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Monday 18-49 Finals (prior weeks in parentheses):

5.3 (----) (----) (----) (----) (----) (----) World Series
5.1 (5.2) (5.5) (5.4) (9.0) (6.6) (5.9) Monday Night Football
4.7 (3.8) (5.3) (4.8) (4.7) (5.3) (4.7) Big Bang Theory
4.4 (3.5) (4.8) (4.6) (4.4) (4.8) (4.5) Two and a Half Men
3.7 (3.1) (3.9) (4.0) (3.9) (4.1) (4.3) CSI: Miami
3.5 (2.6) (3.4) (3.5) (3.4) (3.6) (3.6) How I Met Your Mother
3.4 (3.6) (3.6) (3.5) (3.5) (3.7) (4.1) Dancing With The Stars
3.1 (2.1) (3.3) (3.0) (2.8) (3.1) (3.3) Accidentally On Purpose
2.6 (2.5) (2.5) (2.4) (2.4) (2.5) (2.8) Heroes
2.4 (2.5) (2.4) (2.4) (2.2) (2.2) (2.3) Castle
2.1 (1.9) (1.8) (1.8) (1.7) (2.2) (----) Trauma
1.8 (2.1) (1.6) (1.7) (1.7) (1.7) (2.0) WWE Raw (10pm)
1.7 (2.0) (1.7) (1.6) (1.6) (1.6) (1.7) WWE Raw (9pm)
1.7 (1.4) (0.8) (1.1) (0.8) (----) (----) Jon & Kate Plus 8
1.2 (1.3) (1.4) (1.5) (1.5) (1.7) (1.8) The Jay Leno Show
1.1 (1.3) (1.0) (1.2) (1.1) (1.1) (1.1) One Tree Hill
1.0 (1.2) (1.1) (1.2) (1.1) (1.2) (1.0) Gossip Girl
0.9 (0.8) (0.7) (----) (----) (----) (----) Little People, Big World
0.5 (----) (0.5) (----) (----) (----) (----) Million Dollar Listing
0.3 (0.2) (0.2) (0.2) (0.2) (0.3) (0.3) Lincoln Heights
0.3 (0.4) (0.3) (0.3) (0.3) (0.4) (0.4) Greek

Figures in grey represent repeats.

* Monday brought the best-rated Game 5 of the World Series since 2003.

* “Dancing With The Stars” hit a season low.

* “Accidentally on Purpose” dipped a bit but still held enough of “HIMYM’s” audience to score a Tuesday order for five more first-season episodes.

* Despite slight improvements at “Heroes” and newly cancelled “Trauma,” “Leno” remained at its all-time nadir. Observe the huge drop-off between "Trauma's" 2.1 and "Leno's" 1.2. Jay needs to think about scaling back on those “Ghosting” segments.

Find James Hibberd’s analysis here.

Sunday

Sunday 18-49 Finals (prior weeks in parentheses):

10.9 (10.7) (----) (----) (----) (----) Fox Football
7.8 (----) (----) (----) (----) (----) World Series
5.0 (4.7) (4.6) (4.6) (5.0) (4.7) Desperate Housewives
3.3 (3.4) (3.3) (3.3) (2.8) (3.4) The Amazing Race
3.3 (3.0) (3.0) (3.0) (3.4) (3.1) Extreme Makeover: HE
3.3 (3.3) (3.2) (3.0) (3.2) (3.0) Brothers & Sisters
2.2 (2.1) (3.2) (3.5) (2.2) (3.2) 60 Minutes
2.0 (2.3) (1.9) (2.2) (2.2) (----) AFH Videos
1.7 (1.8) (----) (1.9) (2.2) (2.1) Cold Case
1.7 (----) (----) (----) (----) (----) Movie: National Treasure
1.6 (1.7) (1.9) (1.7) (1.9) (----) Three Rivers
0.9 (0.8) (0.7) (0.5) (0.6) (----) Dexter
0.7 (0.6) (0.5) (0.6) (0.7) (0.6) Mad Men
0.5 (0.7) (0.8) (1.2) (----) (----) Girls Next Door
0.4 (0.4) (0.5) (0.5) (0.7) (0.6) Curb Your Enthusiasm
0.4 (0.4) (0.3) (0.3) (0.4) (----) Californication
0.4 (0.3) (0.3) (0.3) (0.5) (----) Bored To Death

* A regular old football game still outdrew the World Series on Sunday.

* "Cold Case" and "Three Rivers" both hit season lows despite a strong lead-in from "The Amazing Race."

* “Dexter” hit another series high and remains Showtime’s highest-rated show ever. It’ll be interesting to see if “Weeds” leapfrogs it again next summer.

* “Mad Men” saw an uptick with its penultimate season-three episode.

* Viewers don’t seem to like “Girls Next Door” as much since the most attractive one, Kendra Wilkinson, left for her own show.

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