| CBS had that Tarantino/CSI thing going on, so it was bound to do big numbers. The Apprentice finale on NBC was a disjointed trainwreck (but yay, Kendra!) that I'm guessing many people turned off halfway through, if not sooner. That probably hurt for the lead-in to ER, which should have been bigger because it was Noah Wyle's last show (save for 4 appearances next season) so you think it would have done better. However...I don't think anyone has cared about ER for 3 or 4 seasons now, and considering how really, really, REALLY bad the writing has been over that period I guess the numbers it pulled were good, all things considered. |