Week 2: Bragging rights for ABC, CBS and NBC

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NBC tied with ABC for the ratings lead in the key 18-49 demo in week two of the new TV season, while CBS won the Households crown. ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars” moved to #1 in the HH ratings, but CBS noted that #2 “CSI” still had more viewers. So, there was plenty of “we’re #1” to go around. In 18-49, ABC and NBC were followed by CBS, Fox, Univision, CW, Telemundo, a tie by TeleFutura and MyNetworkTV, and a final tie by Ion and Azteca America.


In HH, CBS had a 7.3 rating and 12 share, with ABC at 7.1/12, NBC 5.8/10, Fox 4.3/7, CW 1.9/3, Univision 1.7/3, Telemundo and MyNetworkTV 0.5/1, Ion and TeleFutura 0.3/1, and Azteca America 0.1/0.

Here are the top 20 shows.

Nielsen Television Index Ranking Report

Network primetime (Live + SD) week of 10/01/07 – 10/07/07

Rank

Program

Network

Rating

Share

Audience (000)

1

DANCING W/THE STARS-MON

ABC

13.1

19

20212

2

CSI

CBS

12.8

19

20970

3

GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM

ABC

12.5

19

18510

4

DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES

ABC

11.2

17

17817

4

NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL

NBC

11.2

18

18296

6

DANCING W/STARS RESULT-TU

ABC

10.4

16

15895

7

HOUSE

FOX

10.3

16

17439

8

NCIS

CBS

10.2

16

16425

9

CSI: MIAMI

CBS

9.8

16

14719

10

CRIMINAL MINDS

CBS

9.5

15

14556

11

WITHOUT A TRACE

CBS

9.3

16

14196

12

SURVIVOR: CHINA

CBS

8.5

14

14137

13

COLD CASE

CBS

8.4

13

13015

14

CSI: NY

CBS

8.3

14

12687

14

PRIVATE PRACTICE

ABC

8.3

13

12446

14

PUSHING DAISIES

ABC

8.3

14

13032

17

TWO AND A HALF MEN

CBS

8.2

12

13238

18

BROTHERS & SISTERS

ABC

8.0

13

11910

19

LAW AND ORDER:SVU

NBC

7.7

13

11622

20

SHARK

CBS

7.4

12

11277

Source: Nielsen Media Research