The season averaged about 7.7 million viewers, making it the most popular show in MTV's history.
"The Pavulon gives a false impression of serenity to viewers, making punishment by death more palatable and acceptable to society".
At 10 p.m., CBS's "CSI: Miami" reached 21.93 million viewers, making it, as usual, the most-watched program on Monday.
The first episode scored almost five million viewers, making it the channel's highest rated premiere in six years.
In its second week, the show's audience increased to 23.2 million viewers, making it the most-watched comedy on television.
- the show retained its appeal among older viewers, making it ITV's most popular show of the day.
The fourth season recently completed its run in Britain, where it drew an average of 11.8 million viewers, making it the highest-rated television drama there this year.
The series averaged some nine million viewers, making it the highest-rated period drama since the lavish, eleven-hour 1981 adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's "Brideshead Revisited".
The lawsuit states the episode was watched by over 2 million viewers, "making it the most watched episode ever in the show's history".
This year's broadcast was seen by almost 40 million viewers, making it the second-most-watched Grammy Awards ceremony in the event's 54-year history.
Thursday is a particularly lucrative night of the television week because advertisers like movie studios, retailers and automakers run commercials to reach viewers making weekend plans.
