Sports lifts Fox in 18-49; CBS goes 5 in a row for HH

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CBS claimed its fifth straight win in Households and total viewership, but landed in 3rd for the big money demo, 18-49, behind Fox and ABC. The final game of the World Series finished 2nd in the HH ratings – and 13th, with the latter being the first part of the rain-interrupted game. But "Dancing With the Stars" on ABC was the week’s #1 show.


In HH CBS scored a 7.2 rating and 12 share, with ABC at 6.4/10, Fox 5.8/9, NBC 4.8/8, Univision 2.1/3, CW 1.5/2, MyNetworkTV 0.9/2, Telemundo 0.6/1, Ion 0.4/1, TeleFutura 0.3/1 and Azteca America 0.1/0.

In 18-49 it was Fox, ABC, CBS, NBC, Univision, CW, MyNetworkTV, Telemundo, TeleFutura, Ion and Azteca America.

Here are the week’s top 20 programs.

Nielsen Television Index Ranking Report

Network primetime (Live + SD) week of 10/27/08 – 11/02/08
Rank Program Network HH Rating HH Share 2+ Audience (000)
1 DANCING WITH THE STARS ABC 12.0 18 18876
2 FOX WRLD SERIES GM5 CONCL(S) FOX 11.9 18 19844
3 CSI CBS 11.7 18 19098
4 DANCING W/STARS RESULTS ABC 11.0 16 17445
5 NCIS CBS 10.8 16 17258
6 NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL NBC 10.6 16 16741
7 DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES ABC 10.1 15 15933
7 MENTALIST, THE CBS 10.1 15 16073
9 GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM ABC 10.0 15 15319
10 60 MINUTES CBS 9.1 14 14322
11 CRIMINAL MINDS CBS 8.9 13 13966
11 CSI: NY CBS 8.9 15 13754
13 FOX WORLD SERIES GAME 5(S) FOX 8.2 12 13237
14 WITHOUT A TRACE CBS 8.1 13 12192
15 HOUSE FOX 8.0 12 13498
16 SUNDAY NIGHT NFL PRE-KICK NBC 7.7 12 12025
16 SURVIVOR: GABON CBS 7.7 13 13015
18 COLD CASE CBS 7.5 11 11664
18 ELEVENTH HOUR CBS 7.5 13 11248
18 SAT NIGHT FOOTBALL ABC 7.5 14 12204
18 TWO AND A HALF MEN CBS 7.5 11 11881

Source: The Nielsen Company