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1. "American Idol" (FOX) 17.9/26
2. "The Loop" (FOX) 9.3/14
3. "Criminal Minds" (R, CBS) 8.7/13
4. "Bones" (FOX) 8.4/13
5. "Law & Order" (R, NBC) 8.3/14
6. "CSI: NY" (R, CBS) 7.7/13
7. "Survivor: Exile Island" (CBS) 7.5/12
8. "Law & Order" (R, NBC) 6.2/9
9. "George Lopez" (ABC) 5.5/9
10. "Lost" (R, ABC) 5.0/7
11. "Invasion" (ABC) 4.9/8
12. "Freddie" (ABC) 4.7/7
13. "America's Next Top Model" (UPN) 4.6/7
14. "The Biggest Loser: Special Edition" (NBC) 4.4/7
15. "Veronica Mars" (UPN) 2.2/3
16. "Beauty and the Geek" (R, WB) 1.8/3
17. "One Tree Hill" (R, WB) 1.4/2

Total Viewers

1. "American Idol" (FOX) 27.84
2. "The Loop" (FOX) 13.75
3. "Survivor: Exile Island" (CBS) 12.69
4. "Criminal Minds" (R, CBS) 12.30
5. "Bones" (FOX) 12.13
6. "CSI: NY" (R, CBS) 11.17
7. "Law & Order" (R, NBC) 10.09
8. "George Lopez" (ABC) 7.28
9. "Invasion" (ABC) 7.23
10. "Law & Order" (R, NBC) 7.21
11. "Lost" (R, ABC) 7.14
12. "Freddie" (ABC) 6.77
13. "The Biggest Loser: Special Edition" (NBC) 6.47
14. "America's Next Top Model" (UPN) 4.82
15. "Veronica Mars" (UPN) 2.76
16. "Beauty and the Geek" (R, WB) 2.31
17. "One Tree Hill" (R, WB) 1.87

Survivor had a clip show this week, which explains its huge ratings decline.

Look at Bones! I thought it would revert back to 8 million or something. Either it has found an audience, or tweens love to wait for American Idol to start.

I actually enjoyed the Loop, hopefully, it does not get slaughtered on tomorrow. Reminds me of Andy Richter Controls the Universe (minus the fantasies).

The Loop was boring christian! i watched it for the chicago scenes. but ugh writing seems to have gone down the drain in hollywood

Invasion is done. its ratings are completely awful without Lost, I think this is actually a slight improvement from the last episode, but if it makes it to a second season ABC are sure as hell likely to pull it midway.


Ive been watching the show on and off. Its stale but watchable.

Wow, THE LOOP did pretty awesome! I couldn't watch the first episode because of VERONICA MARS, but I wanted to. I'm going to read a recap of the first episode and then watch the second one tonight. I keep hearing good things about it. Reviews are really good and Entertainment Weekly gave it a B+.

Also nice for BONES. It didn't even have an American Idol lead-in last night.

Really solid for VERONICA MARS.

How much of it is Chicago? I know they film it out here. Just the exterior shots?

Sucky for Veronica Mars. Perhaps the long hiatuses between episodes caused the decline. Hey, the same thing is always said about "Lost", so why not VM?

Berman saying that thankfully, Cowell is not a part of tonight's American Inventor? I don't know what he's smoking. What's he got against Simon?!

Surprising (SURPRISING!) for Bones. If it keeps up, it's certainly got a future.

Huge for Idol. It's not fading, whatsoever.

Isn't Veronica up from what it was doing just before the break? I thought it was.

Yes, but 2.11-2.13 were absolutely dismal ratings. 2.76 million is still below the season 2 average. And this during a Lost rerun.

Yeah, it's up from before the break when its lead-in was "South Beach", but it's down from when it aired after "America's Next Top Model" earlier this season. Hopefully it'll go up next week. I don't need Shack telling me that a rerun of "One Tree Hill" nearly beat a new episode of VM.

The Loop's ratings really mean nothing right now, thankfully we'll know for sure if it's a hit or miss tonight with its time-slot premiere.

Criminal Minds has turned into something of a sleeper hit. Sigh, is every show like this guaranteed success? I fear in the near future every single show on network TV is going to be some variation on the "find the body, solve the crime!" format. Heck, practically half of them are already.

Bones did pretty well also, Invasion really needs to be cut loose and despite it being a clip show Survivor's ratings are down quite a bit. The clip show that aired this same time last year scored a 10.7/17. That one night where this edition faced the Olympics, Idol, and DWTS really hurt it, and kept some viewers from getting back into the show at all. The 2 week (3 week if you include the clip show) isn't going to help much either. Too bad, since it's the best season since Pearl Islands.