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