"Family Guy", "Men" show growth in Week 2 (corrected)

In what may be encouraging signs for Warner Bros. Two and a Half Men and Twentieth Television's Family Guy, ratings for both off-network programs in syndication are up from the previous week in metered markets, ever so slightly. Both look like they're keepers.

Law & Order: Criminal Intent scored a 1.0/3 as a strip in off-network syndication in its first week, down 9 percent from its lead-in, but flat from year-ago time periods.

As for new first-run shows, TMZ and Steve Wilkos slipped in the ratings a bit, while Merv Griffin's Crosswords, Temptation, and Judge David Young are stagnant.

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit led new weekly shows in syndication with a 1.4/3. However, the others - The Dead Zone, Cold Case, and ReGenesis - turned in less than impressive results.

Program	RTG/SHR	RTG/SHR
	w/o 9/17	w/o 9/10
First-Run
TMZ	1.4/3	1.5/3
Morning Show	1.1/4	1.1/4
Steve Wilkos	1.0/3	1.1/3
David Young	0.8/3	0.8/3
Crosswords	0.8/2	0.8/2
Jury Duty	0.6/2	-------
Temptation	0.5/2	0.5/2
Off-Network
Two-Half Men	2.3/4	2.0/4
Family Guy	2.0/4	1.9/4
Criminal Intent	1.0/3	--------
George Lopez	1.0/3	1.0/3
Reno 911	N/A	0.6/2
Weeklies
Law-Order:SVU	N/A	1.4/3
Cold Case	N/A	0.7/2
Dead Zone	N/A	0.6/3
ReGenesis	N/A	0.6/1

Source: Nielsen Media Research, Mediaweek, Broadcasting & Cable

( This is an corrected version of this post at 9:54 p.m. The earlier post had "Family Guy's" numbers in the wrong place and Judge David Young's name misspelled. I apologize for the errors. If you spot an error, let me know in the comments section. Thanks- T.H.)