Wednesday February 20, 2008 9:57 pm
Tuesday Ratings: CBS Sees Little Success
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, American Idol, Ratings,
Although CBS fared well enough to rank third last night, the network’s programs showed major declines in just their second week.
8pm

- About 28.8 million (11.2/27 in 18-49) saw the Top 12 Men on American Idol.
- NCIS* (10.8 million, 2.1/5) did about one-third as well as the monster hit.
- The Biggest Loser (3.3/8) weighed in at 8.2 million.
- Just for Laughs (1.2/3) had an amusing 4.6 million viewers.
- Reaper* (0.8/2) trailed far behind the pack with 1.8 million.
Variety
9pm
- Big Brother (5.4 million, 1.9/4 in 18-49) lost nearly 2 million from last Tuesday.
- According to Jim* (4.8 million, 1.6/4) was off by 100,000 while Carpoolers* (4 million, 1.4/3) was up by the same amount.
- One Tree Hill (2.9 million, 1.3/3) slid by 300,000.
10pm
- Law & Order: SVU* (8.3 million, 3.3/9 in 18-49) soared 1 million from one week ago.
- Boston Legal (7.4 million, 1.9/5) was up just a tad.
- Jericho (5.9 million, 2.0/5) sunk 1.1 million from its debut.
*denotes repeat
(You can review last Tuesday’s numbers here.)
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