Ratings: 24 Defeats a Weakened Heroes

Sorry for the delay, but A) the ratings were delayed to begin with (I blame the slacker college kids), and B) I was off interviewing Bob Saget about Farce of the Penguins (out on DVD today). On with the show!• Prison Break matched, perhaps even squeezed past, last week's season high, drawing an audience of 9.91 million total viewers.• With Heroes (13.57 million) dropping 1.27 mil viewers week-to-week — in turn delivering its lowest numbers since Oct 16 — 24 (14.05 mil, up 400K) came out on top this week, and was the 9 pm champ (versus CBS sitcom reruns).• Opposite a CSI: Miami repeat (13.4-ish million), Studio 60 (6.95 mil) was down 500,000, while What About Brian (5.71 mil) was up 300 thou.