After struggling last week opposite ABC's highly-rated Happy Days 30th Anniversary Reunion, Joey got one final opportunity to increase its audience without competition from Survivor, which returns for its new season next week. While the spin-off sitcom did manage to improve by 1.5 million viewers from last week, its numbers remained well below NBC's desired outcome. The seventeenth episode of Joey came away with a 7.5 rating and a 12 share, notably ahead of last week's 6.6/10. In place of Survivor, CBS again aired an encore episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, which dominated the hour over NBC's combination of Joey and Will & Grace. With an estimate of 11.44 million viewers, Joey ranked seventh for the night, as shown by the preliminary ratings.

1. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: 17.2/26

2. Without a Trace: 12.7/21

3. ER: 11.5/19

4. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (8:00 Repeat): 10.9/17

5. The Apprentice 3: 9.9/15

6. Will & Grace: 7.7/12

7. Joey: 7.5/12

CBS continued its Thursday night dominance, increasing its lead with a 13.6/21 average that was significantly in front of NBC's second-place 9.7/15. Joey slipped out of the season-to-date top twenty in January. American Idol and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation have a stranglehold on the top spots, while Joey continues to compete with Will & Grace for the number-three sitcom behind Everybody Loves Raymond and Two and a Half Men. Survivor premieres its latest season next Thursday night, as Joey will seek to maintain a consistent audience opposite the successful reality show in the third week of February sweeps.

Joey ranks 34th on the season, but in the early 20's in adults. In that demo, "CSI" is fourth on the season, behind both editions of Idol and Desparate Housewives, which ranks 4 in viewers.