CSI CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION - NIELSEN ROLLS OUT ITS RATINGS AGAIN

NIELSEN ROLLS OUT ITS RATINGS AGAIN

Nielsen's ratings logjam, created by what it described as "server issues," was slowly being cleared away Thursday as the company finally released data for Monday and Tuesday's primetime programming. The company released Wednesday's and Thursday's ratings by midday today (Friday) and said that its usual reporting schedule would now resume. The delayed results produced no surprises, save perhaps for the continued erosion of the Thursday-night audience. In fact, the audience for CBS's CSI Crime Scene Investigation was down nearly 3.5 million from the comparable night a year ago. The once indomitable drama placed second in the hour to ABC's Grey's Anatomy. At 10 00 p.m. the ABC special, Michael J. Fox Adventures of an Incurable Optimist, attracted 10.6 million viewers, handily beating NBC's new John Wells-produced drama Southland , which drew just 6.5 million.

08/05/2009