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