ABC’s “Dancing With the stars” topped the Household ratings for the past week, while “American Idol” on Fox was still tops in the big money 18-49 demo. Overall, though, CBS won the week with a boost from the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament.
In Households CBS scored an average 6.8 rating and 12 share, with Fox and ABC tied at 5.2/9, NBC 3.9/7, Univision 1.6/3, CW 1.2/2, Ion and Telemundo 0.6/1, TeleFutura 0.5/1 and Azteca America and Estrella TV 0.1/0.
In 18-49 CBS had 3.2/10, Fox 3.1/9, ABC 2.5/7, NBC 2.0/6, Univision 1.2/4, CW 0.8/2, Telemundo 0.6/2, TeleFutura 0.4/1, Ion 0.3/1 and Estrella TV and Azteca America 0.1/0.
Here are the week’s top 20 shows:
The Nielsen Company Broadcast Ranking Report |
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Network primetime (Live + SD) week of 3/22/10 – 3/28/10 |
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Rank |
Program |
Network |
Rating |
Share |
2+ Audience (000) |
1 |
DANCING WITH THE STARS |
ABC |
15.0 |
23 |
24185 |
2 |
AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY |
FOX |
13.5 |
21 |
24211 |
3 |
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY |
FOX |
12.2 |
20 |
21437 |
4 |
UNDERCOVER BOSS |
CBS |
9.6 |
15 |
16717 |
5 |
60 MINUTES |
CBS |
9.0 |
15 |
14487 |
6 |
TWO AND A HALF MEN |
CBS |
8.6 |
13 |
14459 |
7 |
NCIS |
CBS |
8.3 |
13 |
13044 |
8 |
BIG BANG THEORY, THE |
CBS |
8.0 |
12 |
13415 |
9 |
CASTLE |
ABC |
7.9 |
14 |
12207 |
10 |
GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM |
ABC |
7.6 |
12 |
11567 |
11 |
CBS NCAA BSKBL CHMP SA-2(S) |
CBS |
7.3 |
15 |
12052 |
12 |
AMAZING RACE 16 |
CBS |
7.2 |
11 |
12729 |
12 |
NCIS: LOS ANGELES |
CBS |
7.2 |
11 |
11335 |
14 |
CBS NCAA BSKBL CHMP TH 2(S) |
CBS |
7.1 |
13 |
11317 |
15 |
CBS NCAA BSKBL CHMP FR 2(S) |
CBS |
6.9 |
13 |
11082 |
15 |
CSI: MIAMI |
CBS |
6.9 |
12 |
10795 |
17 |
LAW AND ORDER:SVU |
NBC |
6.8 |
12 |
10581 |
6.0 |
11 |
9680 |
Source: The Nielsen Company