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Although there was some decline from last week, Desperate Housewives made another strong appearance for ABC.

According to figures released by MediaWeek, "You Could Drive a Person Crazy" scored a 18.4 rating with a 26 share. These figures mean that of all households in the United States with television sets, 18.4% were tuned into DH, as well as 26% of those households actually watching television on Sunday at 9:00pm. The show pulled a 11.8/27 rating in the coveted 18–49 demographic.

Here are this week's Desperate Housewives ratings in context:

Episode	Overnight	Viewers	18–49
This week's episode	18.4/26	26.71	11.8/27
Last week's episode	19.2/26	28.17	12.2/26
Series high	20.4/29	30.03	13.3/31
Series premiere	13.5/21	21.28	8.8/21

With 26.71 million viewers, it was down from last week's 28.17 million viewers. But this is to be expected, as sampling for a season premiere on TV is normally above average levels due a high level of awareness about the show returning. Desperate Housewives lead-out Grey's Anatomy also continued to perform, with a 12.6/19 rating, 18.04 million viewers and 8.3/20 in the 18–49 demographic.

Housewives trounced NBC's Law and Order which mustered a 9.1/13 score, 12.00 million viwers and a 3.4/8 18–49 score. CBS ran its made for TV movie Mayday against Housewives, giving the network a 7.0/10 in the overnights, 10.32 million viewers and a 2.6/6 in the 18–49 demographic. Following behind them were Fox with Family Guy and American Dad and the WB with a repeat of Blue Collar TV. Overall ABC beat CBS by 4.96 million viewers and Fox by 51 percent among adults 18–49 to win the night.

MediaWeek's original ratings report, written by Programming Insider Marc Berman, can be found by following this link.

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