Friday, February 02, 2007

Overnight TV Ratings -- "Anatomy" Beats "CSI" Again

A little while ago, some bloggers tried to pretend that the gay slur controversy meant people were turning off "Grey's Anatomy" in favor of "CSI." I proved to you that was bollocks and in fact this week "Anatomy" beats "CSI" pretty darn decisively. Why shouldn't it? The show is gay-friendly, has a main actor who just came out, gets kudos from gay rights groups like GLAAD and as everyone will tell you, in Hollywood there's no such thing as bad press. I really enjoyed last night's "Office" by the way -- it wasn't riotously funny, but the combination of the stripper and Ben Franklin just amused me to no end. For a complete ratings breakdown, go to MediaWeek's Mark Berman.

8 p.m.
1. Ugly Betty -- 13.98 million viewers
2. CSI (r) -- 12.16 million
3. My Name Is Earl -- 10.66 million/The Office -- 10.1 million
4. Smallville -- 4.94 million
4. (tie) Til Death -- 5.42 million/The War At Home -- 4.47 million

9 p.m.
1. Grey's Anatomy -- 23.92 million
2. CSI -- 21.29 million
3. Scrubs -- 6.88 million/30 Rock -- 5.66 million
4. The OC -- 3.82 million
5. Supernatural -- 3.34 million

10 p.m.
1. Shark -- 14.08 million
2. ER -- 11.77 million
3. Men In Trees -- 10.64 million

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