“Dancing With the Stars” on ABC was the week’s most watched show on television, but CBS was the victor overall in the Household ratings, while Fox won the key 18-49 demo. Also, “American Idol” on Fox was the top show in the demo, according to the tally by The Nielsen Company.
In HH CBS scored an average 5.8 share and 10 rating, with Fox at 5.2/9, ABC 5.0/9, NBC 3.6/6, Univision 1.7/3, CW 1.2/2, Ion 0.7/1, Telemundo 0.6/1, TeleFutura 0.4/1, and Azteca America and Estrella TV 0.1/0.
In the 18-49 demo Fox was at 3.0/9, with CBS 2.3/7, ABC 2.2/7, NBC 1.8/5, Univision 1.2/4, CW 0.9/3, 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 primetime (Live +SD) week of 4/12/10 – 4/18/10 | |||||
| Rank | Program | Network | HH Rating | HH Share | 2+ Audience (000) |
| 1 | DANCING WITH THE STARS | ABC | 13.2 | 21 | 20562 |
| 2 | AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY | FOX | 12.1 | 20 | 21018 |
| 3 | AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY | FOX | 11.8 | 19 | 20639 |
| 4 | DANCING W/STARS RESULTS | ABC | 8.6 | 14 | 13597 |
| 5 | TWO AND A HALF MEN | CBS | 8.3 | 13 | 13709 |
| 6 | CSI | CBS | 8.1 | 14 | 13194 |
| 6 | GLEE | FOX | 8.1 | 13 | 13664 |
| 6 | CASTLE | ABC | 8.1 | 14 | 12683 |
| 9 | CRIMINAL MINDS | CBS | 7.9 | 13 | 12436 |
| 9 | BIG BANG THEORY, THE | CBS | 7.9 | 12 | 13394 |
| 11 | ACM AWARDS(S) | CBS | 7.7 | 13 | 13024 |
| 12 | MENTALIST, THE | CBS | 7.5 | 13 | 11453 |
| 13 | NCIS | CBS | 7.2 | 12 | 11100 |
| 14 | 60 MINUTES | CBS | 7.1 | 13 | 10978 |
| 14 | SURVIVOR: HEROES-VILLAINS | CBS | 7.1 | 13 | 12313 |
| 16 | CSI: NY | CBS | 7.0 | 12 | 10851 |
| 16 | CSI: MIAMI | CBS | 7.0 | 12 | 10777 |
| 18 | DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES | ABC | 6.8 | 11 | 10622 |
| 18 | NCIS: LOS ANGELES | CBS | 6.8 | 11 | 10434 |
| 20 | HOUSE | FOX | 6.4 | 10 | 10799 |
| Source: The Nielsen Company | |||||
