TV Hot Spot: Ratings

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Post by: Sal

LOS ANGELES -- Fast National ratings for Thursday, Jan. 18, 2007

With "Grey's Anatomy" and "CSI" both airing new episodes Thursday, ABC and CBS battled to a near-dead heat in the ratings.

The two networks tied for first in households, each drawing a 10.3 rating/16 share for the night (CBS had a small edge in viewers). NBC was well back in third at 4.6/7. FOX, 2.9/4, edged The CW, 2.6/4, for fourth.

ABC grabbed the top spot among adults 18-49 with a 5.6 rating. CBS, 4.9, took second. NBC finished third with a 3.2, followed by The CW, 1.9, and FOX, 1.8.

"Ugly Betty" handily won the 8 p.m. hour for ABC with a 9.5/15. CBS aired a "CSI" rerun and scored a 7.8/12. "My Name Is Earl," 5.9/9, and "The Office," 5.5/8, put NBC in third. "'Til Death" and "The War at Home" were fourth for FOX, edging The CW's "Smallville," 3.1/5, (The CW had a few more viewers).

At 9 p.m., "Grey's Anatomy," 14.1/21, kept ABC in front of a new "CSI," 13.2/19, on CBS. There was a big drop to third-place NBC, which went with "Scrubs," 4.1/6, and "30 Rock," 3.4/5. "The O.C." scored a 2.6/4 for FOX, good enough to beat "Supernatural" on The CW.

CBS took the lead at 10 p.m. with "Shark," 9.8/15. ABC's "Men in Trees" shed a lot of its lead-in to finish at 7.3/12. A repeat of "ER" on NBC came in at 4.4/7.