Idol tops, but followed by lots of CBS shows

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Fox once again won the 18-49 demo for the week, with two nights of “American Idol” ranked #1 and #2, but CBS then took control in the Household ratings and claimed the next 13 spots. Younger skewing “Modern Family” on ABC and “Glee” on Fox were right behind Idol in the 18-49 rankings.


In HH CBS scored an average 6.8 rating and 12 share, with Fox at 5.5/9, ABC 4.1/7, NBC 3.5/6, Univision 1.9/3, CW 1.1/2, Ion 0.8/1, Telemundo and TeleFutura 0.5/1 and Azteca America and EstrellaTV 0.1/0.

In 18-49 it was Fox 3.5/10, CBS 2.5/7, ABC 2.0/6, NBC 1.6/5, Univision 1.4/4, CW 0.8/2, TeleFutura and Telemundo 0.4/1 and EstrellaTV and Azteca America 0.1/0.

Here are the week’s top 20 shows.

The Nielsen Company Broadcast Ranking Report

Network primetime (Live + SD) week of 02/14/11 – 02/20/11

Rank

Program

Network

HH Rating

HH Share

2+ Audience (000)

1

AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY

FOX

12.7

20

23201

2

AMERICAN IDOL-THURSDAY

FOX

12.0

20

22177

3

NCIS

CBS

11.7

19

19395

4

NCIS: LOS ANGELES

CBS

10.3

16

16799

5

MENTALIST, THE

CBS

9.2

16

15005

6

TWO AND A HALF MEN

CBS

8.7

14

14508

7

CRIMINAL MINDS: SUSPECT

CBS

8.1

14

13062

7

CSI

CBS

8.1

13

13290

9

CRIMINAL MINDS

CBS

7.9

13

12849

10

MIKE & MOLLY

CBS

7.8

12

12923

11

GOOD WIFE, THE

CBS

7.5

13

11427

12

BIG BANG THEORY, THE

CBS

7.4

12

12410

13

60 MINUTES

CBS

7.2

12

11370

14

BLUE BLOODS

CBS

7.0

13

11163

15

CSI: NY

CBS

6.7

12

10650

15

GREY’S ANATOMY

ABC

6.7

11

10238

17

HAWAII FIVE-0

CBS

6.6

12

10727

18

DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES

ABC

6.5

10

10580

19

MODERN FAMILY

ABC

6.4

10

10574

20

CSI: MIAMI

CBS

6.3

11

10469

20

GLEE

FOX

6.3

10

10525

Source: The Nielsen Company