American Idol takes no prisoners in the weekly ratings

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Three nights of “American Idol” in the past week meant that Fox claimed the top three spots in Households, 18-49 and pretty much any other ratings category you want to look at. That made Fox the winner across the board for Week 24 of the television season.


In HH Fox posted a 6.5 average rating and 11 share, with CBS at 6.2/10, ABC 4.1/7, NBC 3.5/6, Univision 1.9/3, CW 1.0/2, Ion 0.8/1, Telemundo 0.7/1, TeleFutura 0.4/1, Azteca America and EstrellaTV 0.1/0.

In 18-49 Fox was at 4.0/12, CBS 2.3/7, ABC 2.0/6, NBC 1.6/5, Univision 1.4/4, CW 0.7/2, Telemundo 0.6/2, Ion 0.4/1, TeleFutura 0.3/1 and EstrellaTV 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 02/28/11 – 03/06/11

Rank

Program

Network

HH Ratings

HH Share

2+ Audience (000)

1

AMERICAN IDOL-THURSDAY

FOX

13.8

23

25263

2

AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY

FOX

12.7

20

22765

3

AMERICAN IDOL TUE SP-3/1(S)

FOX

11.7

18

21393

3

NCIS

CBS

11.7

18

19211

5

NCIS: LOS ANGELES

CBS

9.5

15

15669

6

CRIMINAL MINDS

CBS

8.6

14

14368

7

60 MINUTES

CBS

7.8

13

12239

8

BACHELOR, THE

ABC

7.4

12

11333

8

GOOD WIFE, THE

CBS

7.4

13

11383

8

SECRET MILLIONAIRE

ABC

7.4

12

12669

11

DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES

ABC

7.2

11

11351

12

TWO AND A HALF MEN

CBS

7.1

11

11627

13

MIKE & MOLLY

CBS

7.0

11

11350

14

MENTALIST, THE

CBS

6.7

12

10425

15

CRIMINAL MINDS: SUSPECT

CBS

6.5

12

10363

15

CSI: MIAMI

CBS

6.5

11

10645

17

CASTLE

ABC

6.4

11

10111

17

HOUSE

FOX

6.4

10

11008

19

SURVIVOR: REDEMPTION ISLD

CBS

6.3

10

11315

19

UNDERCOVER BOSS

CBS

6.3

10

11088

Source: The Nielsen Company