So long as both "American Idol" on Fox and "Dancing With the Stars" on ABC are running two shows each in primetime, you can pretty much bank on the top four spots in the weekly ratings chart. But while Fox dominated the key 18-49 demo, CBS did manage a win in Households with its scripted shows and, importantly, the NCAA basketball tourney.
In HH it was CBS at 6.1/10, Fox 5.9/10, ABC 5.7/9, NBC 5.1/8, Univision 1.9/3, CW 1.5/2, MyNetworkTV 0.8/1, Telemundo 0.6/1, Ion 0.3/1, TeleFutura 0.3/0 and Azteca America 0.1/0.
For the 18-49 demo, the rundown was Fox, CBS, ABC, NBC, Univision, CW, a tie by Telemundo and MyNetworkTV, TeleFutura, and a tie by Ion and Azteca America.
Here are the week’s top 20 shows.
Nielsen Television Index Ranking Report
Network primetime (Live + SD) week of 03/24/08 – 03/30/08
|
Rank |
Program | Network | Rating | Share | Audience (000) |
| 1 | AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY | FOX | 15.2 | 24 | 25742 |
| 2 | AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY | FOX | 14.0 | 21 | 24758 |
| 3 | DANCING WITH THE STARS | ABC | 13.0 | 20 | 20515 |
| 4 | DANCING W/STARS RESULTS | ABC | 11.0 | 17 | 17487 |
| 5 | CSI: MIAMI | CBS | 10.3 | 17 | 16065 |
| 6 | CBS NCAA POST GUN SU 2(S) | CBS | 8.9 | 16 | 14359 |
| 7 | 60 MINUTES | CBS | 8.7 | 14 | 13359 |
| 8 | TWO AND A HALF MEN | CBS | 8.6 | 13 | 14235 |
| 9 | APPRENTICE 7 | NBC | 7.7 | 13 | 12132 |
| 10 | EXTREME MAKEOVER:HOME ED. | ABC | 7.5 | 12 | 12964 |
| 11 | DATELINE FRI | NBC | 7.1 | 12 | 10628 |
| 11 | DEAL OR NO DEAL 3/27(S) | NBC | 7.1 | 12 | 11397 |
| 13 | OPRAH’S BIG GIVE | ABC | 7.0 | 11 | 11362 |
| 14 | DANCING W/STARS RECAP(S) | ABC | 6.8 | 11 | 10504 |
| 15 | PRIMETIME:WHAT WOULD U DO | ABC | 6.7 | 11 | 9916 |
| 16 | MOMENT OF TRUTH | FOX | 6.6 | 11 | 10051 |
| 17 | CBS NCAA BSKBL CHMP SA-2(S) | CBS | 6.5 | 12 | 10417 |
| 18 | COLD CASE | CBS | 6.3 | 10 | 9804 |
| 18 | HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER | CBS | 6.3 | 10 | 10667 |
| 20 | DEAL OR NO DEAL-MON | NBC | 6.2 | 9 | 10140 |
| 20 | OLD CHRISTINE | CBS | 6.2 | 9 | 9774 |
Source: Nielsen Media Research
