Nielsens: 'Amazing Race,' how sweet the ratings

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May 12, 2009 by USA Today

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Finish line. The season finale of CBS' The Amazing Racedrew 10.5 million viewers Sunday, matching the windup of the previous edition in December. But NBC's three-hour sendoff of The Apprentice claimed 8.8 million, down from 12.1 million for its first celebrity edition last March.

More Sunday sayonaras. The third season of ABC's Brothers Sisters ended with a season-low 8.7 million, behind a worst-yet 12.3 million for Desperate Housewives. CBS' Cold Case (11.8 million) and The Unit (9.6 million) also said so long (one of them probably for good).

Izzie weds. The long-awaited wedding episode of ABC's Grey's Anatomy claimed an above-average 15.5 million Thursday, topping CBS' CSI(14.9 million) and boosting Michael J. Fox's Incurable Optimist special (10.2 million) that followed.

Friday farewells. Fox's Dollhouse (a series-low 2.7 million) and CW's Everybody Hates Chris(1.7 million) ended their runs quietly.

Castle climbs. With lead-in Surviving Suburbia cut loose, ABC's Castle — directly behind Dancing With the Stars— jumped 22% to 10 million viewers Monday. The at-least season finale of Scrubsclaimed a typical 5.1 million Wednesday.

Housewives tops Fashion. Bravo'sReal Housewives of New Yorkwrapped up its second season with a series-high 2 million viewers Tuesday, but Thursday's premiere of the network'sProject Runwayclone, The Fashion Show, claimed just 890,000, less than a third of Runway's final season opener on Bravo.

Carly calls. An hour-long iCarly movie on Nick topped the cable chart with 6.5 million viewers Saturday, dispatching Week 2 of Disney Channel's JONAS (2.2 million, way down from last week's 4 million).

No deal. The brief(case) return of NBC's Deal or No Dealnotched a series-low 4.4 million viewers Monday.

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