Prime-Time Metered Market Wednesday Ratings: Fox Dances to Midweek Victory (Mediaweek.com)

-Yesterdays Winners:
So You Think You Can Dance (Fox), Criminal Minds R (CBS)

-Honorable Mention:
Primetime: Crime (ABC)

-Yesterdays Losers (Excluding Repeats):
Lets wait and see what the fast affiliate results look like.

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-Ratings Breakdown:
Fox scored another midweek victory care of a two-hour edition of So You Think You Can Dance at a 5.8 rating/10 share from 8-10 p.m. Take a look at the half-hour breakdown:

So You Think You Can Dance (Fox)
8:00 p.m.: 5.1/ 9 (#1)
8:30 p.m.: 5.8/10 (#1)
9:00 p.m.: 6.0/10 (#1)
9:30 p.m.: 6.1/10 (#1)

Needless to say, it was quite entertaining seeing some of the former contestants this season perform at the press tour.

Next was CBS with its combination of Big Brother 10 (#2: 3.6/ 6), which I finally had the opportunity to see, a repeat of Criminal Minds (#2: 5.6/ 9) and a repeat of CSI: NY (#1: 5.1/ 9). As for Big Brother, yes�I am addicted again. Go, Remy! Doesnt she remind you of Victoria Principal?

Third overall in the metered markets was ABCs line-up of a repeat of Wife Swap (#3: 2.9/ 5), a repeat of Supernanny (#4: 3.0/ 5) and Primetime: Crime (#2: 4.9/ 9), which deserves accolades for building by 53 percent out of the 9:30 p.m. portion of Supernanny (3.2/ 5). Fourth was NBCs combination of a repeat of Baby Borrowers (#4: 2.4/ 4), an original installment of Baby Borrowers (#3: 3.3/ 6), and a repeat of Law & Order (#3: 3.6/ 6).

Last, and very least as usual were repeats of Americas Next Top Model (1.1/ 2) and Pussycat Dolls Presents: Girlicious (0.7/ 1) on the CW, which has not even bothered to program anything original this summer other than the final episodes of the inane Farmer Wants a Wife.

Its great to be back analyzing the ratings, isnt it? To whet your appetite for the fall, here is what you will be seeing on Wednesday. New shows are capped.:

ABC
8:00 p.m. Pushing Daisies
9:00 p.m. Private Practice
10:00 p.m. Dirty Sexy Money

CBS
8:00 p.m. The New Adventures of Old Christine (new day and time)

8:30 p.m. GARY UNMARRIED
9:00 p.m. Criminal Minds
10:00 p.m. CSI: NY

NBC
8:00 p.m. KNIGHT RIDER
9:00 p.m. Deal or No Deal
10:00 p.m. Lipstick Jungle (new day)

Fox
8:00 p.m. Bones (new day)
9:00 p.m. Til Death (new time)
9:30 p.m. DO NOT DISTURB

CW
8:00 p.m. Americas Next Top Model
9:00 p.m. STYLISTA

Wednessday 7/22/08

HH
Rtg/Shr
Fox 5.8/10
CBS 4.7/ 8
ABC 3.6/ 6
NBC 3.1/ 5
CW 0.9/ 2

Source: Nielsen Media Research data

-- Marc Berman

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