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Scripted series win the week

Once again, Fox's "American Idol" has been beaten by scripted series. This time, both CBS' "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" and ABC's "Desperate Housewives" beat Idol. CBS also won the 18-49 demo, although Fox maintained a slight edge for the season-to-date. In the Household numbers, CBS scored a 9.3 rating and 16 share, well ahead of NBC at 6.2/11, ABC 6.0/10, Fox 5.8/10, UPN 2.4/4, WB 2.2/4 and Pax 0.4/1.

Nielsen Television Index Ranking Report

Network primetime week of 05/09/05 - 05/15/05

Rank

PROGRAMS

Network

Rating

Share

Audience(000)

1

CSI

CBS

16.2

25

26458

2

DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES

ABC

15.8

23

25282

3

AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY

FOX

15.5

23

26631

4

AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY

FOX

14.6

24

24729

5

CSI: MIAMI

CBS

13.1

21

20015

6

EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND

CBS

12.7

19

19794

7

WITHOUT A TRACE

CBS

12.1

20

18921

8

SURVIVOR: PALAU

CBS

11.7

19

19650

9

GREY'S ANATOMY

ABC

11.6

19

18334

10

TWO AND A HALF MEN

CBS

11.5

17

17962

11

E.R.

NBC

11.4

19

17156

11

SURVIVOR: PALAU FINALE(S)

CBS

11.4

17

20796

13

HOUSE

FOX

11.3

17

18802

14

LOST

ABC

10.6

17

17096

15

EXTREME MAKEOVER:HM ED-8P

ABC

10.1

16

16568

15

LAW AND ORDER:SVU

NBC

10.1

16

14502

17

APPRENTICE 3

NBC

9.7

15

14800

17

CSI: NY

CBS

9.7

16

14551

19

AMAZING RACE: 7

CBS

9.6

15

16014

20

SURVIVOR: PALAU REUNION(S)

CBS

9.1

15

15481

Source: Nielsen Media Research




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