“Must See TV” is back for NBC, even if the Vancouver Winter Olympics will be a loss-leader for the network to the tune of a quarter billion bucks. The first three days of the Olympics boosted NBC to a ratings win across the board, with the Opening Ceremonies the most watched show of the week, although beaten in 18-49 by both nights of “American Idol” on Fox.
In Households, NBC scored an average 8.9 rating and a 14 share according to data from The Nielsen Company. CBS was at 6.5/10, followed by Fox 5.8/9, ABC 4.1/7, Univision 1.8/3, CW 1.2/2, Ion 0.7/1, Telemundo and TeleFutura 0.5/1 and Azteca America 0.1/0.
NBC won in 18-49 at 4.7/13, with Fox at 3.6/10, CBS 2.9/8, ABC 2.2/6, Univision 1.4/1, CW 0.8/2, TeleFutura and Telemundo 0.5/1, Ion 0.3/1 and Azteca America 0.1/0.
Here are the week’s top 20 shows.
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The Nielsen Company Broadcast Ranking Report |
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Network primetime (Live + SD) week of 2/8/10 – 2/14/10 |
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Rank |
Program |
Network |
HH Rating |
HH Share |
2+ Audience (000) |
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1 |
WNTR OLYM OPEN CEREM(S) |
NBC |
17.3 |
30 |
32641 |
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2 |
AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY |
FOX |
15.1 |
23 |
27892 |
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3 |
WNTR OLYM SUN PRIME 1(S) |
NBC |
14.3 |
23 |
26372 |
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4 |
WNTR OLYM SAT PRIME 1(S) |
NBC |
14.0 |
25 |
26189 |
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5 |
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY |
FOX |
13.6 |
21 |
25172 |
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6 |
NCIS |
CBS |
11.8 |
18 |
19748 |
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7 |
NCIS: LOS ANGELES |
CBS |
10.9 |
16 |
17906 |
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8 |
TWO AND A HALF MEN |
CBS |
10.5 |
16 |
17661 |
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9 |
MENTALIST, THE |
CBS |
9.8 |
17 |
15861 |
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10 |
BIG BANG THEORY, THE |
CBS |
9.7 |
14 |
16260 |
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11 |
GOOD WIFE, THE |
CBS |
9.6 |
16 |
14754 |
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12 |
CRIMINAL MINDS |
CBS |
8.7 |
13 |
14334 |
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12 |
CSI: MIAMI |
CBS |
8.7 |
15 |
13532 |
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14 |
UNDERCOVER BOSS |
CBS |
8.6 |
13 |
15446 |
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15 |
GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM |
ABC |
8.2 |
13 |
12735 |
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16 |
SURVIVOR: HEROES-VILLAINS |
CBS |
8.1 |
13 |
14152 |
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17 |
BACHELOR, THE |
ABC |
7.9 |
12 |
12350 |
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17 |
HOUSE |
FOX |
7.9 |
12 |
13599 |
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17 |
CSI: NY |
CBS |
7.9 |
13 |
12979 |
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20 |
LOST |
ABC |
6.4 |
10 |
11045 |
Source: The Nielsen Company
