Not to mention that Fox again had the top-rated show in 18-49, with “Hell’s Kitchen.” But ABC claimed the key demo on the strength of college football and “Wipeout.” It was followed by CBS, NBC and Fox in a three-way tie, then Univision, another three-way tie by Telemundo, TeleFutura and MyNetworkTV, then CW, Ion and Azteca America.
Meanwhile, CBS took the Household crown with a 3.9 rating and 7 share, followed by NBC 3.7/7, which had the top-rated show, “America’s Got Talent.” ABC was at 2.9/5, Fox 2.4/4, Univision 1.7/3, MyNetworkTV 0.9/2, CW 0.7/1, Telemundo and TeleFutura 0.5/1, Ion 0.4/1 and Azteca America 0.1/0.
Here are the week’s top 20 shows.
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The Nielsen Company Broadcast Ranking Report |
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Network primetime (Live + SD) week of 08/31/09 – 09/06/09 |
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Rank |
Program |
Network |
HH Rating |
HH Share |
2+ Audience (000) |
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1 |
AMERICA’S GOT TALENT-TUE |
NBC |
7.7 |
13 |
12814 |
|
2 |
AMERICA GOT TALENT-WED 9P |
NBC |
7.5 |
12 |
12393 |
|
3 |
NCIS |
CBS |
6.6 |
12 |
10098 |
|
4 |
TWO AND A HALF MEN |
CBS |
5.6 |
9 |
8457 |
|
5 |
BIG BANG THEORY, THE |
CBS |
5.4 |
9 |
8343 |
|
6 |
CSI: MIAMI |
CBS |
5.3 |
9 |
7887 |
|
7 |
MENTALIST, THE |
CBS |
5.1 |
9 |
7734 |
|
7 |
NCIS 10PM SPECIAL(S) |
CBS |
5.1 |
9 |
7413 |
|
9 |
CRIMINAL MINDS |
CBS |
5.0 |
8 |
7299 |
|
10 |
BIG BROTHER 11-TUE |
CBS |
4.9 |
8 |
7786 |
|
11 |
DATELINE FRI |
NBC |
4.8 |
9 |
7116 |
|
12 |
CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL(S) |
ABC |
4.7 |
8 |
7387 |
|
13 |
CSI: NY |
CBS |
4.6 |
8 |
6603 |
|
13 |
PRIMETIME: CRIME |
ABC |
4.6 |
8 |
6963 |
|
15 |
60 MINUTES |
CBS |
4.5 |
10 |
7046 |
|
15 |
AMERICA GOT TALENT:RECAP |
NBC |
4.5 |
8 |
6957 |
|
17 |
CSI |
CBS |
4.4 |
7 |
6802 |
|
17 |
DATELINE NBC-MON |
NBC |
4.4 |
8 |
6340 |
|
17 |
HELL’S KITCHEN |
FOX |
4.4 |
8 |
7631 |
|
20 |
BIG BROTHER 11-THU |
CBS |
4.2 |
7 |
6810 |
|
20 |
SAT NIGHT FOOTBALL |
ABC |
4.2 |
9 |
7081 |
|
20 |
WIPEOUT |
ABC |
4.2 |
7 |
7618 |
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