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 |