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 |
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Network primetime (Live + SD) week of 9/20/10 – 9/26/10 |
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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 |