Election week ratings strong for CBS, ABC & NBC

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A little something for nearly everyone. CBS had the two most-watched shows and claimed the Households rating crown, while ABC and NBC tied for the 18-49 honors (with ABC crowing that it edged NBC in young viewers).


In HH CBS had a 7.0 rating and 11 share, ABC 6.6/11, NBC 5.5/9, Fox 3.6/6, Univision 1.9/3, CW 1.5/2, MyNetworkTV 0.9/2, Telemundo 0./1, TeleFutura and Ion 0.4/1, and Azteca America 0.1/0.

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

Here are the week’s top 20 shows – actually 22 due to a three-way tie:

Nielsen Television Index Ranking Report

Network primetime (Live + SD) week of 11/03/08 – 11/09/08
Rank Program Network HH Rating HH Share 2+ Audience (000)
1 60 MINUTES CBS 11.5 18 18471
2 CSI CBS 11.2 17 18175
3 DANCING WITH THE STARS ABC 11.1 16 17089
4 NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL NBC 11.0 18 17564
5 DANCING W/STARS RESULT SP(S) ABC 10.2 16 15848
6 DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES ABC 10.1 15 15854
6 GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM ABC 10.1 15 15740
8 CRIMINAL MINDS CBS 9.3 14 14304
9 SNL PRESIDENTIAL BASH ’08(S) NBC 8.7 13 14436
10 CSI: MIAMI CBS 8.5 14 12740
10 VOTE 2008-9:00PM(S) ABC 8.5 12 14185
12 COLD CASE CBS 8.0 12 12693
12 TWO AND A HALF MEN CBS 8.0 11 12761
14 CSI: NY CBS 7.9 13 11801
15 DECISION ’08 PRIME(S) NBC 7.5 11 12462
16 SURVIVOR: GABON CBS 7.2 11 12013
17 AMAZING RACE 13 CBS 7.1 11 11708
17 NCIS FRIDAY 9PM-SPECIAL(S) CBS 7.1 12 11216
17 NUMB3RS CBS 7.1 13 11275
20 ELEVENTH HOUR CBS 7.0 12 10902
20 SUNDAY NIGHT NFL PRE-KICK NBC 7.0 11 11400
20 VOTE 2008-8:00PM(S) ABC 7.0 10 11206

Source: The Nielsen Company