Four weeks into the new television season, CBS is celebrating its third straight week as the #1 network for both total viewership and the lucrative 18-49 demo. Compared to the same week last year, CBS says it was up 3% in households, 4% in viewers and 7% in adults 18-49.
In Households, CBS score a 7.3 rating and 12 share, with ABC at 5.9/10, NBC 4.6/7, Fox 4.2/7, Univision 1.9./3, CW 1.4/2, MyNetworkTV 1.1/2, Telemundo 0.6/1, Ion 0.4/1, TeleFutura 0.3/1 and Azteca America 0.1/0.
In 18-49 it was CBS, ABC, NBC, Fox, Univision, CW, MyNetworkTV, Telemundo, TeleFutura, Ion and Azteca America.
Here are the week’s top 20 primetime shows.
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Nielsen Television Index Ranking Report |
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| Network primetime (Live + SD) week of 10/13/08 – 10/19/08 | |||||
| Rank | Program | Network | HH Rating | HH Share | 2+ Audience (000) |
| 1 | CSI | CBS | 11.8 | 18 | 19275 |
| 2 | DANCING WITH THE STARS | ABC | 11.7 | 17 | 17765 |
| 3 | NCIS | CBS | 11.2 | 17 | 18038 |
| 4 | DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES | ABC | 9.7 | 14 | 15485 |
| 5 | DANCING W/STARS RESULTS | ABC | 9.6 | 14 | 14816 |
| 5 | GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM | ABC | 9.6 | 14 | 14803 |
| 7 | 60 MINUTES | CBS | 9.4 | 15 | 14533 |
| 7 | MENTALIST, THE | CBS | 9.4 | 14 | 14935 |
| 9 | TWO AND A HALF MEN | CBS | 9.0 | 13 | 14719 |
| 10 | CSI: MIAMI | CBS | 8.7 | 14 | 13217 |
| 11 | HOUSE | FOX | 8.2 | 13 | 13269 |
| 12 | ELEVENTH HOUR | CBS | 7.8 | 13 | 11907 |
| 12 | SURVIVOR: GABON | CBS | 7.8 | 13 | 12807 |
| 14 | SAMANTHA WHO? | ABC | 7.7 | 11 | 11446 |
| 15 | COLD CASE | CBS | 7.4 | 11 | 11288 |
| 16 | WITHOUT A TRACE | CBS | 7.3 | 12 | 11051 |
| 17 | BROTHERS & SISTERS | ABC | 6.6 | 11 | 9818 |
| 18 | EXTREME MAKEOVER:HM ED-8P | ABC | 6.5 | 10 | 10912 |
| 19 | AMAZING RACE 13 | CBS | 6.4 | 10 | 10294 |
| 19 | LAW AND ORDER:SVU | NBC | 6.4 | 11 | 9512 |
Source: The Nielsen Company |
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