Ratings Round-Up

The franchise aired four episodes last week, and two series ended their seasons in second place.

On Monday, CSI: Miami won its timeslot with 13.37 million overall viewers and a 3.9 rating/11 share in the key 18-49 demographic. The season finale of Castle came in second with 10.55 million and 2.5/7. The second-half of Medium's two-hour finale was third with 7.26 million viewers and 2.3/6 during the 10:00pm hour.

The first of two CSI: New York episodes to air this week came in first in overall viewers on Wednesday with 12.18 million viewers. The second half of a two-hour Lost finale was second in viewers with 9.34 million, and Law and Order came in third with 7.82 million. In the 18-49 demo, Lost came out ahead with 4.4/12 to CSI: NY's 3.2/8. Law was third with 2.2/6.

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation's season finale came in second to the first half of the Grey's Anatomy finale. Grey's had 15.58 million viewers and 5.5/14. CSI pulled in an audience of 14.42 million and 3.4/9 among adults 18-49. The finale of Hell's Kitchen came third with 7.42 million viewers and 3.1/8. NBC's combination of The Office (6.72 million, 3.5/9) and 30 Rock (5.66 million, 2.8/7) tied Hell's in the key demo but came in fourth in overall viewers. Supernatural's season finale was fifth with 2.90 million viewers and 1.3/3 in the 18-49 demo.

The season finale of CSI: New York aired on a special night after the CSI finale and, like CSI, came in second to the Grey's Anatomy finale. Grey's pulled in 17.12 million viewers and 6.2/12 in the key demographic in the 10:00pm hour, and New York had an audience of 12.84 million and 3.0/8. Southland was third with 4.64 million viewers and 1.7/5.

The ratings information for CSI: Miami, CSI: New York and the finales of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and CSI: New York are from PI Feedback.

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