Basketball scores big for CBS

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“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

NETWORK PRIME HOUSEHOLDS AND PERSONS

Current Week 3/15/10 – 3/21/10

 

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