With the season over for ABC's "Dancing With the Stars," CBS waltzed to a ratings victory the week of Dec. 3-9. Runner-up ABC wasn't left completely flatfooted. "Grey's Anatomy" was the second-ranked program, "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" was sixth, and the TV film "Mitch Albom's For One More Day" took ninth.
ABC had last dance, now it's CBS' turn
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But CBS placed nine programs in the week's top 20, including top-rated "CSI," helping the network to an overall prime-time win, according to Nielsen Media Research figures.
For the week, network averages were: CBS, 10.47 million viewers (6.6 household rating, 11 share); ABC, 8.84 million (5.7, 9); NBC, 8.09 million (5.2, 8); Fox, 6.35 million (4.1, 6); CW, 2.57 million (1.7, 3), My Network, 1.05 million (0.7, 1); ION, 760,000 (0.5, 1).
In the evening news race: "NBC Nightly News," 9.47 million (6.4 , 12); ABC "World News," 9.32 million (6.4, 12); "CBS Evening News," 6.55 million (4.5, 9).
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1 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (CBS) 2 Grey's Anatomy (ABC) 3 60 Minutes (CBS) 4 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (CBS) 5 Survivor: China (CBS) 6 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (ABC) 7 Sunday Night Football: Indianapolis at Baltimore (NBC) 8 Without a Trace (CBS) 9 Sunday Movie "Mitch Albom's For One More Day" (ABC) 10 Amazing Race (CBS) 11 Two and a Half Men (CBS) 12 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC) 13 Cold Case (CBS) 14 Deal or No Deal (Wednesday) (NBC) 15 Barbara Walters Presents: The 10 Most Fascinating People of 2007 (ABC) 16 NCIS (CBS) 17 Heroes (NBC) 18 Sunday Night NFL Pre-Kick (NBC) 19 House (Fox) 20 Private Practice (ABC)
