Ratings Round-Up

The flagship CSI series pulls disappointing numbers for episode 200.

On Monday, CSI: Miami 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 Castle (9.81 million), with Medium bringing up the rear (7.26 million). Both shows tied for second place in the key demo with 2.5/7.

CSI: New York 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 Law and Order (6.32 million) and the series finale of Life on Mars (5.86 million). Life came in second in the key demo with 2.1/6, beating Law's 1.7/5.

The 200th episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation faced stiff competition on Thursday when the NBC drama ER aired its series finale from 9:00-11:00pm. ER had 15.07 million viewers in the 9:00pm hour and an average of 16.23 million viewers for the two-hour episode. CSI came in second with 14.38 million, beating out Hell's Kitchen (6.98 million), a repeat of Grey's Anatomy (4.90 million) and Supernatural (3.28 million). In the 18-49 demographic, ER earned a 5.5/14 in the 9:00pm hour and a 6/16 from 9:00-11:00pm. CSI was second with 3.7/10, Kitchen was third (3.2/8), and Grey's and Supernatural tied for fourth with 1.5/4.

CSI's lead-out Eleventh Hour aired its season finale, pulling in a second place 10.38 million viewers and 2.5/7, falling behind the second half of ER's finale but beating a repeat of Private Practice (3.82 million, 1.2/3). Eleventh Hour will be replaced by Harper's Island starting April 9.

Ratings information for CSI: Miami, CSI: New York and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is courtesy of PI Feedback.

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