With the World Series underway, Fox had a good week in the Nielsen ratings, claiming the top spot in the key 18-49 demo, while CBS still won in Households. ABC, though, had the #1 show, "Dancing With the Stars."
In HH CBS scored 7.2/12, Fox 6.7/11, ABC 6.4/10, NBC 3.9/6, Univision 2.0/3, CW 1.5/2, MyNetworkTV 1.0/2, Telemundo 0.6/1, Ion 0.4/1, TeleFutura 0.3/1 and Azteca America 0.1/0.
In 18-49 it was Fox, a tie by ABC and CBS, NBC, Univision, CW, MyNetworkTV, Telemundo, TeleFutura and a tie by Ion and Azteca America.
Here are the week’s top 20 shows.
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Nielsen Television Index Ranking Report |
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| Network primetime (Live + SD) week of 10/20/08 – 10/26/08 | |||||
| Rank | Program | Network | HH Rating | HH Share | 2+ Audience (000) |
| 1 | DANCING WITH THE STARS | ABC | 12.0 | 18 | 18497 |
| 2 | CSI | CBS | 11.7 | 17 | 19492 |
| 3 | DANCING W/STARS RESULTS | ABC | 10.7 | 16 | 16350 |
| 3 | NCIS | CBS | 10.7 | 17 | 17226 |
| 5 | DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES | ABC | 10.1 | 15 | 15953 |
| 6 | MENTALIST, THE | CBS | 9.6 | 14 | 15282 |
| 7 | CRIMINAL MINDS | CBS | 9.5 | 14 | 15012 |
| 7 | GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM | ABC | 9.5 | 14 | 14451 |
| 9 | FOX WORLD SERIES GAME 4(S) | FOX | 9.3 | 15 | 15479 |
| 10 | CSI: NY | CBS | 9.2 | 15 | 14390 |
| 10 | FOX WORLD SERIES GAME 1(S) | FOX | 9.2 | 15 | 14634 |
| 12 | CSI: MIAMI | CBS | 8.9 | 15 | 13505 |
| 12 | TWO AND A HALF MEN | CBS | 8.9 | 13 | 14630 |
| 14 | 60 MINUTES | CBS | 8.5 | 14 | 12816 |
| 15 | OT, THE | FOX | 8.2 | 14 | 13277 |
| 16 | FOX WORLD SERIES GAME 2(S) | FOX | 8.1 | 13 | 12777 |
| 17 | FOX WORLD SERIES GM4-PRE(S) | FOX | 8.0 | 13 | 13059 |
| 18 | ELEVENTH HOUR | CBS | 7.8 | 13 | 11849 |
| 18 | HOUSE | FOX | 7.8 | 12 | 13085 |
| 18 | SURVIVOR: GABON | CBS | 7.8 | 12 | 13309 |
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Source: The Nielsen Company |
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