College hoops can't beat Idol

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Three NCAA tournament games on CBS made it into the top 20 for this past week, but Fox’s “American Idol” was still far and away the most-watched show on television.


Nevertheless, March Madness and its strong stable of dramas gave CBS an overall win in the Household ratings, at a 7.1 rating and 12 share. ABC was next at 6.1/10, then Fox 6.0/10, NBC 4.1/7, Univision 2.2/4, CW 1.3/2, MyNetworkTV 1.0/2, Telemundo 0.7/1, Ion and TeleFutura 0.4/1 and Azteca America 0.1/0.

In the key 18-49 demo, it was Fox, CBS, ABC, NBC, Univision, CW, Telemundo, MyNetworkTV, TeleFutura, Ion and Azteca America.

Here are the week’s top 20 shows.

Nielsen Television Index Ranking Report

Network primetime (Live + SD) week of 03/23/09 – 03/29/09

Rank

Program

Network

HH Rating

HH Share

2+ Audience (000)

1

AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY

FOX

14.7

23

26025

2

AMER IDL THU RSLT SP-3/26(S)

FOX

13.2

21

23102

3

DANCING WITH THE STARS

ABC

12.9

19

20339

4

MENTALIST, THE

CBS

11.2

18

17620

4

NCIS

CBS

11.2

17

17832

6

GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM

ABC

10.4

16

16101

7

DANCING W/STARS RESULTS

ABC

10.3

16

16117

8

60 MINUTES

CBS

9.0

15

14442

9

CRIMINAL MINDS

CBS

8.8

13

14358

10

CSI: MIAMI

CBS

8.6

14

13674

11

CSI: NY

CBS

8.1

14

12636

12

COLD CASE

CBS

7.4

11

11856

13

AMAZING RACE 14

CBS

7.1

11

11986

14

TWO AND A HALF MEN

CBS

7.0

10

11146

15

CBS NCAA BSKBL CHMP FR 2(S)

CBS

6.9

13

10996

16

PRIVATE PRACTICE

ABC

6.8

11

10123

17

CBS NCAA BSKBL CHMP TH 2(S)

CBS

6.7

12

10375

17

E.R.

NBC

6.7

11

10355

19

CBS NCAA BSKBL CHMP SA-2(S)

CBS

6.6

12

10606

19

EXTREME MAKEOVER:HM ED-8P

ABC

6.6

10

10840


Source: The Nielsen Company