This week ABC canceled Women’s Murder Club in favor of Eli Stone. In looking at the numbers, this is a puzzling decision. And it only leads to one conclusion. Someone at ABC is terrible at math. Well, that, or someone is really sexist at ABC. Here are a look at the ratings for this past season of Eli Stone. Keep in mind that with the exception of a Sunday airing after Desperate Housewives it was typically on after Lost. And most of the time the shows airing against it were in re-runs. When they were not, Eli Stone tanked.

If you look below, it fell every week, on Thursdays, except the final to airings. Its small bump at the end is directly attributed from airing after Desperate Housewives.

Eli Stone 2007-08 Weekly Ratings Track

Date                Viewers        18-49

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02/07/08            11.14 M         4.0

02/14/08             8.83 M         3.3

02/21/08             7.46 M         2.6

02/28/08             7.19 M         2.5

03/06/08             7.15 M         2.5

03/13/08             7.14 M         2.4

03/20/08             6.92 M         2.3

03/27/08             6.53 M         1.9

04/03/08             5.15 M         1.6

04/10/08             5.88 M         1.8

04/13/08(S-10pm)     8.81 M         2.8

04/17/08             6.23 M         2.0

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