The NCAA men’s basketball semifinals and the Academy of Country Music awards show delivered a Households ratings win for CBS, but “American Idol” was still strong enough to keep Fox ahead in the 18-49 demo.
In HH CBS scored a 7.6 rating and 13 share, with Fox at 5.7/9, ABC 4.6/8, NBC 4.5/7, Univision 2.1/3, CW 1.4/2, MyNetworkTV 1.0/2, Telemundo 0.6/1, TeleFutura and Ion 0.4/1 and Azteca America 0.1/0.
It was much closer in 18-49, with Fox at 3.6/10 and CBS 3.4/10. They were followed by NBC, ABC, Univision, CW, a tie by Telemundo and MyNetworkTV, TeleFutura and another tie by Ion and Azteca America.
Here are the week’s top 20 shows.
Nielsen Television Index Ranking Report |
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Network primetime (Live + SD) week of 03/30/09 – 04/05/09 |
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Rank |
Program |
Network |
HH Rating |
HH Share |
2+ Audience (000) |
1 |
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY |
FOX |
14.2 |
22 |
24342 |
2 |
AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY |
FOX |
13.7 |
21 |
24410 |
3 |
DANCING WITH THE STARS |
ABC |
12.9 |
20 |
20484 |
4 |
NCIS |
CBS |
10.7 |
17 |
17230 |
5 |
MENTALIST, THE |
CBS |
10.5 |
16 |
16957 |
6 |
E.R. |
NBC |
10.4 |
17 |
16378 |
7 |
CSI |
CBS |
9.1 |
14 |
14625 |
8 |
ACM AWARDS(S) |
CBS |
8.8 |
14 |
14777 |
9 |
DANCING W/STARS RESULTS |
ABC |
8.6 |
13 |
13513 |
10 |
CBS NCAA BSKBL CHAMP SA-2(S) |
CBS |
8.5 |
16 |
14454 |
10 |
CSI: MIAMI |
CBS |
8.5 |
14 |
13458 |
10 |
TWO AND A HALF MEN |
CBS |
8.5 |
13 |
14556 |
13 |
WITHOUT A TRACE |
CBS |
8.2 |
14 |
12527 |
14 |
60 MINUTES |
CBS |
7.9 |
14 |
12267 |
15 |
CBS NCAA BSKBL-BRIDGE(S) |
CBS |
7.8 |
15 |
12949 |
16 |
HOUSE |
FOX |
7.5 |
12 |
12511 |
17 |
E.R. RETROSPECTIVE(S) |
NBC |
7.0 |
11 |
10632 |
18 |
ELEVENTH HOUR |
CBS |
6.8 |
11 |
10366 |
19 |
CSI: NY |
CBS |
6.6 |
11 |
10060 |
19 |
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT |
CBS |
6.6 |
10 |
11025 |
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