Evolution of... Other (Non-crime) Dramas

This is another post in which I break down the War of 18-49's Final Battlegrounds post down by genre. On this one, we look at every hour-long scripted program that isn't a "straight crime drama." That means some dramas with a genre bent and also have crime solver elements (like Medium, for example) make it onto this post and not the other one. Unlike in the crime drama post, which was dominated up until this most recent season by CSI, four different shows sit atop the chart for at least one year.

OTHER (NON-CRIME) DRAMAS

1999-2000
ER 12.2/15.0/20.2

2000-01
ER 10.4/13.66/16.1

2001-02
ER 10.9/12.77/14.7
24 3.7/4.4/5.4
Smallville 2.6/3.2/3.8

2002-03
ER 8.9/10.99/13.1
24 4.3/5.7/6.6
Smallville 3.8/4.1/4.5

2003-04
ER 8.3/10.14/13.8
24 3.0/4.5/5.9
Smallville 2.1/2.7/3.0
One Tree Hill 0.8/1.5/2.1

2004-05
Desperate Housewives 8.6/10.66/13.4
ER 6.5/8.26/9.8
Grey's Anatomy 7.2/8.09/9.8
Lost 5.9/6.89/8.4
Medium 4.4/5.5/6.3
House 2.5/5.28/7.7
24 4.5/5.06/6.3
Smallville 1.8/2.3/3.0
One Tree Hill 1.6/2.0/2.4

2005-06
Desperate Housewives 7.5/10.09/12.3
Grey's Anatomy 7.2/9.13/11.2
Lost 6.1/7.92/10.2
House 4.8/7.16/10.2
ER 5.1/6.16/7.1
24 4.8/5.67/7.0
Medium 3.7/4.29/5.2
Ghost Whisperer (F) 2.3/3.1/3.6
Smallville 1.8/2.4/2.9
Supernatural 1.6/2.2/2.6
One Tree Hill 1.3/1.5/1.7

2006-07
Grey's Anatomy 7.6/9.38/11.6
House 5.8/7.94/11.2
Desperate Housewives 6.1/7.57/9.6
Heroes 5.1/6.13/6.9
Lost 4.9/5.85/7.7
ER 3.1/4.96/6.8
24 3.8/4.80/6.1
Brothers & Sisters 3.4/4.67/6.0
Lost 3.2/4.13/5.0
Ugly Betty 2.8/3.97/5.0
Ghost Whisperer (F) 2.5/3.00/3.6
Medium 2.4/2.91/3.7
Friday Night Lights 1.7/2.30/3.5
Smallville 1.4/1.92/2.34
Supernatural 1.2/1.38/1.7
One Tree Hill 0.9/1.32/1.9

2007-08
Grey's Anatomy 5.1/7.16/8.8
House 5.1/7.05/9.0
Desperate Housewives 5.5/6.71/7.8
Lost 4.6/5.31/6.7
Heroes 4.9/5.24/6.5
Brothers & Sisters 3.0/4.22/5.0
ER 2.9/3.45/4.1
Medium 2.5/3.11/3.5
Ugly Betty 2.2/3.03/3.9
Ghost Whisperer (F) 2.0/2.50/2.9
Friday Night Lights (F) 1.7/1.85/2.1
Smallville 1.4/1.70/2.1
One Tree Hill 1.1/1.34/1.6
Supernatural 1.0/1.19/1.3

2008-09
Grey's Anatomy 5.0/5.73/7.4
Desperate Housewives 4.1/5.29/7.1
House 4.5/5.21/6.0
Lost 3.8/4.46/5.2
Heroes 2.6/3.65/5.0
24 3.1/3.64/4.3
ER 2.6/3.49/6.0
Brothers & Sisters 2.8/3.47/4.6
Ghost Whisperer (F) 2.1/2.53/2.9
Medium 1.9/2.38/2.9
Ugly Betty 1.7/2.34/3.3
Smallville 1.3/1.61/1.9
One Tree Hill 1.1/1.43/1.9
Friday Night Lights (F) 1.1/1.32/1.6
Supernatural 1.1/1.33/1.7

2009-10
House 3.6/4.85/6.7
Grey's Anatomy 3.5/4.83/6.7
Lost 3.7/4.49/5.8
Desperate Housewives 3.3/4.25/5.3
24 2.3/2.93/3.9
Brothers & Sisters 2.2/2.85/3.7
Heroes 1.8/2.30/2.8
Ghost Whisperer (F) 1.3/1.86/2.3
Medium (F) 1.3/1.84/2.2
Ugly Betty (F) 0.9/1.36/1.7
Supernatural 1.0/1.22/1.4
One Tree Hill 0.9/1.10/1.3
Friday Night Lights (F) (summer) 0.9/1.06/1.3
Smallville (F) 0.7/1.01/1.2