Ratings: Grey's Takes 2-1 Lead
This Thursday's 8 pm contest again went to
Survivor: Cook Islands, which attracted an audience of 15.8 million to
Ugly Betty's 14.2 mil (down nearly 2 mil from its premiere). In third place,
My Name Is Earl had its best outing of the new season (9.9 mil), while
The Office (8.77 mil) enjoyed a similar surge, up a mil from the previous week. In fifth place (behind baseball), Smallville drew 4.6 mil, down 450,000 (as was lead-out
Supernatural) from its season opener.
The 9 o'clock
Grey's Anatomy-
CSI face-off was a third straight squeaker, with ABC this time taking the title. Final score:
Grey's 22.45 mil,
CSI 21.225.
At 10,
ER jumped the
Shark to reclaim the No. 1 spot, 14.6 million viewers to 13.75 mil. Bringing up the rear,
Six Degrees (9.65 mil) lost a million heads versus last week, and this week saw a full 2.4 mil tune out in its second half-hour.
