Here are the final national ratings for the week of October 20-26, 2008

Top 30 Rankings

Total Viewers

1. CSI (CBS): 19.49 million

2. Dancing With the Stars – Monday (ABC): 18.50

3. NCIS (CBS): 17.23

4. Dancing With the Stars – Tuesday (ABC): 16.35

5. Desperate Housewives (ABC): 15.95

6. World Series, Game 4 (Fox, Philadelphia vs. Tampa Bay): 15.48

7. The Mentalist (CBS): 15.28

8. Criminal Minds (CBS): 15.01

9. Two and a Half Men (CBS) and 14.63

9. The World Series, Game 1 (Fox): 14.63

11. Grey’s Anatomy (ABC): 14.45

12. CSI: NY (CBS): 14.39

13. CSI: Miami (CBS): 13.51

14. Survivor: Gabon (CBS): 13.31

15. The OT (Fox): 13.28

16. House (Fox): 13.08

17. World Series, Game 4 Pre-Game (Fox): 13.06

18. 60 Minutes (CBS): 12.82

19. World Series, Game 2 (Fox): 12.78

20. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (ABC): 12.26

21. Cold Case (CBS): 11.97

22. Eleventh Hour (CBS): 11.85

23. Without a Trace (CBS): 11.63

24. Saturday Night Football (ABC): 10.37

25. Ghost Whisperer (CBS): 10.14

26. Worst Week (CBS): 9.88

27. Brothers & Sisters (ABC): 9.86

28. World Series, Game 3 (Fox): 9.84

29. World Series, Game 1 Preview (Fox): 9.73

30. The Amazing Race (CBS): 9.70

Adults 18-49

1. Desperate Housewives (ABC): 5.8/13

2. House (Fox): 5.6/15

3. CSI (CBS): 5.5/13

4. Grey’s Anatomy (ABC): 5.4/13

5. Two and a Half Men (CBS): 5.1/12

6. World Series, Game 4 (Fox, Philadelphia vs. Tampa Bay: 5.1/13

7. The OT (Fox): 5.0/15

8. The World Series, Game 1 (Fox): 4.8/13

9. Survivor: Gabon (CBS) and World Series: 4.4/12

9. Game 4 Pre-Game: 4.4/12

11. The Office (NBC): 4.2/10

12. Dancing With the Stars – Monday (ABC): 4.1/10

12. Criminal Minds (CBS): 4.1/10

14. World Series, Game 2 (Fox): 4.0/11

14. How I Met Your Mother (CBS): 4.0/10

14. SNL Weekend Update (NBC): 4.0/9

17. CSI: NY (CBS), Fringe (Fox): 3.9/10

17. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (ABC): 3.9/10

17. Heroes (NBC): 3.9/9

20. Dancing With the Stars – Tuesday (ABC): 3.8/10

20. CSI: Miami (CBS): 3.8/10

22. Saturday Night Football (ABC): 3.6/12

22. NCIS (CBS): 3.6/10

24. Law & Order: SVU (NBC): 3.5/10

24. The Big Bang Theory (CBS): 3.5/9

26. The Mentalist (CBS): 3.4/9

26. Brothers & Sisters (ABC): 3.4/ 8

28. World Series, Game 3 (Fox): 3.2/11

28. ER (NBC): 3.2/8

28. Worst Week (CBS): 3.2/7

Source: Nielsen Media Research data and mediaweek.com

I am so very glad to see DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES' (comparatively) great numbers!