“American Idol” on Fox and “Dancing with the Stars” on ABC continued to dominate viewing in the past week, including the Easter holiday weekend. Fox won the key 18-49 ratings title, but CBS was tops for Households.
In HH CBS had an average rating of 5.3 and a 9 share, with ABC at 4.8/8, Fox 4.7/8, NBC 3.1/5, Univision 1.7/3, CW 1.1/2, Ion 0.8/1, Telemundo 0.7/1, TeleFutura 0.4/1 and Azteca America and EstrellaTV 0.1/0.
In 18-49 Fox was at 2.7/8, ABC 1.9/6, CBS 1.8/5, NBC 1.5/4, Univision 1.3/4, CW 0.8/2, Telemundo 0.6/2, TeleFutura 0.4/1, Ion 0.3/1 and EstrellaTV and Azteca America 0.1/0.
Here are the week’s top 21 shows (due to a 3-way tie):
The Nielsen Company Broadcast Ranking Report |
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Network primetime (Live + SD) week of 04/18/11 – 04/24/11 |
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Rank |
Program |
Network |
HH Rating |
HH Share |
2+ Audience (000) |
1 |
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY |
FOX |
12.7 |
20 |
22543 |
1 |
DANCING WITH THE STARS |
ABC |
12.7 |
20 |
20099 |
3 |
AMERICAN IDOL-THURSDAY |
FOX |
11.5 |
20 |
20319 |
4 |
DANCING W/STARS RESULTS |
ABC |
10.4 |
16 |
16310 |
5 |
NCIS |
CBS |
8.5 |
13 |
13435 |
6 |
BODY OF PROOF |
ABC |
7.4 |
12 |
11370 |
7 |
HAWAII FIVE-0 |
CBS |
7.1 |
11 |
11438 |
8 |
NCIS: LOS ANGELES |
CBS |
7.0 |
11 |
11228 |
9 |
MENTALIST, THE |
CBS |
6.9 |
12 |
11075 |
10 |
60 MINUTES SPECIAL(S) |
CBS |
6.6 |
13 |
10578 |
11 |
BONES |
FOX |
6.4 |
10 |
10960 |
12 |
MIKE & MOLLY |
CBS |
6.3 |
10 |
9983 |
12 |
SURVIVOR: REDEMPTION ISLD |
CBS |
6.3 |
10 |
11024 |
14 |
DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES-4/24(S) |
ABC |
6.2 |
10 |
10150 |
15 |
MODERN FAMILY |
ABC |
5.9 |
9 |
9947 |
16 |
GLEE |
FOX |
5.8 |
9 |
9799 |
16 |
NCIS: LOS ANGELES 10P-SP(S) |
CBS |
5.8 |
9 |
9108 |
18 |
CRIMINAL MINDS |
CBS |
5.5 |
8 |
8711 |
19 |
AMAZING RACE 18 – SPECIAL(S) |
CBS |
5.3 |
9 |
9374 |
19 |
CSI |
CBS |
5.3 |
9 |
8473 |
19 |
HALLMARK HALL OF FAME(S) |
CBS |
5.3 |
9 |
8579 |
Source: The Nielsen Company |