May 10, 2005

THE PENULTIMATE EPISODE OF "EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND" DELIVERS ITS LARGEST AUDIENCE OF THE SEASON

"CSI: Miami" Soars Beyond 20 Millions Viewers

CBS Wins Monday in Viewers and Key Demographics

The penultimate episode of EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND attracted nearly 20 million viewers, its largest audience of the season, according to final Nielsen ratings for Monday, May 9.

EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND was first in households (12.7/19), viewers (19.79m), adults 25-54 (7.7/17), adults 18-49 (6.1/15) and adults 18-34 (4.2/12). This is the best delivery this season for EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND in both households and viewers.

The series finale of EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND is next Monday.

TWO AND A HALF MEN was first in households (11.5/17), viewers (17.96m), adults 25-54 (7.4/16) and adults 18-49 (5.8/14).

CSI: MIAMI was first in households (13.1/21), viewers (20.02m), adults 25-54 (8.5/20), adults 18-49 (6.9/17) and adults 18-34 (5.1/14). CSI: MIAMI beat "Medium" by +54% in households (13.1/21 vs. 8.5/13), +42% in adults 25-54 (8.5/20 vs. 6.0/14), +44% in adults 18-49 (6.9/17 vs. 4.8/12), +38% in adults 18-34 (5.1/14 vs. 3.7/10) and by over +7.2 million viewers (20.02m vs. 12.79m).

For the night, CBS was first in households (10.9/17) and viewers (16.72m) for the eighth week in a row and first in adults 25-54 (6.7/16) and adults 18-49 (5.4/14) for the seventh Monday in the last eight weeks.

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