Number Crunching: This Week's TV Ratings

• Take that, NBC? Scrubs did pretty well for itself on Tuesday, jumping from NBC to ABC and posting 6.8 million viewers for its first episode, 6.6 million for its second.
• Damage. Damages seems destined to join the ranks of the critically beloved but little watched shows, getting just 1.8 million viewers on Wednesday ? down 44 percent from its first season premiere in 2007.
• What secret? The Secret Life of the American Teenager continues to break records for ABC Family, drawing the channel's biggest audience ever (4.4 million viewers) for its season premiere on Monday.
• Not quite ghastly, but . . . Is Denny's ghost hurting Grey's Anatomy? Thursday's episode drew just 13.7 million viewers, which is unusually low for Grey's. Then again, it was airing during college football's championship game.
• On the other hand . . . Moving to the post-Grey's slot gave a boost to Private Practice, which drew 9 million viewers.
• Fall's bona fide hit. In a lackluster season for new shows, The Mentalist keeps rolling, pulling in a series high 19.6 million viewers.

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