“Dancing” finale tops the week

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ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars” claimed the top two spots for TV viewership last week as the reality competition show crowned its latest celebrity winner. That gave the Alphabet net a tie with CBS for the 18-49 demo, but CBS still won in the Household ratings.


For HH CBS was at 6.8/12, with ABC 6.3/11, NBC 4.0/7, Fox 3.7/6, Univision 1.8/3, MyNetworkTV 1.1/2, CW 0.9/1, Ion and Telemundo tied at 0.5/1, TeleFutura 0.3/1 and Azteca America 0.1/0.

In 18-49 it was a tie by ABC and CBS, then NBC, Fox, Univision, MyNetworkTV, CW, TeleFutura, Ion and Azteca America.

Here are the week’s top programs.

Nielsen Television Index Ranking Report
Network primetime (Live + SD) week of 11/24/08 – 11/30/08
Rank Program Network HH Rating HH share 2+ Audience (000)
1 DANCING W/STARS RESULTS ABC 12.9 20 20647
2 DANCING WITH THE STARS ABC 12.8 19 21095
3 60 MINUTES CBS 11.4 17 18642
4 NCIS CBS 11.1 18 18118
5 DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES ABC 9.9 15 15814
6 MENTALIST, THE CBS 9.7 15 15925
7 NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL NBC 9.6 15 15921
8 CSI: MIAMI CBS 9.2 15 14333
9 TWO AND A HALF MEN CBS 9.0 13 14950
10 CRIMINAL MINDS CBS 8.6 15 14108
11 HOUSE FOX 7.6 12 12877
12 CSI: NY CBS 7.5 13 12304
13 BARBARA WALTERS SP-11/26(S) ABC 7.3 13 11612
13 COLD CASE CBS 7.3 11 11523
15 AMAZING RACE 13 CBS 7.0 10 11830
15 SAMANTHA WHO? ABC 7.0 10 10717
17 CSI – THANKSGIVING SP(S) CBS 6.7 13 10681
17 EXTREME MAKEOVER:HM ED-8P ABC 6.7 10 11328
17 WITHOUT A TRACE CBS 6.7 11 10416
20 BROTHERS & SISTERS ABC 6.6 11 10072
20 SUNDAY NIGHT NFL PRE-KICK NBC 6.6 10 10826
Source: The Nielsen Company