“March Madness” – the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament – carried CBS to a ratings victory in Households and a tie with Fox in 18-49, although Fox’s “American Idol” was the most-watched show on television last week.
According to the Nielsen Company, CBS had a primetime average 6.7 rating and 12 share in Households, with Fox 5.5/9, NBC 3.9/7, ABC 3.5/6, Univision 1.6/3, CW 1.2/2, Ion 0.7/1, Telemundo 0.6/1, TeleFutura 0.5/1, and Azteca America and Estrella TV 0.1/0.
In 18-49 Fox and CBS tied at 3.2/10, followed by NBC 1.9/6, ABC 1.6/5, Univision 1.2/4, CW 0.8/3, Telemundo 0.5/1, TeleFutura 0.4/1, Ion 0.3/1 and Estrella TV and Azteca America 0.1/0.
Here are the week’s top 20 shows.
The Nielsen Company Broadcast Ranking Report |
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NETWORK PRIME HOUSEHOLDS AND PERSONS |
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Current Week 3/15/10 – 3/21/10 |
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RANK |
PROGRAMS |
ORIG |
HH RATING (LIVE+SD) |
HH SHARE (LIVE+SD) |
# OF PERSONS 2+ (LIVE+SD) (000) |
1 |
AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY |
FOX |
13.0 |
21 |
22913 |
2 |
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY |
FOX |
11.8 |
20 |
20510 |
3 |
NCIS |
CBS |
11.1 |
18 |
18000 |
4 |
NCIS: LOS ANGELES |
CBS |
9.4 |
15 |
15095 |
5 |
GOOD WIFE, THE |
CBS |
8.6 |
15 |
13399 |
5 |
UNDERCOVER BOSS |
CBS |
8.6 |
14 |
14471 |
7 |
60 MINUTES |
CBS |
8.3 |
13 |
13284 |
8 |
TWO AND A HALF MEN |
CBS |
7.8 |
12 |
12704 |
9 |
BIG BANG THEORY, THE |
CBS |
7.2 |
11 |
11670 |
10 |
AMAZING RACE 16 |
CBS |
6.9 |
11 |
11987 |
10 |
DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES |
ABC |
6.9 |
11 |
10837 |
12 |
HOUSE |
FOX |
6.8 |
11 |
11367 |
13 |
CBS NCAA BKBL EVETH1-3/18(S) |
CBS |
6.3 |
11 |
10114 |
13 |
LAW AND ORDER:SVU |
NBC |
6.3 |
11 |
9653 |
15 |
CBS NCAA BSKBL CHMP-SA-4(S) |
CBS |
6.1 |
12 |
10287 |
16 |
COLD CASE |
CBS |
6.0 |
12 |
9430 |
17 |
CSI: MIAMI |
CBS |
5.8 |
10 |
8955 |
18 |
CBS NCAA BSKBL CHP-EVETH1(S) |
CBS |
5.7 |
11 |
8897 |
19 |
CBS NCAA BSKBL CHP-EVETH2(S) |
CBS |
5.6 |
11 |
8881 |
20 |
20/20 SP EDITION-3/15(S) |
ABC |
5.5 |
9 |
7994 |
Source: The Nielsen Company