Weekly Ratings: 10/5 – 10/10

Sunday Ratings: Raise Your Hand if You Watched the CW

7 pm/ET
60 Minutes dominated with 19 million total viewers. Placing a close fifth was the CW's In Harm's Way, which premiered to 676,000.

8 pm
Amazing Race surged 32 percent week-to-week to average 13.6 mil and top the first half hour (until NBC football came along). Similarly, Extreme Makeover (11.75 mil) was up 23 percent. The Simpsons (7.4 mil) plunged 20 percent from its opener. The CW's Valentine didn't get much love, premiering to 1.1 mil.

9 pm
Housewives was No. 1 in viewers (15.5 mil, down 15 percent from its premiere) and demos, followed by Cold Case (10.7 mil, sliding a hair). The CW's Easy Money drew 1.08 mil in its debut.

10 pm
The race for second (behind football) was neck-and-neck, as The Unit added 900K to hit 10.65 mil, while Brothers & Sisters slipped 13 percent, to 10.62 mil. (ABC, of course, enjoyed the prettier demos.)

Monday Ratings: CBS' Comedies Are (Mostly) Looking Pretty

8 pm/ET
Dancing with the Stars was the night's most-watched program, holding relatively steady week-to-week with 18.8 million total viewers. CBS' comedy combo of Big Bang (9.33 mil) and Mother (8.96 mil) continues to pack some punch, with the laffers gaining 615K and 150K, respectively. Chuck, dipping 11 percent (to 5.89 million), was nearly terminated by Sarah Connor (5.6 mil), which enjoyed a gain of 280 thousand.

9 pm
Two and a Half Men placed a strong second behind DWTS (and bested the ABC juggernaut in demos), inching up to 13.94 million viewers. Lead-out Worst Week, however, dropped another 500K, to 8.79 mil — or 63 percent retention. Heroes (8.2 mil) slipped another 12 percent, while Prison Break (5.43 mil) added 170 thou.

10 pm
CSI: Miami drew 13.6 mil, shedding 700K (as Horatio continues to glare at Kyle Bornheimer.) Boston Legal placed second with 9.4 mil (down 400K). NBC's Life (5.78 million) was down more than a mil from its week-ago premiere, yet up a bit from its original Friday outing.

Tuesday Ratings: 63.2 Million Turn Out for Debate, My Friends

Not much to report on this Tuesday's tallies, seeing as Presidential Debate 2: The Maverick Vs. That One filled much of the night, delivering 63.23 million viewers on broadcast and cable networks. That's larger than the audience for McCain and Obama's Sept. 26 face-off, yet well shy of the 70 mil who showed up for last week's vice-presidential tete-a-tete.

Elsewhere.... NCIS took the 8 o'clock hour, drawing 15.7 million viewers (down 1.5 mil week-to-week) to Dancing with the Stars' 13.45 mil (slipping 11 percent). Placing third, The Biggest Loser (7.49 mil) gained a pound or two.

The CW's 90210 did a typical-ish 3.06 mil, while lead-out Privileged enjoyed a 24 percent increase ─ to 2.33 mil, mind you ─ likely due to debate fatigue.

Wednesday Ratings: Daisies Wilts, as Christine Looks Better

8 pm/ET
Bones gained 520K week-to-week to top the hour with 10.34 million total viewers. CBS' comedy combo of Old Christine (7.64 mil, up 11 percent) and Gary Unmarried (7.43 mil, up 450 thou) placed second. Knight Rider dipped to 7.56 mil but still drove past Pushing Daisies (5.55 mil), which itself dropped 12 percent. Top Model did a typical 3.88 mil.

9 pm
Criminal Minds was up nearly 10 percent, to 15.9 mil, while Private Practice (7.26 mil) slipped 743K. Behind Biggest Loser (6.56 mil), a pair of 'Til Deaths averaged 4.47 mil.

10 pm
CSI: NY dominated with 15.86 million viewers (up eight percent). The thoroughly frothy and enjoyable Dirty Sexy Money plunged 16 percent from its season premiere, to about six mil. Lipstick Jungle (4.77 mil) dropped 10 percent.

Thursday Ratings: Death Becomes CSI, Mars Shows Life

8 pm/ET
Survivor: Gabon this week topped the hour (and demos) with 13.3 million total viewers, up 450K. Placing second, Ugly Betty held steady at 8.48 mil. NBC's Earl matched last week's 7.1 mil, while brand-new lead-out Kath & Kim added 360 thou to that count. Smallville inched up 130K, to 4.08 mil.

9 pm
CSI returned to an audience of 22.99 mil, down just seven percent from its previous opener, and was No. 1 in demos as well. Grey's Anatomy dropped 20 percent from its premièring, delivering 14.54 mil. The Office did a typical nine mil, then SNL's new Thursday showcase built the audience to 10.6 mil. (Yeah, that’s the ticket!) Supernatural slid 430 thou, to 3.14 mil.

10 pm
It was neck-and-neck for dueling newbies Life on Mars (11.6 million) and Eleventh Hour (11.59 mil), though ABC came out on top in the key demos. As a Grey's lead-out, Mars improved on Big Shots' year-ago performance by three million heads. Eleventh Hour, meanwhile, demonstrated 50 percent retention of CSI's premiere audience, whereas Without a Trace delivered 67 percent last September.

Friday Ratings: Ex Listless While 'Nanny Supes Up

8 pm/ET
Ghost Whisperer gained 150K from its premiere to top the night with 9.45 million total viewers. 5th Grader placed second with 5.79 mil, followed by Wife Swap (4.29 mil) and America's Toughest Jobs (3.95 mil). The CW's Chris dipped 240 thou, to 1.76 million, while lead-out The Game held steady at 1.9 mil.

9 pm
Deal or No Deal (6.53 million) this week trumped The Ex List (5.7 mil), which plunged 17 percent from its debut to only retain 60 percent of Love's love. Supernanny (five mil, up 20 percent) and Lyrics (4.87 mil, up 12 percent) both saw gains.

10 pm
Despite Ex's listlessness, Numbers only dipped 100K, to eight mil. 20/20 followed with seven mil, while NBC's Life (4.92 mil) lost 530K week-to-week.