Week one of the 2011-2012 television season saw CBS claim bragging rights to having the most viewers and winning the Household ratings. Fox won the big bucks 18-49 demo. Interestingly, it did so without putting a single show in the top 20 for HH ratings. Young-skewing shows like “New Girl” and “X Factor” did much, much better in 18-49.
In HH CBS scored an average 7.6 rating and 12 share, with ABC at 6.4/10, Fox 4.9/8, NBC 4.7/8, Univision 2.0/3, CW 1.1/2, Ion 0.7/1, Telemundo 0.6/1, TeleFutura 0.2/0 and Azteca America and EstrellaTV 0.1/0.
In 18-49 Fox was at 3.4/9, with CBS at 3.1/8, ABC 2.8/8, NBC 2.6/7, Univision 1.6/4, CW 0.7/2, Telemundo 0.4/1, TeleFutura and Ion 0.2/1 and EstrellaTV and Azteca America 0.1/0.
Here are the week’s top 20 programs:
| The Nielsen Company Broadcast Ranking Report | ||||||
| Network primetime (Live + SD) week of 09/19/11 – 09/25/11 | ||||||
| Rank | Program | Network | HH Rating | HH Share | 2+ Audience (000) | |
| 1 | TWO AND A HALF MEN | CBS | 16.7 | 24 | 28743 | |
| 2 | DANCING WITH THE STARS | ABC | 12.3 | 18 | 19033 | |
| 3 | NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL | NBC | 12.2 | 19 | 20357 | |
| 3 | NCIS | CBS | 12.2 | 19 | 19958 | |
| 5 | 2 BROKE GIRLS | CBS | 11.5 | 16 | 19368 | |
| 6 | NCIS: LOS ANGELES | CBS | 10.3 | 15 | 16712 | |
| 7 | DANCING W/STARS RESULTS | ABC | 9.8 | 15 | 14787 | |
| 8 | SUNDAY NIGHT NFL PRE-KICK | NBC | 9.3 | 15 | 15975 | |
| 9 | UNFORGETTABLE | CBS | 9.0 | 15 | 14085 | |
| 10 | BIG BANG THEORY, THE – SP(S) | CBS | 8.8 | 14 | 14939 | |
| 10 | CRIMINAL MINDS | CBS | 8.8 | 13 | 14137 | |
| 12 | BIG BANG THEORY, THE | CBS | 8.6 | 14 | 14298 | |
| 12 | MODERN FAMILY | ABC | 8.6 | 13 | 14542 | |
| 14 | CASTLE | ABC | 8.5 | 14 | 13278 | |
| 14 | MODERN FAMILY SP-9/21(S) | ABC | 8.5 | 13 | 14524 | |
| 16 | MENTALIST, THE | CBS | 8.4 | 14 | 13556 | |
| 17 | PERSON OF INTEREST | CBS | 8.3 | 13 | 13333 | |
| 18 | 60 MINUTES | CBS | 7.9 | 13 | 12274 | |
| 18 | CSI | CBS | 7.9 | 13 | 12737 | |
| 20 | BLUE BLOODS | CBS | 7.8 | 14 | 12058 | |
| Source: The Nielsen Company | ||||||
