CBS wins with viewers, but Fox has the young ones

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The top shows in the Household ratings from Nielsen were quite different from the top shows in the advertiser-friendly 18-49 demo for Week 30 of the television season. Once again CBS was the winner in HH, but Fox in 18-49.


As shown below, “NCIS” on CBS and “Dancing with the Stars” on ABC were the top shows in HH, followed by two nights of “American Idol” on Fox. But in 18-49 the Idol shows were #1 and #2, followed by ABC’s “Modern Family” and “The Voice” on NBC. NCIS and DWTS were back at #10 and #12, respectively.

Overall, in HH CBS averaged a 5.8 rating and 10 share, with ABC at 4.8/8, Fox 4.6/8, NBC 3.4/6, Univision 1.9/3, CW and Ion 0.7/1, Telemundo 0.6/1, TeleFutura 0.4/1 and Azteca America and EstrellaTV 0.1/0.

In 18-49 Fox scored 2.4/7, with CBS at 2.1/6, ABC 1.8/5, NBC 1.7/5, Univision 1.5/4, Telemundo 0.5/1, CW 0.4/1, Ion and TeleFutura 0.3/1 and EstrellaTV and Azteca America 0.1/0.

Due to a tie, here are the week’s top 21 shows:

The   Nielsen Company Broadcast Ranking Report
Network priemtime   (Live + SD) week of 04/09/12 – 04/15/12
Rank Program Network HH Rating HH Share 2+ Audience (000)
1 NCIS CBS 11.0 18 17660
2 DANCING WITH THE STARS ABC 10.6 16 16387
3 AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY FOX 10.0 16 16807
4 AMERICAN IDOL-THURSDAY FOX 9.7 16 15810
5 DANCING W/STARS RESULTS ABC 8.9 13 13386
6 NCIS: LOS ANGELES CBS 8.3 13 12864
7 CRIMINAL MINDS CBS 7.5 11 11809
8 60 MINUTES CBS 7.2 13 11025
9 BODY OF PROOF ABC 6.7 11 10045
10 GOOD WIFE, THE CBS 6.6 10 10161
10 HAWAII FIVE-0 CBS 6.6 11 10304
12 TWO AND A HALF MEN CBS 6.5 10 10400
13 CSI CBS 6.3 10 9944
13 MODERN FAMILY ABC 6.3 10 10351
15 BIG BANG THEORY,THE 9P-SP(S) CBS 6.2 10 10208
15 UNFORGETTABLE CBS 6.2 10 9448
15 VOICE NBC 6.2 9 10518
18 GREY’S ANATOMY ABC 6.1 10 8847
19 SURVIVOR: ONE WORLD CBS 6.0 10 9906
20 BIG BANG THEORY, THE CBS 5.9 10 9720
20 MIKE & MOLLY CBS 5.9 9 9578
Source:   The Nielsen Company