ABC shines in Oscar week

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ABC’s Sunday broadcast of the Academy Awards was the week’s #1 show in all major demos and carried the Alphabet Net to a Households victory for the week, although it was second to Fox, with its “American Idol” ratings machine, in the 18-49 demo, according to the weekly data from The Nielsen Company.


In HH ABC scored a 7.4 average rating and 12 share, with Fox at 6.5/11, CBS 6.4/11, NBC 4.1/7, Univision 1.9/3, CW 0.8/1, Ion 0.6/1, Telemundo and TeleFutura 0.5/1 and Azteca America 0.1/0.

Fox won 18-49 at 4.1/11, with ABC at 3.8/11, CBS 2.6/7, NBC 2.1/6, Univision 1.5/4, CW 0.5/1, TeleFutura and Telemundo 0.4/1, Ion 0.3/1 and Azteca America 0.1/0.

Here are the week’s top 20 shows.

The Nielsen Company Broadcast Ranking Report

Network primetime (Live + SD) week of 3/1/10 – 3/7/10

Rank

Program

Network

HH Rating

HH Share

2+ Audience (000)

1

ACADEMY AWARDS(S)

ABC

23.3

37

41699

2

OSCAR’S RED CARPET 2010(S)

ABC

15.2

24

25327

3

AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY

FOX

13.4

21

23560

4

AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY

FOX

13.1

20

23526

5

NCIS

CBS

11.8

18

19622

6

AMERICAN IDOL THU SP-3/4(S)

FOX

11.2

18

19424

7

TWO AND A HALF MEN

CBS

10.1

15

16864

8

BACHELOR, THE

ABC

9.6

15

15152

9

BARBARA WALTERS SP-3/7(S)

ABC

9.4

16

14988

9

CSI

CBS

9.4

15

15590

9

MENTALIST, THE

CBS

9.4

17

14868

12

NCIS: LOS ANGELES

CBS

9.2

14

14838

12

BIG BANG THEORY, THE

CBS

9.2

14

15733

14

BACHELOR:AFTER FINAL ROSE(S)

ABC

8.9

15

13912

15

GOOD WIFE, THE

CBS

8.5

15

13319

16

CRIMINAL MINDS

CBS

8.1

13

13000

17

CSI: NY

CBS

7.8

14

12348

18

GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM

ABC

7.7

12

11829

18

CSI: MIAMI

CBS

7.7

13

12066

20

SURVIVOR: HEROES-VILLAINS

CBS

7.2

12

12716

Source: The Nielsen Company