Weekly Ratings: 2/23 – 2/27

Monday Ratings: 24's Very Good Bad Day Continues

8 pm/ET
House wasn't one to meth with, dominating the hour with 14.64 million total viewers, a week-to-week gain of 640K. In second, The Bachelor: Tell All averaged 10.96 mil over its two-hour run, down 12 percent from its last regular episode. Trailing CBS sitcom reruns, Chuck dipped 280 thou to hit a new all-time low of 6.47 mil.

9 pm
Bested only by a Two and a Half Men repeat, 24 delivered 11.61 million viewers, a gain of 450K. At 8:30, an Old Christine rerun (9.3 mil) did 600K better than last week's Worst Week finale. Placing fourth, Heroes dropped 825K, to 6.9 mil.

10 pm
While a warmed-over CSI: Miami topped the hour, Medium sized up second with 8.48 mil, slipping 460 thou. True Beauty tacked on another 500K to deliver 7.54 mil.

Tuesday Ratings: Obama Offers Stimulus to Tens of Millions

Barack Obama's Presidential "Not the State of the Union" Address was watched by 32.7 million total viewers across the Big 4 networks on Tuesday night. [Nancy Pelosi rises, clapping.] That audience marks a 12 percent drop from POTUS' previous primetime appearance, which was held earlier this month. [Pelosi sits.]

Earlier in the night, NCIS topped the 8 o'clock hour with 17.92 million viewers, on par with its previous outing. [Nancy Pelosi rises, clapping.] The Biggest Loser (9.65 mil) enjoyed a gain of 750K. [Pelosi sits.]

Come 9 pm, the CW's Privileged wrapped up its freshman season before an audience of 1.62 mil, up 100K from its last fresh outing. [Nancy Pelosi rises, clapping.] "To Be Continued," indeed!

Wednesday Ratings: Idol, Lost and Other Wednesday Shows

8 pm/ET
American Idol averaged 24.25 million total viewers over its two-hour run, dipping just three percent from last week's Tuesday sing-off. A special outing for The Biggest Loser placed second with 8.73 mil. A repeat of the Privileged finale, I must point out to Dawn Ostroff, tacked on another thousand viewers. (Hey, every bit counts!)

9 pm
Placing second behind Idol, Criminal Minds delivered 14 million viewers, down a mil week-to-week. Lost (9.82 mil) dropped 13 percent, matching its previous "Idol-ized" outing. NBC's Life slipped 300K, to 4.87 mil.

10 pm
CSI: NY won the hour with 12.7 million viewers, up 350K. Trailing a Law & Order repeat (and hampered by its lessened lead-in), ABC's Life on Mars fell 250K to 5.55 mil.

Friday Ratings: Ghost Story Draws Big Audience

8 pm/ET
Ghost Whisperer was the night's most watched program, scaring up 11.56 million total viewers - a 12 percent surge from its last fresh outing. Terminator dipped 10 percent (3.42 mil) to place fourth behind Wife Swap (4.6 mil) and Howie Do It (4.25 mil).

9 pm
Flashpoint inched up 300K from its last new episode to win the hour with 9.17 million viewers. Trailing Supernanny, Friday Night Lights tackled third place with an audience of 4.23 mil (up 240K). Dollhouse dipped a smidgen to 4.13 mil. (For what it's worth, here's an interesting article where Eliza Dushku stressed that Episode 6, penned by Joss Whedon, is where the show starts to hit its true stride.)

10 pm
Numbers netted 9.6 million viewers, a gain of 600K. It was followed by 20/20 (7.1 mil) and Dateline (5.78 mil).

*I don’t know what happened with the Thursday ratings because I was unable to locate them.