Weekly Ratings: 2/8 – 2/13

Sunday Ratings: Grammys Are No. 1 with a Bullet

7 pm/ET
Katie Couric's 60 Minutes sit-down with US Airways pilot "Sully" dominated the hour with 16.8 million total viewers.

8 pm
CBS' broadcast of the Grammy Awards averaged 19.68 million viewers over its run, a 15 percent increase over last year's performance. Extreme Makeover placed second with 10.4 mil, dropping 10 percent.

9 pm
Housewives trailed the Grammys, delivering 13.7 mil (up 690K from its last fresh episode). The NBC TV-movie XIII did less than half that, averaging 6.24 mil over its two-hour run.

10 pm
Brothers & Sisters scored second with 9.34 million viewers, up 400K.

Monday Ratings: Big Bangers Say, "Thank You, Mr. President!"

8 pm/ET
President Barack Obama's first prime-time news conference was watched by 37 million viewers across the Big Four networks. The only odd part: When Thirteen showed up to discuss national health care.

9 pm
CBS comedies dominated, with Two and a Half Men leading the way with 14.88 million viewers. Playing the role of lead-out this week, The Big Bang Theory enjoyed a new all-time high of 13.1 million. The Bachelor (averaging 10.88 mil from 9 to 11 pm) placed second, with 24 (10.5 mil, down 800K) following close behind. Heroes (7.9 mil) dropped 560 thou from the "Fugitives" premiere.

10 pm
CSI: Miami copped the top spot with 13.7 million viewers (down 14 percent week-to-week). Losing out to the second hour of the Bach', Medium (7.93 mil) slipped 600K.

Tuesday Ratings: Mentalist Cops a New High, Flirts with 20 Mil

8 pm/ET
American Idol won the hour this week with 24.5 million total viewers, a drop of 1.8 mil from its last Tuesday outing. NCIS secured second with 18 million, down a mil. Trailing the first hour of The Biggest Loser (9.6 mil) and the Charlie Brown Valentine's Day special (4.77 mil), 90210 matched last week's 2.4 mil.

9 pm
The Mentalist surged 9 percent from its last fresh episode to deliver 19.7 million viewers, a new all-time high for the freshman drama. Behind the back end of Biggest Loser (11 mil), Fringe fell 20 percent to 10.45 mil. Scrubs (4.42 mil) dropped 390K; Privileged's penultimate episode (1.51 mil) dipped 200 thou.

10 pm
Without a Trace topped the hour with 14.55 million viewers, up 21 percent week-to-week. It was followed by Dateline (11.3 mil) and this week's relocated True Beauty (an ugly 3.8 mil).

Wednesday Ratings: Time-Shifting Idol Gives Lost a Nosebleed

8 pm/ET
A "special" two-hour edition of American Idol averaged 24.6 million total viewers, dropping 1.6 mil week-to-week. CBS' sitcombo of Old Christine (7.06 mil, down 380K) and Gary Unmarried (6.86 mil, down 210K) each dipped a bit. Knight Rider gained 450 thou to hit 5.4 mil, while this week's Lost repeat reaped 4.4 mil.

9 pm
Opposite Idol's greedy "special" second hour, Criminal Minds (13.26 mil) fell 600K, while Lost sank 11 percent to a series-low 9.76 mil. (That said, Lost was for a fourth straight week Wednesday's highest-rated scripted show in the key demos, and it built its audience from start to finish.) NBC's Life dropped from last week's well-watched return, hitting a more typical 4.72 mil.

10 pm
CSI: NY dominated with 12.85 million viewers, gaining 1.1 mil from its last fresh outing. Law & Order (7.52 mil) plunged 13 percent, while Life on Mars (5.14 mil) lost 860 thou.

Thursday Ratings: A Record Audience Crosses over to Private Practice

8 pm/ET
Survivor: Tocantins — The Brazilian Highlands premiered to an audience of 13.8 million total viewers, an increase of 900K over Gabon's opener and on par with Fans vs. Favorites. Placing a distant second, Ugly Betty was up a hair, to 7.44 mil. NBC's Earl (6.3 mil) gained 140 thou, but Kath & Kim (5.48 mil) kissed off 520K. Fox's broadcast of the NAACP Image Awards averaged 4.23 mil over its two-hour run.

9 pm
CSI topped the hour (if not the demos) with an audience of 17.78 million viewers, slipping 11 percent from its last fresh outing. Grey's Anatomy (or "Private Anatomy Hour 1") matched last week's audience of 15.07 mil. (Grab the tape, Izzy! Grab the tape!!) In third, NBC's The Office (8.9 mil) gained 490K, while 30 Rock surged 20 percent week-to-week, hitting 7.62 mil.

10 pm
Private Practice/"Private Anatomy Hour 2" gained another 8 percent to deliver 14.15 million viewers — the spin-off's largest audience ever. Eleventh Hour settled for also-ran status with 11.04 mil (down 11 percent), followed by ER (which held steady at 7.25 mil).

Friday Ratings: How Many Played with Fox's Dollhouse? Did You?

Has Fox successfully revived Friday sci-fi? The numbers have processed through my tricorder, and here are some of the major notes:

8 pm/ET
Ghost Whisperer topped the hour with 10.34 million total viewers, down a mil week-to-week. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles was greeted in its new time slot by 3.7 million, a 30 percent plunge from its last (Monday) airing.

9 pm
Flashpoint placed No. 1 with an audience of 8.86 mil, slipping 13 percent from its last new episode. Fox's Dollhouse debuted to 4.7 million viewers — which just so happens to be what Joss Whedon's Firefly averaged over its short run — and placed No. 2 in key demos (behind Supernanny) and first among males (go figure). What was your first impression of the series? Tell us what you thought in the comments section. (Mind you, Episode 2 is markedly better, 3 has a nifty reveal, and No. 4 serves up a cool plot twist.) Friday Night Lights dropped 760K, to 3.46 mil.

10 pm
Diane Sawyer's 20/20 report on the children of Appalachia was the night's most-watched program, delivering 10.93 mil — the newsmagazine's largest audience since Sept. 2004. As such, Numbers settled for second with 9 mil, down 12 percent.