May Sweeps 2009 Week Four Analysis by timeslot

Previous timeslot lists: Week 3 | Week 2 | Week 1

8:00 HOUR
NCIS (8-9pm) +13%
HIMYM +12%
Ghost Whisperer +5%
Simpsons even
King of the Hill even
DWTS (8-9pm, Mon.) even
American Idol (Tues.) -15%
Smallville -18%
Gossip Girl -21%
(Thursday Bones vs. year-ago Monday Bones) -24%
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (7-9pm) -24%
Ugly Betty -26%
(Reaper 8pm vs. year-ago Reaper 9pm) -36%

9:00 HOUR
2.5 Men +10%
Supernatural +8%
American Dad +4%
Rules of Engagement (9:30pm) +2%
Grey's Anatomy (9-10pm) -8%
Criminal Minds -9%
One Tree Hill -19%
CSI -31%
(Thursday Hell's Kitchen vs. year-ago Tuesday Hell's Kitchen) -38%

10:00 HOUR
Numb3rs -9%
CSI: Miami -16%
Law & Order -23%
(Tuesday Without a Trace vs. year-ago Thursday WAT) -31%

ANALYSIS: This is another list that gets a little messed up by all the two-hour finales and such, but as usual, the 10:00 hour is the most brutal. Most fluctuations in week 4 were across entire nights, not entire timeslots, so the other analyses this week will probably be more pertinent.