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HOUSEWIVES NO LONGER SO DESPERATE Monday, May 5 2008 
The
audience
for
ABC's
Desperate
Housewives
appeared
to
be
returning
to
the
show
Sunday
after
two
weeks
in
which
its
ratings
sank
to
their
lowest
levels
ever.
While
Nielsen
numbers
for
the
show
continued
to
come
in
below
their
previous
highs,
Sunday's
edition
was
easily
the
top-rated
show
of
the
night,
with
16.63
million
viewers
tuning
in,
resulting
in
a
10.8
rating
and
a
17
share.
Analysts
attributed
the
ratings
boost
to
a
general
realization
(more)TV DRAMAS STRIKE OUT Thursday, May 1 2008 The recent writers' strike may have inflicted permanent damage on scripted serialized dramatic shows as audiences lost track of story threads and abandoned them, the New York Times observed today (Thursday). The newspaper reported that such shows as ABC's Grey's Anatomy and Desperate Housewives drew their lowest ratings ever when they returned. CBS's CSI: Crime Scene Investigation posted its worst ratings since its fall season, and Fox's House saw its audience drop 22 percent from (more) |
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It certainly didn't look like a sweeps week last week as many ordinarily top-rated television shows recorded some of their lowest ratings ever. Even the No. 1 show, American Idol, saw a worrisome drop in audience figures. The Associated Press observed that CBS's CSI: Miami had its smallest audience ever. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation drew its second smallest audience ever for an original episode. (The smallest audience was recorded a week earlier.) ABC's Grey's Anatomy recorded its smallest audience since moving to Thursday nights two years ago. NBC's Deal or No Deal had its third smallest audience. For the week overall, CBS continued to lead with an average 6.5 rating and an 11 share. ABC placed second with a 6.0/10. Fox came in third with a 5.7/10. (It ranked first among adults 18-49, however.) And NBC trailed with an average 4.3/7. 
