Series Overview and Ratings
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | U.S. viewers (millions) |
U.S. ratings | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season premiere | Season finale | Overall rank | 18–49 | |||||
| Rank | Ratings/share | |||||||
| 1 | 22 | November 16, 2004 | May 24, 2005 | 13.3 | #24 | #20 | 5.2/13 | |
| 2 | 24 | September 13, 2005 | May 23, 2006 | 17.3 | #10 | #6 | 6.8/16 | |
| 3 | 24 | September 5, 2006 | May 29, 2007 | 19.4 | #7 | – | – | |
| 4 | 16 | September 25, 2007 | May 19, 2008 | 17.6 | #7 | – | – | |
| 5 | 24 | September 16, 2008 | May 11, 2009 | 13.45 | #16 | – | – | |
| 6 | 22 | September 21, 2009 | May 17, 2010 | 12.67 | #21 | – | – | |
| 7 | 23 | September 20, 2010 | May 23, 2011 | 10.3 | #42 | – | – | |
| 8 | 22 | October 3, 2011 | May 21, 2012 | 8.69 | #58 | #36 | 3.31/8 | |
The show started on November 16, 2004, and has received a high viewing rating from the first episode to the current one. It has achieved a maximum 19.04 million viewers and its highest overall rank is seventh during its third and fourth seasons. It also ranked sixth in the 18–49 age range during its second season.
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