"SURVIVOR" AND "CRIMINAL MINDS" GROW WEEK-TO-WEEK IN VIEWERS AND ADULTS 18-49

"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" Wins Time Period in Viewers and Adults 18-49 CBS Top Wednesday in Viewers

SURVIVOR and CRIMINAL notched week-to-week gains in viewers and adults 18-49 while CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION led its time period in viewers and key demos, leading CBS to a nightly viewer win, according to Nielsen preliminary live plus same day ratings for Wednesday, Nov. 7.

SURVIVOR: PHILIPPINES was first in households (6.4/10) and viewers (10.25m), and was second in both adults 25-54 (3.9/09) and adults 18-49 (2.7/07). SURVIVOR was up +8% in adults 18-49 (from 2.5/08), +11% in adults 25-54 (from 3.5/10) and +4% in viewers (from 9.83m) from last week.

CRIMINAL MINDS was first in households (7.8/12) and viewers (12.03m), and averaged 3.9/09 in adults 25-54 and 3.0/08 in adults 18-49. CRIMINAL MINDS was up +3% in adults 18-49 (from 2.9/08) and added +40,000 viewers (from 11.99m) from last week.

CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION was first in households (6.8/11), viewers (10.31m) and adults 25-54 (3.0/07), and was tied for first in adults 18-49 (2.3/06, with NBC).

For the night, CBS was first in households (7.0/11) and viewers (10.86m), and was second in adults 25-54 (3.6/08) and averaged 2.7/07 in adults 18-49.

Updated Wednesday ratings will be available later today.