Summertime and the viewing is reruns

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That’s good news for CBS, whose scripted shows, mostly reruns, claimed the top 10 spots in Household ratings for the past week. Fox, however, won the 18-49 crown, powered by “So You Think You Can Dance.” Following in the demo were CBS and NBC in a tie, ABC, Univision, a tie by Telemundo and MyNetworkTV, a tie by CW and TeleFutura, Ion and Azteca America.


CBS won HH with a 5.3 rating and 9 share, followed by NBC and Fox tied at 4.3/6, ABC 2.7/5, Univision 1.8/3, MyNetworkTV 0.9/2, CW 0.8/1, Telemundo 0.6/1, TeleFutura and Ion 0.5/1, and AztecaAmerica 0.1/0.

Here are the week’s top 20 shows.

Nielsen Television Index Ranking Report

Network primetime (Live + SD) week of 05/25/09 – 05/31/09

Rank

Program

Network

HH Rating

HH Share

2+ Audience  (000)

1

NCIS

CBS

8.1

13

12463

2

MENTALIST, THE

CBS

8.0

13

12357

3

G STRAIT:ACM ARTST DECADE(S)

CBS

6.8

11

10628

4

CSI

CBS

6.7

11

9976

5

WITHOUT A TRACE-SPECIAL(S)

CBS

6.6

12

9710

6

WITHOUT A TRACE

CBS

6.4

11

9570

7

NCIS THURSDAY 8PM-SPECIAL(S)

CBS

6.3

11

9636

8

60 MINUTES

CBS

5.9

12

8775

9

CRIMINAL MINDS SPECIAL(S)

CBS

5.8

10

8927

10

TWO AND A HALF MEN-SPC(S)

CBS

5.7

9

9268

11

SO YOU THINK CN DANCE-THU

FOX

5.5

9

9151

12

SO YOU THINK CN DANCE-WED

FOX

5.3

9

8705

13

CSI: MIAMI-SPC(S)

CBS

5.1

9

7758

13

MEDIUM 5/25(S)

NBC

5.1

9

7858

15

COLD CASE

CBS

4.9

8

7707

15

WIPEOUT

ABC

4.9

8

8706

17

DATELINE NBC 5/25(S)

NBC

4.7

8

7175

17

LAW & ORDER:SVU-WED 9PM

NBC

4.7

7

6760

19

RULES OF ENGAGEMENT-SPC(S)

CBS

4.6

7

7253

20

LAW AND ORDER

NBC

4.4

8

6406

20

LAW AND ORDER:SVU

NBC

4.4

7

6455

20

MILLION DOLLAR PASSWORD

CBS

4.4

8

6734

20

TV’S 50 FUNNIEST PHRASES(S)

NBC

4.4

7

6712

Source: Nielsen Media Research