Overnight Ratings - Thursday 5/25/06

Marc's Note: Due to the Memorial Day holiday, The Programming
Insider will not be published this coming Monday, May 29. Have a
great long weekend.

TD's Note: Gee, thanks a lot, Marc, you're making me *work* on
my birthday! :-P

Last night's and last week's Metered Market Ratings from
The Programming Insider by Marc Berman:

Overnight Ratings - Thursday 5/25/06

Metered Market Ratings

CBS: 8.4 rating/14 share (13.7/21)
FOX: 7.8/13 (4.9/8)
NBC: 4.3/7 (11.9/18)
ABC: 4.0/7 (4.2/7)
WB: 1.7/3 (2.2/3)
UPN: 1.5/2 (1.6/2)

-Percent Change From the Comparable Year-Ago Evening (Thursday 5/26/05):
Fox: +229, CBS: -16, ABC and NBC: -17 each, WB: -26, UPN: -57

-Note: The fast national rating results for Thursday were not available
at press time.

-The daily listing of winners and losers will be on hiatus until the start of
the 2006-07 season. Enjoy the repeats and non scripted programming
options!

-In two weeks, NBC drama Windfall, about a group of people who share
a huge lottery winning, will replace repeats of ER.

8PM - FOX - "So You Think You Can Dance" (season premiere) - 7.8/13
(breakdown: 6.6/11, 7.9/13, 8.2/13, 8.7/14)
("That '70s Show", 5.4/9;
"That '70s Show", series finale, 6.2/10;
"The O.C.", season finale, 4.1/6)
CBS - "Numb3rs" (repeat) - 6.0/10
("CSI", repeat, 10.1/16)
NBC - "Will & Grace" (2 eps, repeat) - 4.4/8
("Will & Grace: Say Goodnight Gracie", 10.1/16)
ABC - "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle" - 3.4/6
("American Inventor", repeat, 3.7/6;
"American Inventor", season finale, 4.4/6)
UPN - "Everybody Hates Chris" (repeat) - 2.1/4 (2.3/4)
WB - "Smallville" (repeat) - 1.8/3
("Drumline", 2.2/3)

8:30PM - UPN - "Love, Inc." (repeat) - 1.3/2 (1.4/2)

9PM - CBS - "CSI" (repeat) - 10.2/16
(season finale, 17.3/25)
NBC - "My Name Is Earl" (repeat) - 4.5/7
("Will & Grace", series finale, 13.4/20)
WB - "Supernatural" (repeat) - 1.5/2
("Drumline", 2.2/3)
UPN - "Eve" (repeat) - 1.3/2 (1.4/2)

9:30PM - NBC - "The Office" (repeat) - 3.6/6
("Will & Grace", series finale, 13.4/20)
UPN - "Cuts" (repeat) - 1.2/2 (1.3/2)

10PM - CBS - "Without A Trace" (repeat) - 9.2/15
(season finale, 13.9/22)
ABC - "Primetime Live" - 5.0/8 (4.7/7)
NBC - "ER" (repeat) - 4.5/7
(season finale, 12.1/19)

Shows ranked in order of ratings:

CBS - "CSI" (repeat) - 10.2/16
CBS - "Without A Trace" (repeat) - 9.2/15
FOX - "So You Think You Can Dance" (season premiere) - 7.8/13
CBS - "Numb3rs" (repeat) - 6.0/10
ABC - "Primetime Live" - 5.0/8
NBC - "ER" (repeat) - 4.5/7
NBC - "My Name Is Earl" (repeat) - 4.5/7
NBC - "Will & Grace" (2 eps, repeat) - 4.4/8
NBC - "The Office" (repeat) - 3.6/6
ABC - "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle" - 3.4/6
UPN - "Everybody Hates Chris" (repeat) - 2.1/4
WB - "Smallville" (repeat) - 1.8/3
WB - "Supernatural" (repeat) - 1.5/2
UPN - "Eve" (repeat) - 1.3/2
UPN - "Love, Inc." (repeat) - 1.3/2
UPN - "Cuts" (repeat) - 1.2/2

Cheers,

TD (aka Rhonda)

I've been watching too much TV
I can't feel myself no more
from Chris Rea's "Teach Me To Dance"

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