The May Sweep and official 2007-2008 television season wrapped up in the middle of the past week, so, as you would expect, the blockbuster ratings for the final performances and then finale of "American Idol" carried Fox to a strong weekly win in every demo and by any criteria you want to name.
In Households, Fox posted a 7.3 rating and 13 share, CBS and ABC tied at 5.6/10, then it was NBC 3.5/6, Univision 1.7/3, CW 1.4/2, Telemundo and MyNetworkTV tied at 0.6/1, TeleFutura 0.4/1, Ion 0.2/0 and Azteca America 0.1/0.
In the big money 18-49 demo, it was Fox, 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 by HH rating.
Nielsen Television Index Ranking Report
Network primetime (Live + SD) week of 05/19/08 – 05/25/08
|
Rank |
Program | Network | HH Rating | HH Share | 2+ Audience (000) |
| 1 | AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY | FOX | 17.7 | 28 | 31661 |
| 2 | AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY | FOX | 15.1 | 24 | 27061 |
| 3 | DANCING W/STARS RESULTS | ABC | 12.9 | 20 | 20122 |
| 4 | DANCING WITH THE STARS | ABC | 12.4 | 20 | 19223 |
| 5 | GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM | ABC | 11.8 | 19 | 18092 |
| 6 | CSI: MIAMI | CBS | 10.4 | 17 | 16265 |
| 7 | NCIS | CBS | 10.3 | 16 | 16524 |
| 8 | HOUSE-MON 9P | FOX | 10.0 | 15 | 16358 |
| 9 | TWO AND A HALF MEN | CBS | 9.0 | 14 | 14700 |
| 10 | CRIMINAL MINDS | CBS | 8.3 | 13 | 13153 |
| 11 | CSI: NY | CBS | 7.6 | 13 | 11830 |
| 11 | RULES OF ENGAGEMENT | CBS | 7.6 | 11 | 12290 |
| 13 | SHARK | CBS | 6.9 | 11 | 10271 |
| 14 | DEAL OR NO DEAL 5/22(S) | NBC | 6.8 | 12 | 10333 |
| 15 | BONES-MON 8P | FOX | 6.4 | 10 | 10302 |
| 15 | HELL’S KITCHEN | FOX | 6.4 | 10 | 11441 |
| 17 | UGLY BETTY | ABC | 6.2 | 11 | 8753 |
| 18 | DANCING W/STARS SP-5/20(S) | ABC | 5.9 | 9 | 8740 |
| 18 | LAW AND ORDER | NBC | 5.9 | 10 | 8573 |
| 20 | BACHELORETTE, THE | ABC | 5.7 | 9 | 8077 |
Source: Nielsen Media Research
