Via CBS Press Release:

PREMIERE WEEK 2008/09 WILL THE VIEWERS RETURN?…THE ANSWER IS YES ON CBS

“How I Met Your Mother,” “Two and a Half Men,” “CSI: Miami,” “NCIS,” “Criminal Minds” and “CSI: NY” All Return with Larger Premiere Audiences Than Last Year

Series High Premiere Ratings for “Mother,” “NCIS” and “Criminal Minds”

“The Mentalist” Opens to 15.6 Million Viewers, Making it the Number One

New Show of the Season

CBS Grows its Audience on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday…With Much of Thursday (Including “CSI”) and All of Friday Yet to Premiere

CBS was the only network to show premiere week growth with its returning scripted programs as HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER, TWO AND A HALF MEN, CSI: MIAMI, NCIS, CRIMINAL MINDS and CSI: NY all returned with larger audiences compared to premiere week last year, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the week ending Sept. 28, the first week of the 2008-2009 television season.

HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER, NCIS and CRIMINAL MINDS each delivered their best ever premiere ratings ever, TWO AND A HALF MEN scored its best premiere numbers since 2004 and BIG BANG THEORY had its best ratings since moving into the Monday time period.

(Editor’s Note: CBS’s weekly averages and weekly year-to-year comparisons were impacted by delayed premieres of its highly rated Thursday and Friday regular lineups as well as an NFL overrun in last year’s premiere week average. CBS’s 9:00-11:00 PM block on Thursday, including the top-rated CSI, will premiere on Oct. 9; its Friday lineup will premiere on Oct. 3).

Among its freshmen series, THE MENTALIST opened to 15.6 million viewers in its Tuesday premiere (then tallied an additional 7.9 million viewers in a Friday encore), making it the season’s Number One new series so far. Nielsen Media Research estimates 26 million viewers watched THE MENTALIST during premiere week.

For the week in viewers: CBS (11.21m), ABC (12.26m), NBC (8.31m) and FOX (7.50m). Among viewers, CBS was first on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday while second on Monday and Thursday.

For the week in key demographics, CBS was second in adults 25-54 (4.1/10) and averaged a 3.1/08 in adults 18-49.

For the week in households: CBS (7.1/12), ABC (7.8/13), NBC (5.2/08) and FOX (4.6/07).

Note: During Week #1, CBS had 20 hours of rated programming in primetime. NBC had 19 ½ hours, ABC had 20 hours and FOX had 14 hours.

CBS’s Premiere Week Highlights:

— Monday, CBS was first in adults 18-49 (4.5/11), tied for first in adults 25-54 (5.6/13, with ABC), second in households (8.2/13) and viewers (13.22m). This is the first premiere Monday adults 18-49 win for CBS since 2002.

? BIG BANG THEORY (P) was second in households (5.7/09), viewers (9.32m), adults 25-54 (4.2/11) and adults 18-49 (3.6/10). This is BIG BANG’s best first-run delivery at 8:00 PM in households and viewers, matches the best 8:00 PM adults 18-49 delivery and is the second best 8:00 PM adults 25-54 performance.

? HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER (P) was second in households (5.9/09), viewers (9.79m), adults 25-54 (4.8/11) and adults 18-49 (4.0/10). This is the best season premiere performance for HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER ever in adults 18-49. HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER built on its BIG BANG THEORY lead-in by +4% in households, +14% in adults 25-54, +11% in adults 18-49 and added +470,000m viewers. Compared to last season’s premiere (at 8:00PM), HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER was up +11% in households, +23% in adults 25-54 and +21% in adults 18-49.

? TWO AND A HALF MEN (P) was second in households (9.1/13), viewers (14.88m), adults 25-54 (6.8/14, -0.2 behind ABC) and adults 18-49 (5.2/13, -0.1 behind ABC). This was TWO AND A HALF MEN’s best premiere delivery in adults 18-49 since 2004. TWO AND A HALF MEN was the night’s #1 program in adults 18-49 (tied with “Dancing With The Stars”). Compared to the season premiere last year, TWO AND A HALF MEN was up +7% in households, +13% in adults 25-54 and +10% in adults 18-49.

? WORST WEEK (P) was second in households (6.7/10) and viewers (10.87m) posting a 4.8/10 in adults 25-54 and a 3.8/08 in adults 18-49.

? CSI: MIAMI (P) was first in households (11.1/18), viewers (17.23m), adults 25-54 (6.6/15) and adults 18-49 (5.2/13) with its seventh season premiere. CSI: MIAMI was the night’s #1 scripted series in households and viewers, #1 drama in both adults 25-54 and adults 18-49. Compared to the sixth season premiere, CSI: MIAMI was up +11% in households, +14% in adults 25-54 and +13% in adults 18-49.

– Tuesday, CBS was first in households (9.5/15) and viewers (14.99m). This is CBS’s first premiere week Tuesday viewers win since 2004 and the largest premiere Tuesday audience since 2001.

? NCIS (P) won its time period in households (11.3/18), viewers (18.03m), finished second in adults 25-54 (5.3/13) and adults 18-49 (3.6/10) with its season premiere. This is the best premiere delivery ever for NCIS in households, viewers and adults 25-54, the second best premiere delivery in adults 18-49 (behind 2005). Compared to last season’s premiere, NCIS was up +28% in households, +18% in adults 25-54 and +13% in adults 18-49.

? THE MENTALIST (P) was second with its series premiere in households (9.9/15), viewers (15.60m), adults 25-54 (5.0/11) and posted a 3.5/09 in adults 18-49. This is the best series premiere for a CBS program in this time slot since THE UNIT on March 7, 2006 in households, viewers, adults 25-54 and adults 18-49. Compared to the time period premiere last year (THE UNIT), THE MENTALIST was up +48% in households, +28% in adults 25-54 and +25% in adults 18-49.

? WITHOUT A TRACE (P) was second in households (7.4/12), viewers (11.28m), delivering a 3.7/09 in adults 25-54 and 2.8/07 in adults 18-49. WITHOUT A TRACE outdelivered the time period’s incumbent drama, “Law & Order: SVU”, by +16% in households (vs. 6.4/10) and +1.60m viewers (vs. 9.68m, +17%).

– Wednesday, CBS was first in households (7.9/13), viewers (12.59m), adults 25-54 (4.8/12) and adults 18-49 (3.6/10). This was the second time in three years CBS won premiere week Wednesday in all these measures.

? GARY UNMARRIED (P) (4.5/07, 6.82m) delivered a 3.1/08 in adults 25-54 and 2.4/07 in adults 18-49. GARY UNMARRIED improved upon its NEW ADVENTURES OF OLD CHRISTINE lead-in by +5% in both households and viewers, +14% in adults 18-49 and +7% in adults 25-54.

? CRIMINAL MINDS (P) (9:15-10:15PM) won its 9PM time slot in households (10.5/16), viewers (17.01m), adults 25-54 (6.3/14) and adults 18-49 (4.7/12). This was CRIMINAL MIND’s best Wednesday premiere delivery in households, viewers, adults 25-54 and adults 18-49. CRIMINAL MINDS was Wednesday’s #1 program in households, viewers, adults 25-54 and adults 18-49. Compared to its season premiere last year, CRIMINAL MINDS was up +28% in households, +40% in adults 25-54 and +34% in adults 18-49.

? CSI: NY (P) (10:15-11:15PM) won its time slot in households (9.2/16), viewers (14.59m), adults 25-54 (5.2/13) and adults 18-49 (4.0/11). This was CSI: NY’s largest audience since February 14, 2007, best households and adults 18-49 delivery since December 12, 2007 and best adults 25-54 performance since November 28, 2007. CSI: NY was the night’s #2 program in both adults 25-54 and adults 18-49, behind CRIMINAL MINDS. Compared to the CSI: NY season premiere last year, CBS was up +14% in households, +13% in adults 25-54 and +8% in adults 18-49.

–Thursday, CBS was second in households (7.2/11), viewers (11.82m), adults 25-54 (4.8/11) and adults 18-49 (3.8/10).

? SURVIVOR: GABON (P) (8:00-10:01 PM) was tied for first in adults 25-54 (5.6/13, with ABC), second in households (7.7/12), viewers (13.06m) and adults 18-49 (4.5/11). SURVIVOR: GABON won the first hour (8:00-9:00 PM) in households (7.8/13), viewers (13.18m), adults 25-54 (5.6/14) and adults 18-49 (4.5/13). CBS topped its closest competitor in the 8:00 PM hour by +18% in households (+1.2 rtg), +51% in adults 25-54 (+1.9 rtg), +36% in adults 18-49 (+1.2 rtg) and +34% in viewers (+3.38m).

? THE MENTALIST FRIDAY SPECIAL (R) (S) was won its time period in households (5.3/09), viewers (7.90m), adults 25-54 (2.5/08) and adults 18-49 (1.8/06). Nielsen Media Research estimates at 26 million viewers watched THE MENTALIST last week.

– Saturday, CBS was first in households (4.1/07) and viewers (5.94m).

? 48 HOURS MYSTERY (P) won its time slot in households (5.0/09), viewers (7.32m), adults 25-54 (2.4/07) and was second in adults 18-49 (1.8/06). This is 48 HOURS MYSTERY’s best delivery in households since February 9, 2008, best viewers total since November 27, 2007 and best delivery in both adults 25-54 and adults 18-49 since March 8, 2008. 48 HOURS MYSTERY was the night’s #1 program in households, viewers and adults 25-54.

CBS top programs of the week: #5 NCIS (P) (an average of 18.03m viewers), #7 CSI: MIAMI (P) (17.23m), #8 CRIMINAL MINDS (P) (17.01m), #10 THE MENTALIST (P) (15.60m), #11 TWO AND A HALF MEN (P) (14.88m), #12 CSI: NY (P) (14.59m), #13 SURVIVOR: GABON (P) (13.06m), #14 60 MINUTES (P) (12.59m), #20 COLD CASE (P) (11.36m), #21 WITHOUT A TRACE (P) (11.28m), #22 WORST WEEK (P) (10.87m), #25 THE AMAZING RACE 13 (P) (10.04m), #27 HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER (P) (9.79m) and #29 THE UNIT (P) (9.71m).

Prime averages are based on the following hours of rated broadcasts in Week #01:

CBS: 20 hours

NBC: 19.5 hours

ABC: 20 hours

FOX: 14 hours

Editors Note: DVR penetration is now at 28% compared to 19% last year at this time. Ratings are expected to increase once live plus 7 day playback is tallied.

NATIONAL NIELSEN SUMMARY – PRIMETIME

Week #01 of 2008-2009 Season (ending: 9/28/08)

2008-2009 2007-08

HOUSEHOLDS

Rtg Sh Rtg Sh Chg

CBS 7.1 12 7.6 13 -7%

NBC 5.2 8 6.2 10 -16%

ABC 7.8 13 7.9 13 -1%

FOX 4.6 7 4.3 7 +7%

VIEWERS

(000) (000) Chg

CBS 11,258 11,848 -5%

NBC 8,314 9,929 -16%

ABC 12,263 11,913 +3%

FOX 7,496 6,936 +8%

A25-54

Rtg Sh Rtg Sh Chg

CBS 4.1 10 4.4 11 -7%

NBC 3.6 9 4.3 11 -16%

ABC 4.5 11 4.6 12 -2%

FOX 3.2 8 2.9 7 +10%

A18-49

Rtg Sh Rtg Sh Chg

CBS 3.1 8 3.4 10 -9%

NBC 3.3 9 3.9 11 -15%

ABC 3.8 10 3.9 11 -3%

FOX 3.0 8 2.7 8 +11%

A18-34

Rtg Sh Rtg Sh Chg

CBS 1.9 6 2.4 7 -21%

NBC 3.1 10 3.4 10 -9%

ABC 3.1 9 3.2 10 -3%

FOX 2.9 9 2.7 8 +7%

National Nielsen Rank for Demographic: PER2+ for 9/22/2008 – 9/28/2008

Persons 2+ (000)

1. Dancing With The Stars (P) ABC 21338

2. Desperate Housewives (P) ABC 18684

3. Grey’s Anatomy-Thursday 9pm (P) ABC 18469

4. Dancing With The Stars Special-9/23 (S) ABC 18302

5. NCIS (P) CBS 18026

6. NBC Sunday Night Football Eagles vs Bears NBC 17340

7. CSI: MIAMI (P) CBS 17233

8. CRIMINAL MINDS (P) CBS 17007

9. Dancing With The Stars Result Special (S) ABC 15867

10. MENTALIST, THE (P) CBS 15603

11. TWO AND A HALF MEN (P) CBS 14877

12. CSI: NY (P) CBS 14591

13. SURVIVOR: GABON (P) CBS 13058

14. 60 MINUTES (P) CBS 12592

15. House FOX 12378

16. OT, The FOX 12185

17. Brothers & Sisters (P) ABC 12029

18. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition-8p (P) ABC 11946

19. Sunday Night NFL Pre-Kick NBC 11933

20. COLD CASE (P) CBS 11358

National Nielsen Rank for Demographic: A25-54 for 9/22/2008 – 9/28/2008

Adults 25-54 Rating

1. Desperate Housewives (P) ABC 8.0

2. Grey’s Anatomy-Thursday 9pm (P) ABC 7.6

3. NBC Sunday Night Football Eagles vs Bears NBC 7.3

4. Dancing With The Stars (P) ABC 6.9

5. TWO AND A HALF MEN (P) CBS 6.8

6. CSI: MIAMI (P) CBS 6.6

7. CRIMINAL MINDS (P) CBS 6.3

8. Dancing With The Stars Special-9/23 (S) ABC 6.1

9. House FOX 5.6

9. SURVIVOR: GABON (P) CBS 5.6

11. OT, The FOX 5.4

12. NCIS (P) CBS 5.3

13. CSI: NY (P) CBS 5.2

14. Brothers & Sisters (P) ABC 5.1

15. MENTALIST, THE (P) CBS 5.0

15. Heroes (P) NBC 5.0

17. Sunday Night NFL Pre-Kick NBC 4.9

18. WORST WEEK (P) CBS 4.8

18. HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER (P) CBS 4.8

20. Office, The (P) NBC 4.7

National Nielsen Rank for Demographic: A18-49 for 9/22/2008 – 9/28/2008

Adults 18-49 Rating

1. Grey’s Anatomy-Thursday 9pm (P) ABC 7.4

2. Desperate Housewives (P) ABC 7.1

3. NBC Sunday Night Football Eagles vs Bears NBC 6.9

4. Dancing With The Stars (P) ABC 5.3

4. TWO AND A HALF MEN (P) CBS 5.3

6. CSI: MIAMI (P) CBS 5.2

7. House FOX 5.1

8. Heroes (P) NBC 5.0

9. OT, The FOX 4.9

9. Office, The (P) NBC 4.9

11. Dancing With The Stars Special-9/23 (S) ABC 4.7

11. CRIMINAL MINDS (P) CBS 4.7

13. Brothers & Sisters (P) ABC 4.6

14. Simpsons (P) FOX 4.5

14. Sunday Night NFL Pre-Kick NBC 4.5

14. SURVIVOR: GABON (P) CBS 4.5

14. Family Guy (P) FOX 4.5

18. Fringe FOX 4.1

19. HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER (P) CBS 4.0

19. CSI: NY (P) CBS 4.0

Via CBS press release:

CBS WINS MONDAY IN ADULTS 18-49 FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE WEEK

“Two and a Half Men” is the Night’s Number One Program in Adults 18-49

“CSI: Miami” Dominates at 10:00 PM Opposite First-Run Drama Competition

CBS placed first on Monday in adults 18-49 for the second consecutive week with TWO AND A HALF MEN emerging as the night’s Number One program in key demographics, according to preliminary Nielsen live plus same day ratings for Sept. 29.

BIG BANG THEORY was second in households (5.5/09), viewers (8.71m), adults 25-54 (4.0/10) and adults 18-49 (3.3/09).

HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER was second in households (5.6/08), viewers (8.81m), adults 25-54 (4.2/10) and adults 18-49 (3.7/09).

TWO AND A HALF MEN was first in adults 25-54 (6.1/13), adults 18-49 (4.7/11), second in households (8.6/12) and viewers (13.76m). TWO AND A HALF MEN is the night’s #1 program in both adults 25-54 and adults 18-49.

WORST WEEK (5.8/09, 9.31m) averaged 4.0/09 in adults 25-54 and 3.1/07 in adults 18-49.

CSI: MIAMI was first in households (9.3/15), viewers (14.32m), adults 25-54 (5.4/13) and adults 18-49 (4.3/11), topping its first run drama competition in all key measures.

For the night, CBS was first in adults 18-49 (3.9/10), second in households (7.3/11), viewers (11.54m) and adults 25-54 (4.8/11, -0.2 behind ABC).

Updated Monday ratings will be available this afternoon.

Via CW Press Release:

BUILDING WEEK-TO-WEEK, THE CW AGAIN TAKES TOP SPOT

AS MONDAY’S #1 NETWORK WITH YOUNG WOMEN  

GOSSIP GIRL Ranks Second in the Hour with Young Women;

Beats “Chuck” and “Terminator” in Adults 18-34

 ONE TREE HILL Scores Best Ratings In Nearly Two Years in Target Demos

GOSSIP GIRL and ONE TREE HILL Each Post Week-to-Week Gains in Key Demos

Powerful Drama Combination Again Deliver One of The CW’s Best Mondays Ever

            September 30, 2008 (Burbank, CA) – With GOSSIP GIRL and ONE TREE HILL building week-to-week, The CW once again ranked as Monday’s #1 network with the target demographics of women 18-34 (3.8/10) and females 12-34 (3.4/9), according to preliminary live plus same day Nielsen ratings for Monday, Sept. 29, 2008. 

 GOSSIP GIRL ranked second from 8:00-9:00p.m. among women 18-34 (3.8/10) and females 12-34 (3.4/10), behind only ABC.  GOSSIP GIRL also beat NBC’s “Chuck” and Fox’s “Terminator” in adults 18-34 (2.5/7), persons 12-34 (2.3/7) and women 18-49 (2.7/7). 

 GOSSIP GIRL improved week-to-week by 4% in adults 18-34 (2.5/7), 19% in adults 18-49 (1.9/5), 4% in women 18-49 (2.7/7), and 6% in viewers (3.5mil).

 Continuing to deliver strong ratings in its sixth season, ONE TREE HILL posted its best performance in nearly 2 years among women 18-34 (3.8/10), adults 18-34 (2.7/7) and adults 18-49 (1.9/4).  Retaining 100% or more of its GOSSIP GIRL lead-in in key demos, ONE TREE HILL gained over last week by 15% in women 18-34, 23% in adults 18-34, 27% in adults 18-49, 17% in women 18-49 and 9% in viewers (3.4mil).

 Scoring one of the best Monday’s in the network’s history, The CW improved week-to-week by 6% in women 18-34 (3.8/10), 13% in adults 18-34 (2.6/7), 19% in adults 18-49 (1.9/5), 13% in women 18-49 (2.7/6) and 8% in total viewers (3.5mil).

 

The Renew or Cancel Index is updated on a weekly basis, to see the latest list, click here.

Our Renew/Cancel Index finds that Boston Legal (Edit: Alert commenter Jason reminds me that this was already slated to be BL’s final season, good thing!) and ‘Til Death are the scripted shows most likely to be cancelled in the new 2008-9 broadcast television season. In fact, Fox’s Do Not Disturb was the most likely to be cancelled, but Fox beat us to it and already cancelled the show. The other scripted shows in significant danger of being cancelled are The New Adventures of Old Christine, Lipstick Jungle, Knight Rider, Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles, Gary Unmarried, and My Name is Earl.

How did we come up with our list? We found that last season, the future of a show was nearly directly related to its adults 18-49 average viewers divided by its networks 18-49 average viewers. Many other factors may matter, but they all seemed to boil down to that one number. Last season, if a show had better than 92% of its network’s average 18-49 viewership (0.92 in our index) it was pretty safe, below that level it was in danger. We’re not sure what the magic number will be this season, but I’m very confident that our index will still indicate the shows most likely to be cancelled compared to those less likely to be cancelled.

Of course there are special circumstances, and this is only one week’s worth of network average data (although the show average data does include 2008-9 season airings prior to September 22), so I would expect substantial fluctuations in this list early in the season. I’m confident that the shows at the top of the list come the end of the season are likely to be cancelled as I am that the shows at the bottom of the list are likely to be renewed.

The current shows most likely to be renewed are: Grey’s Anatomy, Desperate Housewives, House, Two and A Half men, CSI: Miami, 90210, Criminal Minds, Heroes, Simpsons, and Family Guy.

Note: Only shows that have premiered during the 2008-9 broadcast season are on this list.

Without further ado, here’s the first Renew/Cancel Index list of scripted shows ranked from most likely to be cancelled to least likely to be cancelled:

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From NBC press release:

NBC RANKS #2 IN 18-49 FOR THE WEEK OF SEPT. 22-28

‘SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL,’ ‘HEROES’ AND ‘THE OFFICE’ DELIVER TOP-10 RESULTS IN 18-49

THE ‘NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL’ TELECAST OF THE EAGLES-BEARS GAME IS THE #1 PROGRAM OF THE WEEK IN ALL KEY MALE DEMOS, LEADING NBC TO ITS NINTH CONSECUTIVE SUNDAY VICTORY IN ADULTS 18-49

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Top Downloads September 21 – September 28

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Ranking	(last week)	TV-show
1	(new)	Heroes
2	(1)	Prison Break
3	(new)	Grey’s Anatomy
4	(2)	House
5	(4)	Smallville
6	(3)	Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
7	(7)	Entourage
8	(9)	Gossip Girl
9	(6)	Stargate Atlantis
10	(5)	Fringe

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Just as last year, ABC dominated the top of the charts for the first official week of the new season with Dancing With the Stars, Desperate Housewives and Grey’s Anatomy.  Better still for the Mouse network, Grey’s and Housewives took the top two spots in the top shows among 18-49 year olds.

NCIS was CBS most-watched show at number five with over 18 million viewers, but it was only ranked 25 among 18-49 year olds.  CBS ‘s most-watched show among 18-49 year olds was Two and a Half Men (#5 among 18-49 year olds) which was 11^th on this list.  Still, both CSI: Miami and Two and a Half Men did better among 18-49 year olds than House, which must be at least a little disconcerting for Fox.  Fringe, which didn’t make this list was #18 among 18-49 year olds and The Simpsons and Family Guy (which also didn’t make this list) were number 14 and 17 respectively among 18-49 year olds.

NBC had nothing in the top twenty most-viewed shows list outside of NFL Sunday Night Football and the pregame (which was only 8 minutes worth). The peacocks fared a bit better among 18-49 year olds also placing Heroes (#8) and The Office (#10) on that list.  You can see the full top twenty among 18-49 year olds here.

If you don’t see an 18-49 ranking it merely means the show was not among the top 26 shows we saw data for among 18-49 year olds for the week.

You can see how the networks performed relative to each other during primetime last week, and relative to last year, as well.

Nielsen Top Twenty Shows by viewers for the week ending 09/28/08:

Rank	Shows	Net	# Viewers (LIVE+SD) (000)	HH RATING (LIVE+SD)	HH SHARE (LIVE+SD)	# OF HOMES (LIVE+SD) (000)	18-49 Rank
1	DANCING WITH THE STARS	ABC	21,338	13.4	20	15,344	4
2	DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES	ABC	18,684	11.4	17	13,105	2
3	GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM	ABC	18,469	11.9	18	13,595	1
4	DANCING W/STARS SP-9/23(S)	ABC	18,302	11.7	18	13,374	11
5	NCIS	CBS	18,026	11.3	18	12,988	25
6	NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL	NBC	17,340	10.8	17	12,311	3
7	CSI: MIAMI	CBS	17,233	11.1	18	12,723	6
8	CRIMINAL MINDS	CBS	17,007	10.5	16	12,030	12
9	DANCING W/STARS RESULT SP(S)	ABC	15,867	10.4	17	11,860	24
10	MENTALIST, THE	CBS	15,603	9.9	15	11,301
11	TWO AND A HALF MEN	CBS	14,877	9.1	13	10,365	5
12	CSI: NY	CBS	14,591	9.2	16	10,564	20
13	SURVIVOR: GABON	CBS	13,058	7.7	12	8,788	16
14	60 MINUTES	CBS	12,592	8.0	14	9,122
15	HOUSE	FOX	12,378	7.5	12	8,617	7
16	OT, THE	FOX	12,185	7.6	13	8,750	9
17	BROTHERS & SISTERS	ABC	12,029	7.7	13	8,834	13
18	EXTREME MAKEOVER:HM ED-8P	ABC	11,946	7.4	11	8,446	23
19	SUNDAY NIGHT NFL PRE-KICK	NBC	11,933	7.4	12	8,416	15
20	COLD CASE	CBS	11,358	7.4	11	8,417

Nielsen Ratings Data: ©2008 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved

All numbers above based on live plus same day DVR viewing.

Nielsen Top Twenty Shows (18-49 Demo) for the week ending 09/28/08:

Rank	Shows	Net	18-49 Rating	18-49 Viewers (000)
1	GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM	ABC	7.4	9,760
2	DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES	ABC	7.1	9,358
3	NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL	NBC	6.9	9,102
4	DANCING WITH THE STARS	ABC	5.3	7,052
5	TWO AND A HALF MEN	CBS	5.3	6,998
6	CSI: MIAMI	CBS	5.2	6,874
7	HOUSE	FOX	5.1	6,665
8	HEROES	NBC	5.0	6,619
9	OT, THE	FOX	4.9	6,532
10	OFFICE	NBC	4.9	6,479
11	DANCING W/STARS SP-9/23(S)	ABC	4.7	6,236
12	CRIMINAL MINDS	CBS	4.7	6,228
13	BROTHERS & SISTERS	ABC	4.6	6,061
14	SIMPSONS	FOX	4.5	5,926
15	SUNDAY NIGHT NFL PRE-KICK	NBC	4.5	5,901
16	SURVIVOR: GABON	CBS	4.5	5,900
17	FAMILY GUY	FOX	4.5	5,891
18	FRINGE	FOX	4.1	5,371
19	HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER	CBS	4.0	5,342
20	CSI: NY	CBS	4.0	5,233

Nielsen Ratings Data: ©2008 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved