Last week I compared the AFC teams to TV shows. This week, it's the NFC's turn to go head-to-head with TV (plus two bonus ones for the World Series).

NFC East

CSI: New York
New York Giants (4-2)

I never jumped on the CSI bandwagon. CSI guys are usually the geeks who find the clues that help the better-looking cops solve the crimes. But in the CSI series, the geeks are the stars-and they also solve the entire crime single-handedly. Every CSI show seems the same to me. Just like the Giants, Cowboys, and Redskins are all very similar to me right now. A quarterback who scares you to death more often than impresses you. A crazy teammate who runs off at the mouth whenever possible (Jeremy Shockey, Terrell Owens). Three teams that win games they should lose and lose games they should win. The Eagles might win this division by default.

ER
Philadelphia Eagles (4-3)

NBC was ready to pull the plug on this one and then...boom! Right there! People are watching it again. Everyone expected this show to disappear into the sunset. And yet there they are, holding onto their timeslot. It's the show that everyone at other networks still secretly fears. The Eagles' three losses have come thusly: an overtime loss after blowing a 17-point 4th quarter lead; a 3-point loss in the new toughest place to play (New Orleans); and a 2-point loss following the 3rd-longest field goal in history. This is the team everyone else in the NFC secretly fears right now.

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Dallas Cowboys (3-3)

Let the Drew Bledsoe-Tony Romo-Bill Parcells-Jerry Jones fun begin. And you thought Terrell Owens made this the best show on TV? This is getting good now. A little goofy and over the top (just like the original CSI), but fun nonetheless.

CSI: Miami
Washington Redskins (2-5)

I have nothing more to add. See above for the CSI info. See below (the bottom of the NFC East standings) to see how the 'Skins are doing.

NFC North

Grey's Anatomy
Chicago Bears (6-0)

The #1 show on TV has to go to the current darlings of the NFL. And just like the TV show, I can't figure out how the Bears are doing it. Is Rex Grossman really this good? Or is the guy we saw in Arizona on Monday Night Football the real Rex Grossman. I can't imagine the Bears will keep this pace up. Just as I can't see Grey's Anatomy staying the hot show for too long. I love those who do these power rankings and have debates about who the best team in football is. It's October. Talk to me in Januarywhen this team goes home early. Again.

NCIS
Minnesota Vikings (4-2)

I can't explain it. It's goofy-but not too goofy. It's serious-but not too serious. It features Mark Harmon, who looked to be the next superstar at one time. (Moonlighting, Summer School, The Presidio. Harmon was this close to being a superstar.) Now he's the big fish on a medium-sized TV show. Somehow the cast pulls it all together to make a show that's fun, believable, entertaining-and Top 10 in the ratings. The 2006 Vikings-who no longer live in the shadows of Randy Moss, the sex boat scandal, and the former coaching staff-are 4-2 and challenging the Bears for the NFC North crown. Harmon plays Brad Johnson in this show.

The New Adventures of Old Christine
Green Bay Packers (2-4)

Remember the glory days? Elaine and Jerry and George and Kramer. Every once in a while, Julia Louis-Dreyfus is funny now, but it's just not the same. Every once in a while, the Packers can put it all together and win a game. But the days of 10+ wins and Super Bowl appearances are long gone. Seriously, Brett. Enough's enough.

Football Night in America
Detroit Lions (1-6)

Let's get the Lions out of the way quickly. They're awful. Their only remaining winnable game will be the much-hyped Lions-Cardinals match-up in Week 11. The loser of that one will be The Biggest Loser-and receive the number one draft pick. Now, on to Football Night in America. Whose idea was this? NFL Primetime was the greatest football wrap-up show of all time, but because ESPN doesn't have the Sunday night game anymore, they don't have the all-access highlight show that we're used to. Instead NBC has it. Football Night in America is no NFL Primetime. On Primetime, you'd get a 3-minute package of highlights per game, complete with music. And Chris Berman's nicknames and Tom Jackson's analysis. It was on for 90 glorious minutes. Football Night in America? It's an extended halftime show with useless banter among a group of goofy guys on leather seats.

NFC South

Shark
New Orleans Saints (5-1)

Another lawyer show. Another movie actor making the jump to TV. I almost didn't even add this one to the TiVo list this year. But you know what? It's good. Really good. Neither hokey nor preachy, it gets the job done and makes me want to watch again. The Saints are 5-1. Their home games are must-see events. They're the unexpected good show of the season. (And who would have guessed this would happen with Reggie Bush on pace for just 523 rushing yards? I feel better and better about The Bet every day.)

Jericho
Atlanta Falcons (4-2)

The most unique show on TV goes to the most unique team in the NFL. The Falcons rush for about 4,000 yards per game. Michael Vick is one of the most exciting players in the game. But then sometimes they go out and do something like lose at home to the Giants 19-3. I can't explain it. It's kind of like a nuclear explosion went off one town over and no one can figure out what to do. Actually, it's exactly like that.

Smallville
Carolina Panthers (4-3)

Their best players are a quarterback no one could pick out of a lineup (Jake Delhomme) and a 5'9" wideout who catches everything (Steve Smith). (Smallville. Get it?)

The Nine
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2-4)

OK, something happened inside the bank. Actually, a lot of things happened considering two people died, everyone's completely screwed up now, and the hostage crisis lasted 52 hours. But if they're only going to show us what happened in the bank 5 minutes at a time, I fear this show will be cancelled before we ever learn very much. Something crazy happens to the Bucs every week. Quarterback Chris Simms was almost killed after a sack one week. Matt Bryant kicked a 62-yard field goal last week. You never really know what's going to happen-nor if they'll turn the lights out in Tampa before the playoffs start.

NFC West

Dancing With the Stars
Seattle Seahawks (4-2)

First of all, "stars" is a little deceiving. In three years, the biggest "stars" on this show have been J. Peterman from Seinfeld, Nick Lachey's brother, and Screech from Saved by the Bell. (Fine, it's Slater. But you get the point.) Something's making this the #3 show on TV right now, though. The Seattle Seahawks? No big names there either. And yet they made it to the Super Bowl last year. Of course, maybe if they had Emmitt Smith to rush for them, things might be different.

Justice
St. Louis Rams (4-2)

Sometimes a show comes along that you really don't want to admit you like, but you do anyway. That's Justice. It's completely over the top, the acting is awful, the plots are atrocious, and I sit wondering how the heck this drivel ever got on the air. But it's completely absorbing. The Rams are no longer the Greatest Show on Turf. But they can still be fun to watch.

Survivor
San Francisco 49ers (2-4)

The show that put reality TV on the map. Once the most dominant show TV, now it's reduced to a sideshow gimmick ("let's separate the camps by race"). It's a sad state of affairs for society, TV, and life in general. Ask any 49er fan to show you his autographed 1990 Montana jersey and he'll tell you all about it.

Desperate Housewives
Arizona Cardinals (1-6)

So much promise. You remember it being good at one point but you're not sure when that was. The plots make no sense. You keep waiting for it to get better and yet it gets worse. But mostly you keep watching just to see something crazy happen. Yep, that's the Cardinals in a nutshell.

The World Series

Supernatural
St. Louis Cardinals (3-1)

If they win the World Series, they'll do so after winning two fewer games than the previous worst all-time champion, the 1987 Twins, who beat the Cardinals that year. They almost blew a 7