The Alphabet Network won the total viewership crown and every major demo for week one of the 2008-2009 television season. It also had the weeks’ four top-rated shows – two nights of the reality competition "Dancing With the Stars" and two scripted shows, "Grey’s Anatomy" and "Desperate Housewives."
In the Household tally, ABC scored a 7.4 rating and 12 share, followed by CBS 6.8/11, NBC 5.0/8, Fox 4.4/7, Univision 1.9/3, CW 1.7/3, MyNetworkTV 0.8/1, Telemundo 0.6/1, TeleFutura 0.3/1, Ion 0.3/0 and Azteca America 0.1/0.
In the big bucks 18-49 demo ABC was followed by NBC, CBS, Fox, Univision, CW, a tie by Telemundo and MyNetworkTV, TeleFutura and a tie by Azteca America and Ion.
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 09/22/08 – 09/28/08 | |||||
| Rank | Program | Network | HH Rating | HH Share | 2+ Audience (000) |
| 1 | DANCING WITH THE STARS | ABC | 13.4 | 20 | 21338 |
| 2 | GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM | ABC | 11.9 | 18 | 18469 |
| 3 | DANCING W/STARS SP-9/23(S) | ABC | 11.7 | 18 | 18302 |
| 4 | DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES | ABC | 11.4 | 17 | 18684 |
| 5 | NCIS | CBS | 11.3 | 18 | 18026 |
| 6 | CSI: MIAMI | CBS | 11.1 | 18 | 17233 |
| 7 | NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL | NBC | 10.8 | 17 | 17340 |
| 8 | CRIMINAL MINDS | CBS | 10.5 | 16 | 17007 |
| 9 | DANCING W/STARS RESULT SP(S) | ABC | 10.4 | 17 | 15867 |
| 10 | MENTALIST, THE | CBS | 9.9 | 15 | 15603 |
| 11 | CSI: NY | CBS | 9.2 | 16 | 14591 |
| 12 | TWO AND A HALF MEN | CBS | 9.1 | 13 | 14877 |
| 13 | 60 MINUTES | CBS | 8.0 | 14 | 12592 |
| 14 | BROTHERS & SISTERS | ABC | 7.7 | 13 | 12029 |
| 14 | SURVIVOR: GABON | CBS | 7.7 | 12 | 13058 |
| 16 | OT, THE | FOX | 7.6 | 13 | 12185 |
| 17 | HOUSE | FOX | 7.5 | 12 | 12378 |
| 18 | COLD CASE | CBS | 7.4 | 11 | 11358 |
| 18 | EXTREME MAKEOVER:HM ED-8P | ABC | 7.4 | 11 | 11946 |
| 18 | SUNDAY NIGHT NFL PRE-KICK | NBC | 7.4 | 12 | 11933 |
| 18 | WITHOUT A TRACE | CBS | 7.4 | 12 | 11280 |
Source: The Nielsen Company |
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