Ratings: Smallville Puts Up Big-League Numbers
Another competitive Thursday in ratings. Take note:• Talk about your superlatives: Smallville introduced the Justice League to an audience of 5.25 million total viewers, representing a season high. • Perhaps goosed by America's Globes win, Ugly Betty (14.1 million) surged 700,000 heads to have its best outing since Oct. 5. • NBC's entire comedy lineup learned a lesson about, "What goes up... ": Earl was down 1.2 mil week-to-week, The Office plunged 1.7 mil, the musical Scrubs saw 1.35 mil "tune" out, and 30 Rock lost a mil.• Drawing 21.89 million, Grey's Anatomy (medical show, ABC, check it out sometime) edged out CSI (21.28 mil) in the rivals' first legitimate head-to-head in ages. Supernatural (3.38 mil) did its best numbers since Oct. 26.• Opposite an ER rerun, Shark (15 mil) bested Men in Trees (10.7 million, up 450K).
Another competitive Thursday in ratings. Take note:
" Talk about your
super latives:
Smallville introduced the Justice League to an audience of 5.25 million total viewers, representing a season high.
" Perhaps goosed by America's Globes win,
Ugly Betty (14.1 million) surged 700,000 heads to have its best outing since Oct. 5.
" NBC's entire comedy lineup learned a lesson about, "What goes
up... ":
Earl was down 1.2 mil week-to-week,
The Office plunged 1.7 mil, the musical
Scrubs saw 1.35 mil "tune" out, and
30 Rock lost a mil.
" Drawing 21.89 million,
Grey's Anatomy (medical show, ABC, check it out sometime) edged out
CSI (21.28 mil) in the rivals' first legitimate head-to-head in
ages.
Supernatural (3.38 mil) did its best numbers since Oct. 26.
" Opposite an
ER rerun,
Shark (15 mil) bested
Men in Trees (10.7 million, up 450K).