ABC has a hit on its hands with its new sci-fi drama “V,” which pulled in a surprisingly robust 14.3 million viewers Tuesday night. Among total viewers, that’s the second biggest debut of the fall behind “NCIS: Los Angeles.” And among 18-49 year olds, it was the top new show of the season; plus, it beat “NCIS.”

After an action-packed pilot, can the show hold most of those viewers?

And locally, the Falcons continue to be a hot ticket, hauling in about 1 million gridiron fans this past Monday night in its loss to the Saints.

Among last week’s top primetime shows, “Desperate Housewives” took the top slot in Atlanta with 399,000 viewers, though its 14.1 million viewers nationally only ranked 12th. Three of the four World Series games were tops nationally and also made the top 10 locally.

The BET Hip Hop Awards, taped at the Atlanta Civic Center, drew nearly 4 million viewers October 27, the best in the show’s four-year history. It was also a big draw in Atlanta, bringing in 258,000 viewers.  Atlanta-based “Monica,” which debuted after the awards show, held about 2/3 of the audience, with 2.7 million viewers. This was the network’s second-biggest debut behind “Tiny & Toya.”  It drew 204,000 locally.

Bravo’s “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” October 29 brought in typical numbers of 2.8 million viewers, the season average, for part one of the reunion show, taped at the Midtown club Opera. The show itself was a bit more staid than last year’s, thanks partly to the death of Kandi’s ex fiance just two weeks before the taping.

Bravo’s “Top Chef,” which is down to six chefs (two from Atlanta), brought in a season high of 3 million viewers but remains behind Lifetime’s “Project Runway,” which brought in 3.2 million. (This week featured a time-wasting “All Stars dinner” and no regular episode.)

The CW’s “The Vampire Diaries,” shot in metro Atlanta, sucked in its second best viewership numbers (short of its debut), with 4.2 million viewers. The Kevin Williamson-penned show featured the surprise death of a major character, Vicki, who was turning into a vampire.

“The Next Iron Chef 2,” which is hosted by local food scientist Alton Brown, enticed 2.7 million viewers Sunday, a definite hit for the Food Network.

Comedy Central’s “The Jeff Dunham Show” opened huge two weeks ago, with 5.3 million viewers but apparently, most viewers were not that into the puppet thing because this past Thursday, the show lost more than half its audience. It drew just 2.3 million in its second round. Ouch!

And “The League” on FX, a comedy about fantasy football, held about three quarters of the “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” crowd of 1.3 million. The show opened at a tepid 994,000 agasint the World Series last Thursday.

BET’s “The Mo’Nique Show” seems to have found its base in its third and fourth weeks, usually ranging from 500,000 or so on Friday nights to more than one million viewers on Tuesday nights.

The top 20 shows in primetime in Atlanta for the week of October 26, 2009 (Not a single NBC show was in the top 30)
1. Desperate Housewives, ABC 11/1 399,000
2. Monday Night football, ESPN 10/26, 391,000
3. Dancing With the Stars, ABC, 10/26 380,000
4. The OT (post Sunday afternoon football game), Fox, 11/1 366,000
5. Dancing With the Stars (results), ABC, 10/27 366,000
6. World Series, game four, Fox 11/1, 363,000
7. Grey’s Anatomy, ABC 10/29 322,000
8. World Series, game 2, Fox 10/29 308,000
9. World Series, game 1, Fox, 10/28, 306,000
10. Castle, ABC 10/26, 306,000
11. BET Hip Hop Awards, BET, 10/27 258,000
12. Mentalist (repeat), CBS 10/29 252,000
13, Modern Family, ABC, 10/28, 252,000
14. Brothers & Sisters, ABC, 11/1, 247,000
15. Private Practice, ABC, 10/29, 243,000
16. NCIS (repeat), CBS, 10/27, 242,000
17. CSI (repeat), CBS 10/29, 236,000
18. It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, ABC, 10/27, 231,00
19. It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, ABC, 10/28, 225,000
20. World Series, Game 3, Fox, 10/31, 224,000
SOURCE: Nielsen Media

Top 5 country and pop songs among selected Atlanta radio stations. Next week: rock and urban

Kicks 101.5
1. Tim McGraw – Southern Voice
2. Carrie Underwood – Cowboy Casanova
3. Toby Keith -American Ride
4. Taylor Swift – Fifteen
5. Brad Paisley – Welcome to the Future

94.9/The Bull
1. Brad Paisley – Welcome to the Future
2. Lady Antebellum – Need You Now
3. Zac Brown Band – Toes
4. Luke Bryan – Do I
5. Carrie Underwood – Cowoby Casanova

South 107.1
1. Luke Bryan – Do I
2. Toby Keith -American Ride
3. Brad Paisley – Welcome to the Future
4. Kenny Chesney – I’m Alive
5. Zac Brown Band – Toes

Star 94
1. Kings of Leon – Use Somebody
2. Taylor Swift – You Belong With Me
3. Miley Cyrus – Party in the USA
4. Black Eyed Peas – I Gotta Feeling
5. Theory of a Deadman – Not Meant to Be

Q100
1. Kings of Leon – Use Somebody
2. Miley Cyrus – Party in the USA
3. Lady Gaga – Paparazzi
4. Jay Sean – Down
5. Boys Like Girls – Love Drunk

B98.5
1. Taylor Swift – You Belong With Me
2. Jason Mraz – I’m Yours
3. Daughtry – What About Now
4. Miley Cyrus – The Climb
5. Daughtry – Home

Fish 104.7
1. Phillips, Craig & Dean, Revelation Song
2. Casting Crowns – Until the Whole World Hears
3. Third Day – Born Again
4. TobyMac – City On Our Knees
5. Big Daddy Weave – What Life Would Be Like

Groove 105.7
1. Black Eyed Peas – Boom Boom Pow
2. Black Eyed Peas – I Gotta Feeling
3. Lady Gaga – Poker Face
4. Miley Cyrus – Party in the USA
5. Maroon 5 – This Love

SOURCE: yes.com