American Idol and Pro Bowl make Fox a powerhouse

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Fox is pretty much guaranteed to win the current week, due to the Super Bowl, but it also steamrollered to victory in the past week. It dominated the 18-49 demo with “American Idol” and the NFL Pro Bowl and also won the Households crown as well.


In 18-49 Fox was way out in front with a 4.2 average rating and 12 share, followed by CBS at 1.8/5, ABC 1.7/5, NBC 1.6/5, Univision 1.3/4, CW 0.8/2, TeleFutura, Ion and Telemundo 0.4/1 and EstrellaTV and Azteca America 0.1/0.

In HH Fox was at 6.8/11, CBS 5.8/10, ABC 3.7/6, NBC 3.4/6, Univision 1.8/3, CW 1.1/2, Ion 0.8/1, Telemundo and TeleFutura 0.5/1 and Azteca America and EstrellaTV 0.1/0.

Here are the week’s top 20 shows.

The Nielsen Company Broadcast Ranking Report

Network primetime (Live + SD) week of 01/24/11 – 01/30/11

Rank

Program

Network

HH Rating

HH Share

2+ Audience (000)

1

AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY

FOX

13.8

22

25325

2

AMERICAN IDOL-THURSDAY

FOX

12.4

20

22482

3

HALLMARK HALL OF FAME(S)

CBS

9.3

15

14636

4

NCIS

CBS

8.3

13

13398

5

CRIMINAL MINDS

CBS

7.8

12

12768

6

FOX AFC-NFC PRO BOWL(S)

FOX

7.7

12

13406

7

BLUE BLOODS

CBS

7.5

13

12097

8

BONES

FOX

7.2

11

12049

8

TWO AND A HALF MEN

CBS

7.2

11

11463

10

HARRY’S LAW

NBC

6.6

11

10430

11

60 MINUTES

CBS

6.5

11

10194

12

MENTALIST, THE

CBS

6.4

11

10111

13

BACHELOR, THE

ABC

6.1

9

9278

13

HOUSE

FOX

6.1

9

10447

15

CASTLE

ABC

6.0

10

9075

15

CSI

CBS

6.0

9

9565

17

MIKE & MOLLY

CBS

5.9

9

9393

18

BIG BANG THEORY, THE

CBS

5.6

9

9026

19

$#*! MY DAD SAYS

CBS

5.4

8

8738

20

CSI: NY

CBS

5.3

9

8131

Source: The Nielsen Company