Criminal Minds: CBS press release: CBS PLACES FIRST IN VIEWERS FOR THE 9TH CONSECUTIVE WEEK! Congrats to Criminal Minds and CBS!
CBS had eight of the top 10 scripted series-THE MENTALIST (the No. 1 scripted program of the week), NCIS, CSI, TWO AND A HALF MEN, CRIMINAL MINDS, CSI: NY, COLD CASE and WITHOUT A TRACE. Meanwhile, part one of the COLD CASE finale which featured music exclusively by Pearl Jam, saw its week-to-week ratings increase by +18% in both viewers and adults 25-54 and +38% in adults 18-49.
CRIMINAL MINDS THURSDAY SPECIAL (R) (S) (10:01-11:00PM) was first in viewers (10.23m), tied for first in households (6.7/11, with ABC), second in both adults 25-54 (3.3/09) and adults 18-49 (2.3/07).
CBS top programs of the week: #4 THE MENTALIST (an average of 17.11m viewers), #5 NCIS (16.70m), #6 CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION (15.54m), #8 TWO AND A HALF MEN (14.16m), #10 CRIMINAL MINDS (13.61m), #12 CSI: NY (12.50m), #13 COLD CASE (12.46m), #14 60 MINUTES (12.31m), #15 WITHOUT A TRACE (12.21m), #16 CSI: MIAMI (12.12m), #17 SURVIVOR: TOCANTINS (11.73m), #19 RULES OF ENGAGEMENT (11.30m), #20 THE AMAZING RACE 14 (10.84m), #23 CRIMINAL MINDS THURSDAY SPECIAL (R) (S) (10.23m), #24 THE UNIT (9.97m), #25 GHOST WHISPERER (9.79m), #27 NUMB3RS (9.70m) and #28 FLASHPOINT (9.66m).
