Fox wins week, but Dancing on top again

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“Dancing With the Stars” on ABC was again the most-watched show on television, but Fox – powered by “American Idol” – was tops overall in both Household ratings and the key 18-49 demo. And of course, American Idol was still the number one show in the 18-49 demo.


For HH Fox scored a 5.4 rating and 9 share, edging CBS at 5.3/9. ABC was at 4.7/8, NBC 3.7/6, Univision 1.7/3, CW 1.1/2, Ion and Telemundo 0.6/1, TeleFutura 0.4/1 and Estrella TV and Azteca America 0.1/0.

In 18-49 Fox was at 3.2/10, with ABC 2.0/6, CBS and NBC 1.9/6, Univision 1.3/4, CW 0.8/2, Telemundo 0.5/2, TeleFutura 0.4/1, Ion 0.3/1 and Azteca America and Estrella TV 0.1/0.

Here are the week’s top 20 shows.

The Nielsen Company Broadcast Ranking Report

Network primetime (Live + SD) week of 4/19/10 – 4/25/10

Rank

Program

Network

HH Rating

HH Share

2+ Audience (000)

1

DANCING WITH THE STARS

ABC

13.4

21

21066

2

AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY

FOX

11.0

18

19669

3

AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY

FOX

10.6

18

18824

4

MENTALIST, THE

CBS

9.4

16

14955

5

DANCING W/STARS RESULTS

ABC

8.8

14

13556

6

CSI

CBS

8.2

13

13353

7

GLEE

FOX

7.6

12

12982

8

CSI: MIAMI

CBS

7.3

12

11661

9

60 MINUTES

CBS

7.2

13

11382

10

DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES

ABC

7.1

11

11291

10

TWO AND A HALF MEN

CBS

7.1

11

11417

10

BIG BANG THEORY, THE

CBS

7.1

11

11664

13

SURVIVOR: HEROES-VILLAINS

CBS

7.0

12

11886

13

ROMANTICALLY CHALLENGED

ABC

7.0

11

10665

15

CASTLE

ABC

6.7

11

10393

16

NCIS: LOS ANGELES

CBS

6.6

10

10270

17

NCIS

CBS

6.5

10

9987

18

HOUSE

FOX

6.4

10

10815

19

AMAZING RACE 16

CBS

6.3

10

10647

20

LAW AND ORDER:SVU

NBC

5.9

10

8751

Source: The Nielsen Company