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Perhaps one day scholars will debate whether the hot starts by Revelations and Stacked were signs of the apocalypse, or merely examples of divergent prime-time tastes.
For now, though, NBC and Fox will just dwell on the hot starts.
Revelations, NBC's six-part series pitting Bill Pullman against biblical evil, debuted in 13th place (15.6 million viewers) for the TV week ended Sunday, according to Nielsen Media Research.
Stacked, Fox's new sitcom pitting Pamela Anderson against bookworm nerds, had a less-showy 39th place premiere (8.3 million). But it showed its stuff by building on the audience of its Simple Life lead-in (59th place, 6.4 million) by more than 20 percent.
Revelations, meanwhile, proved miracle worker for Law & Order. Thanks to its end-of-days predecessor, the creaky crime-and-punishment drama re-ascended to the top 10 (16.9 million) and smited CBS' CSI: NY (24th place, 11 million).
As far as heavenly metaphors are concerned, NBC preferred "halo effect" to describe Revelations' apparent assist to Law & Order.
For its part, Fox judiciously chose not to deploy any play on words with regards to Anderson's considerable cleavage.
Apparently Stacked was enough.
Elsewhere:
On Tuesday's American Idol (second place, 25.6 million), viewers learned that "Bohemian Rhapsody" can too be sung in 90 seconds. On Wednesday's American Idol (fourth place, 25 million), Nadia Turner learned that Crystal Gayle's "When I Dream" should not be sung, no matter how long it does or doesn't take. On Thursday, Fox learned that CBS' CSI (first place, 27.5 million) was top dog.Come 2006, Desperate Housewives (third place, 25.3 million) may go hair-to-helmet with NBC's new Sunday night football franchise. For now, it'll content itself with clobbering the Peacock's Law & Order: Criminal Intent (29th place, 9.9 million).
In the race of the hot hospital shows--a race in which NBC's ER (28th place, 10 million) was long ago lapped--ABC's Grey's Anatomy (eighth place, 19.2 million) edged out Fox's House (ninth place, 17.8 million) for bragging rights.
The latest episode of CBS' The Amazing Race 7 (17th place, 13 million) kept "Boston" Rob Mariano and Amber Brkich busy on the way to the altar.
Not even the spectacle of Chris Shelton being fired days after being arrested could lift NBC's The Apprentice 3 (19th place, 12.6 million) out of its season-long slump.
All is not well in the kingdom of newly crowned Miss USA Chelsea Cooley. Ratings for NBC's beauty pageant telecast (41st place, 8.1 million) were down nearly 40 percent from last year.
Over at Fox, Malcolm in the Middle (85th place, 4.4 million) remains renewed; Arrested Development (64th place, 6 million) remains unrenewed.
Workers at NBC's The Office (75th place, 5.3 million) might want to start hoarding supplies. Tyra Banks goes ballistic; two aspiring catwalkers get canned. The drama's all good for UPN's America's Next Top Model 4 (70th place, 5.5 million).
A new episode of the WB's Jack & Bobby (120th place, 1.5 million) pulled up the prime-time caboose.
Overall, CBS dominated the race for total viewers, averaging 12.2 million. Fox (9.7 million) pulled off a win in the 18-49 demo.
NBC (8.7 million) earned two third-place finishes; ABC (8 million), despite two top 10 finishes, and because of weak Thursdays and Fridays, slipped to fourth in both categories.
Banks' verbal blast helped keep UPN (3.2 million) on top of the WB (2.9 million).
Here's a rundown of the 10 most watched prime-time shows for the week ended Sunday, according to Nielsen Media Research:
1. CSI, CBS, 27.5 million viewers
2. American Idol (Tuesday), Fox, 25.6 million viewers
3. Desperate Housewives, ABC, 25.3 million viewers
4. American Idol (Wednesday), Fox, 25 million viewers
5. CSI: Miami, CBS, 20.7 million viewers
6. Survivor: Palau, CBS, 20.4 million viewers
7. Without a Trace, CBS, 20 million viewers
8. Grey's Anatomy, ABC, 19.2 million viewers
9. House, Fox, 17.8 million viewers
10. Law & Order, NBC, 16.9 million viewers
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