Recently I got into a fairly surprising discussion with someone on what we really wanted out of life. And I don't mean like wanting to be famous, or wealthy, or a Senator. But when all is said and done, what is it that we really wanted? Or in other words: what is it about being famous, or wealthy, or a Senator that we think will be beneficial to our life?

I even surprised myself a little with the simplicity of my answer (which I am not going to share). But I'll leave it at there are really only two things I want out of life. That's it. Two.

I have since had this conversation with a few other people to decide whether or not I am crazy. The verdict is mixed. But most agree that "knowing me" they don't believe my simplistic answer.

When I was in college, a relative of mine sent me a book to read titled Running on Empty: Contemplative Spirituality for Overachievers by Fil Anderson. There are two things I remember about this book.

1. How super offended and hurt I was that this person sent me the book. It sounds a bit overly sensitive (and looking back it probably was), but nevertheless it had some larger context to the feelings.
2. More importantly, the story of the fisherman and the businessman.

It's a bit long, but I read it 5 years ago and I still can't get it out of my head.

There was once an businessman who had finally taken some time off work to go on holiday with his family, whilst taking a walk on the beach one day he saw a fisherman rowing a small boat towards the shore and noticed that the fisherman has caught quite a number of big fish. The American was really impressed and asked the fisherman, “How long does it take you to catch so many fish?”

The fisherman replied, “Oh, just a few hours.”

“Then why don’t you stay longer at sea and you could catch even more?” The businessman was astonished.

The fisherman replied, “This is enough to feed my whole family,” he says

The businessman then asked, “So, what do you do for the rest of the day then?”

The fisherman replied, “Play with my kids, take afternoon naps with my wife in the hammock, go out in the village in the evening with my friends for a drink where we play the guitar and sing.”

The businessman offered a suggestion to the fisherman.

“I am a specialist in business management. I could help you to become a more successful person. From now on, you should spend more time at sea and try to catch as many fish as possible. And when you have saved enough money, you could buy a bigger boat and catch even more fish. As you go on, you will be able to afford to buy more boats, recruit more fishermen and lead a team of your own. Soon you will be able to set up your own company, your very own production plant for canned food and do direct selling to your distributors. At that time, you will have moved out of this village and to the City, and then expand your operation to around the world, and finally you can set up your HQ to manage all your other branches.”

The fisherman asks, “So, how long would that take?”

The businessman reply, “About 15 to 20 years.

The fisherman continues, “And after that?”

The businessman laughs heartily, “After that, when the time is right, you can go public and float your shares in the Stock Exchange, by then you will be rich, your income will be coming in by the millions!”

The fisherman asks, “And after that?”

The businessman says, “After that, you can finally retire, you can move to a house on an island, play with your kids, take afternoon naps with your wife in the hammock, go out in the village in the evening with your friends for a drink where you play the guitar and sing”

The point is that a lot of the time we think we are working hard towards a life that we want, only failing to realize what we really want might be right in front of us and attainable.

It's a question I ask myself almost everyday: what is it that I am working so hard for and how does that fit into what I want out of life?

What about you?

(And if you don't want to share your own, feel free to try and guess mine)

Much like my post on the Virginia Tech Shooting two years ago, the Iran conflict was too raw and emotional to say what needed to be said until now.

Now that things have subsided a bit, I feel more comfortable saying what I have thought all along: Barack Obama handled the Iran Election Conflict amazingly well. Historians will look back at that and say one of the most genius things America ever did in handling Iran was to not do a single thing during the election conflict.

But first a Scrubs episode to highlight why:


I am going to be obnoxious and pull the "I've been the Middle East card, and I am guessing none of the rest of you have" to say that what most Americans fail to understand about our "presence" in the Middle East is how those who we are "fighting against" wield our disdain for them against us.

Like Scrubs - it doesn't matter what we say, it gets turned around and presented as propaganda against our case. This isn't just true in Iran and Scrubs episodes but in my own life as well.

At my previous job I had two older gentlemen who, well, let's just say didn't appreciate anything I had to say or thought. They made life incredibly difficult for me. But what was worse was that they made progress for the church impossible.

What I learned - but unfortunately didn't practice as well as Obama - is that even if I had the greatest idea, even if I was right, the best thing I could do was not get involved. Would I encourage other more "neutral" parties to discuss and attempt to influence these two gentleman's perspective: absolutely. Should I have actively continued to jump into a fight I knew I couldn't win and ultimately made things worse: no way.

Most of our problems in the Middle East are in large part due to our involvement in things we feel obliged to jump into, when in fact it only makes the situation worse. Then when we actually have an opportunity to do something good about it, we back out. Thus leaving the average Middle Easterner frustrated and angry with us.

The movie Charlie Wilson's War (although about Afghanistan and not Iran) is a phenomenal example of this.

As usual, I was extremely proud of Senator Richard Lugar. It is because of his bi-partisianship, non-grand standing, non-crowd pleasing, straightforward and educated approach to politics is the reason he is the only member of Congress that shouldn't be voted out.

Unlike everyone else - especially Republicans - clamoring at Obama's perceived weakness regarding Iran, Lugar came out and said what needed to be said: America needed to stay the hell out of the Iranian conflict.


Iran and the Middle East is about a generation away from true reform. I have seen it with my own eyes. And the last thing America needs to do is intervene and jack that up. Patience is a virtue, and American needs to practice it.

This morning was one of those rare times in life where I got 5 hours of sleep and it seemed to be enough. Mixed with a mind that was racing at a million miles an hour, I decided to not fight it and just get up.

Due to my roommate's pretentiousness towards movies, my intake of movies has dropped significantly in the past year. Even Blockbuster tried to lure me back upon my last visit - since it had been so long - in hopes of bringing me back to our once happy and consistent relationship.

So with some extra hours on a lazy Saturday morning I popped in Seven Pounds thinking maybe I'd fall back asleep if it got boring. It turned out to be one of the deepest movies I have seen in a long time.

As I lay in my bedroom early this morning, amidst a sunrise I rarely get to be apart of, and a stillness I never experience in my home, I was brought to literal tears as I watched a man so deep stricken with a loss in his life attempt to make amends by lovingly sacrifice to those in need.

And while I guessed the ending from about 10 minutes into the movie, this did not detract in the least from its power.

I found myself gearing up for a powerful and emotional end, but it was the scene with a gift of new life for battered woman and her kids that best exemplifies the heart behind the grace and love in this movie. And as powerful as the final moments of this movie turned out to be, it was this scene that caught me off guard.



"All I ask is that you honor my wishes and of course live life abundantly."

Sound at all familiar?

Is that not the reason Jesus himself said he came to this earth?

Is that not the power of the gospel? That it not only has the profound ability to changes one's life, but that life that is changed yields one that isn't easy, or effortless, or without pain: but that is abundant and full.

I preached a mini-sermon series back in 2003 where I talked about the "Great Contradiction" between denying oneself and living life to the fullest.

Yet I wish I had this clip back then because I think it communicates not just the grace of God - which has become almost cliché in most sermons - but probably more importantly the heart behind the grace.

As Will Smith narrates, "...if you are wondering why you? Please stop." I find myself believing that it is that picture into the heart of God that best enables one to live an abundant life.

By now I am pretty sure everyone has heard of Carrie Prejean - aka "Miss California" - aka "The Girl Who Got Figuratively Bitch Slapped by Perez Hilton Regarding Gay Marriage."

We did a show on it. CNN has covered it. MSNBC ridiculed it. FoxNews has offered her a job. And I hear her and James Dobson are dating. Ok, those last two might be made up (or ARE they?)

Yet nobody made the statement that I have been from the very beginning: Carrie Prejean is the reason nobody takes the anti-Gay Marriage movement seriously.

Before - did I mention before - TheDirty.com released this photo of a 17 18-year old Prejean modeling for some awesome panties, I had a conversation with my brother about how this Miss USA situation is a joke and perfectly illustrates the irrelevancy of the anti-Gay marriage movement.

Then when TheDirty.com released the photo to the right all I could think of was: YES!

Now I don't take any issue with the photo. Future wife: please use Carrie as "clothing" inspiration. But then again, I freely admit I am liberal when it comes to "modesty." I also know I am liberal when it comes to Gay Marriage (reference: this post).

But two questions come to the surface:

1.) Am I the only one who thinks her boobs were better before the implants?

2.) Why are the religious right "excited" to have her as a spokeswoman?

As stated before, I think gay marriage should be legal because we don't illegalize divorce and pornography. Two things that are equally as "Biblically morally wrong" as homosexuality. And the fact that we scream at the top of our lungs about one, and not the others, makes us worse than hypocrites, it makes us irrelevant. And not irrelevant in the trendy way hipster Churches talk about being relevant. I mean irrelevant in that nobody gives a damn what we have to say not just about homosexuality - but about anything.

But I tell you the real tragedy in this whole situation is that The Associated Baptist Press - yes The Associated Baptist Press - had the best article I have read on this issue. Not per se because I agree with the conclusion, but for at least questioning the absurdity of the situation.

And even after Prejean has come out and apologized for the shoot, saying she regrets doing it and won't do it again, I have to think: who cares? Why? Because this isn't about her. It is about us!

The Church's mission will not return to it's key mission of creating disciples of Jesus Christ until our interaction with the world we live in is a consistent one.

I had a wonderful weekend. Went to the Alliance Theatre, a Thrasher's game, and a Braves season ticket holder event. But then Saturday night's show came along...

If you listened and followed my Twitter you'll know that I got pretty frustrated with Allen during the Bobby Knight and Obama & Iran hours.

I will write later this week on why Allen is fundamentally wrong on those two issues in a blog where I won't be constantly interrupted. But first I must clear the air about one of my largest frustrations since starting this show almost 4 years ago: assumptions.

Allen let me talk during the Iran hour (not the Bobby Knight hour) and the following "conversation" took place. If you don't have time to listen, it can be summarized in that Andy thinks Obama would be right to go over and talk with Iran and Allen is wrong.



But after this conversation we got an email from a listener who agreed with Allen. No biggie. I know I am not in the majority on this one. But he made two assumptions that just ate at me over the next couple of days.

He (Andy) sounds very much like so many people, who went through school in the past twenty years and were influenced by liberal professors that are undermining support for Israel.

Your producer also sounds the naïve person, who would have to go to Gaza and be beheaded before he would get it.

Let's examine these two statements.

First, the liberal professors I was obviously educated under. I'd like for you to meet Mr. Oded Yinon. Oded was my Introduction to the Modern Middle East Professor while studying in Israel/Palestine. Oded's father was one of the founders of the Mossad (the Israeli CIA). Oded is easily one of the most intimidating people I have ever met as I am pretty sure he could kill me before I even knew it (this still didn't prevent me from arguing with him).

Oded once made a comment in class that, "these vermin [Palestinians] will never compromise." A statement I vehemently disagree with, but not exactly your typical "liberal professor" viewpoint now is it.

Second, I am obviously a naïve person who needs to go to Gaza and get blown up. This of course will change my mind.

The date was September 9, 2003. I was lying in my bed at 11:20 pm and I will never forget the dull thud and the ensuing police sirens. I didn't need to, but I walked out of my room onto the roof of my building and watched as police cars raced to the Café Hillel suicide bombing.

This bombing took place less than a mile from my bed. It was a cafe I had eaten at earlier in the week. And I lived in Israel/Palestine at the height of the suicide bombings of the Intifada II (the height being 2002-2003 where 362 people died).

So don't you dare call me naïve and excuse my insight to be out of ignorance or blindly following liberal professors.

Your assumptions aren't just wrong about me, but like most people, your assumptions are what make you wrong about most of the beliefs that you hold regarding issues you know only what FoxNews or MSNBC tells you.

We try and label people based on our perception of them and in doing so we ignore the value their perspective might bring to the discussion. It's a problem we have in our relationships, in our politics, and in our companies. Assumptions do far more than make an ass out of you and me, they destroy cultures.

Tonight I was moving some current financial records from my "active" filing box to my "archive" filing box and I came across some old letters I had saved. There were some from my dad, some from professors in college, and a few others I had saved along the way. But one was from my Grandpa shortly before his death.

I thought I had remembered this letter with great detail.

I remembered the paragraph that is redacted (which will not be elaborated on publicly), and I remember the paragraph about the U-boat and WW2.

Strangely I did not remember the paragraph about my Uncle, nor the paragraph about my Grandfather's regrets, nor the paragraph about the, then recent, ex-girlfriend whom he had met the previous spring when we went skiing in Colorado.

I pulled out the type-writer paper from the flax stationary envelope and began to read...




He died a month later.

My Grandfather meant a lot to me. I always felt that out of my two parents, and four grandparents, my mother's father always understood me the best. He always treated me like I was an adult, even when I was 7 years old.

One of the most vivid memories I have of my Grandpa was shortly after my dad left. We were in my home's living room and amongst tears - which I later found out that very few people have ever seen him cry - talking about our family's current situation. He looked at me and said, "Andy, you need to be the man of the house now. Your mom needs your help."

I was 14.

It is something my mom to this day can't believe he said. But it is a moment I will remember forever.

His death came 3 years later, almost to the day, of that afternoon in the living room. It was odd for me. I don't remember being all that sad - even though he meant the world to me.

I was in hotel at 14th and Spring Street in Midtown Atlanta of all places (at that time I lived in Indiana) at a journalism conference with some fellow classmates. I flew to the funeral in Denver. I remember not crying during the whole trip. I found this odd, but I didn't force it. I then flew back to Indiana on Thanksgiving by myself.

As I have gotten older I have had moments where I wished he was still around. Moments where I feel he would get what I was dealing with better than anyone. Moments where I wish I could shoot ideas and offers and decisions off of him.

So tonight I sat at my desk up in my loft and I took a moment while everyone else watched The Bachelor and read his note again from from almost nine years ago.

I remembered what a great man he was.

And I cried a little...

The largest hurdle I have in believing that there is a God is the existence of evil. I know this doesn't make me unique, or profound.

I was watching Dirty Sexy Money earlier this week and resonated so strongly with the following clip. Brian is the religious one - but by no means the Saint - in the family. As the show develops, one realizes he really is the metaphorical example of all of us struggling with good and evil.



I love the honesty. The rawness. The emotion. It reminds me of when Jeremiah laments in the Bible by saying, "You deceived me, LORD, and I was deceived. You seized me and prevailed..." As an Old Testament professor once said, deceived is a "soft translation." Deceived, should be raped. But you never hear that story in Sunday school.

I once preached a sermon in Indiana where I read the passage where Jesus said that "his burden is easy and his yoke is light." I followed up by saying, "yeah right!" Had I been bolder I think the better phrase would have been, bullshit.

There is nothing about this world that seams easy - and I say that having lived on both sides of the faith continuum. Why is there so much pain if an Omnibenevolent Being is behind it?

Here's the truth, I don't know.

As much as I love Robert Frost's poem, I think there are really three roads that can be taken in life.

There are those who take the road of naiveté. They say things like, "all works out for the good in the end" or "evil is just a byproduct of a fallen and imperfect world." Meanwhile ignoring the true sense of injustice in the world. Not recognizing that there is legitimate, undeserved suffering in the world.

There still others that say fuck it. They take the road of bitterness. There can't be a God. They don't understand evil, it makes no sense, therefore the only logical conclusion is there is no intelligence or compassion behind this world. Meanwhile ignoring the good that some how comes from nowhere, and the beauty all around us, and all the benevolence that can be generated by them.

And then there is the third road. This road gets traveled the least. It is a road that freely admits they don't have any answers on this one - but wish they did. It is a road that doesn't offer up cheesy clichés in the face of injustice or sorrow, but will cry with you when it happens. It is a road that doesn't become bitter at the evils society face, but recognizes there is work to be done to help overcome them. It is a road that humbles, but also empowers one to do something about it - even if little impact can be made - which is tough to accept.

And while I know the one taken less, I freely admit I do not know which will make all the difference in the end. But I know which one I have chosen.

Andy is looking for both of these in his future wife. However, Andy is willing to compromise on #2 if #1 is true.

Also, I have a surprise third post-secret for this post but it is in response to a comment that I feel is looming by Sarah (probably) or Erik (maybe) or Allen (long shot). But don't leave it up to them - as all three might fail. It will only come when expected comment is said.

Be sure to visit Post Secret for more interesting looks into the human condition.

Last weekend I visited my brother in Chicago to watch his play. It was fantastic and my brother was brilliant. But at 36,000 feet on the way home I did something I have never done in all the 202,011 miles I have spent in the sky: I asked the flight attendant out to dinner.

She was beautiful - not slutty beautiful like she was doinking all the pilots on layover - just classically beautiful.

Typically I would talk myself out of asking her to dinner for two reasons: 1.) I assume she probably gets hit on a lot and 2.) I typically fly United or American who don't have any flight crew hubbed in Atlanta. But this was Delta, so there was a good chance she lived in ATL, and about 2/3 the way through the flight I said to hell with the other reason.

So I got out of 10C and walked to the back of the plane and asked if she was based in Atlanta. She said she was for now, but in a couple of weeks was getting moved to the Honolulu-hub. I told her that I thought "that was unfortunate as I think she is a very beautiful woman and I just wanted to see if she wanted to go to dinner sometime." We talked for another 10 minutes, I gave her my card after she told me she was moving back in a year, and that was probably the last I will ever see of Kate.

I told this story to three people upon my return to Atlanta and all three said something along the lines of that was ballsy. But what woman, even if she thinks you are hideous, doesn't want to be told they are beautiful? The worst thing that happens is you feel a bit embarrassed, and she goes home with her day made. What's the loss?

The opening line of the movie Hitch is: "No woman wakes up saying: 'God, I hope I don't get swept off my feet today.'" Now that doesn't mean she wants to get swept up by me or you, but nevertheless she wants to be desired.

And men are really no different.

I know absolutely no one who doesn't want to find love. Don't read that so fast.
I know absolutely NO-ONE who doesn't want to find love.

Think about that. We all differ on religion, politics, financial desires, sexual orientation, how many kids to have, and what movies we watch. We all differ on everything from the trivial to the profound. The one thing we all share is that we all want to love and be loved. I think that is beyond profound.

In a somewhat ironic twist, I came home later that night after the show and saw Taylor's Swift's new music video Love Story for the first time. In a risk of embarrassing myself like I always do, I love Taylor Swift's music. And at the risk of sounding gay, Love Story is both incredibly well-written, and a phenomenal video. It captures the Shakespearean desire every single one of us share even in the trivialist of all moments like walking from class or riding on a plane 7 miles above the earth.

This flight didn't end in a Love Story for me or Kate - but I saw a beautiful woman and took a risk and tomorrow hopefully I'll get the chance to do it again.

I get a trade publication called Advertising Age sent to me on a weekly basis. I don't know why it started arriving, but I love it. It is a fantastic wealth of information.

Last week, I opened it and it answered a question I had been wondering for years: what do advertisers pay per :30 spot on a regular basis. Sure we always hear about the million dollar spots during the SuperBowl and what the last episode of Seinfeld pulled. But on average, what is a company paying for me to watch an episode of Chuck or Big Bang Theory or Bones or Dirty Sexy Money?

The answer: the average for a :30 spot in primetime TV is $124,920. But that is only half the picture. What about viewership? If you take spot rates and divide by average viewership, the advertisers spends $0.0171 per person to watch their ad spot.

But being the self-centered person that I am, I want to know about me?

Well, first of all, I learned that advertisers are willing to pay more for my attention than average - since the shows I watch averaged $186,316 (or $0.02431 per time I watch). But at a more humbling point, very few of the shows I watch are anywhere near the top 10. So I am expensive and unpopular. Done.

But what I think is even more interesting is what this says about what advertisers think our lives our worth.

Think about it. Say there are an average of 7 minutes of advertising per 30 minutes of shows. This makes 14 total :30 second units per half hour of TV. The average American lives to be 78.16 years old. If you do the math, that basically means that according to advertisers, the average American's life is valued at $327,829.

Now, my life is worth $465,980 - which makes me better than you - but still pretty humbling huh ;)

Well lucky for us, God and our love ones think we are entirely more valuable than the average advertiser.

Name of Show	:30 Cost	Sta	Day	Time	Viewership	Cost / Person
Sunday Night Football	$434,792	NBC	Sun	8:00 PM	14,207,000	$0.03
Fringe	$343,000	Fox	Tues	9:00 PM	9,906,000	$0.03
Grey's Anatomy	$326,685	ABC	Thus	9:00 PM	14,797,000	$0.02
Desperate Housewives	$318,552	ABC	Sun	9:00 PM	15,505,000	$0.02
Two and a Half Men	$276,433	CBS	Mon	9:00 PM	13,577,000	$0.02
CSI	$262,600	CBS	Thus	9:00 PM	23,485,000	$0.01
House	$260,179	Fox	Tues	8:00 PM	12,978,000	$0.02
The Simpsons	$250,000	Fox	Sun	8:00 PM	7,408,000	$0.03
Family Guy	$231,306	Fox	Sun	9:00 PM	8,384,000	$0.03
The Office	$213,164	NBC	Thus	9:00 PM	9,245,000	$0.02
Survivor	$212,800	CBS	Thus	8:00 PM	13,076,000	$0.02
Dancing With the Stars	$205,000	ABC	Mon	8:00 PM	18,592,000	$0.01
Extreme Makover: Home Edition	$200,347	ABC	Sun	8:00 PM	11,832,000	$0.02
Brothers & Sisters	$198,532	ABC	Sun	10:00 PM	10,326,000	$0.02
Heros	$198,379	NBC	Mon	9:00 PM	8,198,000	$0.02
Prison Break	$193,902	Fox	Mon	9:00 PM	5,372,000	$0.04
Dancing (Results Show)	$191,403	ABC	Tues	9:00 PM	15,065,000	$0.01
Private Practice	$182,656	ABC	Wed	9:00 PM	8,163,000	$0.02
CSI: Miami	$182,101	CBS	Mon	10:00 PM	13,884,000	$0.01
King of the Hill	$181,429	Fox	Sun	8:30 PM	6,589,000	$0.03
Worst Week	$179,727	CBS	Mon	9:30 PM	8,848,000	$0.02
American Dad	$159,533	Fox	Sun	9:30 PM	6,855,000	$0.02
Eleventh Hour	$155,400	CBS	Thus	10:00 PM	11,373,000	$0.01
Ugly Betty	$151,870	ABC	Thus	8:00 PM	8,521,000	$0.02
Law & Order: SVU	$146,679	NBC	Tues	10:00 PM	10,391,000	$0.01
How I Met Your Mother	$142,117	CBS	Mon	8:30 PM	8,977,000	$0.02
Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles	$140,879	Fox	Mon	8:00 PM	5,726,000	$0.02
Samatha Who?	$140,124	ABC	Mon	9:00 PM	2,118,000	$0.07
Eli Stone	$139,898	ABC	Tues	10:00 PM
CSI: New York	$137,648	CBS	Wed	10:00 PM	15,873,000	$0.01
Big Bang Theory	$135,357	CBS	Mon	8:00 PM	8,597,000	$0.02
Life on Mars	$133,233	ABC	Thus	10:00 PM	11,333,000	$0.01
Dirty Sexy Money	$130,164	ABC	Wed	10:00 PM	5,852,000	$0.02
My Name Is Earl	$127,978	NBC	Thus	8:00 PM	7,166,000	$0.02
Without a Trace	$127,766	CBS	Tues	10:00 PM	12,611,000	$0.01
The Amazing Race	$127,634	CBS	Sun	8:00 PM	10,999,000	$0.01
Kath & Kim	$125,683	NBC	Thus	8:30 PM	7,515,000	$0.02
NCIS	$121,718	CBS	Tues	8:00 PM	16,288,000	$0.01
Criminal Minds	$117,359	CBS	Wed	9:00 PM	16,185,000	$0.01
Saturday Night College Football	$114,649	ABC	Sat	8:00 PM	6,739,000	$0.02
Kitchen Nightmares	$114,146	Fox	Thus	9:00 PM
Bones	$114,084	Fox	Wed	8:00 PM	10,559,000	$0.01
The Biggest Loser	$113,218	NBC	Tues	8:00 PM	7,265,000	$0.02
Boston Legal	$112,610	ABC	Mon	10:00 PM	8,746,000	$0.01
Pushing Daisies	$111,125	ABC	Wed	8:00 PM	5,501,000	$0.02
ER	$110,049	NBC	Thus	10:00 PM	9,408,000	$0.01
30 Rock	$104,178	NBC	Thus	9:30 PM
America's Next Top Model	$103,714	CW	Wed	8:00 PM	3,935,000	$0.03
Knight Rider	$102,754	NBC	Wed	8:00 PM	6,856,000	$0.02
Cold Case	$101,112	CBS	Sun	9:00 PM	11,095,000	$0.01
Fooball Night in America	$100,811	NBC	Sun	7:00 PM	7,561,000	$0.01
60 Minutes	$99,000	CBS	Sun	7:00 PM	17,470,000	$0.01
My Own Worst Enemy	$98,909	NBC	Mon	10:00 PM
The Mentalist	$97,006	CBS	Tues	9:00 PM	15,603,000	$0.01
Chuck	$92,645	NBC	Mon	8:00 PM	5,832,000	$0.02
Oppurtunity Knocks	$92,427	ABC	Tues	8:00 PM	5,960,000	$0.02
Deal or No Deal	$92,115	NBC	Wed	9:00 PM
America's Funniest Home Videos	$90,044	ABC	Sun	7:00 PM	8,916,000	$0.01
Deal or No Deal	$90,034	NBC	Fri	9:00 PM	6,633,000	$0.01
Life	$86,948	NBC	Fri	10:00 PM	4,978,000	$0.02
The Unit	$84,630	CBS	Sun	10:00 PM	9,713,000	$0.01
Ghost Whisperer	$82,400	CBS	Fri	8:00 PM	4,427,000	$0.02
Supernanny	$82,200	ABC	Fri	9:00 PM	3,205,000	$0.03
'Til Death	$82,108	Fox	Wed	9:00 PM	4,610,000	$0.02
Numb3rs	$81,700	CBS	Fri	10:00 PM
Old Christine	$79,535	CBS	Wed	8:00 PM	7,526,000	$0.01
Lipstick Jungle	$78,000	NBC	Wed	10:00 PM	4,764,000	$0.02
20/20	$75,950	ABC	Fri	10:00 PM	7,017,000	$0.01
The Ex-List	$73,800	CBS	Fri	9:00 PM
Gary Unmarried	$72,019	CBS	Wed	8:30 PM	7,357,000	$0.01
Wife Swap	$70,300	ABC	Fri	8:00 PM	4,104,000	$0.02
Don't Forget the Lyrics	$68,789	Fox	Fri	9:00 PM	4,347,000	$0.02
One Tree Hill	$67,902	CW	Mon	9:00 PM	3,420,000	$0.02
Toughest Jobs	$66,442	NBC	Fri	8:00 PM	3,972,000	$0.02
Gossip Girl	$62,139	CW	Mon	8:00 PM	3,398,000	$0.02
The Moment of Truth	$61,729	Fox	Thus	8:00 PM
Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader	$59,900	Fox	Fri	8:00 PM	5,443,000	$0.01
Dateline	$59,708	NBC	Sat	8:00 PM
90210	$58,347	CW	Tues	8:00 PM	3,116,000	$0.02
Cops 2	$57,081	Fox	Sat	9:00 PM	5,528,000	$0.01
Smallville	$54,323	CW	Thus	8:00 PM	4,119,000	$0.01
48 Hours Mystery	$52,300	CBS	Sat	10:00 PM	7,319,000	$0.01
Cops 1	$50,367	Fox	Sat	8:00 PM	4,683,000	$0.01
Stylista	$48,942	CW	Wed	9:00 PM
Law & Order: SVU (repeats)	$46,884	NBC	Sat	10:00 PM
Everybody Hates Chris	$44,533	CW	Fri	8:00 PM	1,697,000	$0.03
America's Most Wanted	$41,730	Fox	Sat	10:00 PM	5,428,000	$0.01
Crimtetime Saturday	$38,000	CBS	Sat	9:00 PM	5,559,000	$0.01
Supernatural	$37,982	CW	Thus	9:00 PM	3,508,000	$0.01
Knight Rider (repeats)	$36,738	NBC	Sat	9:00 PM
Privileged	$33,305	CW	Tues	9:00 PM	1,873,000	$0.02
Crimetime Saturday	$32,600	CBS	Sat	8:00 PM
The Game	$29,583	CW	Fri	9:00 PM	1,805,000	$0.02
Easy Money	N/A	CW	Sun	9:00 PM
In Harm's Way	N/A	CW	Sun	7:00 PM
Surviving Suburbia	N/A	CW	Sun	7:30 PM
Valentine Inc	N/A	CW	Sun	8:00 PM