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation on PI Feedback. The final ranking for overall viewers and the 18-49 demographic, plus the season vs season information and area of sharpest decline, are from TV by the Numbers.

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