“American Idol” annihilates the competition

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So long as “American Idol” is on the air, it’s pretty much a given that Fox will be the ratings winner. Even in Super Bowl week, since Fox has that broadcast as well this year. The Tuesday and Wednesday editions of Idol were #1 and #2 last week, followed by the new Fox reality show “Moment of Truth.”


In Household ratings, Fox was on top with a 6.9 rating and 11 share, followed by CBS at 6.1/10, NBC 5.1/8, ABC 4.4/7, Univision 1.9/3, CW 1.3/2, MyNetworkTV 0.8/1, Telemundo ).7/1, Ion 0.4/1, TeleFutura 0.3/1 and Azteca America 0.1/0.

Fox smashed the competition in the 18-49 demo, with NBC a distant second, followed by a CBS/ABC tie, Univision, CW, a tie by MyNetworkTV and Telemundo, TeleFutura, Ion and Azteca America.
Here are the week’s top 20 shows.

Nielsen Television Index Ranking Report

Network primetime (Live + SD) week of 01/21/08 – 01/27/08

Rank

Program

Network

Rating

Share

Audience (000)

1

AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY

FOX

16.2

24

29274

2

AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY

FOX

15.1

23

27091

3

MOMENT OF TRUTH

FOX

12.9

19

23046

4

60 MINUTES

CBS

9.5

15

14480

5

CSI

CBS

8.6

13

13268

5

HALLMARK HALL OF FAME(S)

CBS

8.6

13

12726

7

DEAL OR NO DEAL-MON

NBC

8.5

13

14238

7

DEAL OR NO DEAL-WED

NBC

8.5

13

13664

7

HOUSE

FOX

8.5

13

13910

10

LAW AND ORDER:SVU

NBC

8.4

14

12984

11

WITHOUT A TRACE

CBS

8.1

14

11723

12

CRIMINAL MINDS

CBS

7.9

12

12668

13

EXTREME MAKEOVER:HOME ED.

ABC

7.8

12

13546

13

NCIS

CBS

7.8

12

11951

15

CSI: NY

CBS

7.4

12

11514

16

TWO AND A HALF MEN-SPC(S)

CBS

7.3

11

11576

17

LAW AND ORDER

NBC

7.1

12

10347

17

SHARK – 8PM SPECIAL(S)

CBS

7.1

11

11034

19

CSI: MIAMI-SPC(S)

CBS

7.0

11

10504

20

DANCE WAR SP-1/21(S)

ABC

6.5

10

9843

20

MEDIUM

NBC

6.5

11

10023

20

SMARTER THAN 5TH GRADER

FOX

6.5

10

10510

23

SMARTER THAN 5TH 1/24-9P(S)

FOX

6.4

10

10337

24

UGLY BETTY

ABC

6.1

10

8877

25

APPRENTICE 7

NBC

5.7

9

8683

25

CSI: NY THURSDAY 8PM SPCL(S)

CBS

5.7

9

8485

27

1 VS 100

NBC

5.6

10

8770

27

BOSTON LEGAL

ABC

5.6

9

8304

27

LAW AND ORDER:CRIM INTENT

NBC

5.6

8

8210

Source: Nielsen Media Research