Survivor and CSI pushed CBS to a win, though Viva Laughlin did nothing to help. Fox’s continued baseball coverage brought it up from its typical fourth to second this week. ABC won among adults with Grey’s Anatomy.

CBS
Viewers: 14.52 million
18-49: 4.4/12

8-9 Survivor: China
Viewers: 13.92 million
18-49: 4.5/13

9-10 CSI
Viewers: 20.80 million
18-49: 6.4/15

10-11 Viva Laughlin
Viewers: 8.83 million
18-49: 2.4/7

FOX
Viewers: 12.25 million
18-49: 3.6/10

8:30-11 American League Championship Series Game 5
Viewers: 12.81 million
18-49: 3.8/10

ABC
Viewers: 11.89 million
18-49: 4.5/12

8-9 Ugly Betty
Viewers: 9.67 million
18-49: 3.1/9

9-10 Grey’s Anatomy
Viewers: 17.67 million
18-49: 7.1/17

10-11 Big Shots
Viewers: 8.34 million
18-49: 3.3/9

NBC
Viewers: 8.43 million
18-49: 3.7/10

8-8:30 My Name Is Earl
Viewers: 7.26 million
18-49: 2.7/8

8:30-9 30 Rock
Viewers: 6.27 million
18-49: 2.6/7

9-10 The Office
Viewers: 8.50 million
18-49: 4.4/11

10-11 ER
Viewers: 10.01 million
18-49: 4.0/11

CW
Viewers: 4.06 million
18-49: 1.6

8-9 Smallville
Viewers: 5.06 million
18-49: 2.0/6

9-10 Supernatural
Viewers: 3.06 million
18-49: 1.3/3

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for continued Nielsen Ratings coverage.

Fast National data is preliminary. Source: Nielsen Media and PIFeedback.

CBS won the night with everything after Kid Nation. Deal or No Deal continues to do well for NBC, as does Private Practice for ABC. America’s Next Top Model remains one of the strongest shows on The CW, but Gossip Girl’s struggling to find an audience.

CBS
Viewers: 12.05 million
18-49: 3.5/9

8-9 Kid Nation
Viewers: 7.41 million
18-49: 2.4/7

9-10 Criminal Minds
Viewers: 14.87 million
18-49: 3.9/10

10-11 CSI: NY
Viewers: 13.86 million
18-49: 4.1/11

ABC
Viewers: 10.13 million
18-49: 3.7/10

8-9 Pushing Daisies
Viewers: 9.75 million
18-49: 3.6/10

9-10 Private Practice
Viewers: 11.81 million
18-49: 4.3/11

10-11 Dirty Sexy Money
Viewers: 8.83 million
18-49: 3.1/9

NBC
Viewers: 9.49 million
18-49: 3.1/8

8-9 Deal or No Deal
Viewers: 12.29 million
18-49: 3.1/9

9-10 Bionic Woman
Viewers: 8.52 million
18-49: 3.3/8

10-11 Life
Viewers: 7.66 million
18-49: 2.8/8

FOX
Viewers: 6.91 million
18-49: 2.8/8

8-8:30 Back to You
Viewers: 6.91 million
18-49: 2.3/7

8:30-9 ‘Til Death
Viewers: 6.98 million
18-49: 2.7/7

9-10 Kitchen Nightmares
Viewers: 6.88 million
18-49: 3.2/8

CW
Viewers: 3.69 million
18-49: 1.9/5

8-9 America’s Next Top Model
Viewers: 4.97 million
18-49: 2.5/7

9-10 Gossip Girl
Viewers: 2.42 million
18-49: 1.2/3

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for continued Nielsen Ratings coverage.

Fast National data is preliminary. Source: Nielsen Media and PIFeedback.

CBS won the night on the strength of NCIS. Fox was a close second with baseball. Dancing with the Stars did well as always but not enough to carry ABC’s lackluster sitcoms. NBC found out people care less about Matt Lauer than The Singing Bee. The CW ticked up nicely.

CBS
Viewers: 12.72 million
18-49: 3.3/9

8-9 NCIS
Viewers: 17.40 million
18-49: 4.1/12

9-10 The Unit
Viewers: 12.27 million
18-49: 3.5/9

10-11 Cane
Viewers: 8.50 million
18-49: 2.2/6

FOX
Viewers: 11.71 million
18-49: 3.7/10

American League Championship Series Game 4
Viewers: 11.12 million
18-49: 3.6/10

ABC
Viewers: 11.39 million
18-49: 3.3/9

8-8:30 Cavemen
Viewers: 6.92 million
18-49: 2.7/8

8:30-9 Carpoolers
Viewers: 6.96 million
18-49: 2.7/7

9-10 Dancing with the Stars
Viewers: 17.03 million
18-49: 4.3/11

10-11 Boston Legal
Viewers: 10.22 million
18-49: 2.8/8

NBC
Viewers: 8.39 million
18-49: 3.2/9

8-9 Matt Lauer Presents
Viewers: 5.73 million
18-49: 1.7/5

9-10 The Biggest Loser
Viewers: 6.90 million
18-49: 3.0/8

10-11 Law & Order SVU
Viewers: 12.54 million
18-49: 4.8/13

CW
Viewers: 3.40 million
18-49: 1.6/4

8-9 Beauty and the Geek
Viewers: 3.55 million
18-49: 1.8/5

9-10 Reaper
Viewers: 3.25 million
18-49: 1.5/4

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for continued Nielsen Ratings coverage.

Fast National data is preliminary. Source: Nielsen Media and PIFeedback.

ABC won the night easily thanks to Dancing with the Stars. CBS got a good performance out of Two and a Half Men and CSI: Miami. Heroes saw a bit of a boost and remained the king among adults. Fox bounced to third with baseball coverage. CW continues to slip.

ABC
Viewers: 15.18 million
18-49: 4.2/10

8-9:30 Dancing with the Stars
Viewers: 19.19 million
18-49: 4.6/11

9:30-10 Samantha Who?
Viewers: 14.92 million
18-49: 4.5/10

10-11 The Bachelor
Viewers: 9.30 million
18-49: 3.4/9

CBS
Viewers: 11.95 million
18-49: 4.1/10

8-8:30 How I Met Your Mother
Viewers: 7.96 million
18-49: 3.1/9

8:30-9 The Big Bang Theory
Viewers: 8.15 million
18-49: 3.2/8

9-9:30 Two and a Half Men
Viewers: 13.78 million
18-49: 4.8/11

9:30-10 Rules of Engagement
Viewers: 11.02 million
18-49: 4.0/9

10-11 CSI: Miami
Viewers: 15.40 million
18-49: 4.8/12

FOX
Viewers: 9.18 million
18-49: 2.9/7

American League Championship Series Game 3
Viewers: 9.18 million
18-49: 2.9/7

NBC
Viewers: 8.83 million
18-49: 3.7/9

8-9 Chuck
Viewers: 8.23 million
18-49: 3.2/9

9-10 Heroes
Viewers: 11.26 million
18-49: 5.1/12

10-11 Journeyman
Viewers: 7.00 million
18-49: 2.9/7

CW
Viewers: 2.46 million
18-49: 1.0/2

8-8:30 Everybody Hates Chris
Viewers: 2.57 million
18-49: 1.0/3

8:30-9 Aliens in America
Viewers: 2.23 million
18-49: 0.9/2

9-9:30 Girlfriends
Viewers: 2.42 million
18-49: 1.0/2

9:30-10 The Game
Viewers: 2.64 million
18-49: 1.1/3

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for continued Nielsen Ratings coverage.

Fast National data is preliminary. Source: Nielsen Media and PIFeedback.

CBS easily wins with football and 60 Minutes. Desperate Housewives did well for ABC. NBC scored season lows for SNF. The CW is getting completely crushed. The entire 7-9 block is an endangered species, with ratings far below last season’s (too) quickly cancelled Runaway. I’m surprised some more 7th Heaven fans (what was left of them after the first “season finale”/network merger) haven’t given Life Is Wild a shot, but it’s going to be hard to gain any ground with nobody watching CW Now or Online Nation.

CBS
Viewers: 17.66 million
18-49: 5.0/13

7-7:30 Football
Viewers: 28.01 million
18-49: 10.4/30

7:30-8 Football/60 Minutes
Viewers: 24.88 million
18-49: 8.3/23

8-8:30 60 Minutes
Viewers: 17.68 million
18-49: 4.4/11

8:30-9 60 Minutes
Viewers: 17.21 million
18-49: 4.1/10

9-9:30 60 Minutes/Cold Case
Viewers: 15.88 million
18-49: 3.7/9

9:30-10 Cold Case
Viewers: 13.61 million
18-49: 3.3/8

10-10:30 Cold Case/Shark
Viewers: 13.13 million
18-49: 3.2/8

10:30-11 Shark
Viewers: 10.87 million
18-49: 2.5/7

ABC
Viewers: 12.78 million
18-49: 4.6/12

7-8 America’s Funniest Home Videos
Viewers: 7.71 million
18-49: 2.1/6

8-9 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
Viewers: 12.18 million
18-49: 4.3/11

9-10 Desperate Housewives
Viewers: 18.55 million
18-49: 7.3/17

10-11 Brothers & Sisters
Viewers: 12.71 million
18-49: 4.8/13

NBC
Viewers: 8.65 million
18-49: 3.6/9

7-8 Football Night in America
Viewers: 5.04 million
18-49: 1.8/5

8-8:30 Football Night in America
Viewers: 8.79 million
18-49: 3.5/9

8:30-11 Sunday Night Football
Viewers: 9.28 million
18-49: 3.9/10

FOX
Viewers: 6.35 million
18-49: 3.0/8

7-7:30 King of the Hill (rerun)
Viewers: 3.51 million
18-49: 1.4/4

7:30-8 The Simpsons (rerun)
Viewers: 5.00 million
18-49: 2.2/6

8-8:30 The Simpsons
Viewers: 8.83 million
18-49: 4.2/11

8:30-9 King of the Hill
Viewers: 7.43 million
18-49: 3.5/9

9-9:30 Family Guy (rerun)
Viewers: 7.09 million
18-49: 3.5/8

9:30-10 American Dad
Viewers: 6.26 million
18-49: 3.1/7

CW
Viewers: 1.12 million
18-49: 0.4/1

7-7:30 CW Now
Viewers: 663,000
18-49: 0.2/1

7:30-8 Online Nation
Viewers: 593,000
18-49: 0.2/1

8-9 Life Is Wild
Viewers: 1.04 million
18-49: 0.3/1

9-10 America’s Next Top Model (rerun)
Viewers: 1.68 million
18-49: 0.7/2

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for continued Nielsen Ratings coverage.

Fast National data is preliminary. Source: Nielsen Media and PIFeedback.

Fox won the night with its playoff coverage. As usual, not a whole lot going on.

FOX
Viewers: 8.31 million
18-49: 2.8/9

American League Championship Series Game 2
Viewers: 8.83 million
18-49: 2.8/9

ABC
Viewers: 6.41 million
18-49: 2.0/7

NASCAR Nextel Cup Racing Series
Viewers: 6.14 million
18-49: 1.9/6

CBS
Viewers: 6.36 million
18-49: 1.6/5

8-9 Cold Case (rerun)
Viewers: 6.70 million
18-49: 1.8/7

9-10 CSI: Miami (rerun)
Viewers: 6.11 million
18-49: 1.6/5

10-11 48 Hours Investigates
Viewers: 5.68 million
18-49: 1.5/5

NBC
Viewers: 3.61 million
18-49: 1.0/3

8-9 Life (rerun)
Viewers: 2.66 million
18-49: 0.6/2

9-10 Chuck (rerun)
Viewers: 3.34 million
18-49: 1.0/3

10-11 Law & Order SVU (rerun)
Viewers: 4.71 million
18-49: 1.3/5

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for continued Nielsen Ratings coverage.

Fast National data is preliminary. Source: Nielsen Media and PIFeedback.

CBS won the night as usual, but three of the others kept it a tight race, including Fox, which was up nicely (but still fourth) due to its playoff coverage. Despite a poor performance for the rest of its first Friday night of the season, the premiere of Women’s Murder Club was strong for ABC. Smackdown’s numbers remained consistently good for The CW, presumably the last bit of good news for the network until Wednesday’s numbers come out.

CBS
Viewers: 8.40 million
18-49: 2.3/8

8-9 Ghost Whisperer
Viewers: 8.81 million
18-49: 2.5/8

9-10 Moonlight
Viewers: 7.30 million
18-49: 2.0/6

10-11 Numb3rs
Viewers: 9.10 million
18-49: 2.6/8

ABC
Viewers: 7.83 million
18-49: 2.0/7

8-9 20/20
Viewers: 5.64 million
18-49: 1.7/6

9-10 Women’s Murder Club
Viewers: 10.80 million
18-49: 2.5/8

10-11 Men in Trees
Viewers: 7.05 million
18-49: 2.0/6

NBC
Viewers: 7.57 million
18-49: 2.0/7

8-9 Deal or No Deal
Viewers: 10.17 million
18-49: 2.4/8

9-10 Friday Night Lights
Viewers: 5.42 million
18-49: 1.7/5

10-11 Las Vegas
Viewers: 7.14 million
18-49: 2.1/7

Fox
Viewers: 7.07 million
18-49: 2.3/7

American League Championship Series Game 1
Viewers: 7.07 million
18-49: 2.3/7

CW
Viewers: 4.44 million
18-49: 1.4/5

8-10 Friday Night Smackdown!
Viewers: 4.44 million
18-49: 1.4/5

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for continued Nielsen Ratings coverage.

Fast National data is preliminary. Source: Nielsen Media and PIFeedback.

CBS takes the Thursday crown with a typically strong showing across the board. Big numbers for Grey’s Anatomy give ABC the win among adults. ER continues its consistent slide.

CBS
Viewers: 15.75 million
18-49: 4.7/12

8-9 Survivor: China
Viewers: 14.00 million
18-49: 4.5/13

9-10 CSI
Viewers: 19.63 million
18-49: 6.0/14

10-11 Without a Trace
Viewers: 13.63 million
18-49: 3.6/10

ABC
Viewers: 12.75 million
18-49: 5.0/13

8-9 Ugly Betty
Viewers: 10.35 million
18-49: 3.5/10

9-10 Grey’s Anatomy
Viewers: 18.65 million
18-49: 7.7/18

10-11 Big Shots
Viewers: 9.26 million
18-49: 3.9/11

NBC
Viewers: 8.17 million
18-49: 3.7/10

8-8:30 My Name Is Earl
Viewers: 7.74 million
18-49: 3.1/9

8:30-9 30 Rock
Viewers: 6.61 million
18-49: 3.0/8

9-10 The Office
Viewers: 8.91 million
18-49: 4.7/11

10-11 ER
Viewers: 8.41 million
18-49: 3.4/9

FOX
Viewers: 6.88 million
18-49: 2.1/5

8-9 Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?
Viewers: 8.16 million
18-49: 2.3/7

9-10 Don’t Forget the Lyrics
Viewers: 5.60 million
18-49: 1.8/4

CW
Viewers: 3.99 million
18-49: 1.5/4

8-9 Smallville
Viewers: 4.75 million
18-49: 1.9/5

9-10 Supernatural
Viewers: 3.23 million
18-49: 1.2/3

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for continued Nielsen Ratings coverage.

Fast National data is preliminary. Source: Nielsen Media and PIFeedback.