Network Delivers the Top 10 Scripted Programs of the Week

            CBS dramas and comedies scored a perfect 10 as the Network dominated the weekly ranking with the top 10 scripted programs of the week, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the week ending March 7, week 24 of the 2009-2010 television season.

            The Top 10 scripted programs in viewers:

            1. NCIS                                                           19.62m

            2. TWO AND A HALF MEN                         16.86m

            3. THE BIG BANG THEORY                      15.73m

            4. CSI                                                              15.59m

            5. THE MENTALIST                                      14.87m

            6. NCIS: LOS ANGELES                               14.84m

            7. THE GOOD WIFE                                      13.32m

            8. CRIMINAL MINDS                                   13.00m

            9. CSI: NY                                                      12.35m

            10. CSI: MIAMI                                              12.07m

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