If only every week could be so easy for Jay Leno. Blessed with stars, a contrite Kanye West, the industry's nearly undivided attention and a lack of competition from NBC's rivals, his new prime-time show had a strong opening week. All five of its episodes finished among The Nielsen Co.'s 24 most-watched prime-time shows last week.Reality sets in this week: Monday's Leno episode had 5.7 million viewers, with demographic ratings on the cusp of what NBC considers profitable in the long term. The season premiere of CBS' "CSI: Miami" had 13.7 million viewers.The premiere of "The Jay Leno Show" had 18.4 million viewers last week Monday, and the audience had slipped to 7.6 million by Friday, Nielsen said.NBC had mixed results for its critically acclaimed Thursday lineup, which debuted a week early. "The Office" reached a healthy 8.2 million viewers, and the new comedy "Community, »

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