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Big Bang, in its The wire seires dvd Thursday debut, drew 14 million viewers and improved over its two and a half men dvd Monday season premiere a year ago among the Will and Grace dvd adults-18-to-49 demographic. The strong start also lifted freshman comedy S#*! My Dad Says (12.5 million viewers) to Cold Case dvd a solid debut and provided a healthy lead-in to CSI (14.6 million viewers) and The Mentalist (15.3 million viewers). However, Golden Girls dvd series the two procedurals were down in the demo 17 percent and Sex and the City series dvd 8 percent, respectively, versus a year ago.

NBC's rival Thursday comedies Friday Night Lights series dvd suffered, as Community (5 million viewers) fell 42 percent from its freshman debut The Good Wife dvd series. (It did, however, premiere after The Office a year ago.) 30 Rock ( 5.8 million Bleach box set viewers), which also premiered post-Office last year, was down true blood season 3 dvd 13 percent in the demo. The Office (8.4 million viewers) was up Disney movie collection slightly, providing a nice platform to new comedy Outsourced The Hills season 6 dvd (7.4 million viewers).
NBC placed third overall Sex and the City box set behind ABC, which debuted documentary-style scripted drama My Generation to a disappointing Scrubs dvd series 5.2 million viewers. The show tied with the CW in the demo during Medium dvd the 8/7c timeslot and was down 60 percent compared to FlashForward's debut dvd dollhouse last year. The Alphabet bounced back with the premieres of Grey's Anatomy (14 million viewers), Monk series dvd and Private Practice (9 million viewers). Though Greys Anatomy DVD was the highest-rated program of the night Ally Mcbeal dvd set in the demo, both shows were down more than 20 percent from their debuts the previous year.
Fox took fourth place, as Bones dvd box set (9.8 million viewers) dropped 13 percent in the demo and Fringe (5.8 million viewers) was down Nip Tuck dvd series a whopping 30 percent
The CW's The Vampire Diaries (3.6 million viewers) was the only show dvd bones to gain ground in the demo. Its lead-out, Nikita (3.2 million) slipped just a bit versus last week.