"Survivor" Maintains Its Time Period Winning Streak Placing First in Viewers and Key Demographics Opposite the Return of "Ugly Betty" and NBC's Comedies

"CSI" Out-Delivers the First-Run Return of "Grey's Anatomy" in Viewers

"Without a Trace" Delivers a Larger Audience than the Highly Promoted

 Return of "Lost"

            CBS won every half hour in viewers on the first night of the May sweep which included the highly promoted first-run returns of "Ugly Betty," "Grey's Anatomy" and "Lost" on ABC and first-run programming on NBC and FOX, according to updated Nielsen live plus same day ratings for Thursday, April 24.

            SURVIVOR: MICRONESIA was first in households (7.7/13), viewers (12.90m), adults 25-54 (5.4/14) and adults 18-49 (4.3/13).  Compared to last week, SURVIVOR was up +5% in households (from 7.3/13), +8% in adults 25-54 (from 5.0/14), +10% in adults 18-49 (from 3.9/12), and added +890,000 viewers (from 12.01m, +7%).  This is SURVIVOR's best delivery in households, viewers and adults 18-49 since Mar. 13, 2008, best adults 25-54 since Feb. 14, 2008.

CSI was first in viewers (17.02m), second in households (10.6/16, -0.1 behind ABC), adults 25-54 (6.3/14) and adults 18-49 (4.7/12). 

WITHOUT A TRACE was first in households (9.2/15), viewers (13.47m), second in adults 25-54 (4.3/11) and adults 18-49 (3.3/09).  

For the night, CBS was first in households (9.2/15), viewers (14.48m), second in adults 25-54 (5.3/13, -0.1 behind ABC) and adults 18-49 (4.1/11). 

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