Number Crunching: This Week's TV Ratings
Number Crunching: This Week's TV Ratings

- This Loser's a winner. The Biggest Loser scored big with its two-hour finale on Tuesday, which averaged 11.2 million viewers and jumped to 13.3 million viewers in the final half-hour, when the winner was revealed.
- The Office: open for business. If you thought last week's numbers for The Office were impressive, wait for this: The show nabbed 9.8 million viewers this time around, up from last week, and won its timeslot among viewers 18-49.
- A little more Rock. Speaking of Thursday night comedies, 30 Rock had a fairly dismal performance last week but gained viewers this time around. Its 6.4 million viewers, though, still make it the least-watched comedy in that lineup.
- Debate rates. The Pennsylvania Democratic Debate on Wednesday was the most-watched debate of the campaign season, bringing in an average of 10.7 million viewers.
- Desperate? Desperate Housewives had no problem winning its timeslot on Sunday with 16 million viewers — but that was a season low for the series.
- Worth remembering. Lifetime's premiere of the TV movie The Memory Keeper's Daughter with Emily Watson and Dermot Mulroney was the network's most-watched original movie since 1995, bringing in 4.5 million viewers.
- Stone sunk? Question of the week: Will Eli Stone get renewed? The show did well on Sunday night following Desperate Housewives, scoring 9.2 million viewers — but for its season finale in its regular Thursday slot, it only got 6.1 million viewers. Should it return?
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