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ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars” won the Households rating crown and was the most watched show for the first week of the new TV season, with “NCIS” on CBS in 2nd place. For the 18-49 demo, though, the top spot went to “NBC Sunday Night Football,” with Fox’s “Glee” #2.


For the full week CBS was tops in HH at a 7.7 rating and 13 share. ABC was at 6.1/10, NBC 5.2/9, Fox 3.8/6, Univision 2.0/3, CW 1.5/3, Ion 0.7/1, Telemundo and TeleFutura 0.4/1 and Azteca America and EstrellaTV 0.1/0.

In 18-49 CBS was at 3.3/10, with ABC and NBC 2.8/8, Fox 2.6/7, Univision 1.6/5, CW 1.1/3, TeleFutura 0.4/1, Telemundo and Ion 0.3/1 and EstrellaTV 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 9/20/10 – 9/26/10

Rank

Program

Network

HH Rating

HH Share

2+ Audience (000)

1

DANCING WITH THE STARS

ABC

13.5

20

21294

2

NCIS

CBS

11.7

19

19409

3

DANCING W/STARS RESULTS

ABC

11.6

18

18518

4

NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL

NBC

11.3

19

18147

5

NCIS: LOS ANGELES

CBS

9.7

15

15757

6

MENTALIST, THE

CBS

9.6

17

15503

7

60 MINUTES

CBS

9.0

15

14410

7

GREY’S ANATOMY

ABC

9.0

14

14321

7

CSI

CBS

9.0

14

14688

10

TWO AND A HALF MEN

CBS

8.9

13

14625

10

HAWAII FIVE-0

CBS

8.9

15

14199

12

CRIMINAL MINDS

CBS

8.6

14

14132

13

SUNDAY NIGHT NFL PRE-KICK

NBC

8.5

14

13855

13

NCIS: LOS ANGELES 10P SP(S)

CBS

8.5

15

13595

15

BIG BANG THEORY, THE

CBS

8.4

14

14039

16

DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES

ABC

8.1

12

13056

16

BLUE BLOODS

CBS

8.1

15

13013

18

DANCING W/STARS RESULT SP(S)

ABC

7.9

13

12151

19

DEFENDERS, THE

CBS

7.7

14

12174

20

MIKE & MOLLY

CBS

7.6

11

12227

Source: The Nielsen Company