Fox and CBS won Easter week

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“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

Network primetime (Live + SD) week of 04/18/11 – 04/24/11

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