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