Oct 1 - Oct 7
- CSI, CBS
21m - Dancing w/the Stars Mon, ABC
20.2m - Grey's Anatomy, ABC
18.5m - Chicago vs Green Bay, NBC
18.3m - Desperate Housewives, ABC
17.8m - House, Fox
17.4m - NCIS, CBS
16.4m - Dancing w/the Stars Results, ABC
15.9m - CSI: Miami, CBS
14.7m - Criminal Minds, CBS
14.6m
Drop-offs from 10-15% are expected, but there are several shows that have seen a second week fall in viewer numbers of greater magnitude.
K-Ville - which has been almost universally panned, including by our own Neil Wilkes - saw a 31% drop-off in its second week numbers.
Gossip Girl - which has already received a season order - also places high on the wounded list, with a 29% fall.
NBC is likely to be displeased with Bionic Woman's 20% week-on-week fall, especially given that among younger viewers the fall is approaching K-Ville-esque magnitude.
On the flipside, ABC's Dirty Sexy Money and Private Practice are doing reasonably well, with Practice a little closer to the top end of the tolerance zone than ABC would have liked.
Other notables from the week of October 1 to October 7 include a strong premiere for Pushing Daisies, which topped its slot with 13m viewers, and a relatively strong performance for NBC's Friday Night Lights - perhaps because the show now actually airs on the night featured in its title.
All data is sourced from Nielsen Media Research.






