Fifth straight ratings win for CBS

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The 2010-2011 television season is going pretty well so far for CBS. Its perfect record is intact, with the Eye Network winning Week 5 just as it did 1, 2, 3 and 4. The NFL grudge match with Minnesota at Green Bay on NBC bumped ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars” out of the #1 spot for individual programs.


In Households CBS had an average 7.1 rating and 12 share, followed by ABC at 5.6/9, NBC 5.0/8, Fox 4.5/8, Univision 2.0/3, CW 1.3/2, Ion 0.8/1, Telemundo and TeleFutura 0.4/1 and EstrellaTV and Azteca America 0.1/0.

In the key 18-49 demo CBS was at 2.9/8, NBC 2.7/8, ABC 2.5/7, Fox 2.4/7, Univision 1.7/5, CW 0.9/3, TeleFutura, Ion and Telemundo 0.3/1 and Azteca America and EstrellaTV 0.1/0.

Here are the week’s top 20 shows:

The Nielsen Company Broadcast Ranking Report

Network primetime (Live + SD) week of 10/18/10 – 10/24/10

Rank

Program

Network

HH Rating

HH Share

2+ Audience (000)

1

NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL

NBC

15.4

25

25675

2

DANCING WITH THE STARS

ABC

12.3

19

19330

3

NCIS

CBS

11.7

19

19406

4

SUNDAY NIGHT NFL PRE-KICK

NBC

11.4

18

19335

5

60 MINUTES

CBS

9.8

16

15786

5

DANCING W/STARS RESULTS

ABC

9.8

15

15530

7

NCIS: LOS ANGELES

CBS

9.7

15

16003

8

CSI

CBS

9.0

14

14962

8

MENTALIST, THE

CBS

9.0

16

14421

10

CRIMINAL MINDS

CBS

8.8

14

14459

11

FOOTBALL NT AMERICA PT 3

NBC

8.2

14

13686

11

TWO AND A HALF MEN

CBS

8.2

12

13536

13

BIG BANG THEORY, THE

CBS

7.9

13

13052

13

GOOD WIFE, THE

CBS

7.9

14

12169

15

DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES

ABC

7.7

12

12159

16

CASTLE

ABC

7.2

12

10949

16

GREY’S ANATOMY

ABC

7.2

11

10974

18

MODERN FAMILY

ABC

7.1

11

11972

19

BLUE BLOODS

CBS

7.0

13

11152

19

HAWAII FIVE-0

CBS

7.0

12

10944

19

SURVIVOR: NICARAGUA

CBS

7.0

12

12256

19

UNDERCOVER BOSS

CBS

7.0

11

12004

Source: The Nielsen Company