Fox and CBS in the homestretch

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With one week to go in the television season, there’s not much chance that anyone else will keep Fox from repeating as champ in the 18-49 demo, nor CBS in Households. Both claimed weekly wins again in Week 34 of the TV season.


In HH CBS scored a 6.9 rating and 12 share, with ABC at 6.0/10, Fox 5.3/9, NBC 4.2/7, Univision 2.0/3, CW 1.4/2, MyNetworkTV 0.8/1, Telemundo 0.6/1, TEleFutura and Ion 0.4/1 and Azteca America 0.1/0.

Powered by “American Idol,” Fox was tops in 18-49, followed by ABC, CBS, NBC, Univision, CW, Telemundo, a tie by TeleFutura and MyNetworkTV, and a final tie by Ion and Azteca America.

Here are the week’s top 20 shows.

Nielsen Television Index Ranking Report

Network primetime (Live + SD) 05/11/09 – 05/17/09

Rank

Program

Network

HH Rating

HH Share

2+ Audience (000)

1

AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY

FOX

14.0

22

24670

2

AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY

FOX

13.0

21

22712

3

DANCING WITH THE STARS

ABC

11.8

18

18554

4

GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM

ABC

11.0

18

16531

5

NCIS

CBS

10.2

16

16195

6

MENTALIST, THE

CBS

10.1

15

16205

7

CSI

CBS

9.3

15

14810

8

DANCING W/STARS RESULTS

ABC

9.1

14

14058

9

WITHOUT A TRACE

CBS

8.8

15

13401

10

CSI: MIAMI

CBS

8.7

15

13586

10

DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES

ABC

8.7

14

13956

12

CRIMINAL MINDS

CBS

8.4

13

13371

13

CSI: NY THURSDAY 10PM SP(S)

CBS

8.3

14

12768

14

TWO AND A HALF MEN

CBS

8.2

12

13108

15

CSI: NY

CBS

7.9

13

12329

16

HOUSE

FOX

7.7

12

12741

17

BIGGEST LOSER 7

NBC

7.1

11

11847

18

SURVIVOR: TOCANTINS

CBS

7.0

12

12180

18

SURVIVOR:TOCANTINS FINALE(S)

CBS

7.0

11

12942

20

CASTLE

ABC

6.6

11

9959

Source: The Nielsen Company