Ratings: Bionic Woman Gives Addison a Scare

• Sep 27, 2007 03:51 PM ET
• by Matt Mitovich

This Wednesday, as DWTS' first results show topped the night with 16.62 million total viewers:

8 pm/ET
Kid Nation was a distant second with 7.61 mil, a 15 percent drop from its premiere. Similarly, Fox's twofer of Back to You (7.54 mil) and 'Til Death (6.2 mil) each shed 20 percent of their previous audiences. Top Model (4.85 mil) saw 300K take a catwalk.

9 pm
Private Practice (14.4 mil) came away with a slight lead over Bionic Woman (13.6 mil) in total viewers, though Jaime Sommers drew a slightly sexier demo. (Note: The Grey's eppy that laid the foundation for the spin-off drew 21 mil. Apples, oranges, I know.) Criminal Minds was No. 3 with 12.7 mil (a 23 percent plunge from a year ago). Gossip Girl (2.55 mil) was down 30 percent from its debut. UPDATE: BW was NBC's highest-rated Wednesday series launch (in 18-49) since '99's The West Wing, and is the TV-season-to-date's best drama debut in said demo.

10 pm
CSI: NY delivered 12.7 mil (down 21 percent from last fall's opener), followed by ABC's superfun Dirty Sexy Money (10.4 mil, aka not-so-super retention out of PP) and NBC's Life (10.15 mil, but the time period's leader in the 18-49 demo).

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