It’s a familiar pattern which was repeated in Week 24 of the television season: CBS won the Household ratings, but Fox won the big money 18-49 demo. Likewise, “NCIS” on CBS was the most-watched show, but “American Idol” on Fox was tops with the young crowd.
In HH CBS scored an average 6.5 rating and 11 share, with Fox at 6.1/10, ABC 4.1/7, NBC 3.6/6, Univision 1.9/3, CW and Ion 0.8/1, Telemundo 0.7/1, TeleFutura 0.4/1 and Azteca America and EstrellaTV 0.1/0.
In 18-49 Fox was at 3.4/9, CBS 2.2/6, ABC and NBC 1.9/5, Univision 1.5/4, Telemundo 0.5/1, Ion and TeleFutura 0.3/1, EstrellaTV 0.1/0 and Azteca America 0.0/0.
Here are the week’s top 20 programs:
The Nielsen Company Broadcast Ranking Report | |||||
Network primetime (Live + SD) week of 02/27/12 – 03/04/12 | |||||
Rank | Program | Network | HH Rating | HH Share | 2+ Audience (000) |
1 | NCIS | CBS | 11.3 | 17 | 18200 |
2 | AMERICAN IDOL-THURSDAY | FOX | 10.8 | 17 | 18452 |
3 | AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY | FOX | 10.1 | 16 | 17228 |
4 | NCIS: LOS ANGELES | CBS | 9.9 | 15 | 15853 |
5 | AMERICAN IDOL TUE SP-2/28(S) | FOX | 9.4 | 14 | 16110 |
6 | VOICE | NBC | 8.7 | 13 | 14894 |
7 | FOX NASCAR DYTONA 500 MON(S) | FOX | 8.0 | 14 | 13669 |
8 | CRIMINAL MINDS | CBS | 7.8 | 12 | 12539 |
9 | FOX DAYTONA 500REDFLG-BNS(S) | FOX | 7.5 | 13 | 12471 |
9 | TWO AND A HALF MEN | CBS | 7.5 | 11 | 11921 |
11 | BLUE BLOODS | CBS | 7.4 | 13 | 11469 |
12 | 60 MINUTES | CBS | 7.3 | 12 | 11508 |
13 | CSI | CBS | 7.1 | 12 | 11298 |
14 | BIG BANG THEORY, THE | CBS | 7.0 | 11 | 11109 |
14 | MODERN FAMILY | ABC | 7.0 | 11 | 11631 |
16 | CSI: MIAMI | CBS | 6.5 | 11 | 10139 |
16 | UNFORGETTABLE | CBS | 6.5 | 11 | 9928 |
18 | GOOD WIFE, THE | CBS | 6.4 | 10 | 9833 |
19 | 2 BROKE GIRLS | CBS | 6.3 | 9 | 10182 |
19 | MIKE & MOLLY | CBS | 6.3 | 9 | 10116 |
Source: The Nielsen Company |