Competition shows dominate ratings

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“American Idol” on Fox and “Dancing with the Stars” on ABC ruled in the ratings last week, making Fox the winner in 18-49 and ABC for Households.


In 18-49 Fox had an average rating of 2.7 and an 8 share, with ABC at 2.2/6, NBC 2.0/6, CBS 1.9/5, Univision 1.3/4, CW 0.8/2, Telemundo 0.6/2, Ion 0.4/1, TeleFutura 0.2/1 and Azteca America and EstrellaTV 0.1/0.

In HH ABC was at 5.5/9, CBS 5.3/9, Fox 4.8/8, NBC 3.6/6, Univision 1.8/3, CW 1.1/2, Ion 0.8/1, Telemundo 0.7/1, TeleFutura 0.3/0 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 04/25/11 – 05/01/11

Rank

Program

Network

HH Rating

HH Share

2+ Audience (000)

1

DANCING WITH THE STARS

ABC

13.7

21

22380

2

AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY

FOX

12.6

20

22318

3

DANCING W/STARS RESULTS

ABC

11.8

17

18281

4

AMERICAN IDOL-THURSDAY

FOX

11.5

19

19597

5

MENTALIST, THE

CBS

8.5

14

13530

6

DANCING W/STARS SP-4/26(S)

ABC

8.4

13

13079

7

BODY OF PROOF

ABC

7.9

13

11860

8

NCIS

CBS

7.2

11

11209

9

BETTER WITH YOU SP-4/25(S)

ABC

7.1

11

11225

10

GREY’S ANATOMY

ABC

7.0

11

10665

11

60 MINUTES

CBS

6.9

12

10737

12

CSI

CBS

6.8

10

10842

12

VOICE

NBC

6.8

10

11775

14

NCIS: LOS ANGELES

CBS

6.5

10

10294

15

BIG BANG THEORY, THE

CBS

6.4

11

10713

15

BLUE BLOODS

CBS

6.4

11

10060

15

SURVIVOR: REDEMPTION ISLD

CBS

6.4

10

11324

18

DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES

ABC

6.0

9

9438

19

60 MINUTES 5/1(B)

CBS

5.9

10

9506

19

CSI: NY

CBS

5.9

10

9189

Source: The Nielsen Company