Ratings Round-Up

The final member of the franchise to air its season finale beats the competition.

On Monday, the season finale of CSI: Miami came in first with 14.02 million viewers and a 3.8 rating/11 share in the 18-49 demographic prized by advertisers. The season premiere of The Bachelorette was second with 8.03 million viewers and an 18-49 score that went from 3.0/2 to 2.8/8 at the half-hour. Medium was last with 6.50 million viewers and 1.9/5.

Criminal Minds aired a two-hour season finale from 8:00-11:00pm on Wednesday. During the 10pm hour, Minds earned the top spot by pulling in 15.17 million viewers and 3.8/10 in the key demo.

A repeat of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation came in first in overall viewers on Thursday with 9.64 million, beating out the second half of a two-hour premiere of So You Think You Can Dance (9.14 million), the season finale of Ugly Betty (6.38 million), a repeat of Grey's Anatomy (3.61 million), NBC's combination of The Office (3.28 million) and 30 Rock (3.19 million) and a repeat of Supernatural (1.29 million). In the 18-49 demographic, Dance came out on top with 3.7/11 for its second hour. CSI tied Betty for second with 1.9/6. NBC's combo was fourth with 1.4/4 for Office and 1.3/4 for Rock, and Supernatural rounded out the hour with 0.5/1.

The ratings information for CSI: Miami and the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation repeat, as well as the second half of the Criminal Minds finale, are from PI Feedback. Now that the traditional season is over, CSI Files will no longer be posting ratings information each week. The Ratings Round-Ups will return in September.

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