Ratings market by generational differences

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Once again, “America’s Got Talent” on NBC was the week’s most watched show and tops in the Household ratings. But “Hell’s Kitchen” on Fox again won the key 18-49 demo. At least this time it made it into the HH top 20, if only to a tie for 15th.


In HH, CBS was again the overall winner, with an average rating of 4.3 and a 8 share, followed by NBC 4.1/7, Fox 2.9/5, ABC 2.5/4, Univision 1.7/3, MyNetworkTV and CW 0.9/2, Ion, Telemundo and TeleFutura all at 0.5/1 and Azteca America 0.1/0.

NBC and CBS tied for first in 18-49, followed by Fox, Univision, ABC, MyNetworkTV, CW, a tie by TeleFutura and Telemundo, Ion and Azteca America.

Click the headline for the week’s top 20 shows.

The Nielsen Company Broadcast Ranking Report

Network primetime (Live + SD) week of 08/24/09 – 08/30/09

Rank

Program

Network

HH Rating

HH Share

2+ Audience (000)

1

AMERICA’S GOT TALENT-TUE

NBC

7.0

12

11463

2

AMERICA GOT TALENT-WED 9P

NBC

6.9

11

11193

3

NBC NFL PRE-SEASON 8/30(S)

NBC

6.5

11

10381

4

60 MINUTES

CBS

6.4

12

9712

4

NCIS

CBS

6.4

11

10064

6

TWO AND A HALF MEN

CBS

6.2

10

9552

7

BIG BANG THEORY, THE

CBS

5.5

9

8562

7

CSI

CBS

5.5

9

8404

7

MENTALIST, THE

CBS

5.5

10

8073

10

MENTALIST, THE-10PM SP(S)

CBS

5.1

9

7586

11

BIG BROTHER 11-THU

CBS

4.8

8

7792

11

CSI: MIAMI

CBS

4.8

8

7219

13

BIG BROTHER 11-SUN

CBS

4.5

8

7436

13

BIG BROTHER 11-TUE

CBS

4.5

7

7269

15

CSI: NY

CBS

4.4

8

6433

15

DATELINE FRI

NBC

4.4

8

6546

15

HELL’S KITCHEN

FOX

4.4

8

7773

18

DATELINE NBC-MON

NBC

4.3

7

5967

18

WIPEOUT

ABC

4.3

8

7629

20

AMERICA GOT TALENT:RECAP

NBC

4.2

7

6571

20

LAW & ORDER:SVU-WED 9PM

NBC

4.2

7

6039


Source: The Nielsen Company