Fox dominated Week 18 with NFL and Idol

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The NFC Championship and two nights of “American Idol” put Fox well ahead of the competition for Week 18 of the TV season. As you would expect, Fox won the week in Households, 18-49 and pretty much any other ratings demo you could name.


In HH Fox had an average 11.6 rating and 18 share, with CBS well back at 5.9/9, ABC 4.2/7, NBC 3.7/6, Univision 1.7/3, CW 0.8/1, Ion and Telemundo 0.7/1, TeleFutura 0.3/1 and Azteca America and EstrellaTV 0.1/0.

In 18-49 Fox was at 7.7/19, with CBS and ABC at 2.1/5, NBC 1.5/4, Univision 1.4/4, Telemundo and CW 0.5/1, Ion and TeleFutura 0.3/1 and EstrellaTV and Azteca America 0.1/0.

Due to a tie, here are the week’s top 21 programs:

The Nielsen Company Broadcast Ranking Report  
Network primetime (Live + SD) week of 01/16/12 – 01/22/12  
Rank Program Network HH Rating HH Share 2+ Audience (000)  
1 FOX NFC CHAMPIONSHIP(S) FOX 30.6 44 57635  
2 FOX NFC CHAMPIONSHIP-POST(S) FOX 17.1 27 31036  
3 AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY FOX 12.3 19 21931  
4 AMERICAN IDOL-THURSDAY FOX 10.3 16 18018  
5 BIG BANG THEORY, THE CBS 9.3 15 15835  
6 MENTALIST, THE CBS 8.8 14 14220  
7 PERSON OF INTEREST CBS 8.7 13 14400  
8 BETTY WHITE 90TH BIRTHDAY(S) NBC 8.5 12 13856  
9 NCIS CBS 8.2 13 13227  
10 CRIMINAL MINDS CBS 8.1 12 13003  
11 TWO AND A HALF MEN CBS 7.8 11 13015  
12 CSI CBS 7.5 12 12015  
13 OFF THEIR ROCKERS(S) NBC 7.4 11 12256  
14 MODERN FAMILY ABC 7.0 11 11890  
15 ROB CBS 6.9 10 11406  
16 2 BROKE GIRLS CBS 6.8 10 11403  
16 MIKE & MOLLY CBS 6.8 10 11088  
18 HAWAII FIVE-0 CBS 6.6 11 10731  
19 GREY’S ANATOMY ABC 6.3 9 9422  
20 CASTLE ABC 6.1 10 9412  
20 HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER CBS 6.1 9 10080  
20 NCIS: LOS ANGELES CBS 6.1 9 9396  
Source: The Nielsen Company