Curtis Dahl PhotographyWeekend TV's Winners: Desperate Housewives (13.5 million, per preliminary Nielsen estimates) and Ghost Whisperer (11.1 million) scored the biggest audiences among scripted series. Family Guy (7.2 million) killed in the 18-49 demo. Breaking Bad's season premiere (1.7 million) was up 40 percent over the show's first-season average. A 20/20 special on the back-to-work Siegfried and Roy (8.4 million) helped make Dollhouse (3.5 million) disappear.
Dollhouse Watch: For those keeping score at home, the Joss Whedon series fell below 4 million viewers for the first time. Time-slot rival Friday Night Lights (3.8 million) pulled up just as lame.
What Dudes Were Not Doing Last Night: Watching Jericho. In the 7 p.m. hour, the CW-aired rerun scored a zero—as in, 0—share among men aged 18-34 who already own the eight-disc, complete-series DVD set, thankyouverymuch.
Etc.: Compared to last week, The Amazing Race (10.2 million) held steady. Brothers & Sisters (10.5 million) suffered a letdown, but overall stayed strong. Celebrity Apprentice (7.6 million) crashed like the stock market—down 20 percent in the demo.