The implementation of
Daylight Savings Time brought the usual overall decline in viewership,
but overall, the networks held up really well compared to last season.
CBS was basically flat despite the NCAA finals not paning out (compared
to last year), while Fox was second, continuing to show huge growth
with "House" setting another series high, despite "Idol" hitting a
Tuesday season low. Retention for "House" was 79% in viewers and 80% in
adults, making it far and away the most successful post-"Idol" series
ever. NBC was third and showed more growth over last year thanks in
large part to "Deal or No Deal" (hello, "Millionaire." Don't overdo it,
peacock), while ABC was a lackluster fourth, drawing less than 5
million viewers on Tuesday and Saturday. On the soon to be CW, the WB
won over the UPN, but it had to have almost all of its series in
originals to do it. Yes, it was way past time to combine these two
clunkers.
3
7
8
9
22.9
16.4
16.1
15.5
15.5
CSI
Survivor: Exile Island
NCAA Basketball Finals
NCIS (R)
The Unit
Thur
9
Thur 8
Mon 9
Tue 8
Tue 9
6
15
19
33
35
16.4
13.6
13.1
9.5
9.3
Lost
Grey's
Anatomy (R)
Extreme Makeover: HE
Supernanny
American Inventor
Wed
9
Sun 10
Sun 8
Mon 9
Thur 9
5
12
18
22
26
16.5
14.8
13.3
11.3
10.9
Deal
Or No Deal
Law & Order: SVU
Deal
Or No Deal
Crossing Jordan (R)
Law & Order
Mon
8
Tue 10
Wed 8
Sun 10
Wed 10
1
2
4
17
21
28.8
26.3
22.7
13.4
11.8
American
Idol
American Idol
House
Unam1mous
Twenty
Four
Tue
8
Wed 9
Tue 9
Wed 9:30
Mon 9
72
82
96
97
98
5.0
4.4
3.2
3.2
3.1
America's
Next Top Model
Friday
Night Smackdown!
Girlfriends (R)
Everybody Hates Chris (R)
All Of Us (R)
