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[11/16/06 - 01:44 PM]
CBS's Drama Duo of "Criminal Minds" and "Csi: Ny" Top the Two-Hour Premieres of "Day Break" and "Medium"
CBS spins the numbers for Wednesday, November 15.
[via press release from CBS]

CBS'S DRAMA DUO OF "CRIMINAL MINDS" AND "CSI: NY" TOP THE TWO-HOUR PREMIERES OF "DAY BREAK" AND "MEDIUM"

CBS Wins Every Half Hour From 9:00-11:00 PM in Viewers, Adults 18-49 And Adults 25-54

"Jericho" Maintains Its Previous Week's Demo Deliveries Opposite Season Finale of "Dancing With the Stars"

CBS's drama duo of CRIMINAL MINDS and CSI: NY beat the two-hour premieres of ABC's "Day Break" and NBC's "Medium," winning every half-hour from 9:00-11:00 PM in viewers and key demographics, according to preliminary Nielsen live plus same day ratings for Wednesday, Nov. 15.

At 9:00 PM, CRIMINAL MINDS was first in households (10.4/16), viewers (16.56m), adults 25-54 (6.2/14), adults 18-49 (4.9/13) and adults 18-34 (3.2/09).

At 10:00 PM, CSI: NY was first in households (10.2/17), viewers (16.00m), adults 25-54 (6.2/15), adults 18-49 (5.1/14) and adults 18-34 (3.5/10).

From 9:00-11:00 PM, CBS was first in households (10.3/16), viewers (16.28m), adults 18-49 (5.0/13) and adults 25-54 (6.2/15).

NBC's third season premiere of "Medium" was second in adults 25-54 (4.3/10) and third in households (6.2/10), viewers (9.43m) and adults 18-49 (3.5/09).

ABC's series premiere of "Daybreak" posted a 7.0/11 with 10.54m viewers, 3.7/10 in adults 18-49 and 4.2/10 in adults 18-49.

At 8:00 PM, CBS's freshman drama JERICHO was second in households (5.8/09), viewers (9.41m), adults 25-54 (4.0/10) and adults 18-49 (3.0/08), which maintained last week's demographic deliveries opposite the season finale of "Dancing With the Stars."

For the night, CBS was second in households (8.8/14), viewers (13.99m), adults 25-54 (5.5/13, -0.3 behind ABC) and adults 18-49 (4.4/11, -0.4 behind ABC).

Final Wednesday ratings will be available this afternoon.





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· CRIMINAL MINDS (CBS)
· CSI: NEW YORK (CBS)
· DANCING WITH THE STARS (ABC)
· DAY BREAK (ABC)
· JERICHO (CBS)
· MEDIUM (CBS)




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