Fox and CBS have bragging rights for Week 22

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We’re back to the often seen scenario of CBS winning for total viewers and in the Household ratings for Week 22 of the TV season, but with Fox back on top in the big money 18-49 demo. That split carried through to the top programs, with “NCIS” at #1 in HH for CBS, but Fox’s “American Idol” at the top of the heap for 18-49.


In HH CBS had an average 6.8 rating and 11 share, with Fox at 5.1/8, ABC 4.2/7, NBC 3.5/6, Univision 1.9/3, CW 0.9/1, Ion 0.7/1, Telemundo 0.6/1, TeleFutura 0.4/1 and EstrellaTV and Azteca America 0.1/0.

In 18-49 Fox was at 2.9/8, with CBS at 2.5/7, ABC 2.0/6, NBC 1.9/5, Univision 1.5/4, CW 0.6/2, Telemundo 0.4/1, Ion and TeleFutura 0.3/1 and Azteca America and EstrellaTV 0.1/0.

Due to a four-way tie, here are the week’s top 23 programs:

The Nielsen Company Broadcast Ranking Report
Network primetime (Live + SD) week of 02/13/12 – 02/19/12
Rank Program Network HH Rating HH share 2+ Audience (000)
1 NCIS CBS 11.7 19 19586
2 AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY FOX 10.8 17 18893
3 AMERICAN IDOL-THURSDAY FOX 9.8 15 16713
3 NCIS: LOS ANGELES CBS 9.8 15 16147
5 VOICE NBC 9.4 14 16278
6 BIG BANG THEORY, THE CBS 9.3 15 15646
7 MENTALIST, THE CBS 8.4 14 13549
8 PERSON OF INTEREST CBS 8.0 12 13161
9 TWO AND A HALF MEN CBS 7.8 11 12453
10 CRIMINAL MINDS CBS 7.6 12 12195
11 60 MINUTES CBS 7.4 12 11779
12 UNFORGETTABLE CBS 7.2 12 11034
13 CSI CBS 7.0 12 11087
14 BLUE BLOODS CBS 6.9 12 10811
15 MIKE & MOLLY CBS 6.8 10 10908
15 MODERN FAMILY ABC 6.8 10 11226
17 UNDERCOVER BOSS CBS 6.7 12 10780
18 CSI: MIAMI CBS 6.6 11 10028
19 2 BROKE GIRLS CBS 6.4 10 10481
20 GOOD WIFE, THE CBS 6.3 10 9728
20 HAWAII FIVE-0 CBS 6.3 10 9696
20 ROB CBS 6.3 10 10653
20 SURVIVOR: ONE WORLD CBS 6.3 10 10795
Source: The Nielsen Company