Record ratings for the AFC Championship game helped CBS score a big weekly win in the Nielsen numbers. It won for both Households and the prized 18-49 demo, keeping Fox at bay despite the first two nights of “American Idol.”
In HH CBS had a staggering 9.9 average rating and16 share. But then, just wait a couple of weeks for the Super Bowl, which is on Fox this year. Fox had a 5.5/9, NBC and ABC 3.5/6, Univision 1.7/3, CW and Ion 0.8/1, Telemundo 0.6/1, TeleFutura 0.5/1 and Azteca America and EstrellaTV 0.1/0.
For 18-49 CBS was at 4.9/14, with Fox 3.6/10, ABC and NBC 1.7/5, Univision 1.3/4, Telemundo and CW 0.5/1, TeleFutura 0.4/1, Ion 0.3/1 and EstrellaTV and Azteca America 0.1/0.
Here are the week’s top 20 shows.
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The Nielsen Company Broadcast Ranking Report |
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Network primetime (Live + SD) week of 01/17/11 – 01/23/11 |
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Rank |
Program |
Network |
HH Rating |
HH share |
2+ Audience (000) |
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1 |
AFC CHAMPIONSHIP ON CBS(S) |
CBS |
28.3 |
43 |
54850 |
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2 |
AFC CHMP POST GAME ON CBS(S) |
CBS |
17.0 |
26 |
31510 |
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3 |
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY |
FOX |
14.2 |
22 |
26234 |
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4 |
NCIS |
CBS |
12.7 |
20 |
21093 |
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5 |
AMERICAN IDOL-THURSDAY |
FOX |
12.5 |
20 |
22899 |
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6 |
HAWAII FIVE-0 SP 1/23(S) |
CBS |
11.3 |
19 |
19335 |
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7 |
NCIS: LOS ANGELES |
CBS |
10.6 |
17 |
17293 |
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8 |
TWO AND A HALF MEN |
CBS |
9.3 |
14 |
15561 |
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9 |
MENTALIST, THE |
CBS |
9.2 |
16 |
14818 |
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10 |
CSI |
CBS |
8.5 |
13 |
14335 |
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11 |
BIG BANG THEORY, THE |
CBS |
8.1 |
13 |
13629 |
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12 |
MIKE & MOLLY |
CBS |
7.7 |
12 |
12803 |
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13 |
BLUE BLOODS |
CBS |
7.6 |
13 |
12296 |
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13 |
GOOD WIFE, THE |
CBS |
7.6 |
13 |
11434 |
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15 |
CRIMINAL MINDS |
CBS |
7.4 |
11 |
12023 |
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16 |
HARRY’S LAW |
NBC |
7.0 |
12 |
11071 |
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17 |
HAWAII FIVE-0 |
CBS |
6.9 |
12 |
10834 |
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18 |
MODERN FAMILY |
ABC |
6.5 |
10 |
10942 |
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19 |
BONES |
FOX |
6.3 |
10 |
10553 |
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19 |
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER |
CBS |
6.3 |
10 |
10538 |
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Source: The Nielsen Company |
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