With Bones benched by baseball, this Wednesday's 8 o'clock contest offered a three-horse race, as CBS' increasingly strong sitcombo of Old Christine (7.74 million total viewers) and Gary Unmarried (7.71 million) found itself in a dead heat with the first hour of Fox's NLCS Game 5 coverage (7.736 mil). Knight Rider, up 100K week-to-week, placed a very close third, with 7.66 mil.
Pushing Daisies finally enjoyed an upward tick, gaining 13 percent to hit 6.3 mil. A Top Model clip show did 3.19 mil.
Come 9 pm, the Big 3's coverage of the final presidential debate drew 28.9 million viewers, a drop of 10 mil from the last face-off (which also was covered by Fox). Joe the Plumber, sources tell me exclusively, was busy watching the Phillies pound the Dodgers.
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Project Runway
9 pm/ET Bravo
Farewell, Jerell — and hello Fashion Week! In the wake of contestant Jerell Scott's elimination last week (his bridal gown was deemed "garish" by the judges), the last standing designers have emerged.
The New Adventures of Old Christine
8 pm/ET CBS
Pushing Daisies
8 pm/ET ABC
Chocolate News
10:30 pm/ET Comedy Central
Presidential Debate
9 pm/ET ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, CNBC, CNN, FOX NEWS and MSNBC
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